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if it were made of cheese, would you eat the moon?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haAhdtDmsOw[/YOUTUBE]

AND with the goldblum tie-in. clutch
 
anyone else love attention grabbers in there PS/secondaries? I think I love them too much
 
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of course, this also applies to the section on refrigerators and Carnot engines I just read.
 
phnerd1105 said:
of course, this also applies to the section on refrigerators and Carnot engines I just read.
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psssht, put the books down. any physical principles you need to know can probably be figured out right there in the test center. you got your circuits, your gravity... DON'T STUDY THE SCIENCE - LIVE IT
 
BHaus9 said:
psssht, put the books down. any physical principles you need to know can probably be figured out right there in the test center. you got your circuits, your gravity... DON'T STUDY THE SCIENCE - LIVE IT
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Science is all around you. LISTEN TO IT. IT SPEAKS TO ME.
 
blizzah said:
BOOM HEADSHOT


Note: Finished my first two secondaries today (JMC n Mayo)

SLU, Dartmouth and GWU. You guys are next. As soon as I get a nice photo taken 😀
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Look, in the interest of minimizing competition, just go ahead and not apply to SLU or Dartmouth, mmk?
 
Whatyousay said:
If you just put it there as an attention grabber, I wouldn't include it.

If you can tie it back into your PS, then go ahead.
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well yeah obviously, my point is I love starting essays with the story then weaving it back in the writing to my main point 😎
 
YouNeverKnow22 said:
that's what she said
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Too slow!

The problem I found with including stories is that they eat up your character limit like crazy since you have to establish context and that sort of nonsense...but if it works, it works.
 
Whatyousay said:
Too slow!

The problem I found with including stories is that they eat up your character limit like crazy since you have to establish context and that sort of nonsense...but if it works, it works.
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yeah we'll see
 
Whatyousay said:
Too slow!

The problem I found with including stories is that they eat up your character limit like crazy since you have to establish context and that sort of nonsense...but if it works, it works.
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yeah, but i feel like exemplifying your characteristics through anecdotal evidence is better than making a laundry list.

trade PS's someday?
 
phnerd1105 said:
A friend had a refrigerator passage on her test a while ago...made me paranoid.
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I had an E&M passage the first time I took the MCAT.
Didn't care, didn't study it the second time around.

Had another E&M passage the second time around.
Didn't know the answers ... would probably still miss it if it came up again 👍

I don't know how this ties in to you, but let's talk about me for a while.
 
YouNeverKnow22 said:
yeah we'll see
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One good thing about weaving a narrative in your PS is that it keeps you from simply restating stuff that's on your application anyways. I personally like the idea ... the execution is just annoying.
 
Whatyousay said:
One good thing about weaving a narrative in your PS is that it keeps you from simply restating stuff that's on your application anyways. I personally like the idea ... the execution is just annoying.
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yeah what I meant by my initial post is I personally have always done that and didn't know if others did or not
 
Whatyousay said:
I had an E&M passage the first time I took the MCAT.
Didn't care, didn't study it the second time around.

Had another E&M passage the second time around.
Didn't know the answers ... would probably still miss it if it came up again 👍

I don't know how this ties in to you, but let's talk about me for a while.
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and you still pulled the scores you did. You're ridiculous. Or a good guesser.
 
phnerd1105 said:
and you still pulled the scores you did. You're ridiculous. Or a good guesser.
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honestly I feel the MCAT is way more reasoning the knowledge, the material isn't bad it's just reasoning through questions + added pressure
 
Whatyousay said:
One good thing about weaving a narrative in your PS is that it keeps you from simply restating stuff that's on your application anyways. I personally like the idea ... the execution is just annoying.
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Yeah I did this.

Previous applicants said it read too story-like, current physicians and former ad comm members liked it since it wasn't the same old same old. Opinions an the whole gamut.

You can't please everyone I guess. Try to make sure it's your own though, since you know, you are going to med school.
 
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