the opportunity to attend medical school and become a doctor. With this weight comes a

有機會進入醫學院學習併成為一名醫生。伴隨著這一重量的是一個

great deal of myths and misconceptions that continue to be perpetuated today. Here's what

大量的神話和誤解至今仍在延續。以下是什麼

I wish someone had told me about the MCAT. Dr. Jubbal, MedSchoolInsiders.com.

我希望有人告訴我關於MCAT的事。Jubbal博士，MedSchoolInsiders.com。

Most students believe that more studying will result in more knowledge and therefore a better

大多數學生認為，更多的學習會帶來更多的知識，是以會有更好的發展。

score, but that isn't always the case. I've seen countless students plateau with their

分，但情況並不總是如此。我見過無數學生的成績停滯不前。

score despite spending several additional months dedicated to MCAT studying.

儘管多花了幾個月的時間專門學習MCAT考試，但還是取得了分數。

The reason is that while you can learn and retain information at a certain rate, you'll

原因是，雖然你能以一定的速度學習和保留資訊，但你會

also forget information at a certain rate. There are certain tools and strategies that

也會以一定的速度忘記資訊。有一些工具和策略可以

you can use to increase the rate of learning and decrease the rate of forgetting, but the

你可以用它來提高學習率和降低遺忘率，但是

fact remains that at a certain point you will plateau with your score.

事實是，在某一點上，你的分數會趨於平穩。

It's for this reason that I find the best results from my tutoring clients when they

正是由於這個原因，我發現我的輔導客戶在以下情況下取得了最佳效果

are able to dedicate a few months of full time, high intensity studying to the MCAT.

能夠拿出幾個月的時間對MCAT進行全職的高強度學習。

This will maximize information acquisition and retention and minimize forgetting learned

這將最大限度地獲取和保留資訊，並最大限度地減少所學的遺忘。

information. In most cases, 3 months of high-intensity dedicated MCAT studying will beat out 6 months

資訊。在大多數情況下，3個月的高強度MCAT專項學習將勝過6個月的學習。

of medium-intensity studying while taking other college courses. In fact, I've seen

的中等強度學習，同時參加其他大學課程。事實上，我已經看到

this play out time and time again. Certain students will take 6 months, 12 months, and

這種情況一次又一次地發生了。某些學生會用6個月、12個月，以及

sometimes even longer preparing for the MCAT, but their score is usually worse than those

有時甚至需要更長的時間來準備MCAT考試，但他們的分數通常比那些有經驗的人差。

who remained focused at high intensity for shorter periods.

他們在較短的時間內保持高強度的注意力。

There is no perfect time to take the MCAT, but the best time for most students is the

參加MCAT考試沒有完美的時間，但對大多數學生來說，最佳時間是

end of summer. By taking the MCAT around September, you have the entire summer to dedicate fully

夏末。在9月左右參加MCAT考試，你就有整個夏天的時間可以完全投入。

to the test. That means at least 12 weeks, and sometimes more, to throw yourself at MCAT

到考試。這意味著至少有12個星期，有時甚至更多，要把自己投入到MCAT考試中。

prep, day in and day out. By eliminating distractions and remaining focused, this time is often

預備，日復一日。通過排除雜念和保持專注，這段時間往往是

the best shot you have at achieving your score potential.

這是你實現你的得分潛力的最佳機會。

There are downsides to this approach. If you are applying during that medical school application

這種方法也有弊端。如果你是在醫學院申請期間申請

cycle that begins in June, then you'll be far behind the curve to be taking your MCAT

6月開始的週期，那麼你就會遠遠落後於參加MCAT考試的曲線。

in September. By the time your score is released and application is fully processed, it will

在九月。當你的分數被公佈和申請被完全處理時，它將

be October and you'll be at a substantial disadvantage in your medical school application.

