Highest Practice Score

[SeminoleFan3]

What's been your highest practice score on a full-length test thus far?
Less than 24
24-27
28-31
32-35
Higher than 35

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[Sam212]

No shame! I would be content with a 26/27 on the real deal.

Anything 27+, I'll be esctatic. I guess most of the posters here are pre-med gods. I am just your regular joe. I do hope that there's a space for me in medical school though.

 

[oxeye]

I just scored a 39 on AAMC 7!! 13PS, 12VR, 14BS. I was one question away from a 13 in VR (not sure how the score happened - I guessed really well on one of the passages apparently). That would have given me a 40. 😱

 

[gujuDoc]

Honestly I do NOT believe there are that many people who can get above 35 on the tests as it appears in this thread! Come on if getting 35 is that easy, it will not be 35 anymore and it will be 25!

You have to take things into perspective. Take the percent of people who received a 35 and multiply it by 30,000. That should give you a better idea that there are at least a few hundred people. That is small compared to the overall sample size. but it is definitely a lot greater number then the number of people posting on SDN. SDN barely represents the total population of test takers. Keep that in mind.

 

[Anastasis]

I just scored a 39 on AAMC 7!! 13PS, 12VR, 14BS. I was one question away from a 13 in VR (not sure how the score happened - I guessed really well on one of the passages apparently). That would have given me a 40. 😱

You're so going to break 40 and I'm going to able to say I knew you when.

 

[oxeye]

You're so going to break 40 and I'm going to able to say I knew you when.

Haha, thanks Anastasis. I'm not so sure of that myself, but I don't think it's completely impossible anymore like when my husband was joking about it back when I first started studying. I think it's going to come down to what topics I get on the actual test.

Your scores have been pretty awesome too. I wouldn't be that surprised if you broke 40!

 

[MasterMD]

36+ is 98th-99th percentile on the MCAT.

Think about it.

actually... 36+ is the 96-97th percentile line.. according to the scale in the back of AAMC test 9 🙂

39 on 6R and 9 ... but i think taking it at home is really inaccurate..with nerves added in i think i did more like a 34-35

 

[Anastasis]

actually... 36+ is the 96-97th percentile line.. according to the scale in the back of AAMC test 9 🙂

39 on 6R and 9 ... but i think taking it at home is really inaccurate..with nerves added in i think i did more like a 34-35

Hey you never know! Nerves might work both ways, they might stop some stupid mistakes as well.

 

[MasterMD]

i hope so!!!! im soooooo nervous... i feel like im done studying and i look at the material over and over with a "duh, i know that" expressionon my face... but my stomach keeps turning over and over and i have nightmares that the test will be totally different than all the AAMCs ive done.... 😱

 

[oxeye]

i hope so!!!! im soooooo nervous... i feel like im done studying and i look at the material over and over with a "duh, i know that" expressionon my face... but my stomach keeps turning over and over and i have nightmares that the test will be totally different than all the AAMCs ive done.... 😱

Yeah, I'm getting that stomach turning over sensation everytime I think about the test now (which is way more often than I care to say!) I tend to make less careless mistakes during a real testing situation, so I'm hoping these nerves will help me out a bit during the real thing. I also tend to be more focused and can think faster so that should help with timing on VR.

Hopefully it'll work the same for you. It sounds like you have the potential to break 40 as well! Good luck!

 

[gujuDoc]

actually... 36+ is the 96-97th percentile line.. according to the scale in the back of AAMC test 9 🙂

39 on 6R and 9 ... but i think taking it at home is really inaccurate..with nerves added in i think i did more like a 34-35

I just looked at your profile and wanted to say that the rest of yoru profile is solid. If you do get a 33+ on the real deal, you'll have no trouble getting in somewhere. So my question is this.....

