The Complete MCAT Psychology & Sociology Strategy Course
Learn How 90+ Percentile Scorers Mastered MCAT Psych/Soc
The 3 Phases To Score 130+ In Psych/Soc: What They Are & Why We Found Them To Be Harder Than Expected
Most students don't even know about these phase, and stop at Phase 1...
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Memorization
As you know, MCAT Psych/Soc relies heavily on definition of terms, which means it relies heavily on memorization. As premeds we've been memorizing our whole lives so this should be easy right?
Well there are A LOT of terms to memorize. It's not as easy as we think.
How do you stay on top of so many Psych/Soc terms? How do you remember the terms you studied in your first 30 days, in the last 30 days?
One of the worst mistakes some of us made was leaving Psych/Soc until test day was too close. This led to overwhelm and scores not improving.
The Key To Master All 3 Phases: Knowing & Applying The Right Strategies
We are over 70 mentors on the MedLife team. We've tutored thousands of students.
We know all of the challenges related to increasing Psych/Soc scores, and how to overcome them.
We struggled with MCAT Psych/Soc already. We've figured it out. So you don't have to.
You just need to take our proven techniques, apply them, and increase your score.
Is MCAT Psych/Soc The Easy Section?
Today, as we tutor students for this section, we're realizing every premed thinks Psych/Soc is going to be easy. But as a bell-curved exam, a lot of premeds HAVE to score 126 and lower.
Those students are in for a rude awakening. A lot of us definitely felt it. The students who are scoring 130+ are studying smarter and not taking this section lightly.
Yes - relative to the other sections, it's easier to get a grasp of Psych/Soc. Which is why with the strategies we have for you, that most won't have, this can be your easy 130+ section. If your other sections are also good and you have time, this can even be your 131, 132 section.
BUT you need to learn and apply these strategies ASAP, which is why we created this course.
Meet Your MCAT Psych/Soc Strategy Instructors
Julia Wickman
MedLife Mastery Strategy Coach | 130 Psych/Soc, 518 MCAT
After 400+ hours of studying, Julia found herself plateauing at a 507/508 just 6 weeks before her test date. That's when the strategy clicked and her scores jumped to 513-519. Ultimately in those final 45 days, she managed to increase her to score by 11 points and achieved a 518 (96th percentile) by test day!
In this course, Julia will teach you the majority of Psych/Soc strategies through step-by-step video lessons.
Serena Luke
MedLife Mastery Strategy Coach | 132 Psych/Soc, 519 MCAT
After getting a disappointing first MCAT score result and 499 diagnostic score in May, Serena began focused strategic studying in June and in about 6 weeks she managed to skyrocket her score to a 519 by test day!
In this course, Serena will be showing you how to apply the strategies, by walking you through AAMC passages and giving you a transparent view into her thought process (including how she gets to the right answer every time).
Other MedLife Mastery Mentors Who Contributed To The Strategies In This Course
Eli Chen
130 Psych/Soc (519 MCAT)
Nivi Arunkumar
131 Psych/Soc (517 MCAT)
Alyssa Dwight
132 Psych/Soc (520 MCAT)
Ariana Campbell
130 Psych/Soc (515 MCAT)
Savannah Runge
131 Psych/Soc (517 MCAT)
What's Inside The Psych/Soc Mastery Course
5 Modules | 37 Video Lessons | 12 Passage Walkthroughs
In the second module, we'll be covering experimental design because SO many students seem to struggle with these concepts. There are a lot of questions in this section that discuss independent and dependent variables either directly or indirectly, and it's important that you can identify them. In this module we'll cover everything from different types of P/S experiments, how to identify P/S groups and variables, how to understand research statistics, how to understand P/S biases for participants and researchers, and more.
In the third module, we’re diving deep into Psych/Soc passage reading and analysis + question answering strategy. If you don’t go through the passage in the most efficient, most strategic way, you’re going to have a really difficult time making it through the questions. We'll cover exactly how to efficiently read passages; how to understand the passage itself, how to read and annotate as you go through it, how to understand experimental structure, how to draw parallels and align variables, and much more. Then we'll also cover how to answer Psych/Soc questions, how to review them after, how to choose between last 2 answers, and even how to develop and improve stamina for P/S.
In the fourth module is where you'll get a lot of "rapid-implementation" strategies that you can start using right away. We'll cover how you can boost your critical thinking skills for this section (some call Psych/Soc a CARS 2.0), how to recognize patterns to quickly determine the right answer, how to stay motivated through P/S on exam day, and much more.
In the fifth module is where you’ll truly install the top scorer way of thinking through Psych/Soc. We don’t want to just give you the strategies and tactics - we want to show you how to actually apply them. Which is why in this module we'll go through ALL AAMC P/S Section Bank passages together as if you're on a video call with a 132 scorer, who is working with you one-on-one showing you how to think through nearly every line in a P/S passage and logically identifying the right answer every. single. time. This module alone is worth the entire price of this course.
