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Do any of you have experience with/know of someone who has had a good experience with an online MCAT prep course that goes over all of the material needed for the MCAT? If yes, which course was it?
Any Good Online MCAT Prep Courses?
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I posted this on another thread, but happy to give you my input on the Online MCAT Course that I took this Summer:
I took the Examkrackers course Online this past Summer for the "new" MCAT and I was very pleased. I think prior posters are correct in the statement that a large part of your choice in what company to use has to do with your overall connection to the way the material is presented, but overall the Examkrackers approach is a straight forward, clear presentation of the material needed for the exam without extraneous information. They work great for those who have the basic concepts down already and really need to know HOW the MCAT is going to ask them to use this bevy of information.
Regarding the Online course, I really liked it. The classes are live and interactive (there is a moderator on every session who takes your questions and presents them to the instructor). I have no idea the overall number of students who were in my online class, but I can tell you, I never had a question go unanswered by either the instructor or the moderator and I ask A LOT! At first I was a little taken aback that they were live only (not recorded) but then I realized that this kept me accountable and kept me on schedule, as is the motivation of a number of us who decide to take a course instead of self study.
We met for 4 nights a week for 2 hours a night (8-10pm - I am on the East Coast) and then there were weekend evening online sessions that were optional, but in my opinion if you don't take advantage of every resource you are offered you are a fool. Online courses can be difficult to keep your attention focused so I really liked the 2 hours a night - it kept it within reason for me to stay attentive.
We received 5 Practice exams with the online class (4 EK and the AAMC) and there were also weekend online sessions where we reviewed portions of each of these exams which were super helpful in determining where I needed to continue to work on my actual MCAT practice and not just content practice. My only point of issue here is that the EK Full Length Exams did not have a score yet, so you were only working with percentages correct. But you were still able to get the practice and see progress as long as your percentages were getting better over time.
I would DEF recommend the online course with EK if you are in a location (as I was) that one of the live classes is not available. But if you do take the online - you HAVE to interact and you HAVE to come prepared with your questions - I think this is true of any class online, but especially true for this type of course.
Oh - overall I wound up scoring a 518 and feel like EK has a HUGE part in that number!
WOW - this is way more winded than I expected to be, but I hope the information was helpful....
I took the Examkrackers course Online this past Summer for the "new" MCAT and I was very pleased. I think prior posters are correct in the statement that a large part of your choice in what company to use has to do with your overall connection to the way the material is presented, but overall the Examkrackers approach is a straight forward, clear presentation of the material needed for the exam without extraneous information. They work great for those who have the basic concepts down already and really need to know HOW the MCAT is going to ask them to use this bevy of information.
Regarding the Online course, I really liked it. The classes are live and interactive (there is a moderator on every session who takes your questions and presents them to the instructor). I have no idea the overall number of students who were in my online class, but I can tell you, I never had a question go unanswered by either the instructor or the moderator and I ask A LOT! At first I was a little taken aback that they were live only (not recorded) but then I realized that this kept me accountable and kept me on schedule, as is the motivation of a number of us who decide to take a course instead of self study.
We met for 4 nights a week for 2 hours a night (8-10pm - I am on the East Coast) and then there were weekend evening online sessions that were optional, but in my opinion if you don't take advantage of every resource you are offered you are a fool. Online courses can be difficult to keep your attention focused so I really liked the 2 hours a night - it kept it within reason for me to stay attentive.
We received 5 Practice exams with the online class (4 EK and the AAMC) and there were also weekend online sessions where we reviewed portions of each of these exams which were super helpful in determining where I needed to continue to work on my actual MCAT practice and not just content practice. My only point of issue here is that the EK Full Length Exams did not have a score yet, so you were only working with percentages correct. But you were still able to get the practice and see progress as long as your percentages were getting better over time.
I would DEF recommend the online course with EK if you are in a location (as I was) that one of the live classes is not available. But if you do take the online - you HAVE to interact and you HAVE to come prepared with your questions - I think this is true of any class online, but especially true for this type of course.
Oh - overall I wound up scoring a 518 and feel like EK has a HUGE part in that number!
WOW - this is way more winded than I expected to be, but I hope the information was helpful....
