Things I've gotten so far:
Proven that $2^p-1\equiv \pmod 3$ (for some odd prime)
$n$ is in the form $n =( 2^p-1)(2^{p - 1})$ where $(2^p - 1)$ is prime.$ n > 6$, so $p > 2$.
So I have the congruence $2^p-1 \equiv 1 \pmod 3$,
and I think I have to prove that $2^p -1 \equiv 4 \pmod 6$ or $-2 \pmod 6$,
but I'm not sure how to accomplish that step.
Your formula for $n$ is wrong.
It should read $$n=(2^p-1)(2^{p-1})$$.
For example $n=28=(2^3-1)\cdot2^{(3-1)}=7\cdot4=28$
$2^{2k+1}-1\equiv 1\pmod 3$ (from Fermat's Little Theorem), and the power of $2$ forces this to be $4\pmod 6$ (from the Chinese Remainder Theorem).