The Official 04/28/2012 MCAT

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Originally Posted by natorx

Don't worry when I report my piss poor score, it will make you feel all better... Saying to yourself "it could be worse, least I didn't get the score that dumb guy got."

+2 I keep coming back to this forum, because I feel like we're all family -- suffered through the same test. However, I see everyone freaking out about "what if I get a 30" and I'm laying in bed at night thinking "omg there is a possible chance I did not even get a 20...."

Honestly, I can't remember if I did the first orgo passage on BS. I just remember looking at it, saying Dfkjadfasdf!!!! marking the passage to come back later..... but now I don't even know if I went back to even guess at the questions.

Originally Posted by folktale

To MrNeuro and Kryptonian: Duuuudes, I was going to yell out "Who's MRNEURO and KRYPTONIAN HERE??!?!?! SDN FRIENDS???" HAHAHA

Did you guys see a guy wearing glasses, basketball shorts, and striped black and grey sweater? That was me lol.

Originally Posted by folktale

All this time you thought I was a girl? haha oh man one of us should've had the guts to ask. We probably saw each other, but we were too stressed. I talked to a guy during one of the breaks after verbal that was wearing a red shirt about how verbal killed me, and I thought that was MrNeuro. Probably not, maybe.

Originally Posted by kryptonian

lol it added more bleakness and depression to the whole scene which was already depressing. Actually this afternoon the complex looked better than Thursday afternoon when I drove there to take a look. The complex was quite scary and bleak with only a few cars and few people walking around.

i was in a grey sweatshirt and addidas track pants...you may have heard me yelling FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

i started early ended early too....i was in the room in the front all the way to the left

Originally Posted by MDPhDJourney

Yes...

IF I didn't completely bomb the MCAT.

MSTP LESSS DOOO THIS...im so scared that my mcat will be the limiting factor in the whole process...fuuuuuuuuuuck my lifeee that one discrete w/ the "picture/figure" was some MAJOR BULL**** so nit picky

Originally Posted by Vachata

+2 I keep coming back to this forum, because I feel like we're all family -- suffered through the same test. However, I see everyone freaking out about "what if I get a 30" and I'm laying in bed at night thinking "omg there is a possible chance I did not even get a 20...."

Honestly, I can't remember if I did the first orgo passage on BS. I just remember looking at it, saying Dfkjadfasdf!!!! marking the passage to come back later..... but now I don't even know if I went back to even guess at the questions.

yeah that ochem passage was scary at first glance but luckily the questions weren't as bad as the passage made it seem

Originally Posted by Vachata

+2 I keep coming back to this forum, because I feel like we're all family -- suffered through the same test. However, I see everyone freaking out about "what if I get a 30" and I'm laying in bed at night thinking "omg there is a possible chance I did not even get a 20...."

Honestly, I can't remember if I did the first orgo passage on BS. I just remember looking at it, saying Dfkjadfasdf!!!! marking the passage to come back later..... but now I don't even know if I went back to even guess at the questions.

I'm in the same boat lol. You're not alone! Trust me!

MSTP LESSS DOOO THIS...im so scared that my mcat will be the limiting factor in the whole process...fuuuuuuuuuuck my lifeee that one discrete w/ the "picture/figure" was some MAJOR BULL**** so nit picky

You guys are lucky. School after school (6 so far) have eliminated me solely because I don't have a bachelor's, the others are griping about my course requirements being under a pharmacy degree. God ****ing damn it.

is anyone else going over all the questions in their head and then thinking how you could have missed everything? Or am I just crazy?

Originally Posted by pfaction

You guys are lucky. School after school (6 so far) have eliminated me solely because I don't have a bachelor's, the others are griping about my course requirements being under a pharmacy degree. God ****ing damn it.

Whoaaaah what? You have a pharmacy degree and I assume you applied with an AA and got in and then decided you wanted to do medicine? They won't take you because you have a doctorate but no bachelors? That doesn't make sense...at all

Maybe I misinterpreted your situation but that's crazy

No, I was admitted straight from high school to pharmacy. Straight from diploma to doctorate, nothing inbetween, which they say can't exist.

