MCAT Mastery

As a full-time student, Anne spent the beginning of her MCAT prep, balancing studying with her classes. Over two weeks before her test day, she began to realize that she might have just been passively studying because she scored a 501 on one of her practice exams. Upset by the score, she contemplated rescheduling, as it had already been rescheduled once before. So, she decided to push through Inst...

With 4 weeks left before MCAT test day, Yusuf Amawi found himself plateauing at a 500 on practice exams and he was aiming for a 512. This is a large increase, but like we tell all of our students, it’s absolutely possible. Struggling and unsure what to do to increase his score, Yusuf began trying to change his study methods and approach to the exam, and that’s what ultimately brought him to us. Wi...

As part of our ongoing mission to put together the formula for achieving a top MCAT score, we understand that it is important to not only focus on the content and the practice questions but also to have that growth mindset to keep moving forward. So, in today's episode, Monika and Ariana talk about the common issues students are struggling with, what grit is and how each characteristic applies to...

In this MCAT Master Interview, you'll meet Samantha Main. Samantha began MCAT studying almost 8 months before her test date, with full dedication really in the last 2-3 months, but by her test date, she wasn’t feeling ready. She even pushed the MCAT back 2 weeks, but still ended up scoring a 499 on her first attempt! She was far into applications and knew she had to do better to get accepted, so s...

Welcome to another MCAT Master Interview! In this series, we talk with MCAT top scorers so that we can find out what strategies helped them the most in their process, and hopefully inspire you as you’re studying. Just because you’re struggling with the MCAT now doesn’t mean you can’t improve! We want to show you how top-scorers have raised their scores so that you can do the same! Meet Julia Megur...

From March to May (2 months), Noah's score was pretty much stagnant at a 500. His test date? June 27, 2020! Now, with around one month to go before the test date, he took another practice test and scored a 496. At this point, Noah knew something had to change. On May 20th, he signed up to work with an MCAT Mastery Mentor. We are so proud of Noah and his success, and hope that his story can inspire...

The MCAT is an extremely science-heavy exam. Studying for it can be a struggle for any student, especially for non-traditional students who have not taken MCAT-related courses in a long time. Although he struggled a lot with sciences when he was in school, that did not discourage the 41-year-old Kent Kellenberger from taking the MCAT. Determined to become a doctor and save lives, he added the MCAT...

When Julia first started prepping for the MCAT, she found herself scoring around a 496 on practice exams. She ended up taking the MCAT officially and scored a 508. Although it was a fairly good score, it was below her goal. She knew that if she had the potential to do better, she should definitely go for it. For this reason, she set out to take the MCAT again, only to score a 499 on a practice exa...

Welcome to the MCAT Master Interview series!  We’re on an ongoing mission to put together THE formula for achieving a top MCAT score. And we’ve been doing this by gathering the most effective MCAT study strategies from verified top scorers, and then we bring them to you in the form of blog articles, daily emails, youtube videos, strategy courses, through tutoring sessions and anything else that ca...

Welcome to the first episode of the MCAT Mastery podcast! We’re so excited to introduce you to the series! In this first episode, Monika and Ariana, two MCAT Mastery team members and MCAT veterans (both 90+ percentile MCAT scorers), discuss their experiences with the exam, why the MCAT is important for medical school, and how the lessons learned from this exam can impact you in larger, more meanin...