MCAT Mastery

MCAT Mastery

From plateauing MCAT scores, and having to retake, to breaking down days before exam day, all 70+ MedLife Mastery Mentors suffered the frustrations and disappointments that come with MCAT prep. Yet we ALL ended up getting 90+ percentile MCAT scores and are on our way to (or already in) med-school! Now we want to help you do the same! If you're struggling with the MCAT, need some extra motivation, want to know how top scorers before you studied and learn their best strategies, this show is for you. You have what it takes to beat this exam. We’re here to make sure of that!

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September 30, 2026 • 5 mins

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One of our MCAT strategy instructors, who scored a 523, started with a lot of content review, books and YouTube videos included. Her first practice exam still didn't go where she wanted it to.

If that sounds like you right now, she's been where ...

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📍Free CARS passage walkthrough by a 131 scorer: https://medlifemastery.com/mcat/cars/passage-walkthrough-by-131-scorer/

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Untimed, you get the passage. Timed, the score drops, and you cannot say why.

Hanes Grafe scored 130 in CARS by building a method around that exact gap. In this episode he walks through it: the same passage, twice, and what the diffe...

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August 10, 2026 • 17 mins

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Ariana scored 515 on the MCAT, going from a 498 in three months with a 98th percentile CARS score, while carrying a full course load, a job, and a family member she was caring for. In this episode she covers what anxiety actually does to your reasoning, why almost e...

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Anna scored 524 on the MCAT and in this episode she walks you through exactly how to use process of elimination on the MCAT: when to use it, how to eliminate correctly, and how to choose between two answer choices that are both tempting!

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Meet Mollie Westrick:

🚀 Mollie increased her score from 492 → 521 (29-point jump).

🚀 +15 points in under 60 days during her final ramp-up.

🩺 Now she's a 4th year med student 

🤯 With 600+ hours of MCAT tutoring experience

In this episode, she shares the lessons she learned from her MCAT journey and what she's seen with her students. 

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✅ Get all free MCAT courses, practice passages, strategy emails, downloads, study notes, and more here:  https://go.medlifemastery.com/ilima0k

Are you putting in hours of MCAT prep but your score just… refuses to budge? That’s exactly what both Pooja (522 scorer and third-year med student) and Austin (518 scorer and first-year med student) went through:

🚧 Hitting a frustrating score plateau right before test day

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Lauren’s journey to medicine was anything but linear. Inspired initially by the TV show Criminal Minds and an interest in joining the FBI, she gradually realized through her psychology s...

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"If this is what you want to do, and this is the only thing stopping you, you will find a way to get it done."

In this episode, we sit down with Matthew, an MCAT success story, who shares his journey from struggling with his initial MCAT practice tests to achieving a remarkable ...

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✅ Get all free MCAT courses, practice passages, strategy emails, downloads, study notes, and more here:  https://go.medlifemastery.com/ilima0k 

In this episode, we sit down with Chrysalis, a Teach for America biology teacher and MCAT success story, who shares her honest journey from struggling with chem-phys and bio-biochem to scoring a 517 on test day. From battling burnout to discovering the power of strategy over conten...

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Burnout during the MCAT is a common and challenging experience, often characterized by physical and emotional exhaustion, decreased motivation, and a sense of overwhelm caused by the demanding and extensive preparation required for the exam. The intense pressure to perform well can lead to burnout among test takers, making self-compassion and balanced study practices crucial for maintaining well-being and achieving success. What do...

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At the beginning of her MCAT journey, Julia was discouraged by how little progress she was seeing in her practice exam scores. In January, she scored a 499, and even after a month and a half of pushing herself in her studying afterwards, she only improved by 1-point… which was a long way from her dream score of 513. In particular, she struggled with the C/P section, which is something we think a lot of us can relate to as we...
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Preparing for the MCAT is hard enough on its own, but with a learning disability, it can become a lot harder! The good news is that even with a learning disability, you can ace the MCAT. How? Well, we'd like you to meet Michael, who was diagnosed with a learning disability and Tourette Syndrome before high school, and scored 517 (94th percentile) on the MCAT! He's truly an inspiration and has put in the effort to create this episo...
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July 20, 2022 • 8 mins
With an exam as massive and important as the MCAT, nerves are inevitable! But how do we prevent these feelings of anxiety from getting the best of us? In this episode, Savannah Runge, 517 scorer MCAT Mastery mentor, shares easy and effective strategies you can put to use the second you feel a negative emotion coming up while you're studying or during an exam!
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Ever ask yourself 'am I ready for the MCAT'? There comes a point in every premed's journey where we ask ourselves this question and need to decide whether we need to push back or test date. After successfully walking many students through this decision, AND making the right decision during her own MCAT prep, Ariana (MS2, 515 scorer, and MCAT Mastery Mentor) has created this video to guide you on when it makes sense to push your tes...
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Has any of this ever happened to you when preparing for the MCAT?: - You UNDERSTAND the passage but get the questions wrong (and when you review the passage, the answer was so obvious!) - You're afraid to choose an answer because it seems too easy (so you don't choose it, but it was the right one!) - You constantly get stuck between two answer choices (and end up choosing the wrong one because you second guess yourself!) Don't ...
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At the start of his exam experience, Jake found himself very stressed out when it came to studying for the MCAT (especially with the CARS section). After scoring a 498 on his first practice exam, he knew he needed to increase his workload, but he sacrificed a lot of sleep and relaxation in the process. All of this stress and anxiety culminated in him led to him scoring a 509 on his first real exam day and although he knew that othe...
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Just a month before her exam date, Kayla was scoring at a 500 on her practice exams. Although this wasn't a position that she wanted to be in, like a lot of us, she maintained her motivation and decided to push through to her exam. However, at that point, Kayla also realized that she didn’t have to go through her final prep month alone-- and that’s when she reached out to us for help. From there, she started working on ...
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Maintaining a healthy balance between school, family and self-care had been Stephanie’s constant struggle. Taking her score from 496 to 505/506 took 11 months, then with 30 days left before her test day, her score skyrocketed to a 513! This is how she did it. As you'll hear from the interview, Stephanie found our strategies to improve her score! Here's what she had said about them: "One of the best resources for my MCAT jou...
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Today we'd like to introduce Jennifer Nagel, an MCAT top scorer, and our guest in today's MCAT Master Interview! Although Jennifer always felt confident with the sciences, the MCAT is enough to make anyone second guess their skills. Having taken the exam once in 2015, where she scored a 494, and again in 2019, where she scored a 502, she could have let her dream end there, but she didn’t... Jennifer’s story with...
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It's holiday season!! 🎄 If you're in the midst of studying for the MCAT, you might be feeling all kinds of ways... You might be feeling trapped, having to study while you see others around you taking breaks from their busy lives and having fun.  You might be feeling guilty, not studying as much as you think you should be, while spending a lot of time with family and friends.  We've been there. Those of us wh...
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