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2012 MCAT® Summer Intensive
Ready to do whatever it takes to get a powerhouse score?
Take the MCAT Summer Intensive Program, with over 320 hours of MCAT
immersion for the most concentrated prep experience ever. This intensive
program focuses all your brainpower, energy and attention on the MCAT.
Unique MCAT Course Structure
Boost your MCAT skills with Kaplan's results-driven curriculum, including comprehensive content review, exclusive test-taking strategies, and personalized attention, all designed to help you:
- Build a rock-solid science foundation with dynamic lectures
- Learn time-tested, score-raising strategies in small-group recitations
- Focus on your needs in twice-weekly private tutoring sessions
- Practice your lessons at staffed study halls every weekday evening until 11pm
- Master the computer-based MCAT format at weekly, proctored practice tests
- Prepare for admissions success with weekly presentations from medical school admissions experts
- Do it all in an immersive, distraction-free environment with peers who are similarly dedicated to earning a top-tier score
Your life during Kaplan's
MCAT Summer Intensive Program.
Boston, MA
Kaplan's Summer Intensive Program in Boston takes place at Boston University. Choose the Housing and Meals option and stay on campus in new, fully furnished high-rise apartments overlooking the Charles River with access to the BU dining hall, with breakfast, lunch and dinner available every day.
San Diego, CA
Kaplan's Summer Intensive Program in San Diego takes place at the University of California - San Diego, near the stunning Pacific Ocean. Choose the Housing and Meals option and stay on campus in apartment-style suites with access to the UCSD Café Ventanas dining hall, with breakfast, lunch and dinner available every day.
Why is intense MCAT prep so vital?
Competition for medical school is intense—only 43% of people who apply actually get in. Getting the best MCAT prep you can is critical to your success for several reasons:
- Admissions officers agree that your MCAT score is one of the most important
criterion in your application* - Small score improvements can translate into massive “leapfrogging”—three
additional correct answers can advance you ahead of 11,000 other test takers* - Your MCAT score is a strong predictor of your med school success, especially
in regard to GPA and board scores*
Why Kaplan?
Twice as many doctors prepared with Kaplan for the MCAT than with any other course.* And since your MCAT score is so important, you'll want to trust a leader with these three unique benefits over the competition:
Personalized Learning
With an 8:1 student-teacher ratio, our hand-selected faculty will guide you through our arsenal of over 11,000 practice questions, including the eight AAMC Practice Tests. We'll discover and target your greatest areas of opportunity with Smart ReportsTM, our exclusive adaptive learning technology, and give you personal recommendations on what to do next.
Proven Track Record
Your success on Test Day and beyond is ensured through your partnership with Kaplan. You'll benefit from the expertise of the elite SIP faculty who will teach you Kaplan's exclusive strategies. Our Summer Intensive faculty features some of Kaplan's highest-rated veteran MCAT instructors, all with MCAT scores in at least the 90th percentile.
Higher Score Guaranteed*
Kaplan offers the industry-leading Higher Score Guarantee. Not ready to take the test? Study again with us for free. Not satisfied with your score? Study again with us for free. If your score does not improve, study again with us for free or get your money back.
Meet our MCAT Summer Intensive faculty.
Take a look at a few members of our all-star faculty*—the heart and soul of the MCAT Summer Intensive Program. Directed by
Dr. Jeff Koetje, this experienced team of 20 professionals prepares you with score-raising MCAT strategies and targeted prep,
keeping you focused on achieving at your highest level.
Jeff Koetje
Program Director of MCAT SIP
Dr. Jeffrey Koetje, graduate of Johns Hopkins University (B.A., Biology, 1996) and Northwestern Univeristy Medical School (M.D., 2000), has been a Kaplan MCAT expert for 9 years. He has worked with premed students in various roles: full-time teacher, Regional Pre-Health Director for the New York area, and director of the Kaplan MCAT Summer Intensive Program. Currently, he is the national Assistant Director of Pre-Health Programs at Kaplan's headquarters in New York City. Prior to his appointment as Program Director of the MCAT SIP, Jeff was a guest lecturer at the inaugural SIP and the Academic Director for the second SIP. Jeff loves working with premed students, in whose faces he sees reflected the same hopes, dreams, anxieties, and neuroticisms that he himself possessed as a doctor-to-be.
John Linick
Academic Director of the San Diego MCAT SIP
John graduated from the University of Illinois in 2006 and from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in 2008. In addition to teaching for Kaplan, John has recently started his own massage therapy practice. He joined the SIP faculty in 2008 and then returned to the San Diego SIP as Academic Director in 2009. He looks forward to returning to San Diego SIP 2010 to direct the student experience and work on his surfing skills.
Judy Choe
Academic Director of the Boston MCAT SIP
A graduate of UT Austin, Judy has also been a faculty member of UT Austin (Chemistry Department) since finishing her Master's Degree in 2006. Judy joined Kaplan in 2008 and successfully directed the SIP 2009 at BU. She is currently the Pre-Health Academic Manager for Kaplan in Manhattan and is excited to return as director of BU SIP 2010. Judy is a runner and looks forward to power walks and runs with SIP students in the early morning hours before MCAT practice tests.
Joel Thomas
After graduating from Harvard University, Joel returned home and completed two years of medical school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Having decided to pursue interests other than clinical medicine, Joel joined the Kaplan MCAT faculty in 2007 while writing his book, US Health Care for Activists. He currently works as the Pre-Health Academic Manager for the Madison Kaplan Center and is working toward a masters degree in community counseling. Joel has taught at both the BU (2008) and UCSD (2009) SIP. This year, he embraces his East Coast bias, and enthusiastically returns to Boston for SIP 2010.
*MCAT admissions importance source: Kaplan Medical School Admissions Officer Survey, August 2010. 83 admissions officers interviewed. Leapfrogging source: AAMC.ORG Examinee information section. MCAT score as indicator of success source: Julian, Ellen R. “Validity of the MCAT” Academic Medicine (2005). Twice as many doctors claim refers to medical students who participated in the survey and who took the MCAT and a course to prepare for it. Harris Interactive® online study for Kaplan conducted between Sept. 9 and 18, 2003 among 5,779 U.S. adults who were current medical students or had been medical students previously, of whom 2,746 took the MCAT and a course to prepare for it. Higher Score Guarantee: Conditions and restrictions apply. For complete guarantee eligibility requirements, visit kaptest.com/hsg. The Higher Score Guarantee applies only to Kaplan courses taken and completed within the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and France.