Every week, once a week, a different 515+ scorer MCAT Mastery Mentor hosts a 60-90 minute office hours session with students who are paid members of our community; who are tutoring 1:1, or are enrolled in any one of our courses.

In these office hours sessions, you can ask your own questions, learn from other students' questions, meet others who are taking the MCAT as well, make connections, learn from the tutor about test-taking strategy, get passage walkthroughs, and so much more!

Basically, you're getting an additional free weekly tutoring session with any package you buy! How valuable is that?!?

We want to do everything we can to help you get to your score goal :)

How much money are you going to spend, or have you already spent pushing back your MCAT, retaking the MCAT, and buying prep books? What good are the prep books if you don’t know how to properly use them?

What good is buying a car without knowing how to drive and how risky is it to try to teach yourself how to drive? You need an instructor. We’ll teach you how to properly learn the content, help you with anything you’re struggling with, so you can (most importantly) SAVE TIME! Speaking of time...

How much is your time worth? Top MCAT scorers put extreme importance on their time. If you’re not worrying about the MCAT anymore, you can put focus and energy into applications, working, and so much more other stuff - including taking a well-deserved break and actually enjoying the summer. But none of that can happen if you're trying to "reinvent the wheel" and figure out the MCAT game by yourself, instead of getting guidance from someone who has already beat it.

If you’re going to be a doctor think like a doctor now - value your time at $150+ per hour. We believe we can fast-track your MCAT score progress by a month or more with our strategies and insights. Without these methods, you’ll be trying to figure it out yourself - like a tourist without a map.

So yes, tutoring is worth it and it will pay for itself.

After paying lots of money for expensive prep courses and tutoring, we barely saw any results…

We now know what's missing with most other MCAT tutors and tutoring companies.

To name a few things:

- You’re often assigned to "MCAT experts", who have no proof of high score

- Those tutors aren’t focused on strategy, even though they know the content

- If they scored well, they’re usually ‘naturals’ with no idea of how to teach

- Their focus isn't on extremely fast score improvement

Think about it, if you make slow progress in your score while getting tutoring, that means you take more tutoring sessions, which means more of an income for them. This is why we think it's really rare to find high quality tutoring

But our focus is different…

Our goal from the very first session is to supercharge your score improvement as quickly as possible - regardless of when your test date is.

The sooner we can get you to your score goal, the sooner we can help someone else. We don’t have dozens of tutors like other companies. It’s just a few of us with limited time because most of us are in med-school!

If you want us to hold your hand all throughout your MCAT prep, all the way until your MCAT test date itself, we can do that for you too.

This initiative is us giving back - not trying to overcharge you so we can live in luxury... We'll save that for when we're doctors!

Unlike most companies, we’re not going to charge you $100+ per hour for a tutoring session. Kaplan charges $250+. That’s kind of ridiculous. 

We're a small team trying to help as many students as we can. We're not trying to be the next Kaplan or TPR. Unlike most companies, we're not so far removed from your current situation that we care about profits more than we care about our students. We know the burden debt carries. Being a premed costs a lot. Way too much.

We've paid the prices ourselves (still are) and we believe it's absolutely ridiculous that so many companies charge an arm and a leg to help students, simply because they know that when premeds need to get into med-school, they're at their most vulnerable stage because getting to med-school means so much.

Which means you (and/or your parents) will pay them what they're asking because you're already so invested. It's not fair and this is us 'fighting back' and doing our part. We understand that you might have the idea that you 'get what you pay for' but that's not the case here. Hope that provides some perspective :)

Year after year, we’ve been asked by students in the MCAT Mastery Community if we offer one-on-one tutoring by the MCAT Masters in our team…

Every time, we’ve had to apologize and let our students know we just don’t have the time to offer those services…

Every time, we could feel the disappointment. It was painful for us to turn them away while we focused on first creating the best MCAT strategy resources in the world.

We realized that some students just need one-on-one personal MCAT help.

Some students are smart enough to know that climbing this mountain all alone, one that determines whether or not you'll make it to med-school, is not a good idea.

We realized sometimes you just need someone credible to hear you out, and offer customized advice on exactly what you need to do for your personal struggles, challenges, and frustrations.

Most importantly, you need someone who’s been in the same situation you’re currently in, someone who came out of that situation a top scorer… to tell you exactly what to do to increase your score to a competitive level by your test date! No matter where you're at right now.

