MCAT Secrets Study Guide

• Includes Practice Test Questions
• Includes Step-by-Step Tutorial Videos

How to Ace the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), using our easy step-by-step MCAT study guide, without weeks and months of endless studying...

Dear Friend,

On a beautiful late spring afternoon, this past year, a young man received the devastating news. He had just gotten back his result on the MCAT test. It was not what he had hoped for. In fact, it was not even close to the expectations he had considering his past experience and educational background.

Then he remembered his friends and felt even worse. He did not look forward to having to tell them the embarrassing news, especially after he had boasted that it was no big deal. He had been procrastinating about taking the exam because he hated standardized tests, and this only confirmed his hatred.

"What will I do now?" he thought with dismay, slowly realizing the harsh reality of his predicament and its upsetting implications on his future.

How to Solve the Problem

Unfortunately, this hypothetical situation occurs all the time. Someone thought they were going to the medical school of their choice, told all of their friends, made plans for the future, and then got an embarrassing reality check from their score on the MCAT test.

Contrary to popular belief, the MCAT is not a measure of your academic performance, which is why students with a perfect 4.0 GPA rarely have a perfect score on the MCAT exam.

The MCAT test is quite simply a measure of how well you did on the MCAT, which can be broken down into individual subtest scores on the Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences, Writing Sample, and Biological Sciences sections.

Medical schools use the MCAT test as a standardized measuring stick to determine who gets admitted and who benefits from the best scholarships they have to offer. While it may not be fair, a student's entire academic career in college can be completely overshadowed by a single score on the MCAT test.

That is the whole purpose of the MCAT Secrets study guide: to give students the keys to understand how to succeed on the MCAT test.

Our MCAT Test Study Guide Is Unlike Any Other

If you'd like to get the MCAT score you deserve, to quit worrying about whether your score on the MCAT is "good enough," and to beat the test taking game, then this might be the most important message you read this year.

Our comprehensive study guide for the MCAT is written by our test experts, who painstakingly researched the topics and the concepts that you need to know to ace your MCAT. Our original research into the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), offered by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), reveals the specific content areas and the essential skills that are critical for you to know on the MCAT. We've taken the information and developed a study guide that is guaranteed to help you be successful on the MCAT.

Now, we know you may be skeptical, so let us give you three good reasons we can back up what we claim:

The Three Reasons To Believe What We Say

The First Reason:

Our company's name is Mometrix Test Preparation, and we have a team of standardized test researchers who have worked on developing our study guide for the MCAT. The standards for who gets to work on the team are very strict- we demand the best for our customers, and only those who met our exacting standards made the cut. The dedicated research staff have years of combined experience in mastering the content and skills necessary to succeed on the toughest exams.

The Second Reason:

Some academic studies have revealed that test takers do not really benefit from the traditional test preparation process. But we knew there had to be a solution- if test takers were not doing well on the MCAT despite high intelligence, there had to be a set of secret keys to the test that would open the door of success for these test takers.

We believe we have succeeded in finding the secret keys of the exam. What we found was surprising, and in some cases ridiculously simple once explained to the average test taker.

We put the findings together in a thorough, concise study guide that we believe allows any test taker, at any skill level, to improve his or her results dramatically with a minimum of effort.

The Third Reason:

We created the product in part because we were frustrated by the options available to test takers who really wanted to do well on the MCAT.

A common approach is to TEACH the material, instead of TEACHING THE TEST. That's not necessarily good enough for the MCAT- you have to know how to apply the knowledge. Most test takers already have a general knowledge of the material that will be covered on the exam.

One reason some test takers do well on the day of the test is that they have made the critical connection between the material they learned and how to use the material to succeed on the MCAT.

Our guide addresses the difference between merely knowing the material and knowing how to use the material to perform on test day.

You're going to save time, money, and aggravation. You'll learn to avoid the mistakes and the bad strategies that you've been vulnerable to. Just for starters, here are some ways our product can help your score on the MCAT...

