You Can't Memorize Your Way through the MCAT

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Phil Hawkins, Lead Instructor and Director of MCAT Prep, Harvard Medical Student Azaii Calderón Muñiz, and Director of Tutoring Taylor Nicholls discuss how studying for the MCAT is different than anything else in undergraduate. The MCAT is a critical thinking exam, which means that rote memorization simply does not work. Tune in to this podcast where Taylor, Azaii, and Phil dive deep into the  learning process and how you should go about your MCAT prep.   

0:00 Introduction
8:43 The MCAT Learning Process
12:41 Critical Thinking in Medical School
15:30 The Hardest Thing About Teaching Medical School
20:06 Memorization Doesn't Work
27:30 Exams in Medical School
31:30 Learning Science as a Language
33:40 Why Get Academic Advising
49:12 Outro  

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