MCAT Preparation Interview Question

[Dial71]

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Have any of you been asked about your MCAT preparations during an interview? In a few of my interviews, I was asked whether I took a formal course or prepared on my own.

It's not a super odd question, but I was suprised by the number of times that it came up.

Were any of you asked about your MCAT preparation during interviews? Any ideas why ADCOM's would ask?

 

[aliblack]

Have any of you been asked about your MCAT preparations during an interview? In a few of my interviews, I was asked whether I took a formal course or prepared onh my own.

It's not a super odd question, but I was suprised by the number of times that it came up.

Were any of you asked about your MCAT preparation during interviews? Any ideas why ADCOM's would ask?

I wasn't asked in an interview, but I was asked on a secondary. I think they're trying to gauge how you will prepare for Step 1.

 

[dragon529]

I was asked about this during my interview at Downstate.

 

[obgyny]

Have any of you been asked about your MCAT preparations during an interview? In a few of my interviews, I was asked whether I took a formal course or prepared on my own.

It's not a super odd question, but I was suprised by the number of times that it came up.

Were any of you asked about your MCAT preparation during interviews? Any ideas why ADCOM's would ask?

If you don't mind me asking, do you have a high MCAT? Or low MCAT? Maybe they're impressed by your score and were wondering how you achieved it 🙂. Or on the flip side, maybe they were wondering why you got a lower score?

 

[phosphokinase]

I was asked about it at both UCSD and Vanderbilt (at the diversity office only). Not sure why either but it didn't seem odd to me, and I have an average score so I didn't give it much thought.

 

[StephenMaturin]

I had an interviewer ask this. He said something to the effect of, "You really knocked the MCAT out of the park. Did you take a review course?"

I explained, "Yes, I took a class. A friend and I also started studying..."

But he cut me off and said, "Oh, well, that explains it then" and moved on, like I only got a good score because I had taken this class. It was a little off-putting, to be honest.