Students need high-quality, highly representative MCAT practice questions and passages to properly prepare for exam day. The MCAT Question Bank published by UWorld provides high-quality and highly representative MCAT passages. However, what truly sets UWorld passages apart are their answer explanations. Every question in the UWorld Question Bank is accompanied by detailed explanations for both the correct and incorrect answer options. You can access the UWorld Question Bank for 90-days for $200.
Pros
There are many benefits to UWorld MCAT Practice Questions:
- Answer Explanations: As we discussed in our review of the AAMC Bundle, it is hard to find MCAT practice exams that mimic the actual exam you will see on test day. The AAMC Practice Exams (Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3) are hands down the best representation of what you will see on test day as they provide you with a score that is accurately scaled and questions and passages that match the difficulty level of your exam day.
- User Interface: The AAMC has published the AAMC Bundle so that is may be affordable for all individuals. According to Karen Mitchell, senior director of the admissions testing service at the AAMC, ""For students who have economic need, they get a free official guide, they get a free self-assessment package and then we have a free practice test that's available to everyone." All of these benefits may not still be available to students, but the mission of the AAMC is still intact. The AAMC Bundle is designed to help students on a budget prepare for their MCAT.
- Similarity: At Pillar Prep, we teach students how to make what we call "replica notecards". These are notecards of the exact questions from the AAMC Bundle (including the four answer options) with detailed explanations on the back of the card. These notecards are tremendously beneficial to students during review. When students review these notecards on a dedicated schedule, they are able to familiarize themselves with actually AAMC MCAT test questions. In addition to this, writing detailed answer explanations for AAMC Practice test question is very challenging because the AAMC does not provide great explanations (see "CONS" section below for more details).
