3 weeks to go... who is getting nervous?

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So I stressed for about a week or two after mcat...

Then I got busy with work...

Now we're 3 weeks away... I'm trying not to think about it but....

I just want to know already especially if i screwed it up.


21 days and counting.....
trying really really really hard not to obsess.
But it seems to be all I can think about. DAMMIT!!!!!!!!! Why is the AAMC so cruel to us???
 
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I feel you, man. I've been moving right along the whole continuum of fear. Some days I feel that it'll all be okay, no matter what score I receive, other days, I'm not quite so sure. It's amazing that so much rides on a few numbers obtained from a 8.5 hour test taken over one day; the medical school admissions process seems so dreadfully "Newtonian" thus far.

Of course I know I'll make it all work at the end, whatever my score happens to be, but this whole, "hurry up and wait" business, although not unexpected, is driving me crazy. I really dislike being in such an extended limbo state waiting for fate to catch up with me. It's eerie and unhealthy. It's like, "Okay, already, just tell me so I can finally move on with my life and know what I need to do."

Fortunately, I have my EMT-B certification class to keep me busy and from obsessively futurizing what "could" happen in my mind, instead of being with what actually is.

Well, good luck to you and everyone. There's got to be some good magic left in this process. (And maybe some Karma points chalked up?? Yes?)

:luck:
 
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oh god. it is 3 am east coast time, and i am sleepless. (took sleeping pills , still no result) i am going through my plan A and B in cases: if i do or don;t do well. it is really a hell. i am really obsessed with it, so maybe i will take a four day vacation, just so exhuasted by this limbo. it is a very cruel process. well the kids who will take it next, will only have to wait one month, which is a loooot less. since 1 day is like a whole year now.

and i also have a flu, which makes my limbo even worse:scared: 😡

oh well good luck to all of you:luck: :luck: :luck:

will keep m:luck: y fingers crossed 😉
 
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I've already set my retake point for each section and composite. Since I'm not applying this year, I don't have that added stress.

I'm just too busy with school to worry about it exclusively.
 
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I try not to think about it. . .as I know that I'm inevitably waiting for bad news. I'm not applying right now so for me, this 2 month wait period has not been so bad. The night before the MCAT scores are released will be way worse than the 2 months of waiting.
 
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woo hoo. feel a little better today. and yes going on a 4 day vacation (ritz-fitz), and NO it is not IOWA.😀
 
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I don't think I'm going to get nervous until it's around October 7.

I think it's time to decide at what score I'd consider a retake...
 
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Hello. To all of you stressors including myself. I am really nervous about getting these marks. I feel I did better overall compared to when I wrote this tedious test last year. However in saying that I really do not want to Jinxs myself.

Almost everyday I think about this test and try to repress the actual importance that it is linked to. This whole aspect makes the wait seem like a life long battle at the gallows. I really do not want to take this test again. I just want to know my result like most of you so I can plan either my medical applications or become stressed all over again knowing that I have to sit it again.

Oh please oh please do not let ma have to write this test again. Good luck to all of you guys in the same boat as me.:luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck:
 
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When doing the pracitce AAMC exams, I usually knew exactly how I did immediaetly after I had written the section. However, for the real MCAT, I am not sure. I am a little nervous, but I am a little too busy with school right and medical applicatoins to think about it.
 
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the long wait for scores is a mixed blessing of sorts. in one way, the anticipation is obviously killing me. in another way, it has been nice to have a break from having to face the results. i knew no matter how bad i worried it would still be two months, so i could kind of put it in the back of my mind (um..well at least try to put it there) now i am getting nervous. i am just hoping that my score improved from last time. if they don't i will be crushed. i wish everybody the best of luck and no matter what, don't give up on your dream...
 
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I'mmmmm really scared to find out how I did. I'm starting to get nervous and understand how you all feel.
 
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ya know, I have completely forgot about it until this past week and now I'm starting to get nervous. I've been going to the beach and relaxing, ya know, trying not to stress but it's not really working. I'm thinking I probably won't apply this year so I guess it's not a big deal if I do horribly. I'll just take it again. I'm starting to bite nails though.
 