是10月，你將在你的醫學院申請中處於相當不利的地位。

For this reason, taking the MCAT at the end of summer only makes sense if you are applying

由於這個原因，在夏末參加MCAT考試只有在你申請時才有意義。

in a future medical school application cycle. For example, if you are going to take a year

在未來的醫學院申請週期中。例如，如果你打算用一年時間

off between college and medical school, then you'll need to apply to medical school at

如果你在大學和醫學院之間沒有時間，那麼你就需要申請醫學院的課程。

the end of your senior year, right as you graduate. In this instance, you may want to

在你大四結束時，就在你畢業時。在這種情況下，你可能想

take the MCAT the prior September. This will give you enough time to also ensure all of

在前一年的九月參加MCAT考試。這將給你足夠的時間來確保所有的

your prerequisite courses are complete too, which is helpful for the MCAT.

你的先修課程也已經完成，這對MCAT考試很有幫助。

If you are not taking a year off between college and medical school, it's a bit trickier to

如果你在大學和醫學院之間沒有休息一年，那就有點棘手了。

navigate. You'll need to apply to medical school at the end of your junior year, during

駕馭。你需要在大三結束時申請醫學院，在此期間

the summer before your senior year. You should still take the MCAT the prior September, meaning

在你大四前的夏天。你仍然應該在前一年的九月參加MCAT考試，也就是說

you would be studying during the summer after your sophomore year. But this raises a potential

你將在大二之後的暑假期間學習。但這引起了一個潛在的

issue; most students will not have taken all of their medical school prerequisite courses

問題；大多數學生都沒有修完醫學院的所有先修課程。

after just two years of college. I took the MCAT at this time, without having taken my

僅僅讀了兩年的大學後，我就參加了MCAT考試。我在這個時候參加了MCAT考試，沒有參加我的

biochemistry course, and instead studied biochemistry from my MCAT prep materials. I ended up scoring

生物化學課程，而是從我的MCAT預備材料中學習生物化學。我最後的得分是

strongly, and missing that course didn't hold me back.

強，而錯過那門課程並沒有讓我退縮。

However, this isn't best for everyone, and will ultimately be a personal decision based

然而，這並不適合每個人，最終將是基於個人的決定。

on two primary factors: (1) the subject in question and (2) your strengths and weaknesses.

在兩個主要因素上。(1)有關的主題和(2)你的優勢和劣勢。

Certain sections like psychology and sociology are more memorization heavy on the MCAT, and

某些部分，如心理學和社會學，在MCAT考試中更注重記憶，並且

many students are able to self-study without taking the corresponding college course. Other

許多學生能夠自學而不參加相應的大學課程。其他

subjects, like physics, may be more limiting on the MCAT without having taken the prerequisite

諸如物理等科目，在沒有參加過前提條件的情況下，在MCAT考試中可能會受到更多限制。

classes. Second, you need to be honest with yourself

類。第二，你需要對自己誠實

as to how you self-study. If you are a stronger student, or you feel you can learn and grasp

至於你如何自學。如果你是一個較強的學生，或者你覺得你可以學習和掌握

concepts learning from a textbook without an instructor, you may not need to take the

在沒有教師指導的情況下從教科書中學習概念，你可能不需要參加考試。

prerequisite course. But if you are struggling with certain subjects or find it difficult

先決條件課程。但是，如果你在某些科目上有困難，或者覺得很難

to self-study, it may be best to first take the corresponding class.

來自學，可能最好先參加相應的課程。

Successfully studying for and tackling the MCAT is one of those instances where it pays

成功地學習和應對麻省理工學院入學考試是其中的一個例子。

dividends to develop an intelligent plan of attack and stick to it. Worrying about what

分紅，制定一個明智的攻擊計劃，並堅持下去。擔心什麼

others are doing and deviating from your plan will more often than not hold you back. You

別人在做什麼，偏離你的計劃往往會使你退步。你

may be curious how your fellow classmate or friend is studying. Which resources are they

可能很好奇你的同學或朋友是如何學習的。他們有哪些資源

using? How many months are they studying for? How many hours per day? How many practice

使用？他們要學習幾個月？每天多少個小時？有多少次練習

tests? These are important decisions to make prior

測試？這些都是事先要做出的重要決定

to beginning your MCAT prep. The issue in changing them midway is your plan will be

開始準備MCAT考試。中途改變它們的問題是你的計劃將被

compromised, as you're making adjustments guided by emotion and FOMO, not from a calm

妥協，因為你是在情緒和FOMO的指導下進行調整，而不是從冷靜的角度出發。

place of logic and centeredness. This plays out in a several different ways.

