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NotSur · 09-08-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunner10

Worst wait EVER. If the scores release late the way they did for July 30th/31st I might just cry

::gulp:: how late was it?

WAPhoenix · 09-08-2009, 01:22 PM

I think it was somewhere around 10pm? It's one of the latest releases if I remember correctly.

mimi2kul · 09-08-2009, 01:54 PM

i can't figure out what to do with my self....this score realease is giving me all sorts of bodyache....i think it might be the swineflu. lol.lol

drzing · 09-08-2009, 01:59 PM

scores wont be out till real late tonight because i have a class from 6-9. sorry to ruin it all for you.

~~All4KU~~ · 09-08-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by drzing

scores wont be out till real late tonight because i have a class from 6-9. sorry to ruin it all for you.

according to whom?

drzing · 09-08-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by All4KU

according to whom?

me...i had a telepathic convo with AAMC and they said we wont post till your out of class.

~~All4KU~~ · 09-08-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by drzing

me...i had a telepathic convo with AAMC and they said we wont post till your out of class.

nice one.

mimi2kul · 09-08-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by drzing

me...i had a telepathic convo with AAMC and they said we wont post till your out of class.

lol. i think it will be posted at 0615....get ready to be late for class

jim2jail · 09-08-2009, 02:14 PM

when are the scores coming? im so nervous

Lbgem · 09-08-2009, 02:16 PM

Can you guys get your scores already so us 8/6'ers can get ours? :P Pretty please?

jim2jail · 09-08-2009, 02:25 PM

Zomggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg gg

iheartzymogens · 09-08-2009, 02:36 PM

okay...i'm glad to see there are others at this very moment going insane waiting!!

NotSur · 09-08-2009, 02:39 PM

Damn these people! I went to the supermarket and came back and still nothing!

labellefille · 09-08-2009, 02:39 PM

come on guys, hurry up and get your scores released, you really are holding up the rest of us from 8/6

bleedblue · 09-08-2009, 02:43 PM

202-828-0690

if anyone needs to call to ask when they're posting that's their number

~~bruceleehiiiyaa~~ · 09-08-2009, 02:50 PM

http://tinychat.com/mcatreleaseparty

come join!

AC09 · 09-08-2009, 02:52 PM

if someone has a chance to call and actually gets an answer, please inform the rest of us

emawhat · 09-08-2009, 02:55 PM

so what actually happens when the actual scores are ready? is it right on that MCAT Thx homepage or do i have to click on a link that says 8/5/09 MCAT? I'm nervous that if i keep pressing refresh it'll just pop up and i won't be ready for it and i'll totally freak out...

NotSur · 09-08-2009, 02:56 PM

i'm supposed to be looking up papers! is anyone doing anything else?

Camus · 09-08-2009, 02:57 PM

Oh " After 5 pm ET"

DoctorKazefa · 09-08-2009, 03:03 PM

Supposed to be released at 5PM EST...
edit: OH

iheartzymogens · 09-08-2009, 03:03 PM

why do you say that? did u guys call and speak to someone?

MP805 · 09-08-2009, 03:21 PM

its the MCAT THx site right!? wtf this is taking forever

frackrack · 09-08-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MP805

its the MCAT THx site right!? wtf this is taking forever

obviously they are just too lazy to manually post it.
i would think that they should care a bit that we are all going nuts while they take their merry time- but apparently not.
compassion is something they lack, i don't think that the posters of the scores would qualify to be a good doc.
i would also think that for $250 that we spent to take the test we should get our scores on time- yet i'm wrong again

PS: did anyone call them?

MP805 · 09-08-2009, 03:26 PM

Yea i tried calling them. They didn't pick up.

vandyam · 09-08-2009, 03:27 PM

It is so unprofessional for them to continually post scores late. Absolutely unacceptable in my opinion. How hard is it to set your computer to have scores released at the time you told PAYING CUSTOMERS they would be given out.

Anyway, good luck guys. Getting my scores next week so I feel your pain.

NotSur · 09-08-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bleedblue

202-828-0690

if anyone needs to call to ask when they're posting that's their number

i tried calling and definitely did not get the aamc

~~All4KU~~ · 09-08-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by frackrack

obviously they are just too lazy to manually post it.
i would think that they should care a bit that we are all going nuts while they take their merry time- but apparently not.
compassion is something they lack, i don't think that the posters of the scores would qualify to be a good doc.
i would also think that for $250 that we spent to take the test we should get our scores on time- yet i'm wrong again

PS: did anyone call them?

yeah well, everyone questions their sympathy...then again, the AAMC is a business...and they operate just like the damn government. let's all band together and create our own MCAT....just like for college admissions there are the ACT and SAT examinations...the AAMC needs competition for them to really get to work.

