SHould a high schooler start preparing for MCATS?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>SHould a high schooler start preparing for MCATS?
ANy recomended books</p>

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<p>SATs first. College courses next. MCATs later - a few months before you take the exam. (Usually during your junior year of college.)</p>

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<p>........no</p>

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<p>How about after your SATs and Ap?- this would mean during the end of my senior yaer.</p>

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<p>still no....one step at a time</p>

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<p>maybe, if you feel like killing yourself. :eek:</p>

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<p>The MCAT requires college-level knowledge. No point in studying for it before you've taken the classes.</p>

<p>Seriously, spend maybe 4 months on the MCAT.</p>

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<p>Seriously, SLOW DOWN. You'll have plenty of time to worry about this in about 3 years.</p>

<p>Tip #1 if you are a graduating senior - ENJOY THE END OF YOUR SENIOR YEAR (and yes I am yelling) and this summer.</p>

<p>Tip #2 enjoy your freshman year...you'll never have as much fun while accomplishing so much, so go out on thursday, friday, and saturday nights. Seriously, when you're a senior you'll look back at these heady times and say "damn, how did I drink so much and still pull off such amazing grades...my liver hates me now." (or at least that's what I said).</p>

<p>Tip #3 - enjoy your sophomore year...you can see where this is going.</p>

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<p>screw the MCATS right now dude...aren't you just happy ur in ur senior yr of HS and going to college? lol</p>

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<p>HAHAHAHAHA are you kidding??????????</p>

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<p>im not kidding....
or maybe i should relax first.
I just dont want to stress out when i'm in my third year of undergrad</p>

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<p>madamebovary, where are you going to school?</p>

<p>nvm, just realized you're a junior.</p>

<p>Excuse me :eek:</p>

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<p>If you are worried about stressing out about a test in 4 years, and you respond by starting to study now, you're never going to make it.</p>

<p>Some point along the line you'll have a nervous breakdown...</p>

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<p>Seriously - I promise, you'll be fine spending four months studying for this thing.</p>

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<p>that is quite possible lol
any recommended books for MCATS?
In the near future, i will need to buy MCAT books</p>

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<p>Huh? You're in HS! Buy books around the time you plan to study for the MCATs so you can have the latest editions.</p>

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<p>dude did u start studying for the SAT's when u were in 8th grade?? id say most people dont...dont buy anything right now</p>

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The scientific competencies you will be expected to demonstrate on the MCAT are derived from basic principles and concepts in biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics. These principles and concepts are treated in the basic biology, chemistry, and physics courses offered at most undergraduate institutions at the introductory course level.

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From the MCAT Student Manual at <a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/studentmanual/preparing.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/studentmanual/preparing.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Depending on the rigor of your high school science courses, you could finish high school with enough knowledge to fare well on the MCAT. As the AAMC site notes, MCAT knowledge is considered introductory college level material, perhaps equivalent to really good AP level preparation. The verbal reasoning and writing sections, in particular, should be immediately accessible to a well prepared high school student (in fact, many "pre-meds" study very little english in college).</p>

<p>A complete outline of the biological and physical science material is available at: <a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/topics.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/topics.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>That would be a ridiculously rigorous high school courseload! Organic Chemistry? Animal Physiology? Genetics and cell biology?</p>

<p>I agree it's possible - but whoa. (And I went to an extremely strong high school.)</p>

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Huh? You're in HS! Buy books around the time you plan to study for the MCATs so you can have the latest editions.

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<p>That's actually a really good point. Things do change from year to year on the MCAT (most recent change was decrease in amount of organic tested, along with increased emphasis on genetics and molecular biology). Any thing you buy now, 4 years out, is going to be very outdated.</p>

<p>madamebovary, can you explain why you, as a HS junior, feel this need to begin prepping for the MCAT? I mean you have all these people telling you not to worry, and you still are looking for answers to the OP...</p>