Maximize Your Performance on the MCAT Test
Effective preparation is crucial for a strong performance on the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), the essential test required for entrance into medical school. Receive expert instruction on how to hone the critical thinking skills you need to succeed on the exam and in medical school, while also solidifying your knowledge in the biological, physical, and social sciences.
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.
- The first 30 days will be focused on peer and professor engagement to master essential test prep, content, and performance skills to excel on the MCAT. After this, a 30 day structured window of content acquisition and MCAT practice question step-by-step review will be open to students on a self-paced basis with instructor support.
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Note:
- The textbook “MCAT Revolution” available exclusively on Amazon from Biological Sciences week forward (Week 2) corresponds at a one-to-one level with the quizzes on Canvas. Read Chapter 1 to complete Quiz 1, etc.
- This is a 16-hour course. It includes two 3/4th length practice exams with detailed third party explanations. 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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4/6/2024 - 4/27/2024
$500
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Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/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 Revolution: Ignite your MCAT score. CARS, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences full content coverage with three empowering keystone lectures for complete exam mastery 1st
by Smith, Lincoln
ISBN / ASIN: 9798863225418
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
Pre-enrollment required.
No refunds after: 3/30/2024.
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| DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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| 4/6/2024 | Sat | 10:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | |
| 4/13/2024 | Sat | 10:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | |
| 4/20/2024 | Sat | 10:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | |
| 4/27/2024 | Sat | 10:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | |
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5/1/2024 - 5/28/2024
$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 Revolution: Ignite your MCAT score. CARS, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences full content coverage with three empowering keystone lectures for complete exam mastery 1st
by Smith, Lincoln
ISBN / ASIN: 9798863225418
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
Pre-enrollment required.
No refunds after: 4/24/2024.
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5/1/2024 - 5/28/2024
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.