Suggested Methods/Materials for MCAT Preparation
Learn as much as you can about the MCAT (offered 28 dates each year)
 https://www.aamc.org/ => click on MCAT (Right side of page – orange type)
 Be sure to read everything and check out all the links – especially MCAT Essentials
 Be sure to purchase the Official Guide to the MCAT Exam
 www.kaptest.com => MCAT - Medical School (bottom of page) => read through the purple tabs
MCAT Registration => https://www.aamc.org/ => click on MCAT => click on Registering for the MCAT Exam
 Opens in October for the January-May test dates
 Opens in February for the June-September test dates
 You will need a credit card – they only accept Visa or MasterCard
Review Courses
 Kaplan: www.kaptest.com => See Mrs. Ruit for course number for UND course (offered every spring)
 Princeton Review: http://www.princetonreview.com/
Review Materials*
 AAMC (the folks who oversee medical schools and who developed the MCAT) => https://www.aamc.org/
 Official Guide to the MCAT Exam => order online
 Official MCAT Self-Assessment Package => order online
 E-MCAT Practice Tests => 8 available to purchase and take online
 Kaplan MCAT Review Book => available at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. Get the most current edition – usually
updated each year and will offer practice questions, explanations, practice tests and strategies
 ExamKrackers => http://www.examkrackers.com/Store/Default.aspx
 Audio Osmosis CD’s
 MCAT Complete Study package
 Princeton Review => http://www.princetonreview.com/
 Cracking the MCAT
 Destroyer by Orgoman => http://www.orgoman.com
Offers subject review, problems and solutions for Organic Chemistry and Physics
 MCAT Flashcards by Mometrix => http://www.flashcardsecrets.com/mcat/
*If you take the UND Kaplan MCAT Review course, Kaplan will supply all the materials you will ever need - online and printed review
materials, practice questions, practice tests and free access to all of the AAMC practice MCATs
Suggested Timeline for MCAT Preparation
Fall semester
 Register in October for January-May test dates
 Learn as much as you can about the test
 Choose test date and make a study plan for spring semester
 Get review materials
Spring Semester
 Register in February for June-September test dates
 Review and take practice tests
Late May or Early June
 Take MCAT
June
 Work on AAMCAS (try to submit by July 1st)
July-August
 Retake MCAT if necessary
MCAT Study Plan
Week
Date
Week 1
January
Week 2
January
Week 3
January
Week 4
January
Week 5
February
Week 6
February
Week 7
February
Week 8
February
Week 9
March
Week 10
March
Week 11
March
Week 12
March
Week 13
April
Week 14
April
Week 15
April
Week 16
April
Week 17
May
Week 18
May
Week 19
May
Week 20
May
May - June
Topic
Classes begin - Take Practice Test #1
Take Practice Test #2
Spring Break - Fill out WICHE forms (MT, WY residents)
Take Practice Test #3
Take Practice Test #4
Finals Week
Take Practice Tests #5 (and all 8 AAMC practice tests before your test date!)
Take the real MCAT!!
Weekly Schedule
Time
8am
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9am
10am
11am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm
12am
SLEEP
SLEEP
SLEEP
SLEEPP
SLEEP