MD or MD-PhD: Which Program Is Right For Me?
You are about to apply to graduate school, pursuing a medical carer. You have to ask yourself an important question about your future: do you want to go into research or do you want to be a practicing physician? That should be the deciding question that answers which program is right for you. The M.D.-Ph.D. [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsHow To Prepare for the Chemistry Section of the MCAT
The first part in any test preparation is to know the subject that you are about to study. The information concerning the physical sciences section topics covered in the MCAT can be found here: https://www.aamc.org/students/download/85562/data/ps_topics.pdf About half of the physical sciences section is devoted to general chemistry, so it is very important to be comfortable [...] Continue Reading...
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no commentsHow to Improve Your Scores over Holiday Break!
It seems like just yesterday that the fall semester started back up, you greeted friends you hadn’t seen over the summer, and classes began. Before you knew it, the semester was half over–now we’re on to Thanksgiving, and winter break is right around the corner. You are probably looking forward to a change from the [...] Continue Reading...
no comments3 Tips for Your Secondary Medical School Applications
With medical school application season in full swing, anxiety levels are noticeably high–I can personally attest to the stress of waking up for two months with the “Did I get an interview e-mail?!” alarm going off in my head. As you start putting together your secondary applications, there are some core principles you should follow. Now, I’m [...] Continue Reading...
no comments5 New Ways to Prep for the SAT (Or Any Other Standardized Test)!
1. Listen to Music Not all music starts and ends with “Baby, baby, baby, yea.” There are a number of bands out there with serious lyrical and storytelling chops. Take, for instance, The Decemberists. They blend storytelling and an impressive vocabulary to make for unique lyrics that can teach you a thing or two. Here’s [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsTest Prep Experts: Keeping Students Motivated
There are two kinds of motivation: long term and short term. The learning team (student, tutor, educational institution, and parent) is responsible for maintaining motivation throughout the process, but the tutor-student relationship is critical in each and every level of motivating the learning process. On a day-to-day level, motivation is necessary to keep focus and [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsGetting to the Root of It – 5 Quick Steps to Learn a Little Latin and Greek
A few posts back, we talked about the benefits of Latin and Greek and how learning a little of either language can boost vocabulary scores and build a great base for pre-law or pre-med students. Every major standardized test you encounter will assess your vocabulary repertoire and comprehension in some way. But few schools actually [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsThe Best Way to Study for a Standardized Test
At the top of the New York Times website's "Most Popular" list last week was not a story about protests in Cairo, tiger mothers, or the President's State of the Union, but an article about the benefits of taking practice exams when studying for a standardized test. The article "To Really Learn, Quit Studying and [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsHow to Prep for the MCAT
There’s a unique approach for those studying and preparing for the MCAT exam. At Top Test Prep, we use a revolutionary MCAT prep technique that allows you to prepare for each MCAT section: Physical Sciences, Verbal Reasoning and Biological Sciences. The MCAT prep studying method is called Top Test Prep’s MED-PREP This is a step-by-step [...] Continue Reading...
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