A little encouragement for retakers

[dray5150]

I was taking a break from studying Thursday night and got into conversation with a 4th year Med student at a local bar. When I asked him what did he make on the MCAT he said 27. And then I asked him how many times did he take it his response was "7 times".

Even though this is extreme, I think stories like this should encourage us that MCAT is not the end all be all of getting into medical school.

Good luck to everyone July 2nd. I know we all have worked hard.

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[sv3]

I was taking a break from studying Thursday night and got into conversation with a 4th year Med student at a local bar. When I asked him what did he make on the MCAT he said 27. And then I asked him how many times did he take it his response was "7 times".

Even though this is extreme, I think stories like this should encourage us that MCAT is not the end all be all of getting into medical school.

Good luck to everyone July 2nd. I know we all have worked hard.

and how drunk were both of you? LOL, once at a bar some drunk girl thought I was Australian (from all nationalities, you would guess that last about me......dead dead last) so I went on to tell her about how i have pet alligators back home and hunt killer cobras for a living. I told her basically that I was crocodile dundee and she fell for it............now are you sure you haven't been a victim of someone with terrible morals like myself?

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

I was taking a break from studying Thursday night and got into conversation with a 4th year Med student at a local bar. When I asked him what did he make on the MCAT he said 27. And then I asked him how many times did he take it his response was "7 times".

Even though this is extreme, I think stories like this should encourage us that MCAT is not the end all be all of getting into medical school.

Good luck to everyone July 2nd. I know we all have worked hard.

Wow. That's dedication. Makes one wonder what his first scores were

Isn't there a limit though...I thought it was 3 times...but some people here have taken it like 5 times as well

 

[dray5150]

Lol... I'm from MS. University of Mississippi average MCAT acceptance is around 28. Lots of my friends have gotten in with 26 and 27. I'm sure its different for every school but I was sober at the time..lol

 

[amine2086]

Wow. That's dedication. Makes one wonder what his first scores were

Isn't there a limit though...I thought it was 3 times...but some people here have taken it like 5 times as well

You can take it 3 time in a year. This rule was implemented by AMCAS starting 2007. But before 2007 the MCAT was only offered twice a year or something like that because it was not computerized. So his 7 times may have been over the course of 3 to 4 years. That is real dedication if the story is true!!!