First Practice MCAT!

[LadyYahya]

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Im a Freshmen in college and I took my first practice MCAT ever and I got a 13. Im kind of scared that I wont be able to increase my score by enough points by the time I take the real MCAT. I heard that the MCAT really tries to test critical thinking skills, what can I do to become a more critical thinker?
Please and thanks you! 😍

 

[moneytree]

Im a Freshmen in college and I took my first practice MCAT ever and I got a 13. Im kind of scared that I wont be able to increase my score by enough points by the time I take the real MCAT. I heard that the MCAT really tries to test critical thinking skills, what can I do to become a more critical thinker?
Please and thanks you! 😍

You're a freshman, so you haven't even covered the subjects tested on the MCAT yet. Also, there's an MCAT specific forum.

 

[LadyYahya]

You're a freshman, so you haven't even covered the subjects tested on the MCAT yet. Also, there's an MCAT specific forum.

sorry didnt realize there was! my bad! and thanks 🙂

 

[Eiot]

You're a freshman, so you haven't even covered the subjects tested on the MCAT yet.

👍

 

[BABSstudent]

Wow, you got a 13 despite not taking any of the required classes for the MCAT? I am actually surprised you scored so high. I would have predicted a 10 or so.

Wait until you take ochem, both semesters of physics, gen chem and at least a physiology course before you take another one. You are just wasting a very precious source.

 

[MedPR]

You're a freshman, so you haven't even covered the subjects tested on the MCAT yet. Also, there's an MCAT specific forum.

This. Plus, the practice MCAT you just took is completely different than the one you will take in 2015.

 

[BigBlueBear]

This. Plus, the practice MCAT you just took is completely different than the one you will take in 2015.

+1

The current diagnostics are pretty worthless for youngins like you.

 

[ClemsonFirst]

To sum up all the other posts, you took a practice MCAT without college level Chemistry, Biology, Organic Chemistry, or Physics and scored a 13 (probably from verbal score and maybe some AP class or other material). That's not that bad, so you should be all right on this MCAT after the classes.

However, in 2015 they are revising the MCAT to include biochemistry, psychology, sociology and maybe some other social sciences, so the four core classes that have been on past MCATs and the MCAT you took will not be the only things you need to master. Don't worry about MCAT scores now. Just focus on ECs, leadership, and GPA. You will have plenty of time to stress over the MCAT later.

 

[Stumpyman]

Well, to be blunt, you just wasted ~4 hours of your life, and another 5 minutes making a thread about wasting 4 hours of your life.

Work on your classes and ECs, worry about the MCAT when you've done the pre reqs (or have sufficient knowledge).
Also, the MCAT you're taking is changing big time so, again, you wasted 4 hours of your life.

 

[CDTcorp]

Well, to be blunt, you just wasted ~4 hours of your life, and another 5 minutes making a thread about wasting 4 hours of your life.

Work on your classes and ECs, worry about the MCAT when you've done the pre reqs (or have sufficient knowledge).
Also, the MCAT you're taking is changing big time so, again, you wasted 4 hours of your life.

+1


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[487806]

This. Plus, the practice MCAT you just took is completely different than the one you will take in 2015.

👍

By the way OP, are you still taking those intro to psych courses in your senior year? You never replied to my post. 🙁

 

[PassThatMcat]

Im a Freshmen in college and I took my first practice MCAT ever and I got a 13. Im kind of scared that I wont be able to increase my score by enough points by the time I take the real MCAT. I heard that the MCAT really tries to test critical thinking skills, what can I do to become a more critical thinker?
Please and thanks you! 😍

It is good that you are eager and driven about becoming a medical student, but you need to take it down a bit. All the courses minus VR you have not taken yet, so there is no way with as difficult and dense the MCAT is that you'll profit from taking it this early (for example most of us who are junior or seniors will review out practice test and understand why we got the question wrong after we read the explaination, well at least most of the time). Having said that and as others have said, focus on your coursework, EC's, and have fun in your freshmen year. It only gets more time consuming and harder as college progresses; you are going to be taking upper level bio courses, princeton review mcat prep, research, scrambling to get LOR's from professors, application stuff in a couple years. Save all this positive energy for then. As for now, you are probably 18 or 19 year old I am assuming, so just enjoy being young because I would go back in a heart beat. However, I wouldn't change a thing. Also, as mentioned, the MCAT exam is changing in 2015, so just chill out and enjoy the young college life.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Moving thread.

 

[maybemed2013]

I would read newspapers articles that could help with verbal.