MCAT Archives

The MCAT Podcast and More on GPAs and Masters Degrees

Ryan clarifies an answer he gave on last weeks podcast to help drive home his message. Also an exciting announcement about The MCAT Podcast!

Academically Dismissed to Medical School Acceptance

Kain started off on the wrong foot, and was academical dismissed. Listen to his story as he made up his mind to go back and finish school and become a doctor!

How This Nontrad Got the Motivation to Return to be a Premed

Kristina wasn’t a great high school student, and didn’t do well in community college. She gave up her dream until she finally pushed and will be a med student!

Common MCAT Prep Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Ken Tao of the Princeton Review joins us to talk about common mistakes he sees premed students make as they prepare for the MCAT. Listen, learn, and avoid them!

Which MCAT Prep Materials Are Best for Me?

Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 11 Today on the OldPreMeds Podcast, we discuss the best resources for studying for the MCAT, what you need to do, and some things…

Kaplan MCAT Prep

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MCAT Retakes: Change and Improve to Get the Score You Want

Bryan Schnedeker from Blueprint MCAT (formerly Next Step Test Prep) talks to us about what premed students need to do to prepare to retake the MCAT and get the best score they can.

Blueprint MCAT Online Course Review — Personalized MCAT Prep

M Prep is a small company that competes against the big boys like Kaplan and The Princeton Review. I’ll review their Anytime eCourse here and show how I think they are a company that you might want to look towards when looking into your MCAT preparation needs.

You may already know of M Prep from their free MCAT question of the day service they offer on their site – mcatquestion.com.

2014 MCAT Dates

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the organization that administers the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) has not yet released the 2014 MCAT Test dates.

The 2013 MCAT Test dates were released at the beginning of October, and I would expect something similar again. So keep checking back here, and we’ll update this as soon the test dates are available.

All About MCAT Prep

Starting in 2015, pre med students that aspire to become physicians have to be more than prepared as the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has changed the Medical College Admission Test or MCAT. The updated test is known as the MCAT2015. The changes were made in response to the ever-changing health care system in order to better address the needs of the population. With that said, pre med students now face even greater pressure since their exam will differ greatly from those that took it before.