Yeah, because I was good enough to get admitted straight from high school, but hey--I guess the people that make sure drug interactions won't kill your patient have inferior degrees to introductory bachelor's.

Originally Posted by pfaction

No, I was admitted straight from high school to pharmacy. Straight from diploma to doctorate, nothing inbetween, which they say can't exist.

Yeah, because I was good enough to get admitted straight from high school, but hey--I guess the people that make sure drug interactions won't kill your patient have inferior degrees to introductory bachelor's.

Pharmacy school accepts people straight out of high school? Wtf? Where do you go?

One of the handful of 0-6's.

Originally Posted by pfaction

One of the handful of 0-6's.

which is....

Originally Posted by YouNeverKnow22

is anyone else going over all the questions in their head and then thinking how you could have missed everything? Or am I just crazy?

Not at all, I do it all the time. I already know I missed 2 questions. *Shrugs* Perhaps it helps. It's a somewhat cathartic process for me at least. Wait a week or two. Your life should be back to normal soon.

I know I missed more than two...that's for sure.

Originally Posted by MrNeuro

i was in a grey sweatshirt and addidas track pants...you may have heard me yelling FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

i started early ended early too....i was in the room in the front all the way to the left

Dude I think I saw you. I was on that same room lol. You know how they grouped us in 3s before coming in? Haha I think I saw you hanging around during the breaks in front of that room. I was #15. Were you near the door?

Originally Posted by misseskwee

Was only gonna do MD because I didn't feel like doing an entirely different app, but if my MCAT is <30 then I definitely will have to apply DO. Don't really know anything about AACOMAS though.

Feeling the same here.

Originally Posted by fas376

Pharmacy school accepts people straight out of high school? Wtf? Where do you go?

Lol there are med schools that do that as well.

Originally Posted by MrNeuro

Lol there are med schools that do that as well.

Yeah but i think pfaction goes to school in new york. No med schools in the US do that, only med schools in foreign countries have that policy (friend of mine had a 2.2 GPA in high school and went straight to "med school" in china. hardly any chance he'll be practicing here)

Originally Posted by AOT11

Yeah but i think pfaction goes to school in new york. No med schools in the US do that, only med schools in foreign countries have that policy (friend of mine had a 2.2 GPA in high school and went straight to "med school" in china. hardly any chance he'll be practicing here)

I think he was referring to the bs/md programs

Originally Posted by ridethecliche

Here's my advice....

Go off this site for a month and chill out. Enjoy the real world!

This is what I'm doing! CYA ALL LATER. Don't even care anymore, I've got elementary education as my back-up! LETS GOOOOOOOO.

Originally Posted by AOT11

Yeah but i think pfaction goes to school in new york. No med schools in the US do that, only med schools in foreign countries have that policy (friend of mine had a 2.2 GPA in high school and went straight to "med school" in china. hardly any chance he'll be practicing here)

Ha my cousin always bitches about those I'm a doctor... in China! guys. The lab where he works gets all these "PhD's" and "MD's" from the diploma mills over there who don't know how to do anything.

He told me this really funny story about how this "PhD" from China worked in his friend's geology lab where the guy had some kind of machine jury-rigged to help in certain processes. This Chinese kid working in the lab kept asking him all these questions about it, and then like 2 months later he found out the kid published his design. LOL.

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Do you have a Chinese MD or something?

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St. John's pharmacy is 0-6...p faction what was the new school that doesn't accept pharm d?

So...what are you guys planning to do if you need to retake? Since I'm only a junior I'm going to just reschedule for august and spend my summer doing research + hardcore studying. Now that I've gone through most of the material I can really hit my weak areas and hopefully do better IF I need to retake.

Originally Posted by typicalindian

So...what are you guys planning to do if you need to retake? Since I'm only a junior I'm going to just reschedule for august and spend my summer doing research + hardcore studying. Now that I've gone through most of the material I can really hit my weak areas and hopefully do better IF I need to retake.

don't even wanna think about it...because this is a retake for me already, I'm a senior, I'll be in Wash U doing research all summer so I won't be able to do any studying until August--giving me no time to really study for the Sept. date...forcing me to take another year off...sooooo yeah let's all hope for the best for me

Originally Posted by shawn829

p faction what was the new school that doesn't accept pharm d?