The Exclusive Test Taking Techniques

• Explains how the MCAT time limits are the #1 enemy of most students, and what you can do about it- You avoid falling into the many "time traps" built into the test, giving you an immeasurable advantage over those who go into the test unaware
• Describes exactly what you should do to determine the focus on the essays - You won't waste time scratching your head about what to write
• Shows you super speed methods to get through the questions you know with ease - You'll save time to concentrate on the hardest questions without rushing
• Get quick, customized help for the questions you have- just send us a quick email and we'll get back to you promptly with the answer.
• Our researchers are more than just academic theoreticians who understand the technical nature of standardized tests, but are also experts on test taking itself- they reveal the exact skills and the information you'll need to perform under pressure during the test.
• Secrets to questions that "give away" the wrong (or right) answers- You get credit for some of the questions without really even knowing anything about them
• Empowers you with a key word searching tips that will let you save more time than you thought possible- You won't be wasting precious time anymore scouring Verbal Reasoning passages, but will immediately be able to find exactly what you are looking for
• Details the EXACT STUDY PLAN for the MCAT that we believe gives the most results in the least time- No matter if you're studying for a week or a month, you won't waste the precious study time you have on useless activities
• Allows you to recognize critical "hedge" words - You'll understand their significance so you're not caught off guard
• A systematic analysis and the best breakdown into "plain language" of how to deconstruct and master complex problems- You turn problems that most students stumble over to your advantage
• Gives you simple explanations for hard to remember chemistry and biology terms - You won't make some of these careless oversights anymore
• Learn why, when, and how to guess to your advantage. Many test takers use exactly the wrong strategy, but you can avoid the pitfalls with the help of our standardized test experts
• Warns you of "fact traps"- You learn about this sneaky trick MCAT pulls on unaware students
• The secret keys to the experiment questions that "gives away" the right answer a lot of the time- You know the special "flags" to look for in this section
• The most efficient and accurate method for picking the right answer on the Verbal Reasoning questions- You won't be puzzled as you try to read the mind of the test question writer, but will instead know exactly what to look for to pick the best answer
• Our quick problem solving method for problems asking "Which of the following statements is/are true"- You speed right through these notorious time-wasters
• Provides you with a system for predicting answers before you even see the choices- You'll be amazed at what you already know
• Includes instructions detailing the best way for you to get started with your preparation efforts so you can begin the path of improving your scores immediately
• Courteous, unlimited customer service is 100% free- if you need the product emailed to a different address, lose the product, or have any other difficulty- the help you need is just a short email away and our representatives are active 7 days a week helping customers
• The research of our team of test experts is 100% independent and original
• Our exclusive "calibration strategy" to help you never go too fast OR too slow when answering even the toughest questions
• The 5-step process we've developed, what we call the "phased" approach, concerning the use of the various study aids and practice tests
• How the problem of procrastination can kill your chance of success, and the most important thing you can do about it
• How to know when you've studied as much as you need to for the exam- and the reason why we think some people should spend LESS time studying for the test
• The Top 20 things you should take care of within 24 hours of taking the test- use the list we provide as a checklist to make sure you've taken care of the "little things" in addition to studying hard
• How to predict the right answer before you see the answer choices- and how to prevent the wrong answers from "polluting" your mind and tempting you into a trap designed by the test writers
• Why answers that "sound" correct are often the very ones that are wrong- and how to tell the difference between the right answer and the many clever-sounding traps set for you by the test writers
• Our "benchmark" method for deciding which of the answer choices you should pick
• How some of the random bits of information in a question often "give away" the right answer choice
• How to "milk the question" for clues to the right answer even if you have no idea what the question is asking about
• How to avoid panicking when you don't know the answer to a question- we offer a systematic method that will serve as the "lifeline" you need to minimize the time wasted on the test questions that leave you stumped
• What to do about the tough questions that you have no clue how to answer- don't just give up, use the advice we offer to make sure you give yourself the best chance of getting the right answer
• How to use our brainstorming method to get "inside the question" and reveal the hard-to-find clues and some of the subtle things you didn't realize you knew
• Do you know what a "hedge phrase" is? Learn why looking for the key "weasel words" in the question can help identify the correct answer
• Why "new information" in the answer choices almost always means that the answer choice is wrong- and the way to avoid this trick planted by the clever test writers
• Learn to avoid this time-draining mistake on the test - why the technical terms you don't know can be a major stumbling block and waste precious time, and the way that you can work around them
• The secret to using the contextual clues in the questions and the answer choices to make important distinctions between the right and the wrong answer choices
• The two situations where you should NOT check your answers thoroughly
• How to avoid careless mistakes by using the quick "double check" system. It will more than pay for itself relative to the time it will take you
• Test writers will often quote directly from the question in an answer- learn whether this is something you should trust or avoid
• Why "extreme statements" in the answer choices are dead giveaways for wrong answers- find out how to detect the subtle differences between reasonable answers and the answers that are almost always wrong
• Learn how to group your answer choices into "families" that often narrows down the pool of correct answers- this is a quick way to immediately eliminate one or two of the answer choices and increase your odds of getting the question right

Now, you're probably wondering how and why we can do all the things we claim.

