lol, it's a high of 14 here, real feel is -1. Woke up bright and early to snowblow/shovel the 6 inches of snow coating my driveway.
The worst thing about being at home is the ridiculously slow internet connection
That sounds horrible. It's like 45 degrees here and I can barely take it
... How do you guys do it?
Indeed. There's a reason they say to keep your "spirits" up. (We all know its talking about vodka)
Lol. That's crazy... What if you don't drink? lol
If you don't drink, that'd better be a heated blanket.
Nope it definitely helps. I have done well on my practice exams but I never know how I'm going to do on PS. For me, bio and verbal are the easiest but I'm too inconsistent on PS. I have mainly used EK and TBR. TBR helped alot, however I have not seen that much of an improvement in the last month or so. I just picked up some of Princeton Review stuff so I thought I'd give it a shot. Thanks for the tips though.If you don't drink, that'd better be a heated blanket.
As for MCAT stuff: I used the SN2ed. I was doing a lot of stuff when I studied, so I fell behind schedule by like day 3 (I think officially I only ever made it to day 46/98). I had to change my gameplan to attack weakest areas stopped being able to keep up with the chapters.
I did well in the TBR passages, and did a lot of EK 1001 questions (maybe did 250-400 in total). Otherwise, the math tips in TBR helped for gen chem/physics; I don't think I used all of them, but I remembered a lot. #1 rule for physics is learn all the equations. You don't need to know diddly-squat about half the types of problems if you can just use the units to figure out the answer. I didn't take physics 3 (quarter system) until after I took the MCAT so I had to self-study fluids, pressure, SHM, and optics....all equations.
Recognize the high-yield topics in each of the subjects, there is always, ALWAYS, a question (or few, or even a whole passage) about translational/rotational motion, optics, energy, and waves/harmonics for physics. And there is ALWAYS a question (or few, or even a whole passage) about electrochem, chemical equilibrium, periodic table/trends, acid/base. Mastering the real basic chemical principles can help you rationalize anything you don't remember (things like electronegativity).
Otherwise, I think PS is easiest because it's a 'practice makes perfect' type of section. I had the privilege of a chemistry major behind me with plenty of practice.
Hope that helps? I can clarify if it doesn't. I feel like it's not really all that much useful info
I didn't see any improvements until I started on AAMC practice tests. I would consistently score 70-80% on the TBR practices for each section (even when I went back for the last 1/3rds of the sections); but solid review of my first few AAMCs started the upward trend in all sections. If I had more time, I wish I would have gotten the self-assessments, AAMC content was by far the most helpful to review from.
Liar. Your bf told me you love alcohol and drink 3 shots every evening.
3 shots of orange juice, right?Liar. Your bf told me you love alcohol and drink 3 shots every evening.
Celebrate with a New Year's Resolution to procrastinate less...next year! 😀
maybe
lol jk 😏
Haha I'll take you up on it once it's got some more work on 🙂
You guys take that specialty quiz on here yet? I actually tried it yesterday.
Thoracic Surgery - 92%😍
Hematology - 92%
Nephrology - 92%
Radiology -Radiation Oncology - 90% @sunflower18 Watch out
General Surgery - 88% 🙂
OB - 88%
Plastics - 85%
You guys take that specialty quiz on here yet? I actually tried it yesterday.
Thoracic Surgery - 92%😍
Hematology - 92%
Nephrology - 92%
Radiology -Radiation Oncology - 90% @sunflower18 Watch out
General Surgery - 88% 🙂
OB - 88%
Plastics - 85%
Yea I took it for a spin:You guys take that specialty quiz on here yet? I actually tried it yesterday.
Thoracic Surgery - 92%😍
Hematology - 92%
Nephrology - 92%
Radiology -Radiation Oncology - 90% @sunflower18 Watch out
General Surgery - 88% 🙂
OB - 88%
Plastics - 85%
My guess is the 0/10 didn't work out lol
Just a thought, since I don't know quite how AMCAS works yet. You write one generic PS for the whole app right? It's not like college PS where you try to include a few lines of why you think you are a good fit at X school because those are asked in the secondaries?
Also wondering this. Though O and A have piqued my interest lately.
I saw a baby delivered... haven't been the same since... lol
I saw a baby delivered... haven't been the same since... lol
In all honesty, it wasn't that bad just not interested in it. Although nothing was as boring as the time I shadowed an endocrinologist
Ah I see. Radiology seems lonely 🙁
Yea that's something I am also interested in. Namely sports med. The idealist in me wants to pursue ortho, but realistically I know it's a hella competitive residency. So I've been looking into physiatrics (PM&R), gen surg, and my pre-med interest in surgery makes me think aneesthesiology could be really cool even if you aren't doing the surgery itself.