Why SO MANY SCHOOLS????????????????????????????? Before you click submit on the application in June, I'd wait for your scores since you are taking it early enough that your application won't be late by waiting. Then I'd consider looking through a new copy of the MSAR or this past years copy and see which schools you really really want to apply to. Just saying this cuz its a lot of money down the drain, unless those are all schools you really think you'd love to go to.

 

[oxeye]

MasterMD, I just checked out your mdapplicants link too. I'm a CAL alum. 🙂 I loved it there and wish I could afford to move back!

 

[Mr. Tee]

Why SO MANY SCHOOLS????????????????????????????? Before you click submit on the application in June, I'd wait for your scores since you are taking it early enough that your application won't be late by waiting.

Those are just schools she's thinking about, to be filtered after she gets her MCAT score (at least that's what it says on her profile).

 

[MasterMD]

Those are just schools she's thinking about, to be filtered after she gets her MCAT score (at least that's what it says on her profile).

yep 😀

 

[MasterMD]

MasterMD, I just checked out your mdapplicants link too. I'm a CAL alum. 🙂 I loved it there and wish I could afford to move back!

haha i love Cal... minus the Cal part.... its fun to walk around campus with no classes.... its the classes that ruin the experience....

 

[Mr. Tee]

haha i love Cal... minus the Cal part.... its fun to walk around campus with no classes.... its the classes that ruin the experience....

I love Cal too....I'd like to get into a UC damn OOS, lol

 

[DougFlutie]

I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are 37 people on this board who are scoring in the 98th percentile. There should be a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution (and yes, I know it's been said before).

 

[poppytart]

I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are 37 people on this board who are scoring in the 98th percentile. There should be a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution (and yes, I know it's been said before).

Yes, I am proud to belong to that bulge you speak of...well, the higher end of the bulge but still in that range nonetheless! 🙂

 

[americanpierg]

Yes, I am proud to belong to that bulge you speak of...well, the higher end of the bulge but still in that range nonetheless! 🙂

i scored a perfect 45 once, sure i cheated, but its only cheating if ur caught, and no one checks the practice tests that you take alone...unless u count me catching myself cheating...but u cant cuz im me...but yet im NOT me when im doing the catching compared to the cheating...but then is the true me the cheater or the catcher of the cheater...but if im one, then who is the other...therefore i have to be both the cheater and the catcher...but how can i be both...unless they are two of one...a cheating catcher...but then how do u trust the word of such a catcher who is also a cheater...so therefore am i really cheating??

 

[sweetstuff25]

i scored a perfect 45 once, sure i cheated, but its only cheating if ur caught, and no one checks the practice tests that you take alone...unless u count me catching myself cheating...but u cant cuz im me...but yet im NOT me when im doing the catching compared to the cheating...but then is the true me the cheater or the catcher of the cheater...but if im one, then who is the other...therefore i have to be both the cheater and the catcher...but how can i be both...unless they are two of one...a cheating catcher...but then how do u trust the word of such a catcher who is also a cheater...so therefore am i really cheating??

i lost you at cheated.

 

[oxeye]

I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are 37 people on this board who are scoring in the 98th percentile. There should be a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution (and yes, I know it's been said before).

This has been said before but I will say it again - there are posters here who obviously don't understand the concept of a non-representative sample space. Trust me on this one - my degree is in statistics and I've worked in the field. You would expect to see a big bulge around 24-27 if SDN were a representative sample, but it absolutely is not! SDN is much more likely to have people who score high visiting, and definitely more likely to have people who score high posting their scores.

This reminds me of an example my professor gave on the first day of my sampling surveys class. A group of researchers set out to determine the percentage of people who are pregnant in the population. They took a sample and 100% of their responders were pregnant! What went wrong? They took their sample from a pregnancy clinic - stupid on the reserachers part but I think it gets the idea of a non-representative sample across.

I don't know why this concept is so hard for certain people to grasp - especially considering you want to be physicians!! I don't believe that everyone is being honest about their scores because that would be naive, but I also did not expect to see a normal distribution to this poll when it was first started.