Let us explain.

Before we go any further, let us clarify what MCAT Secrets is not. It is not a stale rehash of all of the things you have already learned in the past.

MCAT Secrets is our exclusive collection of the tips and the information that we have specially selected to give you the best results on the MCAT for the least time spent studying. It's written in everyday language and is easy to use.

We cover the 5 essential skills necessary to do well on the MCAT, plus detailed reviews covering the Writing Sample, Verbal Reasoning, Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences tests individually.

Don't take our word for it.
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Warning: Always Look for These 6 Criteria

There is a lot of confusion surrounding studying for the MCAT, and standardized tests in general. In our opinion, these are the 6 criteria you should always look for in a study guide for the MCAT:

One: The guide must be written by writers who have painstakingly researched the topics and concepts needed to succeed on the MCAT. The blind cannot hope to lead the blind.

Two: The guide must be written in easy-to-use everyday language so all test takers can access the information.

Three: The guide must be to-the-point, with no fluff to distract the test taker from the truly important information.

Four: The guide must address the test first, the material second. If the material was the only thing that was important, then every test taker that understood the material should get a perfect score- that doesn't happen because there's a difference between simply knowing what's on the test and the way you perform on the test. You want a study guide to close that gap.

Five: The guide must motivate the test taker to actually study for the exam. If the guide is hard to read, the time spent studying will be slow and painful, and the results will be meager.

Six: The guide must be guaranteed- if you don't pass with flying colors, you get your money back- no questions asked.

You get at least 10 times your money's worth!

When you consider what's at stake with the exam, we believe the value of our study guide gives you at least ten times your money's worth.

In summary, here's what you get:

When you buy MCAT Secrets, it includes-

The 5 Secret Keys to MCAT Success:

• Time is Your Greatest Enemy
• Guessing is Not Guesswork
• Practice Smarter, Not Harder
• Prepare, Don't Procrastinate
• Test Yourself

A detailed Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences review including:

• Milking the Questions
• Weeding Out Answers
• Avoiding Technicalities
• Using Provided Descriptions
• Backtracking for Units
• Avoiding Pitfalls
• Understanding the Passage
• Maintaining the Pace
• Making Bizarre Decisions

A detailed Verbal Reasoning review including:

• Determining the Relationships
• Making Strategic Eliminations
• Recognizing the Switchback Words
• Understanding Word Types
• Finding the Right Opportunities
• When Truth Doesn't Equal Correctness
• Avoiding the Trap of Familiarity
• Making Logic Work for You
• Skimming Techniques to Save Time

A detailed Writing Sample review including:

• Approaching the Topic
• Brainstorming for Success
• Picking a Main Idea
• Starting Your Engines
• Strength Through Diversity
• Weeding Your Garden
• Creating a Logical Flow
• Avoiding the Panic
• Checking Your Work

plus all of the other special tips and secrets we have included to help you prepare for the exam...

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  Our MCAT practice test questions give you the opportunity to test your knowledge on a set of questions. You can know everything that is going to be covered on the test and it will not do you any good on the day of the test if you have not had a chance to practice. Repetition is the key to success and using the practice test questions allows you to reinforce the strengths you already have, while improving the weaknesses that you need to overcome.

  Detailed answer explanations are included for the questions. It may sound obvious, but you have to know which questions you missed (and more importantly why you missed the question) to be able to avoid making the same mistakes again when you take the real test. That's why the practice test questions we include for the MCAT test include answer keys with detailed answer explanations to each question. The in-depth answer explanations will allow you to better understand the questions that were difficult for you or that you needed more help to understand.

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By Jay Willis
This Page Last Updated: 05/07/2015