You need someone to tell you exactly what you need to do to get your score competitive enough to get your application actually looked at by med-schools. Which means, depending on your GPA and which school you want to get into, you generally need a 510 or higher.

So having had these realizations...

We made the decision to launch MCAT Mastery Mentoring.

We’re super excited for this! You deserve the best MCAT prep guidance and you shouldn’t have to break the bank for it…

Because you deserve to reach your MCAT score goal, get into med-school, and create a life helping people…

You'll be able to schedule your sessions with your tutor based on your own convenience. All sessions are done online through an online web meeting software (free for you). 

If you're not happy with your tutor, we can assign you to a new one! Or we can give you a refund if you've had two or less sessions and it hasn't been over 60 days since you purchased.

Your sessions will never expire so you're free to use them at any time. You can also upgrade to our med-school admission coaching packages with your remaining sessions and balance. You can learn more about our med-school application coaching packages here on our sister site, at MedLife Mastery =)

You won’t need to follow a specific schedule. You can choose your session dates/times that are available based on your preference. In your first meeting, you and your tutor may spend a few minutes coming up with a study plan/schedule and meeting frequencies that are most efficient for you and your situation specifically. Our tutors are very flexible :)

At this time we don’t provide any additional MCAT prep resources.

The main reason is that most students who sign up already have their own MCAT prep resources they’re using. Plus there are already some high quality MCAT prep materials out there and until we can create something better than what’s already available, we’re not going to sell resources that will only overwhelm our students, just for an extra profit.

If you’re in the boat where you don’t have MCAT prep resources at the moment, we suggest you spend a few minutes during your first session with your tutor to ask them what resources they give their highest recommendations to! That way you can save time from having to do the research yourself, and you know exactly what company/products to invest in for a great score.

Also if you already have MCAT prep resources you’re using which you like, our tutors are more than happy to work with the materials you already have. We will also try our best to match you with a tutor who also used the same resources as you so they can show you how to use them to achieve a score like theirs!

Firstly, yes you’re paired with an MCAT tutor. When you sign up, you’ll be directed to a questionnaire where you will answer questions about your MCAT prep so far (your current study methods, your biggest struggles, your weaknesses, strengths, your score goal, what you’re currently scoring, and so much more), and we’ll use your answers to match you with a tutor that would be perfect for you to help you increase your score by your test date.

On the other hand, one of the questions in the questionnaire is if there’s a specific MCAT tutor you’d like to request - so you can definitely choose your own tutor if you wish!

Once you sign up for an MCAT tutoring package, you can start as soon as within 24-48 hours. After signing up, you’ll be asked to fill out a questionnaire about your MCAT journey so far - how you’ve been studying, your weakest areas, the resources you’ve been using, and so much more. The more detail you can provide, the better it will be. We will use your responses to match you with a tutor (within 24 hours) and we’ll send you a link to your tutor’s calendar schedule. From there you can schedule your first session. Your tutor will use your responses to the questions to prepare, so that from the very first session they can begin working with you on improving your score!

Generally, the schedule will be worked out between you and your tutor.

After you sign up, you’ll get access to your tutor’s calendar, where you will select and schedule your first (or more) tutoring session(s) with them. 

They don’t have to be scheduled all at once. You can schedule them one-by-one as you go, or perhaps after you have worked with your tutor to create an optimal studying plan until your test date :)

No you're not going to be sitting in a strategy lecture for an hour. We're not just here to give you strategies. We're here to give you strategies AND show you how to apply them for YOUR specific situation, your learning style, your schedule, your score goal, your weaknesses/strengths, and so on. Having someone analyze your current methods, including how you read through and comprehend passages, plus diagnose what's holding your score back, then telling you exactly what you need to do to start seeing your score increase, is priceless. That's what we do.

If you get a personal trainer, they tell you more than just what workouts to do and when (even though that's valuable in itself). For some people, that alone is enough. But they also show you how they applied those teachings, they watch your form, they hold you accountable, they create your workout schedule for your goals and your deadline, and so much more. Think of us as your personal "MCAT" trainers ;)

In short, you can always hope you find the right strategies and try to figure it out for yourself, kind of like a patient trying to diagnose and cure themselves by Google searching their days away, or you can go to a doctor who can just fix the issues for you so you (and your MCAT score) can feel much better after :)

Yea, we're full of analogies lol

Also if you need help brushing up on some content, we'll help you there too - it's not always just about the strategies.