Of course, you won't believe me anyway because I'm one of those people scoring in the 35+ range, so I must be lying about it ... 🙄

 

[oxeye]

haha i love Cal... minus the Cal part.... its fun to walk around campus with no classes.... its the classes that ruin the experience....

I felt that way about some of the classes, but I enjoyed the experience for the most part. I wish I could go back and I really wish I could go to one of the UC medical schools, but that just isn't meant to be.

 

[gujuDoc]

yep 😀

Ok. That makes more sense.

 

[gujuDoc]

I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are 37 people on this board who are scoring in the 98th percentile. There should be a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution (and yes, I know it's been said before).

Let me explain this again. I'm sure I posted this somewhere last night, but I'll say it again.......

There are nearly 60,000 people who take the test each year across two test administrations. On average that's almost 30,000 students per administration.

If you take the percentage of people getting a 35, that is still a few hundred people of the total test taking populus.

SDN does not have 30,000 students who are all taking the test this semester on here. Several of my own friends, for example, don't post on here at all.

So let's recap:
Those who post on SDN are confident and NON-REPRESENTATIVE of the total test taking population. They are people scoring in the top and hence more likely to say what they got on their scores.

Most of the time anyways.

Think about it, if you were taking a class who would you hear talking about what they received the most??? The high scorers or the low scorers??? I say the high scorers are more likely to tell what they got.

 

[gujuDoc]

P.S. I may sound bitchy in the post above but this is just getting irritating. It should be quite obvious to anyone that this is not the most representative sample of people out there, but people still don't get it through their heads and I'm getting tired of seeing people making false accusations against others integrity.

 

[MediMama23]

P.S. I may sound bitchy in the post above but this is just getting irritating. It should be quite obvious to anyone that this is not the most representative sample of people out there, but people still don't get it through their heads and I'm getting tired of seeing people making false accusations against others integrity.

👍 Right on!!! Hate it or love it, what you see is what you see, but it's not all that is out there. Pay attention when people say, "Take it with a grain of salt," and learn to THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. Else these numbers may not be the only thing you have trouble with later on down the line.

 

[xanthomondo]

If it makes anyone feel better i can't break a 7 on the verbal through five different practice AAMC tests

anyone take the real test? how do the practice test scores compare to the real one

 

[americanpierg]

If it makes anyone feel better i can't break a 7 on the verbal through five different practice AAMC tests

anyone take the real test? how do the practice test scores compare to the real one

thanx, that made me feel a lot better, i think u might have just made my day, and its only 1pm...new record

 

[Ugly Boy]

Of course, you won't believe me anyway because I'm one of those people scoring in the 35+ range, so I must be lying about it ... 🙄

You must be very proud of your practice scores, aren't ya?

 

[MasterMD]

P.S. I may sound bitchy in the post above but this is just getting irritating. It should be quite obvious to anyone that this is not the most representative sample of people out there, but people still don't get it through their heads and I'm getting tired of seeing people making false accusations against others integrity.

yeah it really is getting annoying.... ive been SDNing long before i was registered..... people need to get over it, really.... 🙄

 

[DougFlutie]

P.S. I may sound bitchy in the post above but this is just getting irritating. It should be quite obvious to anyone that this is not the most representative sample of people out there, but people still don't get it through their heads and I'm getting tired of seeing people making false accusations against others integrity.

Yeah, you sound really bitchy.

You people all need to calm down. I'm sure everyone's agitated because we're less than 2 weeks away, but I think I STATED VERY PLAINLY THAT "IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE". Why was I restating it? Because it was late, it was the first time I had actually looked at the results of this poll, and despite the fact that I realize that there's a sample size issue, I still wanted to post.

I don't see why people need to inform me that I'll be a crappy, ignorant, mistrustful doctor who doesn't understand what sample size means.

