DOCTOR Takes The MCAT | (EMBARRASSING!)

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It's been about a decade since I took the MCAT and A LOT has changed with the MCAT since then. So why not embarrass myself and try to take the MCAT again, 10 years later!?
The MCAT and other med school board exams are full of esoteric information that you learn for the exam and then quickly forget. I think it's safe to say I forgot most of the random info that isn't pertinent to my daily practice in Radiology and Interventional Radiology.
What are my thoughts on the MCAT?
Is the MCAT a good exam?
Is the MCAT hard?
Where to find MCAT practice questions.
MCAT information
I answer all the above and much more! Hope you enjoy my ups and downs as I take the MCAT 🙃 - Michael
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[@antoniowebbmd]

Haha great minds think alike! 😂 I just filmed this same video format last week but haven’t released it yet!

[@lauraserrano8685]

Antonio J. Webb, M.D. can’t wait to watch yours too!!

[@julioandrehernandez8696]

Yesssss!!! Looking forward to it. Dr. Webb I am a huge fan of your channel, I am a first-year D.O medical student at Rocky Vista University, hoping to do trauma surgery down the line. I watch a lot of your videos to see what the future has in store for me, for better or worse lol. I just saw your "how hard was surgery residency" video yesterday actually. Good stuff. I was wondering if you could make a video on the importance or lack thereof research while in medical school and how it could affect how you match into a competitive residency. Anyway, I hope you're having a good one!

[@justinthompson436]

excited to see it!

[@guestguest4023]

Those exam questions test for short term memorization that gets forgotten after a week. In real life, all those information are readily available in books or computers. It is analytical skills that count in any profession.

[@brandonquinn5806]

Dr. Cellini: "This is something a second year med student would know right off the bat..." Me (a second year med student): "oh boy..."

[@shivampatel4595]

so youre in your fourth year now?

[@fireball27340]

THIS DUDE SAID TERTIARY CARBOCASHION IM DEAD.

[@Aox2baseline]

Maybe I can get into med school after all 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Lmaoo

[@user-hz7jr6su1c]

carbocashion😂

[@DrAdnan]

It’s interesting how irrelevant a lot of the MCAT/premed material is to actual medicine

[@eatcheesekobe]

It's the foundation, and like he said once you've specialized a lot of those is just in the background and not used on a daily basis. All those MCAT information are still very relevant (minus the critical reading skills). You'll find that everything you've learned so far in school will come back in some form or another, it just depends on the particular field of medical you do. For example if you go into plastics you'll find that geometry from high school will come back to haunt you.

[@yrrah89]

thats what i thought

[@HeavyProfessor]

I wouldn't say it's irrelevant.

[@dominicsom212]

Take the khan academy bio mcat passages lol . It’s free!! Google khan academy And the free standing questions you took were simple.

[@esthervictoreah7380]

Some Canadian med schools actually agree they really don’t need an mcat

[@7katness]

Even though a lot of information "left your brain" since getting into med school, the sheer volume of medical knowledge you can roll through SO quickly is so entertaining to watch!

[@neiljohnson7914]

But how do people who are applying to med school answer these questions? Do the four years of premed cover all these topics?

[@aboveyou.634]

5:00 “i’m not reading all of this cuz this like a lot of words” typical radiologist 😂😂😭

[@---ev6xm]

I love how honest and real this is. Thanks for being willing to post this

[@easymedicinebytmd8247]

These are some nice questions! You did great!

[@rubenandrew7802]

carbocation! Car-boe-cat-eye-on 😂

[@DrCellini]

🤣🤣🤣 I told you it’s been a while

[@ganeshdudani]

I relate so much to this lmao

[@kaylanbee]

My jaw dropped at that part lmao

[@cap3c187]

Hey doctor. This is definitely my favorite video of yours lately. Please do more videos like this one. I enjoy your medical videos much more than your travel vlog. More medicine and less travel!

[@smiley8106]

Kostiantyn Sokyrchuk true

[@sugariiesw33t]

haha great video idea, very entertaining & reassuring that we don't necessarily need this material in order to be a good Dr!

[@mikeo.4203]

Love the fact that what i'm learning in human physiology has helped me answer the metabolic pathway questions he was going over.

[@nightshockplayz5894]

The questions you did on this video are know or die discrete. On the real thing, you can only expect one or two questions to be like this. Most of the emphasis is on critical thinking at this point. Knowing more about reasoning through the passages comes farther than knowing all of the science. Enjoyed the video!