Note: Actual AAMC passages will not be shown on screen. You will need access to your own AAMC material (which we highly recommend) to follow along with instructor explanations.
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Course Description
Strategy video lessons taught by 130+ MCAT Psych/Soc scorers (515+ overall MCAT)
Sourced from the collective experiences and strategies of strictly 130+ Psych/Soc scorers.
Carefully pieced together over several years through constant testing and optimization.
This is the ultimate step-by-step system to master Psych/Soc on the MCAT.
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You Can Increase Your MCAT Psych/Soc Score In Less Than 30 Days
For every MedLife Mastery Mentor on the team, there came a point where the right way of thinking for each section of the MCAT just "clicked". That's when scores skyrocketed. The video lessons in this course are designed to get you to that "click", by showing you how to actually apply the content knowledge you naturally are able to pick up, by showing you how a 132 scorer thinks through entire passages, and by ultimately helping you increasing your confidence as you walk into test day.
Learn How To Translate Your Knowledge
This section is known for the sheer amount of definitions to know. You're responsible for covering content ranging from the Anatomy of the Brain to Freud to stereotypes to social constructs - the list keeps going. But what you'll realize is that knowing the definitions don't always help answer questions because you can't translate your knowledge of a topic into answering a question on it. The BIGGEST score jumps come from knowing how to apply the definitions. Everyone gets stuck with this and most never figure it out. But once you get this skill down from the strategies in this course, your scores will increase fast.
Absorb The 130+ P/S Scorer Thought Process
If you have the content down a decent amount, what's lacking is your ability to apply it. Your approach. So once you learn how to apply it and then spend countless sessions WATCHING a 132 scorer go through actual AAMC passages, whether you realize it or not, you're ABSORBING how they think. You'll automatically start doing the same things they do, spotting the same things they see, when you're going through passages on your own. And it doesn't take long for this to happen. Within days, you'll see your thought process improve and as a result, you'll see your score jump.
Improve Your Psych/Soc Confidence
Confidence alone has led to score jumps for the many top scorers we've interviewed. It's truly amazing to see; maybe it's because you don't second guess yourself on an answer choice, maybe you re-read less and finish faster. Whatever it is, when you've learned the exact SAME strategies that previous 130+ scorers used, you can be sure you're studying for this section in the BEST way possible. You can be sure you're seeing the passage, question, answer choices in a way that others aren't - and that will be your advantage on this bell-curved exam.
Automatically Improve Your Scores In Other MCAT Sections
The MCAT is a critical thinking exam. If you can get that skill down, the entire test becomes much easier. Psych/Soc, is known as CARS 2.0, to some. That's because it requires a lot of the same critical thinking and reasoning abilities. It also has graphs and content that you need to learn beforehand. As you go through this course, you'll learn how to comprehend information and recognize terms quickly through skills like annotating passages. Once you master this, your overall score jumps.
Frequently Asked Questions
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If you already have an account with us:
The course will be added to your account after the purchase has been made and you would simply login with your existing username and password!
If you've been with us for a while, you've seen that we've had other strategy resources over many years in the form of text and not videos. In short, the Complete MCAT Strategy Course is an evolved version of our older PDF guides and reports.
So while less than 25-30% is similar content to what you would have found in those resources, the majority of this course is never-before-seen strategies and section-specific approaches to dominating the MCAT.
In fact here's why everything in this course is far more effective than anything we've ever released...
- Reading takes way too much time. Our downloadable resources have been super valuable to many students - but ONLY to those students who took the time to read them. We’ve realized a big barrier for a lot of students is having to plow through a lot of text of strategies, especially when you're already bombarded with so much content-based prep books that you need to go through. The last thing many of you want is extra reading.
- A "course" allows for a step-by-step system. This course has been designed to have a logical strategic progression for you to go from not knowing anything about where to start studying for the MCAT and wanting quick hacks, tips, and tricks to get more answers right, to truly becoming a master of thinking like a top scorer/future doctor by the end of it. This is something that's very difficult to achieve through a written guide.
- Continuous improvements and upgrades. This is a big one. There have been SO many times over the years that we've improved our resources and added amazing new strategies that we've found, but it was always so painful to think that all the students who already had downloaded the PDFs would not be able to get any new material. With an online course, we can go in and make improvements like adding lessons to modules, and the next time you login, you'll get all the fresh insights to add to your MCAT prep.
- Easier to learn with video AND text, as opposed to just text. Let's face it, video is so much easier to digest and learn from. That already is a big factor for why we decided to transition to video. But we're not JUST giving video - each lesson has the written summary notes included, so as students complete the video lessons and read the notes below, they better absorb the strategies and insights of a top scorer to quickly start thinking like one.