邏輯性和中心性的地方。這表現在幾個不同的方面。

One is the student who fears they aren't using the latest and greatest resource, and tacks

一個是學生擔心他們沒有使用最新和最偉大的資源，而把

on more resources than they can handle. Getting halfway through half a dozen resources is

在超過他們所能處理的資源上。在半打的資源中獲得一半是

not going to provide you with a better score compared to focusing on just a couple that

相比之下，只專注於幾件事情，並不能為你提供一個更好的分數。

are high quality. Remember, you don't have to know every single insignificant fact to

是高質量的。請記住，你不必知道每一個無關緊要的事實來

get a top score on the MCAT. Part of your score is based on your knowledge, and part

在MCAT考試中獲得最高分。你的部分分數是基於你的知識，而部分

of your score is based on your ability to apply knowledge and reason your way to the

你的分數是基於你應用知識和推理的能力。

best answer choice. This leads us to another common mistake, which

最佳答案選擇。這讓我們想到另一個常見的錯誤，那就是

is focusing too heavily on content review and not enough on practice questions and practice

過於注重內容的複習，而對練習題和練習的重視程度不夠。

tests. I've made a separate video on how to best approach practice questions and practice

測試。我做了一個單獨的視頻，介紹如何最好地處理練習題和練習

tests, link in the description. Remember that they aren't just a good tool to practice test

測試，描述中的鏈接。請記住，它們不僅僅是一個練習測試的好工具

taking strategies and application techniques, but with proper review, they are also powerful

的策略和應用技巧，但通過適當的審查，它們也是強大的

learning tools – that's right, you can learn and consolidate important information through

學習工具--沒錯，你可以通過以下方式學習和鞏固重要資訊

practice questions, not just through content review resources.

練習題，而不僅僅是通過內容審查資源。

A big part of sticking to the plan comes down to accountability. It's natural to deviate

堅持計劃的很大一部分歸結於問責制。偏離計劃是很自然的

slightly from your MCAT plan, but you want to minimize that deviation. Accountability

與你的MCAT計劃略有不同，但你要儘量減少這種偏差。問責制

is a powerful tool to keep you on track. If you are studying with your friends, you

是使你保持正確方向的有力工具。如果你和你的朋友一起學習，你

can be each others' accountability buddies. I even encourage some friendly competition,

可以成為彼此的責任夥伴。我甚至鼓勵一些友好的競爭。

so long as you can make sure its friendly and serves everyone. For some, competition

只要你能確保其友好併為每個人服務。對一些人來說，競爭

may lead to toxicity. Accountability can also come in the form of

可能會導致中毒。問責制也可以以下列形式出現

a tutor, who can not only craft a custom tailored MCAT study plan, but also hold you accountable

輔導員，他不僅可以為你量身定做MCAT學習計劃，還可以讓你負責任。

to that plan and help you overcome any issues or challenges with concepts, test taking strategies,

在這個計劃中，幫助你克服在概念、考試策略方面的任何問題或挑戰。

and even test taking anxiety. You can learn about our industry leading MCAT tutoring on

甚至是考試焦慮症。你可以在以下網站上了解我們行業領先的MCAT輔導服務

medschoolinsiders.com. Last, understand the value of your time and

medschoolinsiders.com。最後，瞭解你的時間價值和

opportunity cost to spending it in suboptimal ways. I was so obsessed with optimizing my

機會成本，以次優的方式花費它。我是如此痴迷於優化我的

time during my MCAT prep that for the last 4 weeks leading up to my test, I went back

在我準備MCAT考試的過程中，在考試前的最後4周，我回到了學校。

home to my mom's place and studied there. After all, I would save time not having to

回到我媽媽的住處，在那裡學習。畢竟，我可以節省時間，不必

prepare my own food or do my own laundry or buy my own groceries. I could truly dedicate

我可以自己準備食物，自己洗衣服，自己買菜。我可以真正致力於

myself fully to the MCAT, day in and day out. I see students wasting precious MCAT study

我自己日復一日地完全投入到MCAT考試中。我看到學生們在浪費寶貴的MCAT學習時間

time in a variety of ways, most notably using poor study strategies that rely on passive

