It was the beginning of the Fall semester and I was sitting in Microbiology Lab with my new lab buddies when one of them started talking about the MCAT. The MCAT was the last thing on my mind at this point, so I wasn’t really paying too much attention. I figured that the MCAT was months away for me and that I would just study for just a single month before...
What to Know About the AAMC New Section Bank Volume 2 Last month, the AAMC released the long awaited second volume of their MCAT Official Question Section Bank. This set of 300 questions covers the three science-based sections on the MCAT: Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems, Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems, and...
My First MCAT Attempt I began my MCAT journey by self-studying only with the help of free resources, Kaplan books, and free full length practice exams. After receiving a “good but not good enough” score as I deemed it, I decided I needed to retake the test. My Second MCAT Attempt With no good pre-med advisory board at school, I rushed into my second test...
After the 2023 MCAT season ended, the AAMC released their first ever content outline for the MCAT. Why hasn’t this received more attention? It has been buried in their Online MCAT Prep Hub, making it difficult to find and revisit. However, it has some great material, combining online textbook links with some of the already officially endorsed Khan Academy...
Knowing exactly what to bring and not bring on your official MCAT test day can be stressful. Although the AAMC has official guidelines, it is always nerve wracking not knowing how strict a testing center will be and how much you can read between the lines. Here, I have condensed these guidelines and added my own tips, tricks, and insights that helped earn...
Avoid a “completionist” mindset As premeds, many of us are heavily achievement-oriented and we LOVE to see tangible results of our work. So, it can be tempting to approach our content review with a completionist mindset, where we consider our work “done” when we’ve read X chapter or gone...
While the MCAT is the most daunting test facing most pre-medical students, the AAMC Professional Readiness Exam (AAMC PREview) and Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer) exams are rapidly being adopted by medical schools. Each of these are situational judgment tests, a form of psychological test used in many industries to...
For more personalized advice, I absolutely recommend MCAT Self Prep’s medical school application course and one-on-one admissions consulting! Know the Type of Interview There are several types of interview formats that medical schools use to select high-quality applicants. These are:...
For many students, mental math can be one of the most frustrating parts of the MCAT. The bad news is that you will undoubtedly need to do some math on test day. The good news is that you don’t need to be a world-class mathematician to get the right answers! Here are some tips for approaching mental math on test day. Come prepared As part of your...
Thanks to MCAT Self Prep I was able to earn a 518 on my official MCAT that I took in April, 2022! I originally looked into MCAT Self Prep after browsing MCAT services online, but all the services I was coming across were extremely expensive and did not allow for as much freedom as MCAT Self Prep. After discussing with my parents, we believed that this...
Studying for the MCAT can be a daunting task, especially when you have no idea where to start or how to structure your studying. I spent a few days online trying to research the best ways to study for the exam, and I was super overwhelmed by the endless suggestions I found through Reddit users and other study plan advertisements. Getting Started I stumbled...
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