One? I ****ing called 21 schools today on my day off. I suggest anyone who's aiming for the same things I am, start calling schools. It's about to get a whole lot bloodier and angrier than ever before.

Originally Posted by pfaction

No, I was admitted straight from high school to pharmacy. Straight from diploma to doctorate, nothing inbetween, which they say can't exist.

Yeah, because I was good enough to get admitted straight from high school, but hey--I guess the people that make sure drug interactions won't kill your patient have inferior degrees to introductory bachelor's.

I did hear about this type of pharm program, but I though it was abolished long time ago, some time around 2003 if memory serves me right. So sorry to hear about this dude. So what's your plan now ?

Originally Posted by pfaction

One? I ****ing called 21 schools today on my day off. I suggest anyone who's aiming for the same things I am, start calling schools. It's about to get a whole lot bloodier and angrier than ever before.

So...its that time of the month huh? I'll just let myself out...

Originally Posted by IRASNA

Anyone feel like one prep company's problems was best for preparing for the types of questions seen for the 28th? Especially with Physical Sciences being calculation heavy. Best of luck to everyone with the application process! I'll be taking the beastCAT later in May so any pointers would be great!

shameless self-bump....

around 2003 the 5 year bachelor's program in pharmacy was done and changed to a 6 yr pharm doctorate program

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Originally Posted by folktale

Dude I think I saw you. I was on that same room lol. You know how they grouped us in 3s before coming in? Haha I think I saw you hanging around during the breaks in front of that room. I was #15. Were you near the door?

Lol 13

Originally Posted by AOT11

Yeah but i think pfaction goes to school in new york. No med schools in the US do that, only med schools in foreign countries have that policy (friend of mine had a 2.2 GPA in high school and went straight to "med school" in china. hardly any chance he'll be practicing here)

Some school in Michigan had that program when I was in high school

Originally Posted by YouNeverKnow22

I think he was referring to the bs/md programs

Yea I was

Originally Posted by pfaction

One? I ****ing called 21 schools today on my day off. I suggest anyone who's aiming for the same things I am, start calling schools. It's about to get a whole lot bloodier and angrier than ever before.

Call about what??? What's this whole 0-6 thing about?

Originally Posted by MrNeuro

Lol 13

lol this is funny dudes. I was isolated in the room down the hallway. Darn ! Three of us should have got drunk together right after the test right ? We just missed a great opportunity to do that

Originally Posted by shawn829

around 2003 the 5 year bachelor's program in pharmacy was done and changed to a 6 yr pharm doctorate program

My memory was a bit rusty. I misunderstood between the 2.

Originally Posted by MrNeuro

Call about what??? What's this whole 0-6 thing about?

0-6 year PharmD programs. You apply in highschool and if you are accepted you are admitted directly into their pharmacy school. The first 2 years are "pre professional years" where you take the pre reqs for pharm school, then at the start of your 3rd year you start "professional school" which means you are now a first year pharmacy student, and this goes on for 4 more years for a total of 6. The people in these programs don't get an undergraduate degree, they simply get a PharmD and thats it. He's pissed off because a lot of schools won't recognize his PharmD for their undergraduate degree requirement because it's a professional degree.

Originally Posted by MrNeuro

Lol 13

Okay I'm p. sure that's you now. It was me, you, and that blonde girl that were in that 3-person group. Niiice. haha. I don't know if you remember me though, was wearing glasses, bball shorts, and striped black/gray sweater.

Originally Posted by MrNeuro

i was in a grey sweatshirt and addidas track pants...you may have heard me yelling FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

i started early ended early too....i was in the room in the front all the way to the left



MSTP LESSS DOOO THIS...im so scared that my mcat will be the limiting factor in the whole process...fuuuuuuuuuuck my lifeee that one discrete w/ the "picture/figure" was some MAJOR BULL**** so nit picky


yeah that ochem passage was scary at first glance but luckily the questions weren't as bad as the passage made it seem

Ugh, great. So how many orgo passages were there? I remember doing one... but I don't know if it was the first one. ..........Glucose........

this was me:
http://whatshouldwecallmedschool.tum...ochem-pathways

Originally Posted by Whomp

Do you think that curve will be steeper than most of the practice? It seemed harder then them...