[@hannahcook9477]

I took the MCAT last April and these questions seemed a lot more medical than the test that I took haha. It would be cool if you took the Kaplan half length free practice test and skipped the first 2 sections (Chem/Phys and CARS) to the Biology/Biochemistry section they have! The majority of the MCAT questions these days aren't discrete and are 3-6 questions based on a passage. In my experience, the questions were less memorization and more deductive reasoning based on the data/ info given in the passage. Great video! This is such a cool idea! *ps thanks for making these videos I am happy to say I am starting medical school this summer in Texas and you were part of my motivation during this process.

[@DaKuawn]

100% agree with your assessment of the MCAT. I like the fact that it is more deductive reasoning. It made the new MCAT far easier in my opinion compared to the old one.

[@DaKuawn]

@@marap4107 The great thing with the MCAT is that it is standardized. Once you learn the flow of the test and learn how the test writers test you, you can take it pretty quickly. I finished my exam about 2 and a half hours early because I knew how to only read the passages once in the CARS section and how to know if questions truly required the passage, and also if I could easily find the answer in the passages. Like the passages for the science portions in most cases aren't necessary about 60-70% of the time. In many cases I just knew the answers from pure memorization and just moved on. The other thing you have to consider is "why do they make the MCAT so long?" The MCAT was a long exam before it was passage-based (they really only added an extra 2ish hours and that's because they also tagged on 2 NEW topics - psychology and sociology. In medicine you are expected to have both mental and physical stamina to endure long days. When you commit to medical schools you will have to sign paperwork that confirms that you are physically capable of meeting the demands of medical school (with clauses sometimes explicitly stating you are able to work more than a 24 hour shift). Unfortunately, the long exams (step 1-3, sometimes intermediate exams during residency to prepare you for your boards, your board certification exam, and your relicensing exams) and long hours come with trade, my friend.

[@AlexK9465]

Same. The questions that he is doing seem way more medical focused. During my MCAT test, none of the passage questions were like that.

[@Celuii]

Why does it feel so good to watch you fail some if these questions 😂 Currently studying for my MCAT

[@Dom-zk9es]

I’m from a med school in QC, Canada and we didn’t have to take the MCAT to get in. We had a 2 year pre-med right out of high school where all the requirements were packed, and then they calculated our score in each class according to the groups average (easier classes putting you at a disadvantage). Then we would get a standardized interview called the MEMs or Multiple Mini Interviews which was a traumatic set of like 10 7minutes interviews/role plays. The premed and the MEMs were both worth 50% of our application process.

[@CristianPerez-vh4zq]

Hey, Dr. Cellini, I’m currently a Senior in high school and I’ve developed a big passion for medicine! I would like to know what future college students can do to make school a little easier, whether it’s going over flash cards during summer break or during your free time, or volunteering at a hospital. Love your videos btw! Keep up the good work!

[@shahsjay]

take AP chem or AP Bio or Ap Physics, it will save u much effort n time once u go to college.

[@yasi7172]

i am taking the MCAT in 2 months, guys everyone pray for me

[@linaash7424]

Good luck!!

[@jessicarodriquez6159]

You got this!

[@markelllawson7805]

Taking mine in 3 months! Good luck!

[@matthewh7697]

Same!

[@wajidmasood3101]

Good luck! You got this!

[@arissag960]

Wow Doc! You're still very sharp in all areas.

[@ZahraA-ys6yn]

This was interesting to watch! Was testing my own knowledge while watching it lol

[@smiley8106]

Zahra A same lol

[@beccamdphd6432]

EM doc here, found this video on a rainy quarantine day. Lol w the o-chem questions... not a clue! Thankfully I NEVER need to ponder stable radicals, TLR-specific ligands, or carbocations in the ER. Well, now with this re-discovered knowledge, I will thank TLR3 for fighting Covid.

[@malikasha]

That was really interesting 💜

[@timshady237]

I’m not trying to be a know-it-all weenie, but I wish my Mcat was this easy lol

[@emileeprins1262]

a) landed in the ED last week.... Needed scans at 2am. Couldn't help but think of your on call video and the fact that there was a radiologist somewhere reading my scans. :) b) do you get whatever color scrubs you want? Or is the hospital color coded? c) tell us about your plans for the rest of and after residency!

[@DrCellini]

We are back there somewhere reading every scan! A) I wear whatever color scrubs to the hospital but change into ‘ OR scrubs’ when I do procedures on IR. If on diagnostic only, scrub color doesn’t matter B). Still trying to figure that out 🙃

[@jill9405]

Good luck with everything!

