Stop Treating Full Lengths Like a Report Card | How to Review MCAT Exams

Most students treat full length exams like a score check and move on. High scorers do the opposite. In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly share how they both sat for the new AAMC Exam 6, what they noticed, and why your review, not your raw score, is what actually moves your MCAT score long term.

They walk through the mindset and step-by-step process for turning every exam into a roadmap for improvement instead of just a painful seven and a half hour report card.

In this episode, you will learn:

- Why full length exams are not a report card but a roadmap for what to do next

- The biggest misconceptions about reviewing exams and practice questions

- How to tell the difference between content gaps and strategy problems

- Why “I just need more content” is often holding you back

- How to use your passages and figures as your primary clues instead of your memory

- What to do if you are stuck at the same score for weeks or months

- How to handle timing, fatigue, and stress more intentionally

- How to know if you are actually ready to take another full length

- The four main “buckets” your mistakes tend to fall into and how to respond to each

- Why specific, targeted review beats trying to fix everything at once

Mike and Molly also tease next week’s episode, where they will share data they are crunching on AAMC Exam 6 to answer the big question: Has the MCAT really changed, or does it just feel that way?

If you have ever finished a full length, glanced at your score, and thought “Now what?”, this episode is your playbook.

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