In short, no. You can get through all the strategy videos in a day if you wanted (we'd only recommend that if you're short on time). The dissections however, you'll need to space out to one or two per day. Ideally, spread out over a week at one or two hours a day, you should be at a point where you've got a significantly stronger handle on how to approach C/P & B/B. There's zero fluff and pure strategies in every video. We've kept them all succinct. You'll be able to apply strategies from the very first module.
If you know anything about us, you know we're huge on productivity. We're huge on "high yield" and focusing on the easiest actions that deliver the greatest results. Which is exactly what has led us to focus our entire mission around "strategy". If there's one thing we know without a shadow of a doubt, understanding study and testing strategies for this exam as soon as possible, is an INVESTMENT. It will SAVE you time from having to figure it all out on your own. It is THE smartest way to approach C/P & B/B and the MCAT. No question.
The live office hour sessions will be a weekly online group call with an MCAT Mastery Mentor. They'll be answering questions as they come up but also doing live passage breakdowns. You'll receive a reminder and link to join the call a few days before and the day of. Recordings will be available to view for members of the Complete MCAT Strategy Course if you're not able to attend.
Yes! If you click on the button underneath the package of your choice, you'll be taken to the checkout page. You'll then be able to see the different payment plan options! You'll also see a way to use the PayPal "pay in 4" or in 6 months with no interest option.
Well we’d ask ourselves these questions…
Have you started studying already?
If you have, then how is your progress going?
How are you feeling about your performance on the MCAT overall?
Are you feeling confident that you can achieve your MCAT score goal?
Before we even begin getting into the questions, we’ll just remind you that you don’t need to be on the fence at all - you can literally get the course, and if you don’t feel it’s worth it for you, just ask for your money back.
You have no risk to just check out the other side of the fence, and if you don’t like it, get back to your side!
If you haven’t already started studying, the benefit of getting the course is that there’s no guessing, no wasting time.
You’ll know exactly what you need to do, and exactly how top-scorers on the MCAT approach this process.
If you’re still unsure, then try to study on your own. Who knows - maybe you don’t need a step-by-step process. Maybe you’re retaining all the information, making the most efficient use of your time, and seeing scores increase with every practice exam.
If you’re not seeing progress, aren’t feeling confident, and lacking in performance, then you need to change something. Fast.
Albert Einstein said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.”
Something needs to change in your MCAT studying process.
The question is what do you change?
The answer… is in the Complete MCAT Strategy Course.
No this course doesn't come with ANY AAMC material.
You'll need to get the practice passages/exams yourself from the AAMC website to benefit from the dissections. The dissections will not show the passages as that would infringe on copyright.
If you haven't already however, we highly recommend you get all the AAMC questions available, regardless of whether you enrol in this course, as those are going to be the most representative of your actual MCAT!
YES! We welcome and love working with nontraditional students. Several of the mentors on the team were also nontraditional students when taking the MCAT, so we can definitely relate. We all credit strategy to getting us to a competitive score because it's the strategy that helps you master content easier when you haven't seen this much science-heavy material in a long time (or ever!). It's the strategy that's going to get you comfortable and able to apply your knowledge to passage-based exams, for a 7.5 hour exam. It's the strategy that's going to help you plan your prep properly and optimize accordingly. It's scary going towards your doctor dream but having to face the hardest exam ever (which deters even traditional students!). So we completely get it. This course will make this exam a lot less intimidating. If you fall under the 'nontrad' category, your level of passion and dedication towards beating this exam inspires us. We've worked with many in the past in improving their scores and through this course, are excited to help you too!
Yes definitely! We've worked with many students who need MCAT accommodations and have guided them through that process as well. This course was designed to do the same. We understand how frustrating it might be when you're trying to make progress on the MCAT but feel like you're at a disadvantage. Learning such an overwhelming amount of content, or having to focus for all 7.5 hours, is likely more difficult for you than everyone else taking the MCAT. You're the person we've ESPECIALLY made this course for because it's the strategy that's going to help you level the playing field. It's the strategy that's going to help you learn quicker, apply better, and achieve a competitive MCAT score
Here's who the strategies in this guide have worked for. Anyone who:
- Is scoring 500 or less on the MCAT and needs a FAST score improvement of at least 10 points
- Has already written the MCAT before and suffered a low score
- Doesn’t know how to start studying for the MCAT
- Is not seeing scores improve consistently with every practice exam
- Wants to score close to or higher than 510
- Feels stressed or discouraged about the MCAT
- Wants to avoid the same mistakes most re-testers make
- Is overwhelmed with the amount of material required to learn and apply
- Is not retaining enough information
- Is struggling with finishing the exam on time
- Is finding time to be a huge barrier and is feeling like time is running out fast
- Is feeling like they’ve got a later start than everybody else
- Doesn’t know how to approach poorly written/vague MCAT questions
- Is struggling with specific sections
- Has spent months studying for the MCAT but isn’t getting any results
- Is finding it hard to study boring topics
- Wants to know the most effective way to use practice exams
- Keeps making stupid mistakes when they know the material
- Is struggling to stay motivated and focused to study and prep efficiently for the MCAT
- Desperately needs a high MCAT score because of low or average GPA
Since 2014 we've helped thousands of premeds and MCAT writers improve their MCAT score, who were once exactly where you are now; standing face to face with the biggest challenge of their premed careers.
