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MCAT WEBINARDiagnostic Exam ReviewTuesday February 13, 2018
Welcome! If you haven’t been to one of ourwebinars before, here’s how it works. Eachsession is meant to be: Interactive Problem-focused Specific to your needs (so ask questions!) This is not just a lecture! You can benefitmost by: Is your microphone on and available? Can you find the hand-raise button? Can you find the Chat or Questions box? Let me know if you have technical issues! Raising your hand and speaking Asking questions in the chat boxSTUDENTS HAVE A CHOICE IN TEST PREP
Who Is Next Step? Began in 2009 as a tutoring company Focus on graduate admissions tests only Team of educational experts First company to have materials built fromground up for 2015 MCAT format Now the first company to have new 2018MCAT Interface We never stop improving our materials!STUDENTS HAVE A CHOICE IN TEST PREP
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Why is the diagnosticimportant? Congrats on finishing the diagnostic! Now you can: Review weak areas Sections, topics, timing or endurance issues Optimize future prep Start your Lessons Learned Journal Begin planning your study schedule But remember, it’s still early in the process! DON’T: Worry about your score or feel pressure to improve right away Assume your strengths/weaknesses will be the same on every test
Diagnostic Results Raw score Number of questions correct Scaled score 118-132 for each section 472-528 overall Percentile score % of students who scoredlower than you
Results By Difficulty Level Helpful way to gaugecontent mastery! Easy: aim for 85% Medium and hard:“should” be lower What does it mean ifeasy medium, or ifmedium hard?
Results By ReasoningSkill
Results By ConceptCategory
What about CARSconcept categories? Useful way to tell if certain passagetopics give you trouble Remember, familiarity chance thatyou will perform well on a CARSpassage Keep track of this data over multipleFLs!
How should you reviewyour diagnostic? Spend at least as much time as it tookto complete Review every question Keep a “Lessons Learned Journal”! Question #, topic, correct/thought you knew/totallyguessed Characteristics of correct/incorrect choices What you think you did wrong Lesson(s) for the future
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What Next? Reflect and review on your own!“What section gave me the most trouble?”“Did I miss many questions that now seem straightforward orcontent-based?”“Did I get tired, or run out of time?“What avoidable mistakes did I make?” If you had trouble with a particular content area Pay close attention when you reach it during review! If you had trouble in CARS Assess your chosen strategy (highlighting, etc.) Practice – and carefully review each passage you complete
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