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[zerial]

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Where all are you applying?

Where am i applying? 26 schools... broadly... I wasn't really serious about the Harvard thing, I'm pretty sure I don't have the specialness. I'd love to go to UCSF

 

[ksmi117]

Where am i applying? 26 schools... broadly... I wasn't really serious about the Harvard thing, I'm pretty sure I don't have the specialness. I'd love to go to UCSF

I found your WAMC thread. 👍 Nice stats. We're applying to 6 of the same schools. Yay med schools!

 

[BlueElmo]

Where am i applying? 26 schools... broadly... I wasn't really serious about the Harvard thing, I'm pretty sure I don't have the specialness. I'd love to go to UCSF

Yup, you need that specialness. Like ksmi.

 

[0Complications]

I found your WAMC thread. 👍 Nice stats. We're applying to 6 of the same schools. Yay med schools!

Stalk much?

 

[ksmi117]

Yup, you need that specialness. Like ksmi.

I'm not special.

 

[ksmi117]

Stalk much?

It's what I do.

 

[zerial]

I found your WAMC thread. 👍 Nice stats. We're applying to 6 of the same schools. Yay med schools!

Really? I'm surprised we're only overlapping 6 schools. Oh wait, you're not applying to that many, right? ic...

Yup, you need that specialness. Like ksmi.

if only we could combine our powers into one super premed...

 

[BlueElmo]

I'm not special.

Good thing you know.

 

[zerial]

I found your WAMC thread. 👍 Nice stats. We're applying to 6 of the same schools. Yay med schools!

thanks, btw 🙂

 

[ksmi117]

Really? I'm surprised we're only overlapping 6 schools. Oh wait, you're not applying to that many, right? ic...

14. Our overlaps are Yale, WashU, Harvard, JHU, Baylor, and Penn

 

[0Complications]

thanks, btw 🙂

Dude... I don't get wtf you guys do for physical sciences. I hate that ****!!!! It's such a pain in my ass. If the exam was all verbal and BS, I would love it. I would even take some of the chemistry, but physics? Hell no!

 

[0Complications]

At any rate, I should go over my formulas again then go to bed... I've got another practice test tomorrow...

 

[Lukkie]

i wish the mcat was all vr LOL

 

[ksmi117]

Dude... I don't get wtf you guys do for physical sciences. I hate that ****!!!! It's such a pain in my ass. If the exam was all verbal and BS, I would love it. I would even take some of the chemistry, but physics? Hell no!

But it's mathy. That makes it cool.

 

[BlueElmo]

Dude... I don't get wtf you guys do for physical sciences. I hate that ****!!!! It's such a pain in my ass. If the exam was all verbal and BS, I would love it. I would even take some of the chemistry, but physics? Hell no!

Just keep practicing man. It will happen eventually.

 

[zerial]

Dude... I don't get wtf you guys do for physical sciences. I hate that ****!!!! It's such a pain in my ass. If the exam was all verbal and BS, I would love it. I would even take some of the chemistry, but physics? Hell no!

I was lucky to have a really intense physics department at my UG. I think being an engineer also really gave me an edge on the physical sciences, especially with calculus based physics. I think calculus is pretty fundamental to the understanding of the basic principles.

But probably everyone has an "advantage" on one of the sections because of their UG studies. Except maybe ksmi... dunno if being a math major would help on any of the sections 😛

 

[BlueElmo]

I was lucky to have a really intense physics department at my UG. I think being an engineer also really gave me an edge on the physical sciences, especially with calculus based physics. I think calculus is pretty fundamental to the understanding of the basic principles.

But probably everyone has an "advantage" on one of the sections because of their UG studies. Except maybe ksmi... dunno if being a math major would help on any of the sections 😛

Probably might help on PS.

 

[ksmi117]

I was lucky to have a really intense physics department at my UG. I think being an engineer also really gave me an edge on the physical sciences, especially with calculus based physics. I think calculus is pretty fundamental to the understanding of the basic principles.

But probably everyone has an "advantage" on one of the sections because of their UG studies. Except maybe ksmi... dunno if being a math major would help on any of the sections 😛

I think being a math major helped with my critical thinking skills. Upper level math's all about understanding why math works. I just applied that skill to what I read and stuff. Like I see bio classes as a lot of memorization, but math's like a lot of thinking. And according the AAMC math majors have the highest overall MCAT average... but there's probably a lot few math majors that actually take it.

 

[0Complications]

i wish the mcat was all vr LOL

Ha ha. I wish it were all BS... Oh wait!! It is!