[@sameerebrahim8718]

Awesome video idea

[@Hephaestus_God]

I knew number 3 at 13:57 from anime lmao.. There is a show called "Cells at work" and at some point it had a dendritic cell (who works ina tree house lol) show a young soldier all the embarising photos of his seinors and told him they too were weak in the past.. So i knew it was dendritic who taught the Naive T cell... thank you anime.

[@MiniMoosaurus]

That’s how I remembered this too! lol good show

[@tammylee8420]

I was at work when I saw the vidieo come out. So I had to wait until I got home.💛📖😊

[@michaelalyssa395]

Probably the worst days of my life!

[@DrCellini]

lol same

[@whitestkid]

PharmD that graduated just over 5 years ago and i used to know all of these quesions... Now, nope. I got the same questions right&wrong that you did. I also chose "NK cells" cause I liked their name.

[@ericraine2633]

Should combo a yeezy review with the mcat questions 😜

[@DrCellini]

🤣🤣

[@scottgranger5862]

Not a med student and don't plan on being one but this video was funny. In about two years I will be taking the Praxis exams which are tests I have to take and get a minimal passing score in order to be granted my teaching license. I have to take 4 of these tests and each one is $300 and if I don't pass I have to retake it and pay out of pocket again. I will be doing some practice test soon and thought about doing a video on the test teacher's have to take in order to be certified. If you wanna see this let me know

[@shinzaw8579]

You should do an actual Biology section. The mcat generally doesn't have many stand alone questions like the ones you answered

[@DrCellini]

I don't think people will want to watch me take an hour long biology test lol

[@MrRambee]

I'm sure he is aware of that.... he had to have aced the MCAT to get into Med school...

[@shinzaw8579]

@@MrRambee not really. I didn't ace the mcat and Im at a US med school rn

[@kingslayerlannister2004]

@@shinzaw8579 how'd u do? i had a 519 and still no interviews

[@aaiizee3]

Kingslayer Lannister wow, that’s crazy, what was your gpa? Good luck on hearing back too !

[@taylorthechemist]

hahahahaha I’m laughing so hard at how you said carbocation

[@DrCellini]

Goes to show how important carbocation is as a doctor lol 😂

[@grantvolpe]

you should remake this video while using a free week trial of UWorld's MCAT question banks !!!

[@muggerb8852]

this is hilarious, as an upcoming college freshman I'm even more lost😭😭😭

[@PedroSilva-dk2yd]

Here its called ENEM in the first day 90 questions ( 45 portuguese/literature) + 45 ( history, geoghaphy, sociology and philosophy) + writting a argumentative essay. In the second and last day are 45 math questions and 45 divided into Biology, Chemistry and physics. For medicine u need at least 140/180 of correct answers ... And. At leats 920/ 1000 in the essay... Thats how it is here in Brazil. People use take 3/6 years trying ... But after that u will have public, good and free education.. Actually u can earn some transport, food, shelther assistante

[@YoNeilBiking]

I've never clicked so fast in my life

[@DrCellini]

👍🏼

[@sameerebrahim8718]

Now take a full length scored exam lol

[@margaux__alexx]

Mara P yep that sounds about right for me too

[@xxDPKINGxx]

@@marap4107 Does the scoring even go that low? lol

[@piisirrational1758]

@@marap4107 Actually 472 is the lowest, so at least you didn't get the lowest score possible. lol

[@piisirrational1758]

@@marap4107 lol Sorry, but either way you didn't study yet so it doesn't really mean much.

[@brandonquinn5806]

I took the exam twice and got a 492 the first time then I got into med school with a 496 (second attempt) so just do the best that you can! Find you a good study resource and LOTS of practice questions!

[@shahin2324]

More vids like this plz

[@classywithatwist0127]

Is it just me or do he seem like a super cool chill doctor

[@HarpreetSingh-tt3io]

There are not good MCAT questions since the new MCAT is based on passages and these questions are more clinical related

[@funsize198]

You should do another video like this with Physics or Organic. Physics should be good to know for radiology, right?

[@DrCellini]

It’s completely different physics in radiology. I would be horrid doing mcat physics haha

[@quon535]

this also confirmed that i want to get into a specialty where i can utilize all of the medical knowledge i’ve accumulated .

