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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

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