Maximize Your Performance on the MCAT Test
Effective preparation is crucial for a strong performance on the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) which is the essential test required for entrance into medical school. Get expert instruction on how to solidify your knowledge in key areas and hone the critical thinking skills you need to succeed on the exam and in medical school.
Lectures will provide concise summaries of major areas of MCAT content. Throughout the course, you will complete half-length sectional assessments to check your comprehension of Biology/Biochemistry, Chemistry/Physics, Psychology/Sociology, and Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS). Students will also focus on an extended case study, using discussion boards to practice applying the four core competencies of the MCAT: foundational undergraduate knowledge, critical thinking skills, evaluation of graphical representations of data, and design and execution of research.
What You Will Learn
- Master study techniques that will allow you to improve your MCAT score by 4 points or more per month of focused effort.
- Sharpen your critical evaluation of complex arguments through individual exercises and discussion boards.
- Use MCAT-style questions to assess your expertise before and after lecture modules.
- Get recommendations for supplemental readings to improve your performance on the CARS section of the exam.
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Note:
- This is a 16-hour course. It includes two 3/4th length practice exams in the Canvas format, with detailed third party explanations for one of the exams. Five plus additional full length exams are advised to be purchased by the student which are included with the textbook, after which students will want to take all four AAMC official full length practice exams. Any third party provider of full length practice exams is acceptable
- UC San Diego undergraduate students may be eligible to take this course for free through the Student Grant Program.
- Please contact precollege@ucsd.edu with questions.
- For a more intensive MCAT test preparation program, please visit reference the MCAT Personal Coaching Sessions.
Course Number: EDUC-90011
Credit: 0.00 unit(s)
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3/28/2022 - 4/25/2022
$500
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Smith, Lincoln
Lincoln Smith interviewed at medical schools across the country in two medical school application cycles, with two accompanying official administrations of the MCAT. He pursued programs that treated a specific type of quadraplegia in the first cycle, and those programs that studied cancer immunotherapy for his terminally ill father the second. He has taught and now prepares MCAT curriculum for pre-medicine students, passing his medical school application and MCAT knowledge on to aspiring medical professionals. Lincoln went on to teach the MCAT at a major Test Prep company for the next three years. Subsequent to this, he has continued to tutor the MCAT privately, with a spin off P98 CARS curriculum from his 98th percentile CARS section. He has a 97th percentile overall MCAT score. H...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDMCAT Self-Study Toolkit 2022-2023 2021
by Kaplan Test Prep
ISBN / ASIN: 9781506278148
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
1st meeting mandatory.
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
Pre-enrollment required.
No refunds after: 3/21/2022.
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NOTE:
Students will receive course access 24-hours in advance of the start date via email. Please contact precollege@ucsd.edu with any questions.
3/28/2022 - 4/25/2022
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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7/11/2022 - 8/1/2022
$500
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Smith, Lincoln
Lincoln Smith interviewed at medical schools across the country in two medical school application cycles, with two accompanying official administrations of the MCAT. He pursued programs that treated a specific type of quadraplegia in the first cycle, and those programs that studied cancer immunotherapy for his terminally ill father the second. He has taught and now prepares MCAT curriculum for pre-medicine students, passing his medical school application and MCAT knowledge on to aspiring medical professionals. Lincoln went on to teach the MCAT at a major Test Prep company for the next three years. Subsequent to this, he has continued to tutor the MCAT privately, with a spin off P98 CARS curriculum from his 98th percentile CARS section. He has a 97th percentile overall MCAT score. H...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDMCAT Self-Study Toolkit 2022-2023 2021
by Kaplan Test Prep
ISBN / ASIN: 9781506278148
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
-
POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
Pre-enrollment required.
No refunds after: 7/4/2022.
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7/11/2022 - 8/1/2022
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Pre-College Programs department at 858-534-0804 or precollege@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.