Lbgem · 09-08-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MP805

Yea i tried calling them. They didn't pick up.

LOL. I guess my friend won the bet. He said they wouldn't answer the phone (he works at an admissions office and has an idea bout some very over enthusiastic applicants and helicopter parents) because they're working their butts off double checking the scores before releasing them.

I'm not laughing at you btw, but just the fact my friend was right. I was thinking the same thing that a lot of people on here think - that they're taking their sweet time/not caring, but hm, if my friend is to be believed, they're making sure the scores are right. He said the only thing worse than a late score is a wrong score, so they would rather err on the side of the late one.

Oh welllllllllll....I still want my score (I think?) aslkdjfalskjf

NotSur · 09-08-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by All4KU

yeah well, everyone questions their sympathy...then again, the AAMC is a business...and they operate just like the damn government. let's all band together and create our own MCAT....just like for college admissions there are the ACT and SAT examinations...the AAMC needs competition for them to really get to work.

oh, that makes me feel better. i hate just not knowing...

frackrack · 09-08-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Lbgem

LOL. I guess my friend won the bet. He said they wouldn't answer the phone (he works at an admissions office and has an idea bout some very over enthusiastic applicants and helicopter parents) because they're working their butts off double checking the scores before releasing them.

I'm not laughing at you btw, but just the fact my friend was right. I was thinking the same thing that a lot of people on here think - that they're taking their sweet time/not caring, but hm, if my friend is to be believed, they're making sure the scores are right. He said the only thing worse than a late score is a wrong score, so they would rather err on the side of the late one.

Oh welllllllllll....I still want my score (I think?) aslkdjfalskjf

no offense, but it is hard to believe that they spent over a month "double checking" the scores.
i mean it is done by computer, and posted by computer- why should anything need to be double-checked.
its not like a paper had to be scanned into the computer (like the old ones had to)

Simplify · 09-08-2009, 03:38 PM

Actually, this guy works for AAMC and lurks on these boards. All he needs to do is update the database, but he'd rather watch us all go insane.

Lbgem · 09-08-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by frackrack

no offense, but it is hard to believe that they spent over a month "double checking" the scores.
i mean it is done by computer, and posted by computer- why should anything need to be double-checked.
its not like a paper had to be scanned into the computer (like the old ones had to)

Ya that's what I said to him, but he said the essays scores need to be matched with the right PS/VR/BS scores/applicant and double checked. Not to mention AAMC deals with AMCAS and MCAT, + bureaucracy... Hm, say if we're doing a hypothetical - one to two weeks to grade the essay. Another one to two weeks to input them and match them to the right applicant. And then double checking/last minute.

Just a theory. But yes why they couldn't have gotten it done on Thursday? :P Friday? :P

frackrack · 09-08-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Lbgem

Ya that's what I said to him, but he said the essays scores need to be matched with the right PS/VR/BS scores/applicant and double checked. Not to mention AAMC deals with AMCAS and MCAT, + bureaucracy... Hm, say if we're doing a hypothetical - one to two weeks to grade the essay. Another one to two weeks to input them and match them to the right applicant. And then double checking/last minute.

Just a theory. But yes why they couldn't have gotten it done on Thursday? :P Friday? :P

uh, the essays are also typed on the computer.
which means that they don't print out any essay for the grader, the grader just fills in a grade in a similar way that we took the test (multiple choice).
that is also automatic by computer

labellefille · 09-08-2009, 03:45 PM

someone on twitter is posting their results from today- mine aren't posted yet- any of you 8/5 people checked in the last few minutes?

Lbgem · 09-08-2009, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frackrack

uh, the essays are also typed on the computer.
which means that they don't print out any essay for the grader, the grader just fills in a grade in a similar way that we took the test (multiple choice).
that is also automatic by computer

I agree with you that it should be pretty simple/easy since it seemed we had to fill out with our ID's, name/etc, but I can't think of any other reason why it would take so long and so last minute to post our results.

You would think everything is so computerized/easy to put together by now, but the tales I hear from my admissions friend makes me rethink that. He was talking about interviews/applications and guessing about the MCAT score release process. Where he works he says things are last minute because they want to prevent the mistakes of the past (which weren't that long ago) - they accidentally mismatched an applicant/sent out emails to the wrong people, sent accepted letters mistakenly to rejected applicants and vice versa. The school he works at is a pretty big one too, so it's more the typical experience rather than the atypical one.

