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…
Affordable Online Test Prep [Episode 198]
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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…
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…
Can You Apply to Med School With Low Stats? [Free Webinar Recording]
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Now’s your chance to catch up on the valuable information that Alicia shared during her recent webinar, Get Accepted to Med School with Low Stats. Med school applicants with low GPA and/or MCAT scores – you don’t want to miss this! View Get Accepted to Med School with Low Stats now! Alicia has worked extensively with…
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 (don’t bother retaking if you’ve scored above a 32), a better-prepared…
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. The 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 the…
Tips For Applicants With A Low MCAT Score (Part 1)
All medical school applicants (or any other professional school applicant) must assess their credentials realistically in order to present themselves best during the application process. Since applicants are evaluated based on specific academic (undergraduate and graduate GPA and MCAT scores) and non-academic (research and clinical exposures, leadership skills, mentoring experiences) criteria as well as on personal attributes…
Firecracker – A Dynamite Way to Approach Med School Education [Episode 187]
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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…
The MCAT: What do You Actually Need to Study? [On-Demand Webinar]
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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,…
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….
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…
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…
Making Your MCAT Study Plan
It’s official – you’ve registered for an MCAT exam date, acquired prep materials, and figured out exactly how many months you can set aside to study. You’re ready to get started! While this can be an exciting time, for the majority of students, it’s when paralysis sets in. How much time should you spend on…
Review of the Next Step Test Prep Online MCAT Course
After organizing and leading an MCAT summer prep program for five years with the UC Davis School of Medicine Postbaccalaureate Program, I worked with Kaplan and Princeton Review extensively. Those two companies were our best MCAT prep options at the time. The Berkeley Review wasn’t able to support programs outside of the bay area during…
Webinar Reminder: What Do You Actually Need to Study for the MCAT?
Don’t forget to sign up for our upcoming webinar, The MCAT: What You Actually Need to Study, presented by Next Step Test Prep’s MCAT Content Director, Clara Gillian. If you want to study for the MCAT more efficiently with a better focus on what will and will not be covered on the MCAT, then you’ll want…
Deciding When to Take the MCAT
If you are planning on applying to medical school Summer 2017 or 2018, it’s time to make some decisions about when you will take the MCAT, if you have not already done so. Since the exam carries so much weight, identifying and following through with a strategy that will work for you can help you…
How Long Do You Need to Study for the MCAT?
If you’re planning on taking the MCAT in the next year or two, you’ve probably asked yourself this question: how many months do I actually need to set aside to prepare? The answer to this question is enormously important – the MCAT is a content-intensive and difficult test, so you need to give yourself plenty…
How Can You Maximize Your MCAT Study Time? [Webinar]
You’ve learned a huge amount of information in the years leading up to applying to med school. Now that you’re about to take the MCAT, how do you wade your way through all that material so you end up studying the right material? How do you ensure that you maximize your MCAT study time? In…
5 Ways to Increase Your Admission Test Score
Everyone knows that studying is necessary for a good test score. But there are plenty of other tips and tricks to boost your score into the next range. Make yourself more competitive at your dream school by following some of our favorite test prep strategies in this post! 1. Pick the test that plays to…
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 would be a shame to put in all that effort and then bomb the test and risk rejection. When you submit your application without an MCAT score,…
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