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11/7/17
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MCAT Retakes What do we and our students have to
know?
Introduc-ons
• BryanSchnedeker
• NextStep’sVPofMCATContentandTutoring
• WorkedwiththousandsofMCATstudentsoverthelast15+years
• Personallyachieveda525onthecurrentMCAT,anda44ontheold
version
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MCAT Retakes • Studentprofiles:howcommonareretakers?whoretakes?
• Whatdoesthedatasay?
• ThetopmythsaboutretakingtheMCAT
• Howdoesthisimpactstudentprep?
How Common Are Retakers?
• 18%ofexamineesre-tookin2015-2016• Mayhavebeenafunc-onoftestchange(bitlowerinthe
past)
• 1%orlesstakes3+Lmes
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Who Are Retakers? • Theunlucky
• Unusualcircumstances
• Gardenvarietybadluck
• Theover-ambiLous
• Theunder-prepared• Didn’tknow
• Didn’twork
What does the data say? • It’sanuphillbaPle
• NewMCATvs.MatureMCAT
• Willithelpmegetin?
• AAMCLinks:• hMps://www.aamc.org/download/462316/data/mcatguide.pdf(page17)
• hMps://students-residents.aamc.org/search/?q=retestertotalscorechange.pdf
• hMps://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf
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The Data
Top Myths About Retakes • Iwillgetahigherscore
• “Igota503lastLme,Ionly
needthreemorepoints”• Ialreadydidmycontentreview,soit
willtakeless:methis:mearound
• Re-preppingisfasterandeasier
withallmypastprep
• “Ijustneedto…”
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How does this impact prep?
• Planatleastaslongonare-take
• Prepforthewholeexam
• Dosomethingdifferent
• TakeofyourbodyandemoLons,
notjustyourbrain
Helping Your Students Prep for Retakes • NextStepFreeBundle:
• hPps://nextsteptestprep.com/freemcat
• Robustsetofresources:
• Half-LengthMCATDiagnosLc
• ScienceContentDiagnosLc
• FullLength#1
• QBankPhysicsSample
• Lesson#1ofourOnlineCourse
• AndMore
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Ins-tu-onalBenefits
• Discountcodeforourexamsandtutoringforyourstudentstouseat
any-me
• Virtualsessionstobringourexpertinstructorstoyourstudentsin
yourAVequippedroomoncampus
• Deepdiscoun-ngavailableonclassesandexamsifsponsoredand/
orpurchasedatanins-tu-onalordepartmentallevel
• Cohort-levelrepor-ngtoseehowyourstudentsareprogressing
TheNextStepDifference• Foundedin2009ontheprincipleofprovidingpersonalized
prepforthepriceofprepcourse
• Obsessedwithprovidingstudentswiththeprepresources
thatworkwiththem,nomaMertheirgoals
• Bestfreeresourcesavailableforpre-healthstudents
• Allday–Everyday
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OurValues
• EducateEveryday
• ApproachableExper-se
• Authen-city
• Professionalism
• Ownership
• 100+ hours of core teaching videos along with 10 hours of live office hours and strategy sessions every week (recordings available)
• Instructor and Higher Score Guarantee
• Over 10,000 total practice items
• Ten full-length Next Step MCAT exams, two diagnostic exams, all three AAMC exams, and other resources
• A strong focus on test-taking strategy and thinking like the AAMC
• All course materials and sessions created and led by top 2 percent MCAT scorers with four or more years of MCAT teaching experience
PersonalizedOnlineCourse
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• Four Strategy and Practice books, totaling over 150 practice passages
• Four Content Review books with content-
specific quizzes containing over 4,000 questions
• Verbal Practice book with 108 CARS passages
• MCAT Science QBook with 2,000 discrete
science questions
• Ten full-length Next Step MCAT exams; two diagnostic exams
• All exams feature full answers and explanations as well as detailed score reporting
• All AAMC resources bundled in
PrepMaterials
DetailedRepor-ngForYourStudents ForYou
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