MCAT Studying for STEP 1?

[TheDappGoesWild]

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I know STEP 1 content covers much, much, much more content than the MCAT. But I can't help but wonder, does mastery of some of the MCAT material help out with medical school (in terms of understanding the language and context behind everything you learn in medical school)?

I'm talking about stuff like MCAT physiology, biochemistry and even psych/soc (neurobiology, sensation, development etc.).

 

[bahdahboom]

I know STEP 1 content covers much, much, much more content than the MCAT. But I can't help but wonder, does mastery of some of the MCAT material help out with medical school (in terms of understanding the language and context behind everything you learn in medical school)?

I'm talking about stuff like MCAT physiology, biochemistry and even psych/soc (neurobiology, sensation, development etc.).

No

 

[gyngyn]

No.

 

[getdown]

 

[Isoval]

Mastery of MCAT material will help you with about .1% of USMLE material.

 

[fourandtwo]

Mastery of MCAT material will help you with about .1% of USMLE material.

Make that 0.001%

 

[smukke]

Maybe biochemistry, specifically glycolysis and related pathways, but that's a still a miniscule part and is missing the clinical correlations.

 

[Isoval]

Make that 0.001%

Pretty much. The biology is like 20% of what you’ll cover in your medical school biology courses and those cell biology/biochemistry courses aren’t even all that high yield on USMLE.

 

[W19]

No one cares or talks about MCAT once they are in med school. Like some above posters say, the content overlap of these two exams is minuscule. However, I thought the MCAT was more convoluted than step1

 

[aldol16]

Mastery of MCAT biochem and biology might help you a bit in your basic science courses but it's not going to have a huge impact on Step 1, which is more clinically oriented. The material doesn't overlap and Step1 is a much tougher exam.

 

[MedicineN'Jazz]

LOL

 

[bahdahboom]

Mastery of MCAT material will help you with about .1% of USMLE material.

Lol I wouldn’t even say .1%. The material between the MCAT and step 1 are miles apart.

 

[MedicineN'Jazz]

Lol I wouldn’t even say .1%. The material between the MCAT and step 1 are miles apart.

Lol they’re practically in separate highways

 

[Goro]

I know STEP 1 content covers much, much, much more content than the MCAT. But I can't help but wonder, does mastery of some of the MCAT material help out with medical school (in terms of understanding the language and context behind everything you learn in medical school)?

I'm talking about stuff like MCAT physiology, biochemistry and even psych/soc (neurobiology, sensation, development etc.).

Nope