"MCATs" is not a word

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but i bet you think SATs is....explain that one!?
 
also not a word.
 
It is also not "SAT test" (redundant)
 
My ATM machine thinks otherwise.
 
patzan said:
It is also not "SAT test" (redundant)
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If you want to get technical, SAT Test is actually more accurate than simply SAT. SAT was recently trademarked by The College Board as the actual name of the test. It no longer stands for anything. Therefore, SAT Test is appropriate.

http://www.fairtest.org/facts/satfact.htm
 
patzan said:
Just thought I would let everyone know.
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I disagree. MCAT is an acronym for Medical College Admission Test. To correctly make an acronym plural, simply add "s". So, CEOs, SFOs, SATs, MCATs, etc.
 
Of course, this usage is only appropriate when speaking of more than one MCAT. As in, "I took both the April and August MCATs."
 
isnt it a wonder that some people think premeds are nerds?
 
liverotcod said:
Of course, this usage is only appropriate when speaking of more than one MCAT. As in, "I took both the April and August MCATs."
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Agreed. The misuse occurs when one says, "Dude, all you have to do to get into medical school is rock the MCATs."
 
meltmyfaceoff said:
i think you should die in a fire.

just thought i should let everyone know.
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So kind of you. Why are you bitter? Did you fail the MCATs?
 
patzan said:
So kind of you. Why are you bitter? Did you fail the MCATs?
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yeah i failed them pretty hard d00der now i have to clean toilets at mcdonalds for people who are on lunch break from taking the MCATs
 
Why is this thread even here? Does the legitimacy of 'MCATs' as a word really matter?

We're all pre-med. There should be more important things like getting into medical school, helping the sick, or making a living practicing medicine.

But then again... we're pre-med 😎 ...

Jason
 
We should also speak English well and know the jargon of what we are doing. Car salesmen should know how to pronounce Touareg and pre-meds should know that MCATs is not a word (except as agreed upon above).
 
meltmyfaceoff said:
i think you should die in a fire.

just thought i should let everyone know.
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and you want to be a doctor?
 
Since we're nitpicking about the use of language, let me take a moment to point out that the quote you have listed from Better Off Dead is actually "...inspired words from a man who knows how to ski," not "inspiring words...".

You can listen to it here (this site is awesome):
http://www.moviequotequiz.com/othersounds/LanguageLessons.wav

Carry on.
 
Lefty McFish said:
Since we're nitpicking about the use of language, let me take a moment to point out that the quote you have listed from Better Off Dead is actually "...inspired words from a man who knows how to ski," not "inspiring words...".

You can listen to it here (this site is awesome):
http://www.moviequotequiz.com/othersounds/LanguageLessons.wav

Carry on.
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Thanks, I will change it. See how open-minded I am?
 
patzan said:
So kind of you. Why are you bitter? Did you fail the MCATs?
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Last I checked, you can't fail the MCAT... you can score poorly, or fail to reach a certain goal, but you can't really fail the MCAT itself.
 
Spitting Camel said:
Last I checked, you can't fail the MCAT... you can score poorly, or fail to reach a certain goal, but you can't really fail the MCAT itself.
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Note to Spitting Camel: The OP blatantly misused "MCATs" in his own sentence. Maybe he was also purposefully erring in other aspects of his sentence.
 
patzan said:
Note to Spitting Camel: The OP blatantly misused "MCATs" in his own sentence. Maybe he was also purposefully erring in other aspects of his sentence.
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Wait a minute... you ARE the OP. Do you know what OP means? It's "Original Poster" or the one who started the thread, which is you!
 
liverotcod said:
Of course, this usage is only appropriate when speaking of more than one MCAT. As in, "I took both the April and August MCATs."
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i agree, but other than that MCATs is not a word, neither is SATs. You take the MCAT or the SAT. Only appropriate if you took them twice, but not really...i took both the april and august MCAT...i wouldn't even say MCATs then, in fact, i don;t like it when people say MCATs. It made me think that they thought each section was a seperate MCAT.
 
patzan said:
Note to Spitting Camel: The OP blatantly misused "MCATs" in his own sentence. Maybe he was also purposefully erring in other aspects of his sentence.
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I doubt that. I think you're just trying to cover your bum.

