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I graduated 2 years ago from college and have been working and volunteering here and there since.. A few months before I graduated, I took the MCAT and did really, really horrible. I knew I was going to do bad because I didn't take any FL's before, and I basically had only done content review. But I submitted because my parents were incredibly pushy and would've been extremely upset if I had voided. That score to be honest really ruined my confidence and kinda made me depressed for a bit, to the point where I voided when I attempted it again. Well, fast forward to now, and I've regained all motivation to study, but now I don't have my family's support. They think I should never be a doctor: "you've already tried and failed the MCAT". That I don't have what it takes. Their second point is that I'm 24, a girl, and I should have been in my second year in med/dental/pharm school by now like my friends because "being a girl, age is important" and crap like that. My younger sibling had just received their score recently and did well (32) so I think that was a catalyst for their view of me.
How do I regain confidence for this test? Am I even capable or should I really just move on? I have an okay GPA (3.7 culm, 3.5 science) and know I'm capable, but not having the support of my family and having to study in secret kinda kills me inside and my heart's broken. It's like my whole app and life revolved around a career in health, and now I'm being told that I can "never go into medicine, only my x sibling/friend/etc can" and that I am basically incompetent (I started to believe it and do have a backup plan). Of course, it is my life, and I know I'll regret it if I don't try again, but I'm so afraid I'll mess up again, that it's really ruined my confidence (my thought process: I'm 100% applying this year, but I might do bad on this test, and then have to retake, then starts the cycle).
tl;dr my family is against me taking the new MCAT, saying that I'm incapable of being a doctor, that it's over and that I should get a new career. I don't believe it, but my confidence level is now almost nonexistent
How do I regain confidence for this test? Am I even capable or should I really just move on? I have an okay GPA (3.7 culm, 3.5 science) and know I'm capable, but not having the support of my family and having to study in secret kinda kills me inside and my heart's broken. It's like my whole app and life revolved around a career in health, and now I'm being told that I can "never go into medicine, only my x sibling/friend/etc can" and that I am basically incompetent (I started to believe it and do have a backup plan). Of course, it is my life, and I know I'll regret it if I don't try again, but I'm so afraid I'll mess up again, that it's really ruined my confidence (my thought process: I'm 100% applying this year, but I might do bad on this test, and then have to retake, then starts the cycle).
tl;dr my family is against me taking the new MCAT, saying that I'm incapable of being a doctor, that it's over and that I should get a new career. I don't believe it, but my confidence level is now almost nonexistent
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