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Hey so I know a lot of us were posting on June MCAT'ers unite, but I want to get to know the progress of all of us 6/21'ers in particular. Let's do it.
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yanks26dmb said:
I'd certainly like to be. Don't have tickets for any of the above yet, so itll depend on what I happen across. When was your first show??
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My first show is tonight for the this summer. Goin tomorrow and this weekend as well. (NC-VA swing). Got lowers for every show and pit Saturday. I always wait about a week before the show to get tickets , always tons of ticket drops.
 
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Neuroglia said:
My first show is tonight for the this summer. Goin tomorrow and this weekend as well. (NC-VA swing). Got lowers for every show and pit Saturday. I always wait about a week before the show to get tickets , always tons of ticket drops.
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Yeah, i used to get warehouse tickets..my buddy signed up back in 98, so we had good seats usually. Though, those days are over now... Otherwise, I usually just buy them the day of in the lot.

I meant your first show ever...didnt you say you've been to 25ish?
 
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I'm confused so they have usually tweeted around 12:15 pm that the scores are released but then they do not actually come out until around 3:15 pm?
 
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Hi everyone,

This is my first ever post on SDN, and this was the second MCAT for me. The first was the worst case scenario... I woke up the morning of the exam vomiting blood, unable to eat or drink, and extremely nauseous. I went to urgent care and was give 4 medications that did nothing to alleviate the symptoms, but did make me extremely drowsy. I don't know why I decided to take the exam anyway (or better question - why I didn't void) but I was essentially 75% asleep during the exam, essentially guessed on nearly all the verbal (usually my highest score), didn't finish about 5-7 questions of physical, and had to rush through biological as well. I was averaging 38.5 on the practice tests, with 40 on the last two I took (I believe these were exams 11 and 9) and never scoring below 33 on a practice exam. I am really hoping that this exam provides me with a better score, although the biological section was really rough in my opinion.Good luck everyone!
 
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clynn said:
Hi everyone,

This is my first ever post on SDN, and this was the second MCAT for me. The first was June 5th, and it was the worst case scenario... I woke up the morning of the exam vomiting blood, unable to eat or drink, and extremely nauseous. I went to urgent care and was give 4 medications that did nothing to alleviate the symptoms, but did make me extremely drowsy. I don't know why I decided to take the exam anyway (or better question - why I didn't void) but I was essentially 75% asleep during the exam, essentially guessed on nearly all the verbal (usually my highest score), didn't finish about 5-7 questions of physical, and had to rush through biological as well. I got a 24 on that exam, which was honestly a lot higher than I expected, but I was averaging 38.5 on the practice tests, with 40 on the last two I took (I believe these were exams 11 and 9) and never scoring below 33 on a practice exam. I am really hoping that the June 21st exam provides me with a better score, although the biological section was really rough in my opinion. I have a 4.0 GPA so I am hoping for anything 28 or above. Good luck everyone!
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I'm new to SDN, as well. It sounds like you had a really rough first exam... I don't know how you even took it lol. Good luck!
 
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clynn said:
Hi everyone,

This is my first ever post on SDN, and this was the second MCAT for me. The first was June 5th, and it was the worst case scenario... I woke up the morning of the exam vomiting blood, unable to eat or drink, and extremely nauseous. I went to urgent care and was give 4 medications that did nothing to alleviate the symptoms, but did make me extremely drowsy. I don't know why I decided to take the exam anyway (or better question - why I didn't void) but I was essentially 75% asleep during the exam, essentially guessed on nearly all the verbal (usually my highest score), didn't finish about 5-7 questions of physical, and had to rush through biological as well. I got a 24 on that exam, which was honestly a lot higher than I expected, but I was averaging 38.5 on the practice tests, with 40 on the last two I took (I believe these were exams 11 and 9) and never scoring below 33 on a practice exam. I am really hoping that the June 21st exam provides me with a better score, although the biological section was really rough in my opinion. I have a 4.0 GPA so I am hoping for anything 28 or above. Good luck everyone!
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You'd be okay with 28 after doing so well on the practice? I'd be kind of disappointed with anything less than -1 from my practice avg
 
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It was definitely tough. It also didn't help that where I live, summer afternoons are 105-115 degrees, and June 5th was a 1 pm exam. Just walking a quarter of the mile to the testing center from my car took out any energy I had left!
 
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sniderwes said:
You'd be okay with 28 after doing so well on the practice? I'd be kind of disappointed with anything less than -1 from my practice avg
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Honestly, I don't really care how I do so long as it's enough to get accepted somewhere. The medical school I am hoping to go to is my in-state school, which has an average MCAT of about 28-30. I would be a lot happier with 30+ but I won't retake again if I get 28+. The admissions people at that school told me I could probably get in with the 24, which is the minimum requirement at that school, because I have really strong EC and GPA.
 