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PistolPete said:
Does aamc list on their website what day MCAT scores will be released? Or do you just assume that they send them out October 19th, and when you get 'em, you get 'em??
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they've said somethign liek "scores will be released on or before october 14th"
 
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the 14th is a saturday...so u guys think it might be before then?
Maybe thursday or friday night...?
 
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DrCurious said:
the 14th is a saturday...so u guys think it might be before then?
Maybe thursday or friday night...?
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Trust me the AAMC is pretty weird and has been known to get scores out at 12 am on the dot. So anything is possible. It will be up by the 14th, possibly Friday night around 8-10pm some time.
 
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PistolPete said:
This may be a stupid question: can you check your score online, or do they only send them via snail-mail?

-Peter
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Yes, they are supposed to be online by the 14th. There's a link from the AAMC website to the THx website...here's the link: https://services.aamc.org/mcatthx/

I guess in April scores were out at like 10pm the night before AAMC said they would be posted. I am planning to be at my computer, drunk, on the 13th repeatedly clicking the refresh button...
 
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the april wait was INSANE! i am more calm this time around, but i will be checking like a crazy person like everyone else. i think i'll start to get really nervous on october 10th....

oh friday the 13th, how cruel?!?!?!

good luck to everyone!!!
 
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Everyone needs to chill out hahaha

I'm sure everyone will score around their practice test scores. Good luck to everyone including myself lol
 
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bkpa2med said:
Everyone needs to chill out hahaha

I'm sure everyone will score around their practice test scores. Good luck to everyone including myself lol
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Chill? Easier said than done! 🙂 12 days and counting....OMG!!!
 
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im debating on how to reveal my 3-J. in august i revealed each score, one by one, but im thinking ill just blatantly stare at the full screen before mentally breaking down.
 
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how does it work when it shows up on THx

Does it show you 3 separate scores that you frantically add up?
Or does it give you the composite?
 
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Dr_Dan_the_man said:
how does it work when it shows up on THx

Does it show you 3 separate scores that you frantically add up?
Or does it give you the composite?
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each section's scores just appears separately. just be careful not to mistaken your score to the form # or whatever.
 
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Dr_Dan_the_man said:
how does it work when it shows up on THx

Does it show you 3 separate scores that you frantically add up?
Or does it give you the composite?
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It shows up as a strip:

Going from left to right:

First column = series number
second column = Test Date
Third Column = Verbal Reasoning
Fourth Column = Physical Sciences
Fifth Column = Writing Section
Sixth column = Biological Sciences
seventh column = Overall scores.

it pops up all at once.
 
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gujuDoc said:
I know by the time two weeks are over my stomach is going to be churning with fear as Friday the 13th approaches.
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Whenever I'd go to check my semester grades online, my heart would pound and my hand would shake so badly i'd have trouble clicking the mouse....

...and this is 100000x more important. And I'm not too optimistic about my performance. I know I sound like a major spazz, but I'm considering taking a sedative to check my (probably horrendous) scores.
 
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nhoss said:
Whenever I'd go to check my semester grades online, my heart would pound and my hand would shake so badly i'd have trouble clicking the mouse....

...and this is 100000x more important. And I'm not too optimistic about my performance. I know I sound like a major spazz, but I'm considering taking a sedative to check my (probably horrendous) scores.
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Doesn't sound too bad to me...I plan to be sh**faced drunk! I don't think I can face my score without a little help from my friend Mr. Jack Daniels....
 
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Hell yea. The way to do it is to be drunkenly oblivious. Although if it is bad I suppose it will hit you like a ton of bricks the next morning along with the hangover. I don't care because I know like an above poster said, that my hands will be shaking just trying to see my score and I'll be trying to cover the monitor with my hands. I'll have to be somewhat sedated to face my less than stellar score. I'm mad as hell at myself because I know I'm %^&#$# on PS(not surprised) and likely %^$^#% on VR which makes no sense because I rocked that on every practice. Oh well, I haven't wasted too much money yet so if it's bad I'll be retaking in April and will be resuming studying in November. Good luck everyone.
 
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Well since this is our sister counterpart to the countdown thread......here goes a bumpity bump bump bump!!!

Let's begin to pray now!!!!!
 
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OOOoooooo Mmmmmyyyyyyy Gggggoooooddddd....

Less than one week remaining...

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