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• Upcoming Free Events
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• The 2011 Kaplan MCAT Summer Intensive
• From the Kaplan MCAT Blog
• Now Available Online
• Kaplan’s 20-Minute Workout
• News from the Twitterverse
Free Events
Completing the AMCAS Application
Learn the steps you need to take to ensure your application gets noticed. At this free event, Kaplan will go over all the little details that make your big picture look perfect.
Featured Expert:
Owen Farcy
Assistant Director, Kaplan Pre-Health Programs
Monday, May 9th
9:00 PM ET | 6:00 PM PT
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Medical School Insider 2011
Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at medical school admissions and career opportunities in medicine. Admissions officers, successful physicians, and test prep experts will discuss:
• The most important medical school admissions factors
• Writing a personal statement that seals the deal
• Tips and strategies for success on the MCAT
Monday, May 23
8:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM PT
Space is limited.
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Offer Extended
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Enroll in select courses and get a $200 rebate plus free access to more than 72 hours of extra prep with our Physics, Organic, and Verbal Edge Online courses (a $1,497 value).‡ Offer ends May 31st.
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MCAT Advantage Courses
On-Site classes in New York are starting soon:
• MCMV11358A, May 10th, Manhattan Village Center
• MCMV11501, May 16th, Manhattan Village Center
• MCMV11506, May 19th, Manhattan Village Center
Anywhere Classes are starting soon:
• MRVL11504, May 14th, Kaplan Anywhere Classroom
• MRVL11505, May 18th, Kaplan Anywhere Classroom
• MRVL11509, June 1st, Kaplan Anywhere Classroom
The 2011 Kaplan MCAT Summer Intensive
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From the Kaplan MCAT Blog
Comments on the Recommended Changes to the MCAT
By the Kaplan MCAT Team
The AAMC recently released its preliminary recommendations for a new MCAT exam, scheduled to debut in 2015. Because we know there has been a great deal of speculation on the part of students, pre-health advisors, and the medical schools themselves around the new exam, we wish to examine the proposed changes to the MCAT and offer insight into their impact on the education of future pre-meds.
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MCAT Verbal Reasoning: This isn’t your doctor’s MCAT
By Sam Asgarian, Kaplan Elite MCAT Instructor
Physicians are mainly scientists by training. Ask a typical pre-med what classes they’re taking and they’ll probably name a slew of science classes that most undergrads would cringe at. The MCAT too is unique in the amount of science it includes; while most standardized tests are composed of a language section and a math section, the MCAT has very little direct math and lots of science instead. The exam does, however, have a language section. It might come as a surprise to many people that this section, Verbal Reasoning, is considered by many medical schools to be the most important section in determining an applicant’s potential to be a great physician.
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Now Available Online
The New AAMC Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR)
The AAMC launched a new online version of the Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR®) guide on April 6th, which offers students access to more comprehensive medical school information and data. For $15, users receive Web-only access to the MSAR Online for a year, are able to search by a variety of topic areas, can sort findings and save favorites, and compare schools side-by-side. The online version also contains more medical school data and expanded information than in earlier editions of the MSAR.
To visit learn more, go to www.aamc.org/msar.
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News from the Twitterverse
Every day, @KaplanMCATPrep provides tips for the MCAT, advice on med school admissions, and free support as you study for Test Day.
• RT @HuffingtonPost Fewer med school grads going into internal medicine—will we face a doctor shortage? http://huff.to/kq3J0E
• US News and World Report article on the proposed changes to the #MCAT: http://bit.ly/koTFSD
• #MCAT Study Tip: Practice in the real world! Try imagining how everyday things like cars and television could show up in an MCAT passage
• #Medschool Spotlight: Columbia University uses a new curriculum that doesn't use the designations of first, second, third, and fourth
• #MCAT Pop Quiz - Biology: From which primary germ layer does the brain stem develop?
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