<p>Daughter is a junior, completing organic chemistry this year. She's asked me for the Kaplan MCAT prep course - it's very expensive. Is this the best prep course? Also, can anyone expand on the best timing in terms of sitting for the exam? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any advice.</p>
<p>My son os taking the Princeton Review course beginning in January. The course last 2 months and he will then take the MCAT in April. We were told it is important to take the exam in the spring as many student need to retake it again in the fall. My son has started gathering his information for his applications. His undergrad school is on top of what needs to be done and the timeline for each part to be completed.</p>
<p>As far a Kaplan vs. Princeton Review, I'm not sure one is better than the other, just different. Some people like one over the other. I don't think you can go wrong with either.</p>
<p>II'm a junior and 'm going to take the MCAT in August of 2005. And if I need to retake it (which probably won't happen) than I'll retake in in April of 2006.</p>
<p>It was my understanding that taking them the first time your senior year was too late. Match day is in the spring of your senior year, so your scores will be late. I guess if you are taking a year off it will all work out.</p>
<p>I thought Match Day was something for medical students in their senior year.</p>
<p>Yes it is; that is why you take you exam during the spring of your junior year. Applications go out during the summer and interviews (if you are lucky) will be in the fall and winter. Most premed programs tell their students to take the exam during the spring of their junior year so that their applications will be complete.</p>
<p>You are correct in saying that Match Day occurs in the spring however Match Day is only applicable to senior med school students “matching” for residency therefore it has no relevancy to the timing of MCAT scores.</p>
<p>What an unfortunate bump. Or , then again, maybe not. </p>
<p>For those who don’t know, the OP was one of my good best internet friends who fought a valiant battle against cancer. And lost. She let us live it with her in real time. Her courage in the face of overwhelming odds, her obvious and un-relenting love for her daughter, her desire and effort to change the health-care delivery system for the less-fortunate while engaged in her personal “cage match” to the death, and her great will to live was manifest in her many postings. And then there was her red shoes. </p>
<p>I miss her… but I’m smiling.</p>
<p>Oops. lol. I obviously didn’t pay attention to the date of this post I just did a search for MCAT prep and came across this thread and noticed the error. If I had noticed the date I probably wouldn’t have bothered to reply.</p>