MCAT - A Medical Education Provided By The Best Teacher

Start and End with AAMC Practice Tests
I know it seems odd to say, but the first thing you need to do is to take the AAMC's Official Guide to the MCAT and start working through the problems. There are too many companies out there that will try to deceive you about what the MCAT is like. Do it yourself, see it yourself before you end up buying 20 different books because you don't know who to believe. Leave the rest of the AAMC full-length practice tests after your review.
Design a Personal Study Schedule
On average, set aside between 3-6 hours per day for approximately 3 to 6 months. You may need more or less time depending on your "pre-MCAT prep". For example, if you do a lot of leisure reading; if you read the New York Times, The Economist,WSJ; if you completed all your basic sciences; if you have a 4.0 GPA; then, you might need less time.
Review Daily, Test Weekly
Get a limited amount of MCAT review materials in front of you and move forward on a daily basis. After a couple of months, about once per week, do an online practice MCAT and pour over explanations for your mistakes and guesses. Make "Gold Notes."
Gold Notes are your personal, condensed notes that contain the most valuable learning points from each practice MCAT CBT that you do. You should have no more than 1 or 2 pages after each test, and you should review all your Gold Notes before doing an additional practice test. Also, review the MCAT Physics Equation List and the Organic Chemistry Mechanisms which are free online at goldstandard-mcat.com. 
Pattern Recognition
There is a basic and critical concept in medicine called "pattern recognition". It is not true that there is an infinite number of possible concepts tested by the MCAT (though you may have felt this way because of the wide breadth of your learning and practice materials). The concepts are quite limited and so are the patterns. It's OK if you have no clue on a couple of questions - that's not important. However, you should be on the right track for almost all questions.  It is also very important that you remain focused to the point that you assure yourself that if you know the answer, you get it right. Before you go on, don't tell yourself: "Great, I got that one"; say the opposite: "I wonder what silly mistake I just made." That way, you will seek it, find it and then move on. 
Study Materials
The Gold Standard offers you a wide selection of high quality tools to help you get the score that you are aiming for: flashcards, DVDs with lecture style teaching, audio MP3s, comprehensive study books, interactive online programs, practice MCAT CBTs, live online teaching in MCAT University, the Platinum Program and our live MCAT Camp. Whatever your needs, we can find the answer at The Gold Standard MCAT.
Keep in mind: paper MCATs are like dinosaurs. Use all the AAMC online tests and the Gold Standard practice MCAT CBTs to simulate the computer-based environment of the new MCAT.

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MCAT - Award Winning Book By Experienced Doctor

 

The Gold Standard MCAT by Dr. Brett Ferdinand MD was recently named as Finalist in the 22nd annual Benjamin Franklin Awards™ from IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association in Recognition of Excellence in Independent Publishing.

IBPA recently honored the best books in 50 categories at the annual Benjamin Franklin Awards in New York City on May 24, 2010 just prior to the annual BookExpo America Trade Show.

Named one of three finalists in the Most Improved Redesign category, The Gold Standard MCAT was highlighted for its continued work in providing the best preparation aids for students entering the medical field.  The judges cited the Gold Standard MCAT as an “excellent study tool” and an "excellent resource for students" that is "reader friendly and easy to use" with “graphics (that) are fantastic."

The Benjamin Franklin Award thus recognizes the Gold Standard’s efforts of continuously updating and offering products and services that meet its audience’s needs.  The 16th Edition of The Gold Standard now includes a comprehensive and easy to understand review of the MCAT , MCAT objectives, equation lists, chapter review questions, mnemonics section, 3 pull-out full-length practice exams with explanations, hundreds of pages in three dimensional color diagrams, and an organic summary.  Students also get The Gold Standard exams as MCAT CBTs - free and online and a free online access to ten hours of teaching videos.  At present, Dr. Brett Ferdinand is completing work on The Gold Standard DAT for the Dental Admission Test.

Judged by a panel of book industry experts including buyers at wholesale and retail levels, librarians, book critics, design experts, and independent publishing consultants, The Gold Standard MCAT by Dr. Brett Ferdinand  has been scrutinized by individuals involved in the very markets in which the book is competing.


About the Benjamin Franklin Awards™

Named in honor of America's cherished publisher and printer, the Benjamin Franklin Award recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Books are grouped by genre and are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field. A panel of 150 judges from throughout the publishing industry weighed and evaluated close to 1,300 submissions in 50 categories to create the list of more than 150 finalists for the 2009 publishing year. Publishers large and small competed for the coveted Benjamin Franklin Awards.

About IBPA

IBPA, with more than 3,200 members, is the largest trade association representing independent publishers. Founded in 1983, its mission is to advance the professional interests of independent publishers.
To purchase the Gold Standard from the MCAT Store, click here: MCAT (www.mcat-bookstore.com).For a complete listing of finalists and to view the award winners in each of the 50 categories, check out the IBPA website at www.IBPA-online.org.

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