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studying is proving to be futile today...i cant remember anything I just read. Hard to believe by 1215 this afternoon I may be able to close these mcat books forever and forget about my test on Friday...!
 
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I think that I've resigned myself to getting ~26 with 10PS, 8VR, 8 BS. I really really don't want to have to reatke, but with that score I'll have to.
 
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yanks26dmb said:
studying is proving to be futile today...i cant remember anything I just read. Hard to believe by 1215 this afternoon I may be able to close these mcat books forever and forget about my test on Friday...!
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Woah, did you schedule a retake on Friday? I hope you get a great score and don't have to resit the exam!
 
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Spriteling said:
Woah, did you schedule a retake on Friday? I hope you get a great score and don't have to resit the exam!
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I think a lot of people scheduled retakes on the 24th, 25th and next week. Many will probably just not show up, but the aamc will have a great blast because it'll make tons of money regardless.


Admittedly the aamc needs to make an option for late term cancelation and allow people who are scheduled in their non-preferred location to take these spaces. I mean if I don't retake and I'm in a prime location why can't I help someone not drive to a different state?
 
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serenade said:
I think a lot of people scheduled retakes on the 24th, 25th and next week. Many will probably just not show up, but the aamc will have a great blast because it'll make tons of money regardless.


Admittedly the aamc needs to make an option for late term cancelation and allow people who are scheduled in their non-preferred location to take these spaces. I mean if I don't retake and I'm in a prime location why can't I help someone not drive to a different state?
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They profit off of it. Freaked out premeds+month wait=rescheds like no tomorrow.

I agree, I had to drive 5 hours to Erie to take mine, and I rescheduled as soon as I could from May 8th.
 
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serenade said:
I think a lot of people scheduled retakes on the 24th, 25th and next week. Many will probably just not show up, but the aamc will have a great blast because it'll make tons of money regardless.


Admittedly the aamc needs to make an option for late term cancelation and allow people who are scheduled in their non-preferred location to take these spaces. I mean if I don't retake and I'm in a prime location why can't I help someone not drive to a different state?
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But that would interfere with the aamc's mission of taking advantage of poor college students... I mean preparing the best and brightest for careers as physicians and physician-scientists.
 
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I'm glad I chose to work from home today. Then I don't have to worry about crying in front of my coworkers.
 
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Spriteling said:
Woah, did you schedule a retake on Friday? I hope you get a great score and don't have to resit the exam!
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yup...after 6/21 i wanted the piece of mind knowing I could re-take and still apply early in the cycle. If I get a score that's good enough I don't have to worry about re-taking, that 275 will NOT be missed. It's like betting against your favorite team in the super bowl...
 
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My heart is actually racing right now. My normal heart rate is about 54 and right now I'm at about 110.
 
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I am getting literally ZERO work done right now. I'm just sitting here. Not like I have a whole lot to do at the moment, but still, lol...
 
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yanks26dmb said:
Yeah, i used to get warehouse tickets..my buddy signed up back in 98, so we had good seats usually. Though, those days are over now... Otherwise, I usually just buy them the day of in the lot.

I meant your first show ever...didnt you say you've been to 25ish?
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19, just looked it up which means I'll hit 20,21, 22 and 23 this week. My first one ever was 7.1.08, first show without Roi :( wbu?
 
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That was nice set


Dave Matthews Band
April 4, 2002
MCI Center, Washington, DC

Too Much
What Would You Say
So Right [tease]
I Did It
Busted Stuff
Raven
Warehouse
Where Are You Going
Drive In Drive Out
Improv jam
The Space Between
Rhyme & Reason
Big Eyed Fish »
Bartender »
Grace Is Gone
Pantala Naga Pampa »
Rapunzel
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Pig
Don't Drink the Water
 
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Neuroglia said:
I'm 23 turning 24 soon, I always do the Cvill runs since I'm on this side of the country but I wanna make a gorge trek soon
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I used to live in Virginia back in the day...have seen them in cville a few times. went to their last two shows before their hiatus a few years ago in cville...those were some solid shows.
 
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Neuroglia said:
That was nice set


Dave Matthews Band
April 4, 2002
MCI Center, Washington, DC

Too Much
What Would You Say
So Right [tease]
I Did It
Busted Stuff
Raven
Warehouse
Where Are You Going
Drive In Drive Out
Improv jam
The Space Between
Rhyme & Reason
Big Eyed Fish »
Bartender »
Grace Is Gone
Pantala Naga Pampa »
Rapunzel
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Pig
Don't Drink the Water
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Yeah, pig at the time hadn't been played in quite a while/often, if I rememebr correctly.

Best show ive ever seen is still from that year...12/21/02, the one where james brown came out before the encore at MSG...place went absolutely nuts.
 
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