I don't know if it would be better for me to write it in January so I have more time to space everything out and be confident in all the sections or if I should just try my best and write it in November and re-write in January if needed. So I don't know if buying myself some time is really what I need. What should I do, guys? Should I just do as much preparation as I can and write the November MCAT and see what happens or should I be more confident in my skills and abilities and write the Jan MCAT? I really want to avoid writing the new one as much as possible. Please give me some advice. I would be tremendously grateful. If someone is in a similar situation, please do share some of your thoughts. 
Hi guys, I am in real need for some serious advice. I started studying for my MCAT during the summer this year. It was scheduled for writing it on the 6th of September but then by August I realized I wasn't doing great in Verbal and needed some serious practice to increase my scores. So I decided to buy myself some more time and re-scheduled it for November. Then, I basically took a few days off studying and then school was about to start so I got caught up with school work, research and other extra curricular activities. I have been taking only four courses this semester to make time to study for my MCAT and my courses are not too hard. I do have time to study during the week but I feel like I have been neglecting my courses a bit and am not caught up with my lecture material. I started studying again this week and I basically have about 5 weeks until the test day. I don't know how my Verbal scores are at the moment and I also realized that I forgot most things I learnt, so need to spend a week reviewing everything again.
However, the my concern with writing it in November is that I might not be very well prepared and I might do bad on my midterms by focusing more on MCAT. Marks are equally as important too. Moreover, sometimes you might end up with a low score in one of the sections and good score on the others and when you re-write, you might not do as well on the sections you did well the first time. I don't want that to happen either. I honestly don't know what to do at the moment. On the other hand, if I write it in January, I will basically not be able to give myself another chance to write the old MCAT, in case I screw up, but I think I will definitely be more confident by then. Having said that, I did buy myself some time to study when I re-scheduled my test to November but I think I was just burnt out, so didn't bother to study until this week.
Thanks. <3
I'm a retaker. Third time is the charm, right?
Whoo! Someone created this thread for me.
Honestly, though, I didn't really study for the other two times. What study plans/materials are you guys using? I'm doing the SN2 3-month plan with some grace days figured in so I can have a Christmas break. Everyone doing alright?
Whoo! Someone created this thread for me.
Honestly, though, I didn't really study for the other two times. What study plans/materials are you guys using? I'm doing the SN2 3-month plan with some grace days figured in so I can have a Christmas break. Everyone doing alright?
@katiebananas, I usually don't do them timed, but that's only because I know from experience that I can get through the BS and PS sections with time to spare. I try to focus more on learning from the questions than rushing through them and making careless mistakes.
I just did the exact same thing. I switched from Nov 7th to January 13th but in a different state. In my opinion I would rather have to risk bad weather than risk not being fully prepared for an exam as difficult as the MCAT!
Thank you! Do you think that I should be stressed by traveling to a new cold environment that I have never been at before? I am scared that this will be my last chance, and I don't really want to lose!
Ahh!! can you please explain more about the test dates that will open? This was the main reason canceling November. I was concerned that if I take the one in November and needed to reschedule I will find no seats for January.
I am in the same boat - since I switched to jan 13th. do you know if you have to pay a fee just to switch locations if I already paid the fee to switch to January?! (this is hypothetical if the spots open up)
I am from the midwest and I can say that the weather MAY be unpredictable, but I wouldn't stress over it. Just keep an eye on other locations as well as the weather in Iowa as you get closer!
Progress isn't always about the numbers. Sure, getting good scores in the time limit is a great confidence boost. However, focus less on your definition of progress and more on learning the material. Do you feel like you are really wrestling through the material, or are you having a tough time keeping focused?
What do you mean by "seeing no progress"? Like you're doing practice passages/problems and not answering correctly due to lack of understanding/knowledge?
Just go from date to date and check the state.. Meaning if you have Jan 8th open, check the states for than then go down to Jan 10 check for that and keep doing that till you find one.
Honestly I randomly checked and got to select it
I'm not going to lie....I did it only once...and it was there....before ny it was Texas and it was gone in 10 seconds.
Thanks...going to be a crazy few months...got lots of secondaries piled up...
