Possibly! For me it was CARS >>>> P/S >>> C/P >> Bio
Agreed! We must have had the same exam.
I have actually heard out of the mouths of adcoms that they are the hardest on the earliest applicants, because they know how many more applicants are yet to come. Like-- why compromise by accepting a less than stellar applicant right away, and then have to turn down a bunch of amazing applicants later on because you gave the spot away.
I took melatonin as well, on top of some NyQuil . I woke up three times due to nightmares. I definitely got more sleep this time around if compared to my first MCAT attempt. I know my C/P was affected because of my lack of sleep, since I noticed throughout my practice tests that if I achieved 8 hrs of sleep the night before a practice test, I ended up doing much better overall (no brainer). I'm not a morning test taker, and I wish I knew how to get a full night of sleep because that could improve my score by a significant amount. I want this so bad!
This is just for future reference, but melatonin is known for causing nightmares and disturbing sleep. If you don't use it regularly to know how it affects you, it's probably a good idea to skip before an important day.
This is great advice. Hoping that I would never have to take this exam again. But in case that the MCAT gods were not on my side last Saturday, I will attempt this if I have to be back in there for the last time.
I am quite relieved after reading this.
C/P: There were some really hard and easy questions, but the passages WERE confusing. I didn't have time and felt rushed.,
CARS: I didn't think CARS was bad for me. The passages were mostly easy.
B/B: I feel the same way as you
Psych: Felt easy, so I took my sweet time!
I was wondering, what did you get on the AAMC FL scored?
Yes lol ignore
I took five next step exams, and my average was 505. I took the last NS a week prior to the real deal and got a 506. I took the aamc scored two weeks prior to the real deal and got a 504. I hope and pray the lord that my score is at or above a 506. But as you said, there is also a possibility that I did bad. I'm so scared right now. Don't even know what to do with my life. I need to find a job, since I quit the one I had prior to starting my MCAT studies. I don't even wanna look for a job. All I want to know now is how I did on the exam. Been sitting in my small room all day. I need to start studying in case of a retake.
Thank you. It's encouraging to know that your NS tests matched up well with the AAMC scored when taken close together. Maybe I really did improve my score that much in those few weeks.
Already reported him/her.
Consider it done.
If its outlined on AMCAs MCAT outline, you should know it... which all of that stuff is outlined. Anyway, our exam is inherently different than the one they'll put out in Jan 2017. PS, use all 4 months to study
SAME! I keep going back and forth. I want to be confident but at the same time I don't want to get my hopes up and then be let down!
I literally feel the same way!!I hear ya, I have a few other premeds that work in the same lab as me and I am giving them advice about MCAT studying like I know what the heck I am talking about....but I don't even know if I beat this test yet or not! its limbo.
My overarching feeling is pride, that I got it done finally. But worried that for some reason I bombed on test day and will have to retake
hope ya'll did better than I did...i have honestly no clue where i stand...i took it cold. Is what it is. But i finished with on average 5 or 6 minutes to spare each section...except one where my conputer FROZE AND LOCKED ME OUT....the other side is that i finished another section with about 15 minutes left... insane is thw only word i can use to describe the experience lolHey did you take it in Tyler, tx?Took it same day...I'm from Louisiana...had been told by an in state med school that they calc my gpa as my postbacc, its redic higher than other schools would...BUT since I've never had biochem that i could take the MCAT but it was basically futile... SO...I borrowed a friends book from our biochem course and memorized the organic of each interaction of the usual... etc... i was under the impression to know at the very LEAST the basics...done. I reviewed KA and summarized notes to where I could teach them...and actually persuaded afew friends into allowing me to do so... reviewed former classes which I got A's in ...and I can honestly say that nothing I practiced/prepped for helped on anything...you either had it or you didn't... come test day.
I should also note that i had to drive almost 7 hours to Texas to take the test, sit for it, then drive home to study for the first round of tests of the semester... take my advice, if you plan on doing it, DO IT, but do it early so you can at the very least stay in state. I have not ever taken a biochem as stated prior, nor cell. I'm good at orgo and studied my old notes and it was crazy what questions i saw... psych was insanely subjective imo! If only I was an english major. (Yes, I'm being overly vague so i dont violate any rules..if I did it was by accident and i will edit accordingly) it was a CRAZY test experience...ive taken the LSAT, the HESI, now this... and by far this was the most insane ... (BTW high all...been around abit on here..like..afew years now, but usually too busy to chat)
............ is this a joke?
Not even, I know I'm not interested in dentistry! Good luck studying for it if you are!
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Hey dude, no one wanna hear your private business! With all due respect (if that exists here), keep it to yourself. Its disgusting
Yes, I understand. However, your comment about going into it if you can tolerate feet completely proved my point. You shouldn't become a podiatrist if you can tolerate feet...you should choose that path if you find feet really interesting and enjoyable to problem solve that anatomy.
Hope you get into med school with that sense of "humor"
What a nasty and silly thing to say. Doctors are people too, and I know many physicians who have a vulgar sense of humor, even in a professional context. Even William Osler, often recognized as the 'father of internal medicine," (I agree the appellation is a bit silly), was known for this. Most famously, he wrote a bogus medical journal article about a condition known as 'penis captivus.' You should read it, its a real riot. I won't joke like that with adcoms. I am not that dumb.Hope you get into med school with that sense of "humor"
Gosh, a class of only twenty? That could be sort of fun. What is the justification for the existence of podiatry as a separate field though? Is it really so different from the rest of medicine it necessitates a separate four year degree?
You seem mildly autistic.
You have. Like eleventy-hundred times. Stop it.
