How The MCAT Can Apply To Your Medical Career

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Studying for the MCAT can feel like it’s taking forever, especially when the only thing we can think about is getting the score of our dreams and being DONE with the MCAT.

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Something that can help you get through this time of your life, and maybe even enjoy it, is to consider how the MCAT can actually help you in the long term as future medical students and future physicians.

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Close Reading - One way that medical schools are starting to train physicians to do this is through something known as close reading.

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Be able to develop these skills on your own - Even if the medical school you attend includes this type of training, being able to develop these skills on your own will give you the benefits that close reading training Meet medical schooling students and physicians from

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Be able to develop these skills on your own – Being able to develop these skills on your own will give you the benefits that come from close reading training with medical school students and physicians.

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Learning Science - Just like how children need to learn letters before they write essays, you need to know basic science before you can understand advanced medicine.

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Knowing How You Learn Best - There is one common skill you can learn for the MCAT to make studying during med school a lot easier: knowing what you really need to know, and knowing what you do best.

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Scientific Reasoning - All of the science sections of the MCAT require you to use snippets of scientific articles to answer questions.

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