[@nombla1111]

Literally impossible hahaha. Medicine is just that broad of a field! Unfortunately, as medical students, we have to learn a little bit of a lot of everything from every field

[@sharpasnails7601]

Ugh. I DO NOT miss the hurdle of the MCAT. So glad that test is far, far behind me. Haha. Then again, I have Step 1 to look forward to next year...

[@thefenerbahcesk4156]

haha the organic chemistry reaction was the best.

[@DaKuawn]

It's interesting that you think the exam is harder now. I took the MCAT the same year it switched over. I felt that the new MCAT was far easier than the old one for me personally. Also, the varsity tutors website test isn't representative of the MCAT at all. There is a lot more data analysis involved and biochemistry. Would you be interested in trying a full length exam lol? I am sure I can find a person that will let you take the eight-hour practice exam from Kaplan or the AAMC. Shameless plug, I did do a Q&A with the AAMC on preparing for the MCAT on my youtube channel.

[@rovar00]

Which pair of Yeezy did you end up choosing?

[@matthewstorey9823]

Feel good, got them all right yay

[@JonathanHeuejeheiej]

Just wanted to let you guys know that most of the questions on this video were significantly harder than those on the actual mcat. Dw I didn’t know most of them and just scored a 520

[@rae2520]

JonathanHeuejeheiej what did you use to study?

[@thefenerbahcesk4156]

You should have bought one of the aamc official practice tests and given us your score.

[@hdswizzle8751]

Hey Dr.Cellini, 2nd year undergrad bio student/hopeful premed, any tips that you would tell yourself back when you were in my position?

[@riskyy2657]

Hey Dr. Cellini, do you think Air Traffic Controller is a good career?

[@driedupastrey1966]

No its alot of stress

[@DrCellini]

Lol I have no clue

[@viditjain2653]

I take the MCAT in a year and the first question has me worried like wtf.

[@verdman54]

Yeah I think the glucose has to get chopped up into a carbon ion form before it can become acetyl Coa

[@isabellavazquez-muniz9250]

You should try doing physics and CARS section :)

[@delilahwahid722]

aw hahah I took mine like a year ago kinda feel the same way :o

[@ajaysahai6746]

You need to do Passages Doc, I don't what these random questions are that you did. No MCAT student has this experience lol

[@juniorromero4126]

I really gotta start studying this stuff early during Pre Med lol. Some of these questions are tough but with good critical thinking skills I think I got this

[@nathanlaw9510]

Take a full real practice MCAT from the official site and talk about the results. I think that would be a super interesting video

[@anthonyhenderson8632]

He's an interventional radiologist. I surprised he has the time to make these videos, let alone take an entire MCAT for our amusement.

[@Michael-kt7ob]

Literally just studied those topics today! #TestApril2020

[@Andrew-kh7rz]

Do mroe please please pleaseee as a premed i really enjoyed this

[@ryanodonnell3379]

“Maybe theres some medical tie in”

[@zhizhixoxo]

Ryan O'Donnell lol I was like uhhhh hahahahaha

[@PowerPerPound]

Going by the title I was hoping to see your results from an AAMC MCAT practice test. It would take a lot of time but otherwise the title is just click bait.

[@joshpuma58]

Can you compare the mcat physics to radiology residency/ board physics

[@DrCellini]

Completely opposite of each other!

[@katie9689]

you should try taking the UKCAT

[@DrCellini]

Is it different?

[@katie9689]

@@DrCellini yes there is no material to learn,, its based on reasoning and decision making. Basically your mental ability rather than your ability to learn content for the exam

[@asanoyamamoto7527]

Katie cooool 🤟

[@henryfreeman6113]

The Medical Enthusiast I’ll look for a practice test

[@DrCellini]

Someone find me a qbank and email me!

[@hunters.5627]

What med school did you go to

[@muhammadkhalid148]

Can u plzzzzzzz tell Ur age. Actually I want to know at what age it is suitable to be in fifth year. Can u plzzz tell is it suitable if u get admission in medical college at age 20

[@jaydenbisson2894]

Why was the actual MCAT not as easy as these questions? I got EVERY single one in the video right, but a 511 on the actual exam 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@AdventureGaming]

Only a very small portion of the MCAT is just straight up discreet questions. A large majority of the exam is based on a research passage, where you have to use the passage to answer the question. This video isn’t exactly showing the most representative stuff.

[@DrCellini]

I’m aware. I took the test. Reading a 3 paragraph passage on a KZbin video is not quite entertaining lol

A doctor says, “I’m not reading all of this because like, that’s a lot of words” 😭❤️

[@user-tw2ft1cd2w]

Good luck, thanks so much, good any time ٠

[@natetaylorrr]

doctor with style , i see the yeezy tabs !!