If someone is purposely trying to make an error to emphasize it as such, one generally makes sure not to err in other parts of the sentence as to look the fool.

Also I thought this thread was a joke, didnt realize you were being serious. I will now avoid this thread like the plague that it is.
 
I prefer to refer (oooo, a rhyme!) to it (notice: not "them") as my tasty furry friend. As in Mmmmmmmmm... Cat!
 
Gleevec said:
I doubt that. I think you're just trying to cover your bum.

If someone is purposely trying to make an error to emphasize it as such, one generally makes sure not to err in other parts of the sentence as to look the fool.

Also I thought this thread was a joke, didnt realize you were being serious. I will now avoid this thread like the plague that it is.
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No, it was on purpose. And this thread was supposed to be light-hearted.
 
This thread reminds me of the annoying (and extremely inaccurate) discussions about the "MCATs" in Meet The Parents. Somehow I think a 44 on the MCAT is higher than just 97th percentile.
 
liverotcod said:
I prefer to refer (oooo, a rhyme!) to it (notice: not "them") as my tasty furry friend. As in Mmmmmmmmm... Cat!
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
my dog agrees... mmmmmm... cats
 
I'm not sure how funny this thread was meant to be but man, I got a good laugh out of it.

MCATs is most definately not a word.
 
Buckeye(OH) said:
I'm not sure how funny this thread was meant to be but man, I got a good laugh out of it.

MCATs is most definately not a word.
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See, Billy Idol gets it. I don't know why Spitting Camel doesn't get it.
 
patzan said:
Thanks, I will change it. See how open-minded I am?
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Yes, it definitely is remarkable how open-minded you are.

Saying MCATs as a premed does kinda sound dumb, but most people I know who say that aren't in medicine and therefore wouldn't know so I just let it go. They also ask if I passed the MCAT which I just answer yes to, explaining otherwise would take forever.

However the fact that my mother was calling it the "M-CAPs" up until 2 weeks before the test did annoy me a little.
 
orthoman5000 said:
This thread reminds me of the annoying (and extremely inaccurate) discussions about the "MCATs" in Meet The Parents. Somehow I think a 44 on the MCAT is higher than just 97th percentile.
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Its definitely good to know that I'm not the only one who noticed that. For some reason, I always take note when it is portrayed in the media. For example, the show Tru Calling butchered the "MCATs" pretty badly (Tru Calling is some drama on Fox that I watch occasionally due to the lead actress). She took it in a tiered auditorium with people in every single seat with questions that seemed more like step 1 than the MCAT. The kicker was she was allowed to leave and come back in repeatedly for extended periods of time while she was trying to save somebody's life. I know its anal, but it amused me.
 
While we're on the topic of words that don't exist, I would like to point out that "Orgo" is not a word. "O Chem" are not words. The only real words that can be used to denote organic chemistry are "organic chemistry", "The OC", and "Orgallary Distillichemistra".
 
Or you can't forget the time that nurse Hathaway took the MCAT on ER. She came back to work and was trying to look up stuff from the test in Harrison's Internal Medicine. You would have thought she just took Step 2 or something.
 
orthoman5000 said:
Or you can't forget the time that nurse Hathaway took the MCAT on ER. She came back to work and was trying to look up stuff from the test in Harrison's Internal Medicine. You would have thought she just took Step 2 or something.
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OMG that's so hysterical - I remember that - why didn't she ever end up going to med school?
 
Brickhouse said:
However the fact that my mother was calling it the "M-CAPs" up until 2 weeks before the test did annoy me a little.
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That is too funny....M-CAPs...does your mother know my mother?
 
patzan said:
See, Billy Idol gets it. I don't know why Spitting Camel doesn't get it.
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word ( P ) Pronunciation Key (w?rd)
n.
A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.

I believe "MCATs" is a word by the above definition, despite not having enough of a popular circulation to earn a seat in the OED. (perhaps it's on a waiting list) Words are only their usages. Read some Ludwig if you disagree, and then we could chat.

