MDCAT Syllabus: How to Plan All Five Subjects

The MDCAT is a multiple-choice test with five sections: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English and Logical Reasoning. Students often lose weeks by studying all five at once, or by spending the same time on each. This guide shows a calmer way to plan. Always check the official MDCAT syllabus and notification for the current year: topics and the number of questions can change.

Start with the official syllabus

Download the latest syllabus and print it. Tick every topic you have already covered in your 1st and 2nd Year books, and underline the ones you have never seen or find hard. This one page becomes your map. Everything you study from now on should match a line of it.

Give time by size and weakness

Biology, Chemistry and Physics usually carry far more questions than English and Logical Reasoning, so they deserve most of your hours. But a small section is also the cheapest place to gain marks: ten focused days on English vocabulary and grammar can add marks that would take a month of Physics. A good rule is to give each section time in line with its size, and then add extra hours for your weakest chapters.

Biology

Biology rewards repeated, short revisions. Read a chapter once, then solve its MCQs straight away and read every explanation. Make small tables for classifications, hormones, enzymes and diseases. Return to the same chapter after three days and a week. Practise with the MDCAT Biology MCQs, chapter by chapter.

Chemistry

Split Chemistry into three parts: physical (calculations and laws), organic (reactions and names) and inorganic (facts and trends). Calculations need daily practice, organic needs a reaction notebook, and inorganic needs short summaries. Try the MDCAT Chemistry MCQs after each chapter and keep a list of every formula you forgot.

Physics

Learn each formula together with its units and the situation where it applies. Solve at least five numerical MCQs per chapter by hand, then check. When you get one wrong, write what you did wrong in one line. The MDCAT Physics MCQs are a good way to test this.

English and Logical Reasoning

For English, learn ten new words every day with a sentence of your own, and revise grammar rules such as tenses, articles, prepositions and subject-verb agreement. For Logical Reasoning, practise little and often: series, analogies, coding and puzzles get faster with repetition. Use the MDCAT English MCQs and Logical Reasoning MCQs in short daily sessions.

A simple weekly plan

• Monday to Thursday: two science subjects per day, one new chapter each, followed by its MCQs.
• Friday: English and Logical Reasoning, plus revision of the week's errors.
• Saturday: a timed test of mixed chapters, then a long review of every wrong answer.
• Sunday: rest half the day and revise your error log for the other half.

In the last weeks

Stop starting new books. Take full mock tests in exam conditions, review them carefully, and revise only short notes, formulas and your error log. Sleep well in the last week: tired students make avoidable mistakes.

Practise on Ansit.pk

All the MDCAT chapters are here: open the MDCAT MCQs, choose a subject and start. For general advice on using MCQs to learn, read our guide to studying with MCQs.