I'd love to think that the curve would be steeper. Who knows? It was definitely a tougher test than any of the AAMC practices, and I'd say it was much more difficult than the actual MCAT I took in August. I'm not sure that MCAT scoring ever neatly corresponds to the score conversion guides on the practice tests at any rate. But alas, I can only speculate and say that we'll *hopefully* have done better than we think. The general consensus on this forum indicates that our test was widely regarded as difficult, and that's a slight comfort.

This 30 day wait is so tortuous.

Originally Posted by pfaction

You guys are lucky. School after school (6 so far) have eliminated me solely because I don't have a bachelor's, the others are griping about my course requirements being under a pharmacy degree. God ****ing damn it.

pfaction -- schools griping about pharm classes is just absurd. You've clearly demonstrated that you can handle a difficult course load, why does it matter that it's a pharm degree? I work(ed) in surgery and I had a friend that just grad from pharm who now is contemplating med school, so I've been getting him to shadow surgeries. Guess I need to give him the heads up about your situation. Did you go to STLCOP? My friends did their 0-6 program. Please say yes and please say you're a Cardinals fan....

Originally Posted by MaidMarian

I'd love to think that the curve would be steeper. Who knows? It was definitely a tougher test than any of the AAMC practices, and I'd say it was much more difficult than the actual MCAT I took in August. I'm not sure that MCAT scoring ever neatly corresponds to the score conversion guides on the practice tests at any rate. But alas, I can only speculate and say that we'll *hopefully* have done better than we think. The general consensus on this forum indicates that our test was widely regarded as difficult, and that's a slight comfort.

This 30 day wait is so tortuous.

does anyone know if the real scale is more "generous"....and why do I keep coming back to this thread

Originally Posted by YouNeverKnow22

does anyone know if the real scale is more "generous"....and why do I keep coming back to this thread

You can't help yourself. Neither can I!

The curve all depends on the difficulty of the passages. I had a difficult PS section last time and guessed on 90% of the questions and I got a 9 and I swear I wouldn't have been shocked if I had gotten a 4. My bio section was easy and the curve was not generous at all. It varies a lot and it varies from version to version

For all you guys freaking out, my friend almost voided his test because of PS and he ended up with a 12 which is higher than he had ever gotten on a PS section before and I got one point higher than my highest. Verbal is what you need to be worried about. I was averaging 11s and got a 5. Verbal is barely curved at all from my understanding cuz a lot of people do really well on it. That's the only reason I had to retake. If I had gotten an 11 I wouldn't have retaken it...

Now putting in grades. Holy **** I have no idea how to classify some classes.

Originally Posted by Vachata

+2 I keep coming back to this forum, because I feel like we're all family -- suffered through the same test. However, I see everyone freaking out about "what if I get a 30" and I'm laying in bed at night thinking "omg there is a possible chance I did not even get a 20...."

Honestly, I can't remember if I did the first orgo passage on BS. I just remember looking at it, saying Dfkjadfasdf!!!! marking the passage to come back later..... but now I don't even know if I went back to even guess at the questions.

Ok man, i am in exactly the same boat. I see everyone talking about their upper 30s score and man, i am praying i even got upper 20s. i thought it was a difficult test. trust me, you are not alone in the feeling of desperation.

Don't anyone worry here, the more I remember about the test, and the topics, the more I realized I got wrong. I'm up to about 6 wrong for sure on PS, and 5 on BS. Here's an equation for you:

ME = 14

Originally Posted by LPpostbacc

Don't anyone worry here, the more I remember about the test, and the topics, the more I realized I got wrong. I'm up to about 6 wrong for sure on PS, and 5 on BS. Here's an equation for you:

ME = 14

I only remember the questions that really really pissed me off and I don't know how anyone had time to remember all the questions and answers lol

Originally Posted by folktale

Okay I'm p. sure that's you now. It was me, you, and that blonde girl that were in that 3-person group. Niiice. haha. I don't know if you remember me though, was wearing glasses, bball shorts, and striped black/gray sweater.

Nah that wasn't me. I was in a 3 person group with this brunette chick and a white dude.