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FIELD GUIDE / 01
A complete learn-practice-review workflow with 48 Math and 48 Reading/Writing drills, lessons across all eight domains, answer explanations, data tables and study tools. This is skill preparation, not a full-length adaptive test or score predictor.
$49 USD · 108 pages · 1 PDF
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Original English, Math, Reading and Science practice with connected passages, worked explanations, a cooling graph and reusable study tools. This is instructional skill practice, not a calibrated official test form.
$49 USD · 208 pages · 1 PDF
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Original humanities and social-thought practice with detailed reasoning, paragraph evidence, study lessons and fillable review tools. Scope: CARS and study planning, not comprehensive MCAT science preparation.
$39 USD · 94 pages · 1 PDF
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Original LR and RC instructional practice with twenty study lessons, paragraph evidence and fillable responses. Four reading sets include a paired comparison. This is not a licensed or calibrated exam form.
$49 USD · 134 pages · 1 PDF
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4 guides in rebuilt September 2026 editions: Essay Blueprint, Story Bank, Supplement Playbook, Command Center. Fillable worksheets, original examples, and official source links.
$59 USD · 78 pages · 4 PDFs
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MBA career and leadership writing alongside academic SOP, personal-history and research-fit guidance. Includes four complete fictional teaching essays, revision examples, recommender and interview preparation, and a final audit.
$39 USD · 37 pages · 1 PDF
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A stack of resources is not a study routine. Start with one task, attempt it before reading the explanation, and return to the reasoning you missed.
Build your weekly planChoose a path, verify the requirements and identify one task.
Attempt the exercise or draft your response in your own words.
Explain the gap, make a correction and revisit it later.
A separate service / Essay audit
Bring an essay you wrote. Get a diagnosis of its structure, evidence, voice and revision priorities. You decide what to change and write the revision yourself.
College audits start at $179; graduate pricing varies. The audit does not include a complete rewrite, authorship transfer or an admissions prediction.
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Read a free guide to understand the task. Choose a workbook when you need structured practice, or a separate essay audit when you already have a draft.
Turn requirements into a manageable application plan. Application planning and student-authored writing; no admissions prediction.
Pair official practice with focused skill repair. Independent PDF practice is not an official adaptive test or a scaled-score prediction.
Build an error-review routine around your current test format. Check current ACT instructions. This planner does not estimate a composite score.
Separate CARS practice from application and interview preparation. The CARS resource covers reading and reasoning, not MCAT sciences. Application and interview packs are separate.
Practice reasoning and build an evidence-based application narrative. Our reasoning exercises are original, not licensed LSAC questions or score-calibrated tests.
Connect program research, recommendations and your own statement. The application workbook does not include GRE or GMAT preparation. Verify requirements with each program.
This fictional teaching example shows the feedback format: what is unclear, what is already working, and exactly what to revise next. It is not a customer result or an admissions prediction.
Priority diagnosis
Edit roadmap
Private review
Fictional Audit Example
Priority
Structure
Opening hook
HighNeeds specificity
Personal stakes
HighUnderdeveloped
Narrative arc
MediumClear direction
Program fit
HighToo generic
The draft proves interest, but not depth. It tells the reader you like biology without showing the moment your curiosity became disciplined.
Editor note
Keep your core story. The opportunity is to anchor it in one concrete scene, then use that scene to explain how you think, work, and recover from failure.
One-time PDF study systems and application workbooks, with free previews. Essay audits are a separate service for a draft you have written. Current prices and exact file contents appear on each product page.
No. You write the essay. An audit identifies unclear reasoning, structure, evidence and revision priorities. We do not offer full essay writing or ghostwriting.
No. They contain independent educational material and original practice. Use official provider resources for official test practice. The MCAT resource covers CARS reading and reasoning, not the science sections; the graduate application workbook does not include GRE or GMAT preparation.
PDF products are one-time purchases of the listed files. They do not include live classes, individual tutoring or an essay audit. Check the product page for its precise scope.