Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

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Mike and Molly from Jack Westin discusses anecdotes, advice, and ramblings on the premed years, the MCAT, and life beyond. Have new episodes delivered to you by subscribing.

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Mike and Molly from Jack Westin discusses anecdotes, advice, and ramblings on the premed years, the MCAT, and life beyond. Have new episodes delivered to you by subscribing.

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Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

MCAT CARS Strategy Workshop: Standardized Tests Passage Breakdown (New Year’s Eve Edition 🎉)

Start the new year by finally making peace with MCAT CARS. In this CARS Reading Skills Workshop episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, we walk through a full Jack Westin Daily CARS passage called “Standardized Tests” (posted on December 31) and show you exactly how to think while you read.

We treat this like a live CARS tutoring session: reading sentence by sentence, talking through confusion, and mapping the author’s argument so main idea questions feel way less mysterious.

In this MCAT CARS episode, you’ll learn how to:

🧠 Understand what the author actually believes about standardized tests

🧩 Separate background / history (Thorndike, criterion-referenced tests, etc.) from the real argument

🎯 Spot the author’s subtle skepticism about “objective” testing and statistics

🧾 Use validity and reliability the way this passage defines them (not your psych/soc memory)

🧭 Track when the passage shifts from standardized tests to criterion-referenced tests and why that matters

⚖️ Recognize when an author is questioning “objectivity” and hinting at subjectivity and judgment

Read the passage here first: https://jackwestin.com/daily/mcat-practice-passages/cars-practice-passages/standardized-tests

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Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

MCAT Biology: The Menstrual Cycle Explained (Ovarian Cycle, Uterine Cycle & Hormonal Feedback Loops)

In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly break down one of the most confusing and heavily tested topics in MCAT Biology: the menstrual cycle.

Instead of memorizing hormone charts and phase names, we focus on understanding the story behind the cycle so you can answer any MCAT question, even when it’s asked in an unfamiliar way.

We cover:

🧠 Why the menstrual cycle is really two parallel cycles (ovarian vs uterine)

🔁 The follicular phase, ovulation, and luteal phase—and what actually drives each one

📈 How estrogen switches from negative to positive feedback

⚡ The LH surge and what truly triggers ovulation

🟡 The role of the corpus luteum and why progesterone matters

🧬 How the ovarian cycle “calls the shots” for the uterine cycle

🚫 Why memorization fails on MCAT hormone questions

🧪 How the AAMC tests this topic using passage-based reasoning

If hormone graphs blur together for you, or you’ve ever missed a question because you knew the facts but didn’t understand the why, this episode will help everything finally click.