Maybe if people were more comfortable posting their scores, they're would be a better distribution, but comments like the one you just made only contribute to a hostilte environment.

Again, why am I being assaulted by multiple posters for making a comment that was not implicating anyone?

 

[DougFlutie]

Else these numbers may not be the only thing you have trouble with later on down the line.

Edit: Didn't even see this gem of a post.

I'm well aware of the bias SDN has towards more dedicated, driven students. As of last night, I'm finally one of the people polling in that 35+ bracket, but that doesn't mean I'm still not awed by the fact that so many bright individuals are all congregating on one website to report such high scoring. That I explicitly stated that I understand the situation, and that I still "can't believe it" wasn't posted at anyone's detriment, I just still feel it to be a uniquely interesting dynamic.

Maybe, though, I should just give up medicine and just start whoring myself out. Maybe I'll have less "trouble with things down the line" there. I'll just let my pimp deal with sample sizes.

/soapbox

 

[gujuDoc]

Yeah, you sound really bitchy.

You people all need to calm down. I'm sure everyone's agitated because we're less than 2 weeks away, but I think I STATED VERY PLAINLY THAT "IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE". Why was I restating it? Because it was late, it was the first time I had actually looked at the results of this poll, and despite the fact that I realize that there's a sample size issue, I still wanted to post.

I don't see why people need to inform me that I'll be a crappy, ignorant, mistrustful doctor who doesn't understand what sample size means.

Maybe if people were more comfortable posting their scores, they're would be a better distribution, but comments like the one you just made only contribute to a hostilte environment.

Again, why am I being assaulted by multiple posters for making a comment that was not implicating anyone?

Because there's at least one posting every other day about this very issue.

 

[DougFlutie]

Because there's at least one posting every other day about this very issue.

I don't follow posting habits of SDN members, nor do I have the time to examine every thread in this forum. I'm sorry it bothers you so much, but perhaps next time you could just ignore it instead of launch into a tirade against an innocent, goodlooking party (me).

I think it's best if I just stop coming to this forum anyway, it's not exactly helping my state of mind prior to the exam. I should go focus and stop ranting in rebuttals.

 

[oxeye]

P.S. I may sound bitchy in the post above but this is just getting irritating. It should be quite obvious to anyone that this is not the most representative sample of people out there, but people still don't get it through their heads and I'm getting tired of seeing people making false accusations against others integrity.

Thank you gujuDoc! This is frankly getting on my nerves too. Fine - if you don't believe someone's post, don't believe it but quit making accusations that the high scorers here are liars.

I'm even more concerned that so many posters here can't understand the simple concept of a non-representative sample. 😕 I guess I just expected more.

 

[oxeye]

You must be very proud of your practice scores, aren't ya?

What do you expect me to say? That I'm disappointed in myself that I haven't broken 40 on a practice test yet? Of course not! Heck, yeah I'm proud of the scores I am getting. I have frankly worked my $&# off studying for this exam and it is paying off.

I only mentioned the fact that I'm one of those 35+ people in the poll to sarcastically add a note to my post explaining the non-normal distribution of the scores to this poll. Don't even bother reading my post and think "oh yeah, this person has a degree in statistics and actually knows what she is talking about" because I'm automatically a liar since I'm doing well on the practice tests.

 

[Mr. Tee]

Don't even worry about 'em oxeye, see you at Harvard 😎

 

[oxeye]

... it was the first time I had actually looked at the results of this poll, and despite the fact that I realize that there's a sample size issue, I still wanted to post.

Except it isn't really a sample size issue - it's a representation issue. If we had a representative sample here, we would see a more "normal" distribution. It wouldn't be perfect, but it definitely wouldn't look the way that it does now.

I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are 37 people on this board who are scoring in the 98th percentile. There should be a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution (and yes, I know it's been said before).

