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It emphasizes “high-yield” priorities, highlights topic question counts totaling 230, and draws practical takeaways about heavy areas like biology, biochemistry, and psychology versus lower coverage topics. The session also provides preparation guidance on diagnostics, study planning by score gap, timing strategies, and recommended AAMC outline review.","Intro to the MCAT  \nToday’s Info Session  \nu Welcome to this Info Session!  \nu Introduction  \nu MCAT overview  \nu How to prep  \nu Starting early  \nu Or a little later…  \nu How Can Next Step Help?  \nu Questions?  \nWHAT IS YOUR NEXT STEP?  \nIntroduction  \nHi, I’m Phil!  \nu MCAT Content writer  \nu Tutored and taught for 9+ years  \nu Attended University of Nebraska Medical Center as an MD/PhD student.  \nü Next Step is a team of test prep and educational experts committed to excellence.  \nWho Is Next Step?  \n• Began in 2009 as a tutoring company  \n• Focus on graduate admissions tests only  \n• Team of educational experts  \n• First company to have materials built from ground up for 2015 MCAT format  \n• Now the first company to have new 2018 MCAT Interface  \nü We never stop improving our materials!  \nUnderstanding the test  \nThe MCAT is a test like no other  \nSubjects Tested  \nChemical and Physical Foundations  \n30% general chemistry 25% physics 25% biochemistry 15% organic chemistry 5% biology  \nBio and Biochemical Foundations  \n65% biology  \n25% biochemistry 5% organic chemistry 5% general chemistry  \nPsychological and  \nSociological Foundations  \n65% psychology 30% sociology 5% biology  \n“High-Yield”   \nWarning: anything on the AAMC MCAT outline is fair game!  \nHowever, some topics are more likely to appear than others…  \n\n| Topic | Number of questions |\n| --- | --- |\n| Biology | 45 |\n| Biochem | 30 |\n| Physics | 15 |\n| Gen Chem | 20 |\n| Organic Chem | 11 |\n| Psychology | 38 |\n| Sociology | 18 |\n| CARS | 53 |\n| Total | 230 |\n\nTakeaways:  \nBiology and biochemistry are about 1/3 of the test!  \nYou have more psychology questions than physics and chemistry combined.  \nOrganic chemistry is about 5% of your questions.  \nThings to think about  \n• Content  \nLOTS of stuff you need to know  \n• Strategy  \nStrategy is important in every area, but ESPECIALLY in CARS.  \n-Cars is not a test of your knowledge. It’s a test of skill.  \n• Timing / endurance  \nMany students are exhausted by the time they get to the Psych section.  \nWhere to begin  \n• Getting started:  \n1. ASAP: take a diag  \n2. Based on diag, set up a study plan (can use NS’s free)  \n• If you’re already at your goal – take a month to do AAMC  \n• If you’re ~5 pt’s below your goal – take 1-2 months  \n• If you’re 5-10 pt’s below your goal – take 3-4 months  \n• If you’re 10-15 pt’s below your goal – take 5ish months  \n• If you’re 15-20+ pt’s below your goal – 6+ months  \n3. 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