But again, trying to guess and rationalize why it's taking so long!

Simplify · 09-08-2009, 03:55 PM

I'll wager that the scores take 30 days in order to get people scared enough to sign up for another administration. There isn't any other realistic reason. These forums operate on a simple database similar to what would be required for storing MCAT data. I bet the forums have never accidentally logged you into someone else's account. They've never mismatched posts. The same is true of MCAT test data. That's just not how computers work.

NotSur · 09-08-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by labellefille

someone on twitter is posting their results from today- mine aren't posted yet- any of you 8/5 people checked in the last few minutes?

just refreshed. nada.

Simplify · 09-08-2009, 04:12 PM

Actually, I bet they also manually import the data into website. I don't mean line by line, either. I mean they probably move the dataset manually from tapes or through other means in order to keep it secure. That could take awhile depending on how they're accomplishing it. I still argue that the essay grading is done in about 2 weeks. The rest of the time is for people to second guess themselves and pay the AAMC more money!

FIREitUP · 09-08-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplify

Actually, I bet they also manually import the data into website. I don't mean line by line, either. I mean they probably move the dataset manually from tapes or through other means in order to keep it secure. That could take awhile depending on how they're accomplishing it. I still argue that the essay grading is done in about 2 weeks. The rest of the time is for people to second guess themselves and pay the AAMC more money!

non profit my a**

mexicochangedme · 09-08-2009, 04:43 PM

they're in!!

labellefille · 09-08-2009, 04:44 PM

dude, are you screwing with people? anyone else have them? please post!!

Gunner10 · 09-08-2009, 04:46 PM

Yeah, they're out kids, no joke

labellefille · 09-08-2009, 04:50 PM

so, how did people do? better/worse than expected.

i'm dying here. just dying. mine aren't showing up yet.

mexicochangedme · 09-08-2009, 04:56 PM

i was 1 point below my highest practice test, 2 points above my average. i felt horrible about the exam afterward, so it's way better than i was expecting. my writing sample score, though, was horrible. i usually rocked that in practice and felt really good about it on the day of (the only portion of the exam i could say that about) and i really bombed it. woops. oh well, i'll just bask in the results of the other sections

Froggy 4ever · 09-08-2009, 04:58 PM

I did much worse than my best AMCAS> I knew this test kicked my ass.

Time to withdraw

NotSur · 09-08-2009, 05:01 PM

OMG I can't believe it!

DocDan · 09-08-2009, 05:02 PM

notsur, just out of curiosity, how did you do on your practice tests?

iheartzymogens · 09-08-2009, 05:12 PM

I got 2 points below my AAMC too

9 ps---RAN OUT OF TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 bs---thought i did better
9 vr---thought i did worse

28R

FML

Emo378 · 09-08-2009, 05:13 PM

Just got my score;

PS= 10
VR= 8
BS= 9
WS= M

Total= 27M

Average AAMC was 28

Applying to DO schools. May have to retake in Jan.

09-08-2009, 01:54 PM	#253
mimi2kul Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 241	i can't figure out what to do with my self....this score realease is giving me all sorts of bodyache....i think it might be the swineflu. lol.lol __________________ Accepted OSU-COM Texas Tech University HSC-SON Class of 2006

09-08-2009, 02:55 PM	#268
emawhat Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 6	What happens?? so what actually happens when the actual scores are ready? is it right on that MCAT Thx homepage or do i have to click on a link that says 8/5/09 MCAT? I'm nervous that if i keep pressing refresh it'll just pop up and i won't be ready for it and i'll totally freak out...

09-08-2009, 03:27 PM	#276
vandyam Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 156	It is so unprofessional for them to continually post scores late. Absolutely unacceptable in my opinion. How hard is it to set your computer to have scores released at the time you told PAYING CUSTOMERS they would be given out. Anyway, good luck guys. Getting my scores next week so I feel your pain. __________________ Obligatory smilies:

09-08-2009, 05:01 PM	#297
NotSur Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 790	OMG I can't believe it! Last edited by NotSur; 09-08-2009 at 05:48 PM.

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09-08-2009, 01:22 PM	#252
WAPhoenix Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 49	I think it was somewhere around 10pm? It's one of the latest releases if I remember correctly.

09-08-2009, 01:59 PM	#254
drzing Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 435	scores wont be out till real late tonight because i have a class from 6-9. sorry to ruin it all for you.

09-08-2009, 02:14 PM	#259
jim2jail Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	when are the scores coming? im so nervous

09-08-2009, 02:16 PM	#260
Lbgem Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 46	Can you guys get your scores already so us 8/6'ers can get ours? :P Pretty please?