I also believe you guys need to chill. While you you are quarreling over stupidities, minorities are dying of hunger, and species are extinguishing 🙂

p.p.s. if you think y'all are all erudite and ****e, you may want to consider that the modern pronunciation of the word "ask" is a corruption of the original "akse," an obviously superior stem considering the morphology of the human pharynx ... but whatava.

ferrero rocher ... mmmm
 
josephgoro said:
word ( P ) Pronunciation Key (w?rd)
n.
A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.

I believe "MCATs" is a word by the above definition, despite not having enough of a popular circulation to earn a seat in the OED. (perhaps it's on a waiting list) Words are only their usages. Read some Ludwig if you disagree, and then we could chat.

I also believe you guys need to chill. While you you are quarreling over stupidities, minorities are dying of hunger, and species are extinguishing 🙂

p.p.s. if you think y'all are all erudite and ****e, you may want to consider that the modern pronunciation of the word "ask" is a corruption of the original "akse," an obviously superior stem considering the morphology of the human pharynx ... but whatava.

ferrero rocher ... mmmm
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I guess we have all found the king of all "knowlege" (from what I gleaned from what you said above, spelling isn't that important if the meaning...blah...blah...morphene...blah...blah.)

Let's all just stop making this into a philosophy term paper and accept the fact that MCATs is not a word.
 
patzan said:
We should also speak English well and know the jargon of what we are doing. Car salesmen should know how to pronounce Touareg and pre-meds should know that MCATs is not a word (except as agreed upon above).
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So it IS a word when used correctly?

LOL

And you started this thread why?

😀

J~
 
you guys are idiots. I am ashamed I am even taking the time to reply to this crap.
 
patzan said:
I guess we have all found the king of all "knowlege" (from what I gleaned from what you said above, spelling isn't that important if the meaning...blah...blah...morphene...blah...blah.)

Let's all just stop making this into a philosophy term paper and accept the fact that MCATs is not a word.
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i certainly hope for your future patients that your disdain for dictionary.com is not matched by ill feeling for journals, articles, research studies, and other sources of medical knowledge...

and what you gleaned is correct; spelling isn't as important as your middle-school teacher claimed, and your grandmother was wise when she said that it's the thought that counts. do you get the meaning?
or is it not in the dictionary, mr. webster?

in any case, good luck 2 U 🙂
 
gaf said:
Nor is "MCAT" a word. It's an acronym.
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MCAT is as much a word as acronym. If an acronym is not a word, then two acronyms are not two words too. But two acronyms are defnitely two words... Wait a minute..... :scared: how come three acronyms are not three words? 😕 😕 😕 :scared: 😴 😴
 
Where in Meet the Parents does anyone say what Focker gets on the MCAT? I know when the fax comes in from his parents to Pam it says 97th percentile on it, but isn't that it? And earlier in the movie Pam says, "Greg aced his MCATs." But what is this about it saying he got a 44?
 
merkon said:
isnt it a wonder that some people think premeds are nerds?
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:laugh: :laugh:
 
calcrew14 said:
MCAT is as much a word as acronym. If an acronym is not a word, then two acronyms are not two words too. But two acronyms are defnitely two words... Wait a minute..... :scared: how come three acronyms are not three words? 😕 😕 😕 :scared: 😴 😴
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I stand corrected. An acronym is a type of word.

Now the real question, why is this thread so much more interesting than the AMCAS questions thread?
 
gaf said:
I stand corrected. An acronym is a type of word.

Now the real question, why is this thread so much more interesting than the AMCAS questions thread?
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Because we're all sick to death of the AMCAS. I, for one, am still seriously procrastinating writing the nth draft of my PS.
 
willthatsall said:
Where in Meet the Parents does anyone say what Focker gets on the MCAT? I know when the fax comes in from his parents to Pam it says 97th percentile on it, but isn't that it? And earlier in the movie Pam says, "Greg aced his MCATs." But what is this about it saying he got a 44?
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Greg actually got a 42. Someone is trying to sell photocopies of the fax prop on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=790&item=3817668806&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

He got 14VR, 13PS, R, 15BS

Also, I don't argue that acronyms are words. There is only one test...you don't "take the MCATs."
 
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