And going back to your original post (which is quoted above) - if you thought there was a sample size issue and that we shouldn't see a normal distribution, why did you find it "incredibly hard to believe" the fact that there are so many high scorers answering the poll and think that there should be "a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution"? If you knew before you posted that it shouldn't be a normal distribution, you never would have made those comments.

Though this does lead me to any interesting thought - I wonder what the actual distribution of scores of SDN posters/lurkers is. This is kind of a silly poll here if you expected to see a representative sample - we would already know what that distribution would look like - it would have to be normal because that is how the MCAT is scored! I would guess if we could do a good sample of SDN posters/lurkers, we would find the MCAT score disctribution *here* to be very skewed to the right.

 

[oxeye]

Don't even worry about 'em oxeye, see you at Harvard 😎

LOL - thanks Teerawit. 😉 I won't even be applying to any top 10 (or even top 50, LOL) schools, though. I'm EDP with my state school all the way. It would be career suicide for my husband to leave his business here and I'm not about to attempt medical school in a new state without my husband around to help with the kids!

You'll kick-ass at Harvard, though! I have no doubt.

 

[DougFlutie]

Except it isn't really a sample size issue - it's a representation issue. If we had a representative sample here, we would see a more "normal" distribution. It wouldn't be perfect, but it definitely wouldn't look the way that it does now.

I think we both agree on that, that's not what I'm actually taking issue with.

And going back to your original post (which is quoted above) - if you thought there was a sample size issue and that we shouldn't see a normal distribution, why did you find it "incredibly hard to believe" the fact that there are so many high scorers answering the poll and think that there should be "a nice fat bulge around the 24-27 range if this is even close to a normal distribution"? If you knew before you posted that it shouldn't be a normal distribution, you never would have made those comments.

I understand what you're saying here, but I was just expressing my thoughts, which were kind of along the lines of what you said here:

I wonder what the actual distribution of scores of SDN posters/lurkers is. This is kind of a silly poll here if you expected to see a representative sample - we would already know what that distribution would look like - it would have to be normal because that is how the MCAT is scored! I would guess if we could do a good sample of SDN posters/lurkers, we would find the MCAT score disctribution *here* to be very skewed to the right.

I have no problem accepting that the posters here are hitting their mark. I think the problem lies in the amount of lurkers- people just swinging by, deciding to hit the highest notch on the poll, and leaving. I think if polls were public, we'd get a distribution that is more normal than the one we're getting now (that is, slightly to the left of what's tabulated now). Of course, only if people wouldn't be embarassed to post "24 and below" scores, which as history shows, they probably would. Which, in turn, makes any type of polling nearly impossible on this forum.

The point is that I wasn't accusing any posters here of being dishonest, I guess I'm just suprised (even in the face of statistics that clearly state otherwise), that so many gifted students hang around these parts.

The only thing I take issue with is being driven out of the village with pitchforks after I made the comment. It's flare-ups like these that give pre-meds the label of being high-strung and neurotic.

I know everyone's wound up tight these days, but I don't see why I had to be insulted by multiple posters for a comment I made that I didn't feel was insulting to anyone.

 

[MasterMD]

LOL - thanks Teerawit. 😉 I won't even be applying to any top 10 (or even top 50, LOL) schools, though. I'm EDP with my state school all the way. It would be career suicide for my husband to leave his business here and I'm not about to attempt medical school in a new state without my husband around to help with the kids!

You'll kick-ass at Harvard, though! I have no doubt.

haha harvard would be dream come true... not because of the school even... hey boston university would be too... because boston is such a great city... 🙂 but really just want to stay in CA... aurgh why are CA schools so hardddd.....

and i guess i agree.... that as much as we all who complain and say that people should just ignore the "unrealistic" high scores and move on.... everyone who is complaining (myself included) should ignore that which frustrates us and move on....

 

[oxeye]

The point is that I wasn't accusing any posters here of being dishonest, I guess I'm just suprised (even in the face of statistics that clearly state otherwise), that so many gifted students hang around these parts.