[@brittanypena5861]

Yeah. Not a pre med student 😂 but I’m still watching and confused af. I’ll stick to becoming a radiography student

[@brady1123]

Now take the NBME self-assessment for STEP 1!

[@DrCellini]

Too long lol

[@brady1123]

@@DrCellini How about just a few UWorld questions?

[@funsize198]

@@brady1123 yea...I would like to see him answer some uworld step1 questions

[@sharpasnails7601]

Dr. Cellini How about the NBME Biochemistry or Anatomy exams?

[@quon535]

i got excited cus i got the organic questions right 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but the way you pronounced carbonation made me shed a tear Dr. Cellini

[@DrCellini]

Goes to show how important carbocation is when you are a doctor 🤣

[@babooshkate]

I see people in the comments section talking about how long they studied for the MCAT (4 - 8 months) & I literally have given myself 10 weeks to do all of this (less now, as I’m taking the exam on March 14th) - please pray for my sanity 💀💀💀

[@mariann2507]

Honestly if I took o chem questions I would get 0% too... and I have to retake the class 😅🤧

[@michaelangelo3305]

who was screaming glucose????

[@mandyads]

Is it just me or were none of those questions at all like the MCAT? Lol. Just took it for the last time in January of 2019. Finally got into medical school, so I can finally never speak of it again.

[@mattycarleton]

Is a GAMSAT the same thing as an MCAT?

[@gnat14784]

i took the mcat 5 months ago and i did not remember most of this

[@ic718708]

Free trial of uWorld. It is the most representative of the MCAT other than AAMC. This process is killing me.

[@throwingpotsandpans]

Why does the MCAT test a person on things that should be taught in med school?

[@tinafields6184]

Blood gases check for carbon

[@Billy-tr1zy]

Trying to cop another pair of yeezys huh 😂

[@DrCellini]

Guilty 🤣

[@tristanskipworth4377]

I wish my mcat had these questions lol

[@matthewz3803]

Do CARS

[@neiljohnson7914]

I would severely bomb on these tests. Good thing I never applied to med school.

[@thefenerbahcesk4156]

Most of the stuff on the MCAT is just random stuff you have to memorize. Most of it will not be useful for Medical School, and the MCAT barely predicts your USMLE score. At the end of the day, the MCAT is highly correlated with social class. The more money you spend the better.

[@sharpasnails7601]

You’d be surprised. Most of it so far has come back in so many ways that I never expected in med school. Just to give a few examples, I used to think that circuits were irrelevant for med school until we had our pulmonary and cardiovascular units. Literally the exact same formulas, just entirely different applications Henderson-Hasselbach, titration, buffers, and pretty much everything pH-related ALL comes back hardcore with acid-base renal physiology. Lots of basic things with general chemistry and organic chemistry came right back, too. So did psych... And when those subjects do come back, they come back with a vengeance, except in med school you have to add even more stuff to it in an entirely different context in significantly less time.

[@SpoonieEtte]

Not a med student, doctor, PA etc and no offense intended to anyone, don't want to be.... but I thought it'd be fun to pause the video and take this test. Got a pyschology question correct and as a Canadian, I am thoroughly amused I got a question about Medicare and Medicaid correct. lol

[@mayurski]

CEO of MCAT exam

[@rubegoldberg6476]

Soooooo.... he didn’t take the MCAT....

[@_jeezi5594]

I’m a 12 year old and I got all the questions right. Only because I’m a brainiac and I’m always studying the anatomy.

[@jmunnie]

This is not how the new mcat is cuz

[@abcdefggg5658]

"Im going to try and take the mcat but without the chemistry, physics" BRUH you might as well not 🤦‍♂️

[@bobgraham1791]

Wait, so when does a pre-med study for a MCAT? You guys have to take a year off formal study to read random books just to take an MCAT? I mean the first question was a medical question... how are you supposed to answer medical questions before you get in to medical school? It is not like it was an easy question that a solid background in High School biology would have helped...

[@redrubytwilightxx8700]

You should take the test the summer between Junior and Senior year in college. If you take a gap year you should take it after senior year. You should take Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics and probably biochemistry before you take the test.

[@discorabbit]

Do you know what was hard? The core exam.

[@papale18]

🤣🤣 carbo-cation 😂😂

[@MrZachrav]

This man said carbo-kashen for carbo-cat-ion 😂