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June 11, 2018

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Can You Submit Your AMCAS Application BEFORE Taking the MCAT?

Can you submit your AMCAS application before taking the MCAT

It’s risky to apply to med school before taking or retaking the MCAT for a few reasons: 1. Applying to med school is expensive and time intensive. It’s hard to know where you might be a competitive applicant if you don’t know how your scores compare to other students at a school. Your practice scores… 

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January 28, 2018

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How Does the Med School Adcom View Multiple MCAT Scores?

How do adcoms view multiple MCAT scores

In 2007, the MCAT was first offered electronically. Prior to this technological shift, the MCAT was only offered a limited number of times a year – as a paper and pencil exam. There was also a restriction placed on the number of times you could take the exam in one year as well as in… 

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January 10, 2018

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5 Things You Need to Know Before Your MCAT Exam

5 Things to Know Before Your MCAT

Applying to medical school is no doubt one of the most exciting paths in your life so far, however intense the process may feel! And while taking the MCAT can definitely be intimidating, the best way to ease any stress you may have surrounding it is to be as informed about it as possible. The… 

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December 19, 2017

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Rejected From Medical School 3x – Today a Pediatric Resident and Mom [Episode 238]

You’ve taken the MCAT, maybe even applied and been rejected. Discouraged? Don’t be. Hear Dr. Allie’s story. Allie Lyle had wanted to be a doctor since she was 14. More specifically she wanted to be a pediatrician. And she pursued this path diligently. But the MCAT and a few mistakes got in her way. She… 

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December 15, 2017

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Did You Miss Our MCAT Webinar?

If you missed our guest webinar with NextStepTestPrep, The MCAT: Craft Your Strategy for Success, don’t worry – you can now view it free on-demand anytime! Test prep is often a source of deep anxiety for applicants. We want to give you the tools to develop an effective MCAT prep strategy, so that you can… 

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December 4, 2017

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Kaplan Test Prep Survey Offers Tips to Aspiring Doctors

  Fewer MD applicants earned a seat in medical school in 2016 (39.7%) than in recent history. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, this is the second year in a row that the admit rate fell below 40%. For their 12th annual survey of medical school admissions officers, Kaplan Test Prep recently queried… 

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October 24, 2017

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1 Doctor, 2 Entrepreneurs: Eliza Morrison & Andrew Nimmich [Episode 230]

Interview with Nerdly CEOs Eliza Morrison Andrew Nimmich

Meet Eliza Morrison and M4 Andrew Nimmich, the CEOs of Tutor the People and Nerdly. Both of today’s guests attended the College of Charleston in South Carolina where Eliza Morrison majored in French, Russian and Comparative Literature. Andrew Nimmich also attended the College of Charleston and CUNY Brooklyn College and majored in Pre-Medical Studies. He… 

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October 19, 2017

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Tips for Applicants With a Low MCAT Score (Part 2)

To learn more about your options without retaking the exam, check out Part 1 of this series. Your MCAT score is crucial to making it to the interview stage of the medical school application process. For those with low MCAT scores who want to attend a US allopathic medical school, the only real option is retaking… 

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October 18, 2017

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Tips for Applicants With a Low MCAT Score (Part 1)

Medical school applicants (or any other professional school applicant) must assess their credentials realistically to present themselves in the best possible way during the application process. Since applicants are evaluated based on specific quantitative (primarily undergraduate GPA and MCAT scores) and non-quantitative (research and clinical exposure, leadership skills, mentoring experiences) criteria as well as on… 

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October 11, 2017

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MCAT Strategy: Learning from Practice

MCAT Strategy & Planning: Learning from Practice

Once you’ve assessed your baseline strengths and weaknesses, crafted your study plan, and gotten into the swing of things with your MCAT studying, you’ll find yourself taking practice sections and full-length exams before too long. To get the best results, though, you need to do more than just practice; you must also carefully review your… 

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October 9, 2017

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MCAT Strategy & Planning: Where Do I Even Begin?

As an MCAT student concerned about crafting your perfect exam strategy, you might be feeling overwhelmed. You may have heard about numerous MCAT strategies – highlighting the passage, taking notes, reading the questions first, skipping around, etc. Which should you choose? And even once you settle on a larger strategy, you’ll find various ways to… 

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May 4, 2017

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4 Things Your MCAT Score Says About You

Why are standardized tests so important? Do they really reflect your abilities or capabilities? Do they really test what you need to know in order to become a physician? According to most medical school admissions committees, the answer is a resounding YES. How you perform on your MCAT says a lot about how you’ll perform… 

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March 22, 2017

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Affordable Online Test Prep [Episode 198]

We are now getting calls from applicants who plan to plan to apply in the summer, fall, and winter to matriculate in 2018. A few have all their ducks lined up – test score in place, school visits planned, a GPA they’re proud of, and maybe they’re just rounding out their profile to put icing… 

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March 15, 2017

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Do You Measure Up to the DO Applicants Who Got Accepted Last Year?

In reviewing the matriculation data for the 2016-17 cycle from AACOMAS, there are several trends that can inform your application strategy and increase your chances of acceptance. Last cycle, 185,602 applications were submitted by 20,720 applicants, and 6,778 were accepted. In other words, 32.7% of applicants matriculated at DO school. Let’s take a look at… 

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February 7, 2017

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Improve Your MCAT Score for Medical School Acceptance

In the next section of our Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, we’ll move from increasing your GPA to improving your MCAT score. Fortunately, it’s easier to tackle a poor MCAT score than a poor GPA. While you should not retake the exam too many times, a better-prepared second or possibly third attempt can be a sound strategy…. 

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January 4, 2017

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Firecracker – A Dynamite Way to Approach Med School Education [Episode 187]

Today’s guest is Ben Williams, founder and CEO of Firecracker. Firecracker is, according to its website, “an adaptive learning platform that uses amazing content coupled with spaced repetition to help medical students crush their exams.” Ben graduated from Harvard College in 2005 with a BA in Biology and Health Policy. From 2006-09 he co-founded and… 

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December 16, 2016

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The MCAT: What do You Actually Need to Study? [On-Demand Webinar]

You could take class after class and sift through site after site and review notes and more notes on material that may or may not appear on the MCAT…or you can just view our webinar, The MCAT: What You Actually Need to Study, presented by Clara Gillian, MCAT Content Director at Next Step Test Prep,… 

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December 15, 2016

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Time Management Tips to Make the Most of Your Test Prep

Time is precious on a standardized test. On test day, efficient time use can be the difference between a top score and a failing one. And in test prep, as on the test itself, time is of the essence. Here are some time management tips to help you make the most of your test prep…. 

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November 10, 2016

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Kaplan Test Prep Survey: Too Soon to Tell if New MCAT Better Helps Medical Schools Evaluate Applicants?

Kaplan Test Prep’s 2016 survey of 68 medical schools across North America found that 43% believe that the new MCAT, which was initiated in April 2015, serves as a better tool to evaluate applicants’ potential to succeed in their program than does the old MCAT. The majority of those surveyed (56%) responded that they are… 

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November 8, 2016

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MCAT Webinar on Wednesday! Last Chance to Register!

Today is the day! Register now for The MCAT: What You Actually Need to Study, presented by Clara Gillian, MCAT Content Director at Next Step Test Prep, to learn the essential aspects of the MCAT exam and what you specifically need to study in order to ace it. The webinar will air live later today… 

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