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Hey all! I am signed up for this date. 8:00 a.m. Yikes!!! I am aiming hard to make 40+ my reality so hence me making this thread so early. A former lab- mate and current medical student had a ton of MCAT prep stuff she gave to me. So I have the Examcrackers set, Hyperlearning set, regular Princeton Review, audio osmosis, and practice MCAT tests from a variety of sources I also do the MCAT questions a day through email and on my phone (to help with super quick recall). I am officially studying legitimately now. Currently starting with Examcrackers. I'd love to hear from you all doing the same. Let's do this!!!
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Guys I'm seriously thinking I lost out on like a maximum of 10-12 questions in BS. Anyone else feeling the same ?
 
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dont want to sound lame, but the only people I would want to hang out for one month are those who took the MCAT because this will be stuck in my mind till the 9th. Do I just have issues or others feeling the same?
 
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Macadelic said:
And speaking of the new one I graduated a year ago. I've never taken biochem, so now if i have to take the new one, it looks like I'll have to take a biochem course .....grrrr.
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This is one of my biggest reasons for not taking the new mcat.
 
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Macadelic said:
Are you taking the new one then ?
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I don't know! Depending on whether I get a date I will take it in January. But at the same time, I want a break from studying for this damned test lol! Maybe the 2015 test isn't so bad. I remember when I started studying for this test I thought it was the most daunting thing ever. But after studying for a month or two I started realizing that this is doable. We'll see I guess and just pray for me haha!
 
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Macadelic said:
And speaking of the new one I graduated a year ago. I've never taken biochem, so now if i have to take the new one, it looks like I'll have to take a biochem course .....grrrr.
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Biochem is an awesome course. Even as a biomedical engineering major, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was challenging but very interesting and a nice course to have under your belt for medical school. Don't be scared, it will be tough, but worth it for sure!
 
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Macadelic said:
And speaking of the new one I graduated a year ago. I've never taken biochem, so now if i have to take the new one, it looks like I'll have to take a biochem course .....grrrr.
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Biochem is an awesome course! Even as a biomedical engineering major, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was challenging but very interesting and a nice course to have under your belt for medical school. Don't be scared, it will be tough, but worth it for sure!
 
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Well ideally if you've taken ethics of sociology how hard can it be ? Those classes are a joke. I envision the new MCAT as slightly easier in that regard. Those are common sense classes mixed with abstruse verbiage that anyone can decipher . It is what it is. Thx for the encouragement mates .
 
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I had a hard time falling asleep because I couldn't stop thinking about the test and did not want to have nightmares lol. Anyone have any mcat nightmares?

I dont remember much from PS but two questions. Both which I knew how to do but had to guess cause of time. I am afraid of working them out and finding out the answer.... so I am just trying to forget but its hard haha :(
 
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Every time I think about it I get mad at myself for the stupid mistakes I made. So I'm trying to just not think about the score for a few weeks... Easier said than done lol But honestly, though, I do think I will be about three or four points below my FL average. Very unsettling. MCAT 2015, here I come.
 
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Well no dates left hmph hmph. Looks like I'm going to be sitting for the 2015 exam :'(

Do you guys think I did the right thing voiding my test? I guessed an entire verbal passage :/

My state medical school have a 31.9 average and something like a 30 for the other one. Kentucky ain't so bad in terms of admission :)
 
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TheEngineeringNerd said:
Well no dates left hmph hmph. Looks like I'm going to be sitting for the 2015 exam :'(

Do you guys think I did the right thing voiding my test? I guessed an entire verbal passage :/

My state medical school have a 31.9 average and something like a 30 for the other one. Kentucky ain't so bad in terms of admission :)
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No, if there is only 5 question in that verbal passage and you pick the same letter there is a large chance you will get 2 correct. So you will have a -3 but that still leave you 7-9 question total you could get wrong between the other 6 passages and still get a 10. Also if you ran short on time in the other 6 passages that means you probably got tripped up on an experimental question.
 
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listener23 said:
No, if there is only 5 question in that verbal passage and you pick the same letter there is a large chance you will get 2 correct. So you will have a -3 but that still leave you 7-9 question total you could get wrong between the other 6 passages and still get a 10. Also if you ran short on time in the other 6 passages that means you probably got tripped up on an experimental question.
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There are experimental questions within the actual verbal section?
 
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I had to completely guess on one passage on a FL and i somehow got them all correct. You never know.
 
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TheEngineeringNerd said:
Well no dates left hmph hmph. Looks like I'm going to be sitting for the 2015 exam :'(

Do you guys think I did the right thing voiding my test? I guessed an entire verbal passage :/

My state medical school have a 31.9 average and something like a 30 for the other one. Kentucky ain't so bad in terms of admission :)
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If it was your first time taking it, you should have scored it. No need to dwell on it. I'm sure you will find an MCaT date
 
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Macadelic said:
Bio having a regular scale? I'm most worried about biology.
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Are you talking about the new MCAT?

From the description, it looks horrible . Like there is an ACT to the SAT, another medical school test needs to be developed. One group should not have this monopoly
 
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From the description, it looks horrible . Like there is an ACT to the SAT, another medical school test needs to be developed. One group should not have this monopoly[/QUOTE]


In regards to
The test we just took . I couldnt Guage the difficulty of our November 7th bio administration .
 
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Macadelic said:
From the description, it looks horrible . Like there is an ACT to the SAT, another medical school test needs to be developed. One group should not have this monopoly
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In regards to
The test we just took . I couldnt Guage the difficulty of our November 7th bio administration .[/QUOTE]
if you look at AAMC practice exams 10 and 11, the curve for a 10 on BS is not bad . I think on 10 if you get 13 wrong, you still get a 10 on BS

. That's giving me hope
 
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As I said before, I really can't fathom how they think it's reasonable to have a 7+ hour admission test when NO OTHER TEST you take in med school is 7+ hours. It boggles my mind.
 
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schmidt21 said:
As I said before, I really can't fathom how they think it's reasonable to have a 7+ hour admission test when NO OTHER TEST you take in med school is 7+ hours. It boggles my mind.
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They are making physical sciences into a hybrid bio and physics section. The description is that it will be on the physics of biology . It is insane.
 
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Visible Ghost said:
They are making physical sciences into a hybrid bio and physics section. The description is that it will be on the physics of biology . It is insane.
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It's really depressing thinking about the possibility of having to take the new test... And angering that they would implement such an unreasonable test.
 
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I am currently freaking out because I can not remember what one of the Bio passages was about... like I skipped it :(:blackeye::bang::bang::bang:. This is going to be a long month.
 
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"No Sites are available for selected location. Please try your search again."

This is what it says for EVERY UPCOMING DATE! Aghhh!
 
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schmidt21 said:
As I said before, I really can't fathom how they think it's reasonable to have a 7+ hour admission test when NO OTHER TEST you take in med school is 7+ hours. It boggles my mind.
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Just for the record, I think boards are 8+ hrs without breaks... with breaks it's 10 hours :claps:
 
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Good news: there're openings in Illinois on December 6th, which is before we'll know whether we'll have to take it again or not, so it's actually bad news...
 
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schmidt21 said:
Good news: there're openings in Illinois on December 6th, which is before we'll know whether we'll have to take it again or not, so it's actually bad news...
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Aw man you made me excited! I just checked and there isn't anything there... only Qatar, Kazakhstan, and Thailand :(
 
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