But it's mathy. That makes it cool.

Bah... whatever.

Just keep practicing man. It will happen eventually.

Yeah, we'll see. I have like a bazillion formulas that I don't even know how to use... ha ha.

I was lucky to have a really intense physics department at my UG. I think being an engineer also really gave me an edge on the physical sciences, especially with calculus based physics. I think calculus is pretty fundamental to the understanding of the basic principles.

But probably everyone has an "advantage" on one of the sections because of their UG studies. Except maybe ksmi... dunno if being a math major would help on any of the sections 😛

Yeah, I bet it helped with PS, although she did better in BS...

Probably might help on PS.

Yeah, I agree.

 

[0Complications]

I think being a math major helped with my critical thinking skills. Upper level math's all about understanding why math works. I just applied that skill to what I read and stuff. Like I see bio classes as a lot of memorization, but math's like a lot of thinking. And according the AAMC math majors have the highest overall MCAT average... but there's probably a lot few math majors that actually take it.

How long did you actually study for it?

 

[MaryLennox]

hey you crazy 2014ers. Just got back from a week long road trip . . . one and a half weeks of waiting for my MCAT score down . . . three to go!!!!

i drove through many towns that i thought i wanted to apply to schools in . . . Cleveland, Rochester, Albany . . . i'm beginning to think all towns are the pretty much the same, some are just further away. i might cross a few of the furthest-away ones off my list, like Vermont . . . my trip gave me fresh perspective on how good Chicago really is. I could stay here. If I get in somewhere around here! 😀

 

[Lukkie]

hey look kissme got a mod upgrade

 

[zerial]

I think being a math major helped with my critical thinking skills. Upper level math's all about understanding why math works. I just applied that skill to what I read and stuff. Like I see bio classes as a lot of memorization, but math's like a lot of thinking. And according the AAMC math majors have the highest overall MCAT average... but there's probably a lot few math majors that actually take it.

well, plus, all the math majors i know are geniuses, so that would explain the high MCAT average. I think the majors I respect the most are English, Math, and Chemical Engineering.

 

[ksmi117]

How long did you actually study for it?

Passively for two months. Hardcore for 1.

hey you crazy 2014ers. Just got back from a week long road trip . . . one and a half weeks of waiting for my MCAT score down . . . three to go!!!!

i drove through many towns that i thought i wanted to apply to schools in . . . Cleveland, Rochester, Albany . . . i'm beginning to think all towns are the pretty much the same, some are just further away. i might cross a few of the furthest-away ones off my list, like Vermont . . . my trip gave me fresh perspective on how good Chicago really is. I could stay here. If I get in somewhere around here! 😀

Sounds like a fun trip!

 

[0Complications]

hey you crazy 2014ers. Just got back from a week long road trip . . . one and a half weeks of waiting for my MCAT score down . . . three to go!!!!

i drove through many towns that i thought i wanted to apply to schools in . . . Cleveland, Rochester, Albany . . . i'm beginning to think all towns are the pretty much the same, some are just further away. i might cross a few of the furthest-away ones off my list, like Vermont . . . my trip gave me fresh perspective on how good Chicago really is. I could stay here. If I get in somewhere around here! 😀

👍

 

[ksmi117]

hey look kissme got a mod upgrade

That I did. 🙂

 

[0Complications]

Passively for two months. Hardcore for 1.

Was that 2 + 1 = 3?


When you say hardcore, what exactly do you mean that? 4 hours a day? 5, 6?

 

[Lukkie]

Passively for two months. Hardcore for 1.

thats about what i did too. hardcore for me was 2-6 hours a day.

 

[zerial]

hey look kissme got a mod upgrade

does anyone else wonder why the symbol for mods is a first aid kit? is it like applying first aid every time you warn someone for posting dirty pics of megan fox?

 

[BlueElmo]

3 months should be fine.

 

[0Complications]

Hmmm, can you guys tell that I'm starting to get a little stressed now that the clock is about to click over to July and I'm still finishing content review!!!

 

[BlueElmo]

Hmmm, can you guys tell that I'm starting to get a little stressed now that the clock is about to click over to July and I'm still finishing content review!!!

relax dude. You'll be fine.

 

[0Complications]

3 months should be fine.

Ha ha. We'll, I'm at about 1.5... Or will be when I take the exam. I have had the books with me for ages, but never opened them... And of that 1.5 about .6 is hardcore... The other .9, was well, how do I say "distracted studying..."