We conduct ongoing research and hold paid interviews with 515+ MCAT scorers to bring you the most credible, most proven MCAT prep strategies in the world. We also bring in our own MCAT prep experiences and strategies and how 30+ mentors on the team scored competitively on the MCAT. Unlike most prep companies, we understand exactly what it's like to be in your shoes. We know the pressure is intense, the worry is never-ending, the study days are long, and it feels like the MCAT is getting closer by the second.
When you use our resources and start seeing an improvement in your MCAT score, you'll realize that med-school isn't some distant goal. It's closer than ever before and it's well within your reach. We created MCAT Mastery to show you how you can get to the point where you have your choice of which school's invitation you want to accept.
It starts with being a little strategic and smarter in your approach in preparing for the MCAT, the most important and most competitive factor in determining your med-school admission.
We offer a 100% money back guarantee. If within the next 14 days, you apply the strategies in this course and don't see an improvement in your MCAT score or performance, you can ask for your money back and we'll happily give you a refund.
There are two types of MCAT prep companies you will find online. We have seen it all - not only because it's our responsibility as we're serving you, but ALSO because we were in your shoes looking for help when we were studying.
The first is the obvious - big name MCAT prep companies. Their focus is on content primarily, not strategy, which is interesting because the MCAT is 70% 'how you think' and 30% 'what you know'. But guess what? The money is in the content and prep books (many of us pay an arm and a leg to get their courses/books). So that's what they stick to. They eat our arms and legs for breakfast.
The second are the very few companies like ours, who also offer "MCAT strategy" help.
Here's where we differ:
The common story there is a student in med-school who did well on the MCAT and wants to give back, so he/she creates content on how to study for the MCAT and calls it MCAT strategy. Which is awesome, but it's just one person's method unfortunately.
Sometimes we see an MCAT strategy course or a CARS strategy course by a top MCAT scorer who didn't get into med-school, or is in med-school and is doing it as a side-hustle, but then they have the audacity to charge ridiculous prices.
Again this doesn't discount what they know, but the longer they stay away from medicine, the relatability factor is lost. They don't really get where you're coming from anymore.
Also the few companies, courses, and tutors who focus on critical thinking and strategy, maybe have one or two instructors (who may or may not have gotten a high MCAT score) who tell you what strategies they applied for their MCAT, or the strategies they are told to teach.
That doesn’t compare to what we do at MCAT Mastery:
- We bring you strategies from hundreds of top MCAT scorers and only provide you with the most common, most recommended ones that have the highest probability of working because they’ve been proven multiple times.
- PLUS, you're not learning from just one, or two, top scorers - you're learning from an entire army of future doctors who are passionate about seeing you make it through this journey.
- You have dozens of MCAT Strategy Instructors who scored competitively on the MCAT, actually struggled through the journey, increased their scores quickly, and have tutored many students along the way so you know they not only can relate, are credible, but they also know how to teach.
Again, we don't want to waste your time or your money. We just want you to know the best way to study for the MCAT so you can spend as much time as possible ACTUALLY studying for the MCAT so you can get into med-school.
Yes! All your questions can be answered during the Live Weekly Office Hour sessions :)
We decided to create this course because so many premeds in the community have been wanting something that can hold their hand to a higher Psych/Soc (and MCAT) score in a step-by-step manner, in a systematic way, in a way that's easy to absorb and implement.
This became more clear when we started tutoring students one-on-one, when we would see Psych/Soc scores jump, simply because we were able to walk our students through how and when to implement the right strategies.
There came a point where we also realized that we couldn't possibly tutor thousands of students in the community who need help in these sections. Plus, some just can't afford one-on-one individual tutoring, but they desperately need to improve their Psych/Soc score if they're going to make it to med-school.
So we did the next best thing and created this online video course, that simulates a one-on-one tutoring experience. We realized that even though we can't work with every student, we've tutored ENOUGH premeds to be able to create a system that can take premeds from a mediocre to competitive MCAT score.
Still have questions? Reach out to us at [email protected] or fill out this form!