Great question!

The reason we ALL didn't get 520+ scores and the reason why we're so confident in our tutoring abilities, is exactly the same...

We're average students who had to scramble in figuring out how to be above average quickly.

We were just like the 90% of students who sign up to work with us everyday, who would be thrilled to quickly improve their scores by 10 or more points and get to a competitive mark (and that mark is whatever is relevant for the med-school their aiming for), usually in the 510+ area. 

Scores don't mean anything if your 520+ scoring tutor can't relate to you in your struggles and where you're at, or what it's like to be scoring in the low 490s. Those scores don't mean anything if they can't teach well, or if it took them 8 months to get their scores there, whereas you only have 1-2 months. Knowing how to improve scores quickly is so important.

That's not to say we've never had students score 519+, because we have. It all depends on individual needs and goals. Whatever your goal is, we're happy to support it, even if that means getting you to a score that surpasses our own.

Lastly, would you really be disappointed if you scored a 515? What about a 510? We like to keep things real and would really enjoy working with you, if you do too!

By the way, if you wanted to be assigned to a 100th percentile scoring tutor, we'd be happy to do that for you (providing they're available). 

Yes! When you click 'Book Now' on your desired tutoring session package, you'll see the option to pay in instalments. Also if you choose the "PayPal" option at checkout, you'll see an option to "Pay in 4" instalments, with no interest charge! You can learn more about that on this page. 

Yes definitely! We've worked with many students who need MCAT accommodations and have guided them through that process as well. 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. We're here to help you 'level the playing field' and get a competitive MCAT score :)

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. 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 are happy to work with you too!

That's completely fine! If you just need help in CARS, we'll pair you with our best available CARS Master who scored 130+ in that section. Same goes for any other section. You can use all your sessions for focused help in just that one section. You make the rules - we don't enforce a specific template on how you need to study for the MCAT because everyone is different. You have your own strengths and weaknesses so we respect that and want to use that to our advantage to get your scores up FAST. 

First, identify when you're planning of taking the MCAT. You can see the MCAT test dates here. 

Then identify, which situation you're in:
 
- I have a lot of time left before my test date
- I have very little time left before my test date

If you have a lot of time

Here is the obvious answer; if you KNOW you're going to sign up to work with us, then sign up as soon as possible. Why? The sooner you meet your tutor, the sooner you can verify you're on the right track to a high score. The sooner you can get your MCAT prep methods, your thought process/logic, your practice methods, your schedule, and so much more, diagnosed by a coach. Think about it; it's better to get your form checked BEFORE you do the exercises on your own and likely injure yourself, as opposed to meeting your personal trainer/coach sooner so you have an easy, painless progression. 

You can space your sessions out however you like so even if you use one now and then the rest in your last few weeks, that's fine. BUT it's a smart idea for you to get your MCAT prep approach diagnosed and fixed immediately so you can have a smooth, steady increase to your MCAT score goal. You don't want to be in panic mode 4-8 weeks before the MCAT if you're not scoring where you need to be. 

Also as you know, we focus on increasing scores fast. Imagine you're hitting your target score goal more than 4 weeks before test date. How amazing would you feel knowing that it can ONLY get better from here? Another obvious reason to sign up as early as possible.

It becomes MUCH harder for us to help you increase your score the later you come to us.

If you have a little bit of time

Now if you JUST found out about us today and you have less than a month or less than two months left, then that's okay, don't panic. Of course this is when we really recommend signing up ASAP because you need urgent help.

Again, ideally the sooner the better but this situation is out of your control. But don't worry - we got you here as well. This is what we do, this is what we specialize in. We've helped many students in your shoes increase their scores. As long as you're willing to do what it takes at this point and not just take our advice, but actually apply it, you should be good!

Easy! First just reach out to us letting us know you'd like to use your sessions towards med-school application coaching. 

We'll use your unused sessions to calculate your remaining balance which you can put towards a package for med-school application coaching. You can see the packages here.

If you only have one or two unused sessions and only want one or two application coaching sessions, we can make that work too!

That is very thoughtful of you! After you sign up, email us at [email protected], and share the name and email of your recipient.