09-08-2009, 02:25 PM	#261
jim2jail Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	Zomggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg gg

09-08-2009, 02:36 PM	#262
iheartzymogens Junior Member Status: Pre-Health Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	okay...i'm glad to see there are others at this very moment going insane waiting!!

09-08-2009, 02:39 PM	#263
NotSur Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 790	Damn these people! I went to the supermarket and came back and still nothing!

09-08-2009, 02:39 PM	#264
labellefille Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72	come on guys, hurry up and get your scores released, you really are holding up the rest of us from 8/6

09-08-2009, 02:43 PM	#265
bleedblue Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 51	202-828-0690 if anyone needs to call to ask when they're posting that's their number

09-08-2009, 02:50 PM	#266
~~bruceleehiiiyaa~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 298	http://tinychat.com/mcatreleaseparty come join!

09-08-2009, 02:52 PM	#267
AC09 New Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4	if someone has a chance to call and actually gets an answer, please inform the rest of us

09-08-2009, 02:56 PM	#269
NotSur Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 790	i'm supposed to be looking up papers! is anyone doing anything else?

09-08-2009, 02:57 PM	#270
Camus New Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	Oh " After 5 pm ET"

09-08-2009, 03:03 PM	#271
DoctorKazefa Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35	Supposed to be released at 5PM EST... edit: OH

09-08-2009, 03:03 PM	#272
iheartzymogens Junior Member Status: Pre-Health Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	why do you say that? did u guys call and speak to someone?

09-08-2009, 03:21 PM	#273
MP805 Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15	its the MCAT THx site right!? wtf this is taking forever

09-08-2009, 03:26 PM	#275
MP805 Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15	Yea i tried calling them. They didn't pick up.

09-08-2009, 03:38 PM	#282
Simplify Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 295	Actually, this guy works for AAMC and lurks on these boards. All he needs to do is update the database, but he'd rather watch us all go insane.

09-08-2009, 03:45 PM	#285
labellefille Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72	someone on twitter is posting their results from today- mine aren't posted yet- any of you 8/5 people checked in the last few minutes?

09-08-2009, 03:55 PM	#287
Simplify Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 295	I'll wager that the scores take 30 days in order to get people scared enough to sign up for another administration. There isn't any other realistic reason. These forums operate on a simple database similar to what would be required for storing MCAT data. I bet the forums have never accidentally logged you into someone else's account. They've never mismatched posts. The same is true of MCAT test data. That's just not how computers work.

09-08-2009, 04:12 PM	#289
Simplify Senior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 295	Actually, I bet they also manually import the data into website. I don't mean line by line, either. I mean they probably move the dataset manually from tapes or through other means in order to keep it secure. That could take awhile depending on how they're accomplishing it. I still argue that the essay grading is done in about 2 weeks. The rest of the time is for people to second guess themselves and pay the AAMC more money!

09-08-2009, 04:43 PM	#291
mexicochangedme Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 73	they're in!!

09-08-2009, 04:44 PM	#292
labellefille Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72	dude, are you screwing with people? anyone else have them? please post!!

09-08-2009, 04:46 PM	#293
Gunner10 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 14	Yeah, they're out kids, no joke

09-08-2009, 04:50 PM	#294
labellefille Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72	so, how did people do? better/worse than expected. i'm dying here. just dying. mine aren't showing up yet.

09-08-2009, 04:56 PM	#295
mexicochangedme Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 73	i was 1 point below my highest practice test, 2 points above my average. i felt horrible about the exam afterward, so it's way better than i was expecting. my writing sample score, though, was horrible. i usually rocked that in practice and felt really good about it on the day of (the only portion of the exam i could say that about) and i really bombed it. woops. oh well, i'll just bask in the results of the other sections

09-08-2009, 04:58 PM	#296
Froggy 4ever Junior Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17	I did much worse than my best AMCAS> I knew this test kicked my ass. Time to withdraw

09-08-2009, 05:02 PM	#298
DocDan Member Status: Pre-Medical Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 28	notsur, just out of curiosity, how did you do on your practice tests?

09-08-2009, 05:12 PM	#299
iheartzymogens Junior Member Status: Pre-Health Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	I got 2 points below my AAMC too 9 ps---RAN OUT OF TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 bs---thought i did better 9 vr---thought i did worse 28R FML

09-08-2009, 05:13 PM	#300
Emo378 Member Status: Medical Student Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hollywood FL Posts: 47	Just got my score; PS= 10 VR= 8 BS= 9 WS= M Total= 27M Average AAMC was 28 Applying to DO schools. May have to retake in Jan.