在各種情況下，最明顯的是使用不良的學習策略，依賴被動的學習方式。

techniques over far more effective active ones. Reading and highlighting in your content

技巧，而不是更有效的主動技巧。在你的內容中閱讀和強調

review book or watching videos passively are not good uses of your time. It's far better

複習書籍或被動地觀看視頻並不是對你時間的良好利用。這要好得多

to practice active learning strategies, such as spaced repetition with active recall, practice

練習積極的學習策略，如主動回憶的間隔性重複，練習

questions, or even synthesis questions that I cover in my evidence based study strategy

問題，甚至是我在循證研究策略中涉及的綜合問題。

video. When it comes to spaced repetition with active

視頻。當涉及到間隔性重複與積極的

recall, the best way to implement this is through flashcards. But even with flashcards,

回顧一下，實現這一目標的最好方法是通過閃卡。但是，即使有閃卡

there's the good, bad, and the ugly. Making your own flashcards is an active learning

有好的，有壞的，有醜的。自己製作閃卡是一種積極的學習方式。

strategy, and you will learn by doing so, but there are three problems with this.

策略，而且你會通過這樣做來學習，但這有三個問題。

First, spending 60 minutes making flashcards won't teach you as much as going through and

首先，花60分鐘製作閃卡不會像翻閱和閱讀一樣讓你學到很多東西。

studying high quality flashcards instead. Second, the overwhelming majority of students

而不是學習高質量的閃卡。第二，絕大多數的學生

don't make good flashcards. Despite using flashcards for medical school and residency,

不能成為好的抽認卡。儘管在醫學院和住院醫師培訓中使用了閃卡。

it was only after continuing to refine and practice my own flashcard creation strategy

只是在繼續完善和實踐我自己的閃卡製作策略之後

in the last couple years that I realized where the deficiencies were and how subtle and nuanced

在過去的幾年裡，我意識到了不足之處，也意識到這些不足之處是多麼微妙和細微的。

the best flashcards are. And third, to create the best flashcards on

最好的閃卡是。第三，創建最好的抽認卡是在

a given subject, you need to have mastery of the subject at hand. You must understand

一個特定的主題，你需要掌握手頭的主題。你必須瞭解

related concepts that contrast with the topic, whether that concept is high-, medium-, or

與主題形成對比的相關概念，無論該概念是高、中、還是低。

low-yield, and how the concept is tested on the MCAT. As a premed studying for the MCAT,

低產，以及在MCAT考試中是如何測試這個概念的。作為一個為MCAT考試學習的預科生。

by definition you don't have mastery of the subjects, otherwise you wouldn't be studying

顧名思義，你沒有掌握這些科目，否則你就不會學習。

for the test. Memm is the answer to these problems. Through

進行測試。Memm是這些問題的答案。通過

Memm, we've developed a better way to use flashcards and review sheets to accelerate

孟母三遷，我們已經開發出一種更好的方法，利用抽認卡和複習表來加速

MCAT learning. The average Memm user scores a 514.3 on test day, which is a 90th percentile

MCAT學習。Memm用戶在考試當天的平均成績為514.3分，這是第90個百分點。

score. And we've had countless students write to us who have tried alternatives, like Anki,

分。我們已經有無數的學生寫信給我們，他們已經嘗試了其他的方法，比如Anki。

but found it clunky and they thought flashcards just weren't for them. But once they tried

但發現它很笨重，他們認為閃卡不適合他們。但是一旦他們嘗試

Memm, things just fell into place and their scores started improving. I've linked some

梅姆，事情就這樣落到了實處，他們的分數開始提高。我已經鏈接了一些

interviews with our users down in the description so you can hear their stories first hand.

在描述中對我們的用戶進行採訪，這樣你就可以聽到他們的第一手故事。

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你可以通過7天的免費試用註冊Memm，或者使用優惠券代碼WISH21獲得10%的優惠。

off your subscription. If you enjoyed this video, check out my MCAT

關閉你的訂閱。如果你喜歡這個視頻，請查看我的MCAT

playlist for more MCAT study tips and strategies. Much love, and I'll see you guys there.

更多MCAT學習技巧和策略，請點擊播放列表。非常愛你們，我們在那裡見。