Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

Jack Westin

Mike and Molly from Jack Westin discuss anecdotes, advice, and ramblings on the premed years, the MCAT, and life beyond. Have new episodes delivered to you by subscribing. Note: Dr. Anita Paschal, MD, double PhD now has her own pre-med podcast. You can listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/44nzbuzuaedVQxZrgB2rGJ?si=HqfcKNuhQ8mKBMmdNd6vkQ

  1. 3h ago

    Can Vampires Actually Exist? | MCAT Biology Mythbusting (Halloween Special)

    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. Get started with our resources! 📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8 📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

  2. 5h ago

    You Booked Your MCAT Date, Now What? | What a Good MCAT Study Plan Needs

    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. Get started with our resources! 📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8 📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

  3. Oct 20

    How to Register for the MCAT 2027 | Test Date, Waiting Room, Fees & Notify Me Explained

    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. Get started with our resources! 📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8 📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

  4. Oct 16

    MCAT CARS: Economists and Politicians I Is the Main Idea Always the Broadest One?

    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. Get started with our resources! 📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8 📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

  5. Oct 8

    New AAMC CARS Material Breakdown | What Changed in the 27 New Passages & 166 Questions

    The AAMC released 166 new CARS questions across 27 passages. The whole team did the material over a weekend, ran the numbers, and compared notes. Here’s what changed, what didn’t, and how to adjust your strategy. In this special crossover episode of the Jack Westin MCAT CARS Podcast, Molly and Hunter are joined by Mike from the MCAT podcast to debrief the new AAMC CARS Question Bank. They compare it to the older CARS material and AAMC Full Length 6, covering what shifted in the passages, the question types, and the way arguments are built. They also cover what that means for your mapping, timing, and review.

  6. Oct 7

    MCAT Biology: Stomach, Small Intestine, Pancreas, Liver & Digestive Hormones

    You’re basically a tube. Everything inside your digestive tract is technically still outside your body, and your cells only get what makes it across the lining. In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly walk through the digestive system from mouth to anus. They cover where digestion happens, where absorption happens, and how the accessory organs and hormones coordinate the process. After three immunology episodes, this one starts from how the stomach’s acid is itself an immune defense. Get started with our resources!📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

  7. Sep 29

    MCAT Biology: B Cells, T Cells, MHC & Clonal Selection Explained I The Adaptive Immune System

    Your innate immune system handles 99% of threats without you noticing. But when it's not enough, your body builds a custom-made response, one specific enough to remember an exact enemy for years. In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly continue their immunology series with the adaptive immune system: the slower, highly specific branch of immunity that brings memory, precision, and long-term protection. Building on the last episode's innate immunity foundation, this episode walks through exactly how B cells and T cells get activated, how the body finds the right defense out of millions of possibilities, and why HIV is so devastating to this entire system. Get started with our resources! 📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8 📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

  8. Sep 24

    MCAT CARS: Moral Relativism vs. Moral Nihilism I Is Morality Relative?

    Witches, football, legal systems, grammar, motion in physics… what do any of these have to do with morality? Everything, if you're a philosopher trying to make the same argument five different ways. In this episode of the Jack Westin MCAT CARS Podcast, Hunter and Molly tackle a philosophy passage on moral relativism, a topic that might make some CARS students groan, but turns out to be a genuinely useful case study in a different skill: recognizing when a passage is repeating itself. This passage stacks analogy after analogy (motion, witchcraft, football, legal systems, grammar) to defend one consistent position, and knowing when NOT to add something new to your map is just as important as knowing when to. Get started with our resources! 📌 Success Advising (get clarity on where you are and on what support and resources are necessary for your success): https://calendly.com/academic-advising-4/jack-westin-academic-advising?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 💻 Try our Chrome Extension (expert solutions to every AAMC passage): https://tinyurl.com/4jw5pad8 📚 Free QBANK: https://jackwestin.com/qbank/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🎓 Live Sessions: https://jackwestin.com/sessions?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 👨🏻‍🏫 Courses (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/courses?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast 🙋 Tutoring (guaranteed to improve your score): https://jackwestin.com/services/live-online-mcat-tutoring?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast

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Mike and Molly from Jack Westin discuss anecdotes, advice, and ramblings on the premed years, the MCAT, and life beyond. Have new episodes delivered to you by subscribing. Note: Dr. Anita Paschal, MD, double PhD now has her own pre-med podcast. You can listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/44nzbuzuaedVQxZrgB2rGJ?si=HqfcKNuhQ8mKBMmdNd6vkQ

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  • Creator
    Jack Westin
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    329
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jack Westin
  • Show Website
    Jack Westin MCAT Podcast

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