how can I beat the medical college admissions test? (mcat)?
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Usually there are college study groups. Have you ever thought about "beating" the test just by hard preparation? I haven't started preparing yet, other than taking required classes and such. Most of my friends did well on the practice test, but they just had to buckled down and study for it. Just try to prepare gradually. Good luck to you!
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Remember that almost all testing will go better with more sleep/relaxation than painful, last-minute preparation. There are exceptions to this, but I don't think the SATs are one of those exceptions. There are certain people that can cram and seemingly be more successful, and certain tests that lend themselves to cramming. \nI suggest to assess your preparedness, do what you can, then take a break/find a distraction.\n\nGood Luck.
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You need to find out EXACTLY what pre-requisits you need for medical school.  If your college cannot tell you this...contact the medical school(s) you plan to apply to.\n\nGood luck...it's a long hard road.  College and medical school are the easy part.  It's internship, residency, and life that are the buttocks kickers.
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examkrackers is going to be your best bet, ESPECIALLY with your lack of a science degree.  I used them for my MCAT and got a 31 (and i'm in my 2nd year of med school now).  They teach you everything you need to know, and they do it at a very basic level and build you up.  I really liked it a lot.  You should also have kept some of your chemistry/bio/physics text books to reference once and awhile if there is a particular topic in examkrackers that you are really struggling on.  I have a couple of websites that sell their text books way cheaper than you would normally get them.  Drop me an email.  evoacct10@yahoo.com\n\n(please mark as best answer if you are satisfied)
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Not sure what you're asking, but I'll try.\n\nIf you need test-taking tips, read on.  If a multiple-choice format test, read any passages after you have read the possible answers to skim and scan ofr needed info.\n\nMaterials for a test:\n\nUse scratch paper.\n\nIf in college, a blue book might be necessary (you have to provide this, the prof will not) or a scantron form for multi. choice.  There professor will already have told you what to bring.  Always have a no. 2 pencil for a scantron test.
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I would agree with the previous poster and add that most Jr College courses are as hard or harder than regular university courses.  Grades are huge to medical school admissions but don't forget to study for that MCAT.  That is no simple test.
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Good grades and other extracurricular activities are a necessity...but you also have to score well on the medical school assessment test (MCATS).\nYou should also be aware that medical schools only have a limited # of openings in every class so they get to pick from a very big pool of "qualified" candidates.
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No.  First off, the MCAT is not a pass/fail test.  It is a standardized test, which means you are rated against your peers, rather than against some absolute criteria.  Second, your undergraduate college experience is very important.  It teaches you discipline (or screen you for the amount of discipline you have) and serves as a necessary indicator for adcoms to sense your ability to handle a tough workload.\n\nWhen you get right down to it, MCAT is largely a test of aptitude, comprehension, and the ability to read effectively and accurately.  Med school, by contrast, is a great deal of memorization.  Doing great on the MCAT might indicate you ability to understand material and problem-solve from a scientific standpoint, but it says nothing about your ability to become a slave to a brutal machine for four years of intensive study and come out still standing.\n\nThere are very good reasons why the MCAT is not the sole determining factor in med school admissions.
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Of course you do.  Not even a question.\n\nFirst off, be sure you take plenty of English/Writing courses.  Nothing's worse than a scientist (or doctor) who can't write a sentence.  Believe me, grad schools in general and Med schools in particular are clamping down on this.\n\nSecond, look at the entrance requirements and application suggestion for top colleges. You need to make sure you continue the correct curriculum, including math, science, English, foreign language, etc.\n\nThird, try to do extra-curricular activities.  Try to get into leadership positions - at work, at a religious organization, volunteering.  Top tier college eat that crap up.\n\nDo your homework.  Check out the college websites and applications - most are on-line.  See what they want in their essays and course curriculum, and make sure you take those course throughout high school.  And it is true, absolutely true, the best doctors come from the best med schools, who only take the most gifted undergrads from the most prestigious colleges, who are very discriminating regarding their freshman class.  So do not stop working hard.\n\nOn the other hand, there are thousands, maybe millions of people out there who screwed around in high school and now would sell their souls to Satan to have had your insight at your age.  If you want to go to med school, you will go.
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Hi\n\n1. You can take Kaplan review and Q-bank\n2. First Aid (a must!!!)\n3. Step up USMLE STEP 1\n3. BRS of every subject and High Yield of every subject\n4. http://medicine.creighton.edu/USMLE/STEP%201.htm\n\nGL & GB  Bye!
