Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

Many of you may check your answers too early, lean on notes too heavily, and write off tactical misses as "silly mistakes." Here’s why each of those habits slows your progress.

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly return from their Halloween vampire special to the strategy series. They cover the questions students ask when they start doing practice passages: Can I use my notes? Can I use a calculator? Should I time myself? Should I read the questions first? When do I check my answers? Then they go through what a strong review looks like and what a useful tracker needs.

If you’re early in your prep, this episode shows you what habits to build now. If you’ve been practicing without improving, it may show you where the review is breaking down.

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Vampires don’t need sunlight to be ruined. They need an MCAT review. In this Halloween special, Mike and Molly test whether a vampire could exist, one biological system at a time.

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly set aside the strategy series for a Halloween special. They treat vampires as a thought experiment and check every classic trait against real MCAT biology: the sunlight problem, living on blood, no heartbeat, superhuman strength, and immortality. Each one connects to a testable topic, so it doubles as a fun review of material you may be studying right now.

Mike and Molly connect content knowledge in a fun way to help you revisit concepts like calcium regulation, muscle physiology, telomeres, and more.

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You booked your MCAT date. Now you have a calendar full of empty space and no idea where to start. Here’s what a good study plan needs, and the mistakes that cost students months.

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly cover what an MCAT study plan needs for you to make the test date you booked and the common mistakes to avoid. Both Molly and Mike share personal stories, plus their years of experience, to lay out the principles and habits they wish they’d had. If you’re early in your prep, maybe having just booked your test date, this episode gives you a framework for what to prioritize. If you’re partway through and stuck, the common pitfalls may help you investigate why.

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MCAT registration opens this week, and for 2027 there’s a big change: every test date opens at once. Here’s how to get the date you want, and what to do if you don’t.
In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly start a new chapter on strategy with a full walkthrough of MCAT registration. Both hosts have been through the process themselves, including a booking site crash, a scramble for a test center, and a long drive. They cover what to prepare beforehand, how the waiting room works, how to choose a test date, and what to do if your first choice is gone.

MCAT registration opens this week, and for 2027 there’s a big change: every test date opens at once. Here’s how to get the date you want, and what to do if you don’t.

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly start a new chapter on strategy with a full walkthrough of MCAT registration. Both hosts have been through the process themselves, including a booking site crash, a scramble for a test center, and a long drive. They cover what to prepare beforehand, how the waiting room works, how to choose a test date, and what to do if your first choice is gone.

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A congressman covers his microphone and whispers, “Say yes.” What does that moment have to do with the main idea of an MCAT CARS passage?

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT CARS Podcast, Hunter and Molly work through the Economists and Politicians passage from October 15th. Economics and politics are two of the topics students dislike most in CARS, and the passage is a good case study in a trickier skill: choosing a main idea when several ideas are all true and all supported.

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