The only thing I take issue with is being driven out of the village with pitchforks after I made the comment. It's flare-ups like these that give pre-meds the label of being high-strung and neurotic.

I know everyone's wound up tight these days, but I don't see why I had to be insulted by multiple posters for a comment I made that I didn't feel was insulting to anyone.

Okay, I see your logic with your original post now. Thanks for clearing that up. I think most of us just really misinterpreted you. Add that to the fact that it is very common here for there to be snide remarks regarding the high scores and their legitimacy, and I think a lot of us were put on the defensive. I apologize for that.

If I insulted you, I also apologize. It just gets old when I start to feel like I can't post my scores on this board or that I should even lie and make them lower so they are more believable. I started out a little irritated about this in general so unfortunately didn't give you the benefit of the doubt with your post.

Good luck to you on the test.

 

[Mr. Tee]

haha harvard would be dream come true... not because of the school even... hey boston university would be too... because boston is such a great city... 🙂 but really just want to stay in CA... aurgh why are CA schools so hardddd.....

Forget Harvard....UCs are better, hehe 👍 Too bad for OOS people.... 👎

 

[oxeye]

haha harvard would be dream come true... not because of the school even... hey boston university would be too... because boston is such a great city... 🙂 but really just want to stay in CA... aurgh why are CA schools so hardddd.....

and i guess i agree.... that as much as we all who complain and say that people should just ignore the "unrealistic" high scores and move on.... everyone who is complaining (myself included) should ignore that which frustrates us and move on....

You seem like a pretty competitive applicant for for the UC system if you do as well on the real MCAT as you are doing on your practice tests. I bet there's a good chance you would be able to stay in CA if that's what you want.

UCSF would be my #1 choice if I could relocate but that just isn't feasible. 🙁 All the UCs are great, though. I feel really lucky that I grew up in CA and had the opportunity to go to such a great school as an undergraduate.

 

[MediMama23]

Edit: Didn't even see this gem of a post.

I'm well aware of the bias SDN has towards more dedicated, driven students. As of last night, I'm finally one of the people polling in that 35+ bracket, but that doesn't mean I'm still not awed by the fact that so many bright individuals are all congregating on one website to report such high scoring. That I explicitly stated that I understand the situation, and that I still "can't believe it" wasn't posted at anyone's detriment, I just still feel it to be a uniquely interesting dynamic.

Maybe, though, I should just give up medicine and just start whoring myself out. Maybe I'll have less "trouble with things down the line" there. I'll just let my pimp deal with sample sizes.

/soapbox

🙄
Yeah, glad you got off your soap box, because maybe in doing so you'd realize I wasn't commenting solely on your post. Get over yourself.

And I thought I read somewhere on here that you were going to discontinue posting. Ahhh, well.

Oh, and I AM feeling bitchy today, so that's no news there. But feel free to re-state.

 

[gujuDoc]

I don't follow posting habits of SDN members, nor do I have the time to examine every thread in this forum. I'm sorry it bothers you so much, but perhaps next time you could just ignore it instead of launch into a tirade against an innocent, goodlooking party (me).

I think it's best if I just stop coming to this forum anyway, it's not exactly helping my state of mind prior to the exam. I should go focus and stop ranting in rebuttals.

No but it could have at least served you to read the rest of this thread before randomly posting in the middle because we discussed it earlier in this thread too. Also, insinuating that others are liars was offensive and irritating because it seems that's the standard SDN thing to do when people do well. I especially hate how anyone that does well is automatically a troll. Oh and yes, please do get off SDN and go study rather then pondering over the integrity of other SDN posters.

 

[MasterMD]

You seem like a pretty competitive applicant for for the UC system if you do as well on the real MCAT as you are doing on your practice tests. I bet there's a good chance you would be able to stay in CA if that's what you want.

