MCAT
Abstract: Have recent technologies changed the way premed applicants have prepared for the MCAT? Common strategies are revealed through an analysis of the most recent results from the AAMC Post-MCAT Questionnaire and the HPSA/SDN 2024-2025 ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated February 10, 2026 by Emil Chuck, PhD
MCAT
Updated March 4, 2022. The article was updated to refresh content. If you’re aiming for a great MCAT score, cramming a couple of weeks before the test isn’t going to cut it. Unlike preparing for ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 23, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
MCAT
Remember when you were a child and first realized the magnitude of your school career? When you were young, it probably seemed like high school graduation was an eternity away. You may have even thought ... Read more
Bryce Gibbs
Updated June 23, 2022 by Bryce Gibbs
MCAT
I’m guessing that by this point in your MCAT preparation you feel like you’ve parked a dump truck full of information next to your desk and shoveled facts into your brain until its about ready ... Read more
Chelsea Myers
Updated June 23, 2022 by Chelsea Myers
MCAT
Unit conversion questions are so common on the MCAT that they deserve their own post. Test authors love having you calculate how many moles of this are in a kilogram of that. Bonus points (for ... Read more
Chelsea Myers
Updated June 23, 2022 by Chelsea Myers
MCAT
One of the most difficult things about taking the MCAT is that it is both a marathon and a sprint. The test itself is more than 6 hours long, yet students have to work through each ... Read more
Chelsea Myers
Updated June 24, 2022 by Chelsea Myers
MCAT
Logarithms are one of the most difficult math topics on the MCAT because many of us haven’t studied them since high school and probably never learned how to calculate logarithms without a calculator. This is ... Read more
Chelsea Myers
Updated June 24, 2022 by Chelsea Myers
MCAT
Collegiate winter breaks often span three or four weeks, and for premedical students, this time can be used for dedicated MCAT review. A schedule free of extracurriculars and coursework creates ample space for intensive studying, ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 24, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
MCAT
An awesome trick for remembering metric prefixes and converting between units in the metric system Preparing for the MCAT requires a tremendous amount of memorization. By the time you sit down to take the exam ... Read more
Chelsea Myers
Updated June 24, 2022 by Chelsea Myers
MCAT
It is often said that the journey to becoming a doctor is a marathon, not a sprint. In my humble opinion, the comparison is apt. In fact, the premed’s path seems to me like a ... Read more
Julia Bauman
Updated June 24, 2022 by Julia Bauman
MCAT
Believe it or not, it is not uncommon to take the MCAT twice. Though sitting for seven hours and thirty minutes more than once is not anyone’s idea of fun, scheduling a second test can ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 24, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
MCAT
Should you fix a bad grade, or concentrate on making your strengths even stronger? Activia (not her actual name, though it probably should be. Feel free to take that name, anonymous caller) emailed us at [email protected] ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
MCAT
MCAT stands for the Medical College Admissions Test, which is an examination that one must take in order to gain entrance into medical school or health professions school such as veterinary* or podiatric school. The ... Read more
Emily Millet
Updated June 24, 2022 by Emily Millet
MCAT
One of the questions that we hear most often from students is “How do I get more answers right on MCAT CARS practice passages and in the exam itself?” That’s a critical question because your score ... Read more
Cambridge Learning Center
Updated June 24, 2022 by Cambridge Learning Center
MCAT
With so many deadlines and moving parts to med school apps, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. In this article, we’ll discuss how to be strategic about when you write what. At the end of this ... Read more
Haziq Siddiqi
Updated June 24, 2022 by Haziq Siddiqi
MCAT
When you receive your score report, you will receive five scores—four scores for each of the multiple-choice sections of the exam and one total score. As you prepare for test day, you may wonder how ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 25, 2022 by AAMC Staff
MCAT
As essential as it is to know the pathophysiology of various diseases and the pharmacological and surgical interventions used to treat them, it is also necessary to understand the social and psychological aspects of illness ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 25, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
MCAT
At this point, you are probably already aware of how competitive medical school admissions are. For instance, you may already know that the most competitive med schools boast acceptance rates of nearly 3%—that’s almost half ... Read more
Joel Butterly
Updated June 25, 2022 by Joel Butterly
