Biggest MCAT --> Step 1 improvement

[BrisketAttack]

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For those interested, please post your MCAT and your step 1 score.

Mine
MCAT: 27
Step 1: 257


note: I realize this is a congratulatory/self-serving thread, but I am also genuinely curious. Please contribute if you feel compelled to do so...

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

bump.

lol at a pre-med bumping this thread

 

[JCourtney06]

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[g8orlife]

26 ---> 248

 

[addy]

26 ---> 248

Any tips? What was the biggest difference for you with your approach to MCAT vs Step 1? Mental? Study habits? SHARE YOUR SECRETS WITH US MAN!

 

[preDoGuy24]

26 ---> 248

Sorry to be a literal "one upper" weird to see essentially same mcat and usmle.

27 ---> 249


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[basketball3312]

28 --> 252

 

[preDoGuy24]

28 --> 252

This would have been a perfect post if you had gotten a 250; so close!

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[g8orlife]

Any tips? What was the biggest difference for you with your approach to MCAT vs Step 1? Mental? Study habits? SHARE YOUR SECRETS WITH US MAN!

Haha! Simmerdownnow 😛

The ultimate difference for me was that instead of trying to learn information while prepping for the MCAT, I instead treated each of my MS2 exams as if they were mini Step 1 exams. That way I had a LOT fewer topics/concepts to learn during Step 1 dedicated studying time vs MCAT dedicated studying time. Studying like this all-year during MS2 gave me a baseline NBME score of 235 6-weeks before the real deal.

My study plan is on the "Scores & Experiences" thread:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=14238839#post14238839

 

[PlayUltimate15]

MCAT - 28
Step 1 - 252

 

[PlayUltimate15]

28 --> 252

We're score twins. Niiiiiice.

 

[MedicineMike]

23 --> 240

 

[lftbndlbrnchblk]

I'm going to count my first attempt at the MCAT here because I really got it together for the second attempt, which ultimately got me into med school and wouldn't be as big of an improvement in this thread.

Anyway,
19 ---> 238

 

[addy]

What was your final MCAT, lftbndlbrnchblk?

 

[lftbndlbrnchblk]

31.

I didn't really respect the test for what it was and didn't study at all. I had a Princeton Review book and a Kaplan book. To be honest, just skimmed them and that was all the preparation I made apart from going to my undergrad classes. No practice tests or anything, just the ten or so questions at the end of each chapter in those books. Really eye-opening experience. But yeah, a 31 ---> 238 isn't that impressive to most and for almost everyone on here, it might even appear as a drop. I was grateful for my MCAT and I am grateful for by USMLE score as well.