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How should one go about with the preparation for MCA entrance? (see below)
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Majors that help when you get into Med school are biology, pre-med and chemistry. You can literally major in anything and get accepted into Med school but those 3 majors are decided advantage in Med school. Pharmacology and the biochemistry areas are the most difficult areas for most medical students. \n\nAs for what school, you can be in any accredited collage but the better known schools will be a slight advantage. Going to Ivy league will help. \n\nIt is very important for you to get good grades. Your MCAT is the MOST important aspect. Start studying possibly in your freshman year. If there is ever one test in your entire life that is truely important it is your MCATs if you really want to be a doctor. Pediatrics is a competitive field to get into, not as bad as trying to be an Orthopod or a surgeon. Still be prepared to be family practice as an alterntive. You still work with kids and are still a Doc. Making it through med school is hard enough. Not sure how hard it is to switch to pediatrics afterwards but I suspect it is quite possible. The key things are getting into med school and making it through it. I'm going to paste some tips on becoming a Doc from a previous answer into this one. I have seen the whole thing first hand with my ex. Her struggle to go from Blue collar family to Doc was informitive and inspiring. \n\nFirst keep your record spotless. No memberships in political or crimanal orgizations. No reference to drugs at all. Stay away from anything contraversial. Do not join anything that is ethnic or political in nature. You might get away with membership in a political parties org but thats taking an unnecessary risk. Not matter how innocent it might seem to you it is possibly contraversial and could hurt you in interviews. Join all the clubs you want after you become a Doc.\n\nGenerally pharmacists do extremely well in Med school. I would recomend this route to anybody who is not brilliant in school. It means taking longer to become a Doc but it will be a huge help down the road. Both in deciding if you really want to become a Doc and in getting to that goal.\n\nGet into a decent college. It helps if your major is Pre-med or biology. Chemistry is not a bad major either. There is no requirement so technically you can major in Phys Ed and still be eligible. What you major in WILL affect your interviews. So it is important to either have a major that will help you in Med school or be very good in interviewing to get around the damage done by a major not associated with medical students. Every year hundreds or thousands make it into med school with majors like Law, English lit, etc. You may want to do this to bulk up your grades if you are extremely well suited to another major.\n\nAfter doing very well through your bachelors. Just gettting yoru degree will not be enough. You do not have to be a strait A student either. The better your grades the easier it will be to be accepted into medical school. Involvement in certain organizations can help as well. Anything medical, intellectual or that strikes a chord with the interviewer is good. Avoid anything contraversial. If if the interviewer agrees with you politically Doctors are supposed to be objective.\n\nStart studying for your MCATs as a freshman in college. If you do not make at least a certain score on them and these are very difficult exams you are not going to get into Med school in the US. The better you do the easier it will be to be accepted. If you are female, a minority or have a special story you can make it with respectable MCAT scores possibly. Depends on how many of your exception are appying that given year and what their scores are like. There is a program or at least was several years ago that allowed certain minorities to get extra help and acceptance of minorities with less than minium scores. The program gave them extra time on tests, sliding scales on exam scores and other help to promote diversity among doctors. Still nobody glides thr
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Just pray...try to remember what you learned during the course....Hope that your term mark is high.....Good luck and try to remember as much as you can.....Plus get some sleep otherwise you will sleep through the exam
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just study, study, and study. write up some notecards to make into flash cards, and keep referring to it. \nps, why did you wait so long to study? last minute studying doesn't normally work. you need repetitiveness to make it count on tests.
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Yes, medical school is extremely hard to get into. The highest acceptance rate of any of them is around 30%.
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First I would learn more about the process of becoming an MD or DO and about the medical school experience.  Getting into med school (in the US) is about three things: your GPA, your MCAT score, and IF based upon the first two, how your med school interview goes.  Having a masters may have little to do with getting into med school and might not have any effect one way or the other.\n\nI went to grad school and now I teach at a university, but I attended an academic medical center that was among other things a school of medicine.  Also, my wife has worked at the med school for almost 30 years directly with the students.  \n\nUnfortunately, school counselors and college advisors often either don't know or give poor advise to health professions students.  If your goal is to be a doctor and you have the grades and can make a decent score on the MCAT - by all means try the medical school route.  Be aware of a few things:\n1. Don't expect to hold a job, even part-time for 4 - years.  You either have relatives that help you pay for school and life expenses, or you take out loans.  There are few scholarships for med school.\n2. Apply to all the schools in your state, you increase your chances of getting accepted.\n3. Plan on moving again for your residency (4-6 years more).  You have little say in where you'll do your residency, by the way, if you are in the top half of your class you might get one of your top three choices.\n\nBy all means TALK to recent graduates, preferably those in the midst of a residency.  Many schools allow pre-meds to meet with current students.  Contact the student affairs office at the med school near you. They will give you the best picture.\nBest wishes.
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study like crazy and keep you GPA up, as long as you have a great gpa and a great MCAT you get in to most schools, also volunteer in a hospital or get a job as a tech or something thats the easiest way, the MOST important is your GPA AND MCAT though so study like crazy or you end up like me making 60k a year, with a ton of debt and no hope to get into med school.