So I had a summer, but I had some work and volunteering responsibilities so what I did was study a few hours, around 4, on weekends for a month or two. I realized that I really retained most of the information that I needed so I stopped pretty quickly. Then I set aside 2 weeks since I felt unprepared and I really went insane on the FL. I personally think those are more helpful than content review IF done effectively.
The idea was I go through the FL and review it the same day. I'll copy and paste my technique from another post to show you what I did DAILY for those 2 weeks.
So what I do during the exam is take it timed of course, and mark answers I am relatively unsure of (crossed off one answer, just guessed, etc). If I just guessed I do make note of the question. Now that you've gotten the scored results, the important part isn't what score you got, or sometimes even what area you got the most questions wrong in.
I first see the questions I didn't mark, yet got wrong. This is usually where I go first, because at the time I felt reasonably sure that I got the question right, but I didn't. I separate these into "misread question", "misread answer", "problem with content" type of errors, and see where I'm having the most trouble. Of the marked questions, I go and do the same, except I try to reason out more extensively. Is this a content issue? Or is this a critical thinking issue? What I like about the new MCAT is that much of the passage questions have the answer hidden in the passage itself, which means that the amount you have to know is much smaller. Of course discrete questions are more content-based, so take those into account.
Then I go over marked questions I got right. Why did I hesitate to pick that answer? Did I get a lucky guess? Did I pick this answer for the correct reasons? These are some of the questions that went through my head when I had reviewed my FL.
In the end, I want to identify if my skills are lacking in the content section, the critical thinking (pulling information from passage), analysis (understanding the author and the passage's intent), or rushing (misreading questions or answer choices). You break it down, and then work on what you have the most trouble in.
In the end, the content I had the most trouble is P/S because it was a bit unlike the rest. I'm terrible at memorizing, so I rely heavily on critical thinking and squeezing out new information from the information given, which is another reason why I did so little content review.
I did end up receiving a 518 on my exam. In total I probably spent around 30-40 hours on content review and then I'm not sure for the 14 FL and review I did for those.