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Distinctive Programs in Medicine

Knox offers special programs for pre-medical students, including MCAT preparation, EMT certification and transportation to off-campus events. Knox also has an active Pre-Med Club that sponsors presentations throughout the year by local physicians speaking about their specialties.

Knox MCAT Review Sessions
Each winter term at Knox, a faculty expert works with students in each of the areas on the Medical College Admission Test (physics, biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, verbal reasoning and writing). Another faculty member reviews test-taking strategies, administers and grades practice tests. Two weeks are set aside for each science topic. Preparation can include both short lectures and Q & A. The students also take a reading comprehension practice test and practice writing sample, and review their work with a faculty member.

Knox has analyzed ten years' worth of the data for Knox students who took the MCAT. The link between MCAT score and grade point average (GPA) was 0.165, a very weak correlation (shown at right).

The relationship between the total MCAT score and the score on the biology section was more significant—0.806, a very strong correlation (below left). A very significant correlation was also observed between the total MCAT score and the score on the physics component of the MCAT (below right). On the other hand, the association between verbal performance and the biology and physics components was very weak.

EMT Certification
Every other year, Knox offers a non-credit class leading to certification as an Emergency Medical Technician. An instructor comes to campus one evening a week for 16 weeks.

Off-Campus Events
Knox offers transportation for students to attend an admissions workshop every fall, sponsored by medical schools in Illinois. The workshop covers writing a personal statement, financing medical school, what medical schools look for in applicants, etc.

Knox also offers transportation to the Mini-Medical School at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria—a weekly seminar series offered in the spring.