In today’s episode, Bryan and I talk about the first steps when you want to dip your toes into preparing for the MCAT, particularly starting with the diagnostic test—why you need to take it, when to take it, and more about taking the MCAT diagnostic test.
Listen to this podcast episode with the player above, or keep reading for the highlights and takeaway points.
You have to take something a diagnostic test that is very similar to the real MCAT. The test doesn’t have to be a full 8-hour day, but it should meet the following criteria:
The free MCAT diagnostic test offered by Next Step is half-length, so it’s 20 passages long and takes three and a half hours.
This initial diagnostic test at Next Step has high statistical validity and it is of a difficulty that closely approximates the real AAMC.
They’ve tweaked their scoring scale to make certain that the diagnostic score will highly predict how you would do in an official AAMC practice exam.
This initial diagnostic test at Next Step has high statistical validity and it is of a difficulty that closely approximates the real AAMC exam.Click To TweetYou can get your free diagnostic MCAT test from Blueprint MCAT (formerly Next Step Test Prep) here.
The amount of time you have to put into the MCAT varies by orders of magnitude for different students.Click To Tweet
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