 

[Lukkie]

just take the AAMC practice exams they are a good predictor

 

[BlueElmo]

just take the aamc practice exams they are a good predictor

+1.

 

[ksmi117]

Was that 2 + 1 = 3?


When you say hardcore, what exactly do you mean that? 4 hours a day? 5, 6?

3 or 4 I guess. Never like a whole whole lot. I was on vacation for part of that month and then it was Christmas and New Years and LSU bowl game and things like that. I was still pretty busy

Hmmm, can you guys tell that I'm starting to get a little stressed now that the clock is about to click over to July and I'm still finishing content review!!!

You'll be fine. I started practice testing like with 3 weeks left I think. Before that was all content stuff.

 

[zerial]

Hmmm, can you guys tell that I'm starting to get a little stressed now that the clock is about to click over to July and I'm still finishing content review!!!

think about every physics formula in terms of units. if you get to know the units really well, you won't need to memorize the formulas.

a kg-meter/sec^2 is a newton, right? so F=ma. the long kinetics formula? left side is meters so every term on the right side has to be meters, x=x+vt+.5at^2. <-- i don't have that memorized, i just thought about the units and figured it out

 

[0Complications]

just take the AAMC practice exams they are a good predictor

+1.

3 or 4 I guess. Never like a whole whole lot. I was on vacation for part of that month and then it was Christmas and New Years and LSU bowl game and things like that. I was still pretty busy



You'll be fine. I started practice testing like with 3 weeks left I think. Before that was all content stuff.

Well, we'll see tomorrow. I'm going to take AAMC 6 tomorrow AM...

 

[BlueElmo]

Well, we'll see tomorrow. I'm going to take AAMC 6 tomorrow AM...

dude get off here and go and study!!! Stop letting SDN and us take you away from your studying man.

Personally, I would get off here and not come back until your test is over on July 18th.

 

[0Complications]

think about every physics formula in terms of units. if you get to know the units really well, you won't need to memorize the formulas.

a kg-meter/sec^2 is a newton, right? so F=ma. the long kinetics formula? left side is meters so every term on the right side has to be meters, x=x+vt+.5at^2. <-- i don't have that memorized, i just thought about the units and figured it out

That's pretty impressive.


Although, I think it's actually x=xt + .5at^2

 

[0Complications]

dude get off here and go and study!!! Stop letting SDN and us take you away from your studying man.

Personally, I would get off here and not come back until your test is over on July 18th.

Yeah, that's not a bad idea. It's July 17th...

 

[Lukkie]

think about every physics formula in terms of units. if you get to know the units really well, you won't need to memorize the formulas.

a kg-meter/sec^2 is a newton, right? so F=ma. the long kinetics formula? left side is meters so every term on the right side has to be meters, x=x+vt+.5at^2. <-- i don't have that memorized, i just thought about the units and figured it out

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS FTW
i mean it. but since mcat is timed its better to just memorize and plug/chug imo.

 

[BlueElmo]

Yeah, that's not a bad idea. It's July 17th...

You get my drift.

 

[ksmi117]

That's pretty impressive.


Although, I think it's actually x=xt + .5at^2

zerial was right. it's vt since velo.*time gives you a distance.

Edit: but the x on the right should be an x0.

 

[zerial]

dude get off here and go and study!!! Stop letting SDN and us take you away from your studying man.

Personally, I would get off here and not come back until your test is over on July 18th.

we say that, yet we do the same thing in terms of our secondaries 😀

 

[0Complications]

zerial was right. it's vt since velo.*time gives you a distance.

Show 'nuff! He just threw me off when he added the x + vt...


Sigh, I hate this ****! Formulas are the bane of my existence.

 

[BlueElmo]

we say that, yet we do the same thing in terms of our secondaries 😀

MCAT and secondaries aren't the same. I mean, up to this point in our life, MCAT would be the biggest and the most important exam we will have taken.

 

[zerial]

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS FTW
i mean it. but since mcat is timed its better to just memorize and plug/chug imo.

i don't remember, did the MCAT try to pull stupid crap with units on us where we'd have to convert? cuz if so, then memorization isn't good enough

 

[0Complications]

i don't remember, did the MCAT try to pull stupid crap with units on us where we'd have to convert? cuz if so, then memorization isn't good enough

It's the best I can do on my time crunch. It's going to have to work.

 

[0Complications]

Ok, I'm officially taking Blue's advice. I'm out until the 17th!


Don't miss me too much!