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Test Prep for the Health Professions:The MCAT and GRE

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Introductions

• Todd Worsham

• Director of Marketing at Next Step

• Seven years in test prep and higher education

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Why does all this matter?

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Introduction and Overview: StructureGRE

Section Number of Questions Allotted Time

Analytical Writing (One section, Two timed tasks)

One Analyze an Issue task and One Analyze an Argument task

30 minutes per task

Verbal Reasoning(Two sections)

20 questions per section 30 minutes per section

QuantitativeReasoning (Two sections)

20 questions per section 35 minutesper section

Un-scored Varies Varies

Research Varies Varies

Total Testing Time: About 4 hours

•Multi Stage Test (MST)• This allows for more freedom in

how you take the test

•On screen calculator• Gift or a curse?

•Verbal section more challenging

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GRE: Scoring• Quantitative and Verbal scored on 130 – 170 scale, for a total of 260-

340.

• Essay graded on 1-6 point scale.

• Official scores in 10-15 days.

• Score Select

Score Quality/Section Verbal Quantitative Writing

Top Scores 163+ 165+ 5.0+

Competitive Scores 158 – 162 159 – 164 4.5

Good Scores 152-157 153 – 158 4.0

Needs Improvement 151 or less 152 or less 3.5 or below

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GRE: Question Types

Verbal

• Text Completion

• Reading Comp

• Sentence Equivalence

Quantitative

• Problem Solving

• Quantitative Comparison

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GRE Sample Problem: Sentence Equivalence

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TopGRE Prep Tips

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The GRE is a REASONING test.

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Think beforecalculating.

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Answer choices tell you your options.

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Watch the clock…but not to much

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Use charts to organize complex problems.

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Introductions• Clara Gillan

- Sr. Content Developer- Veteran MCAT Tutor

• Worked with hundreds of students, written and reviewed thousands of MCAT questions

• Personally achieved a 42 MCAT (14’s in each section).

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Introduction and Overview: The MCAT

Chem/Phys Foundations: 10 Passages, 59 questions, 44 passage-based, 15 discrete

CARS: 9 Passages, 53 questions, passage-based

Bio/Biochem Foundations: 10 passages, 59 questions, 44 passage-based, 15 discrete

Psych/Soc Foundations: 10 Passages, 59 questions, 44 passage-based, 15 discrete

Lesson 1

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Test Section Topics Tested # of Questions Time

Tutorial (optional) - - 10 minutes

1. Chemical and Physical Foundations

of Biological Systems

Biochemistry (25%); Biology (5%);

General Chemistry (30%); Organic Chemistry (15%);

Physics (25%)

59 95 minutes

Break (optional) - - 10 minutes

2. Critical Analysis and Reasoning

Skills

No outside knowledge needed. No natural science

passages. All you need to answer the questions is in

the passage. (500-600 words per passage).

53 90 minutes

LUNCH Break (optional) - - 30 minutes

3. Biological and Biochemical

Foundations of Living Systems

Biochemistry (25%) ; Biology(65%);

General Chemistry (5%) ; Organic Chemistry (5%)59 95 minutes

Break (optional) - - 10 minutes

4. Psychological, Social, and

Biological Foundations of BehaviorBiology (5%); Psychology (65%); Sociology (35%) 59 95 minutes

Test Time - - 6 hours, 15 minutes

Total "Seated" Time (approx.) - - 7 hours, 30 minutes

MCAT Exam Structure

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MCAT Registration

Visit AAMC.org/MCAT to register for exam

Admin Date Score Release

April 1 May 3

April 23 May 24

May 6 June 7

May 14 June 14

May 20 June 21

June 2 July 6

June 18 July 19

July 8 August 9

July 9 August 9

July 22 August 23

August 4 September 7

August 5 September 7

August 19 September 20

August 20 September 20

August 25 September 27

September 1 October 4

September 9 October 12

September 10 October 12

Choosing Your Test Date

Admission Deadlines

Score Release

12-16 weeks of prepMinimal outside commitmentsConvenient location ( < 2 hours of travel)Prerequisite courses

Rolling admissionsAMCAS ( 6/1)Committee LettersSecondary ApplicationsSpecific program requirements

30 days between test day and score releaseNeeded for a “complete” application

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MCAT Sample Problem

Which of the following explains why the pitch of a person's resonance voice

harmonics rises when she inhales helium instead of air?

A. The wavelength increases due to the change in temperature from the helium

atoms.

B. The change in timbre results in a higher perceived frequency of the voice.

C. The frequency decreases due to the change in density from the helium atoms.

D. The speed of the sound wave remains constant regardless of changes to the

medium through which the sound wave propagates.

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TopMCAT Prep Tips

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Study Group

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Critical Analysis! Start

early to find YOUR

strategy

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Science content: Rule of 2’s

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Passage analysis: Note-takingand highlighting

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Know what to expect on test day

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