UCSF would be my #1 choice if I could relocate but that just isn't feasible. 🙁 All the UCs are great, though. I feel really lucky that I grew up in CA and had the opportunity to go to such a great school as an undergraduate.

yeah UCSF is my top choice... FAAAARRRRRRRRR reach of a top choice but still.... love the bay area.. the weather is great, the culture is great, cheap shopping, great international food... im gonna miss it ... over the past few months i've resigned myself to thinking that ANY med school taking me would be great haha... my advisor basically told me that when i had a 3.8 he was all behind me and this med school thing..but now im just one of the crowd clawing their way to get in somewhere... kinda discouraging... 🙁

 

[oxeye]

yeah UCSF is my top choice... FAAAARRRRRRRRR reach of a top choice but still.... love the bay area.. the weather is great, the culture is great, cheap shopping, great international food... im gonna miss it ... over the past few months i've resigned myself to thinking that ANY med school taking me would be great haha... my advisor basically told me that when i had a 3.8 he was all behind me and this med school thing..but now im just one of the crowd clawing their way to get in somewhere... kinda discouraging... 🙁

I would guess that your advisor has a bit of a skewed idea of what the premeds in the rest of the country are doing, though. One of the crowd at Berkeley is still well above most other applicants. Maintaining a high GPA at Berkeley is a lot harder than it is at other schools - and hopefully the admission commitees at most medical schools know this. I'm sure the admission commitees at all the UCs know this.

I grew up in the bay area and love it there. I was forced to leave because of the cost of living and doubt I will be able to make it back. The only thing I don't miss is the traffic. 😉

 

[gujuDoc]

I think we both agree on that, that's not what I'm actually taking issue with.



I understand what you're saying here, but I was just expressing my thoughts, which were kind of along the lines of what you said here:



I have no problem accepting that the posters here are hitting their mark. I think the problem lies in the amount of lurkers- people just swinging by, deciding to hit the highest notch on the poll, and leaving. I think if polls were public, we'd get a distribution that is more normal than the one we're getting now (that is, slightly to the left of what's tabulated now). Of course, only if people wouldn't be embarassed to post "24 and below" scores, which as history shows, they probably would. Which, in turn, makes any type of polling nearly impossible on this forum.

The point is that I wasn't accusing any posters here of being dishonest, I guess I'm just suprised (even in the face of statistics that clearly state otherwise), that so many gifted students hang around these parts.

The only thing I take issue with is being driven out of the village with pitchforks after I made the comment. It's flare-ups like these that give pre-meds the label of being high-strung and neurotic.

I know everyone's wound up tight these days, but I don't see why I had to be insulted by multiple posters for a comment I made that I didn't feel was insulting to anyone.

Ok first off, reading the rest of these posts, I'll say I apologize as well. However, please understand that sometimes posts here can come off the wrong way and your original posts did so to many a people. That is why all got on their defense.

That said, I know many people at my uni who would never even dare to post but who will freely lurk these forums. Several didn't post their 26-29 range scores even after they were accepted to medical school. Some people just get really on the defense about talking about such things because they don't feel comfortable sharing their numbers even when they get their acceptance.

This is why SDN doesn't tend to see a lot more of the non 33+ scores.


As per the gifted students hanging out in these parts. I think a lot of students come out here because many times they feel more comfortable sharing their concerns on an anonymous forum then they do with talking with people in their real lives. Other people I know come on here because there are not many people at the uni that they could relate to, such as some of the nontrads that I know. Its just that SDN often serves as a place for applicants to voice their concerns and still remain anonymity if they so choose. The other end of the spectra is true too. Many of the posters I've talked to through the past cycle have actually met on the interview trail and through 2nd looks. For those people, this served as a way to meet other applicants through the cycle.


At least that has been my experience.

 

[Anastasis]

Wow - I leave for a day and this thread explodes. Personally I'm not insulted - and I agree with your logic about lurkers hitting the highest box just to be turds.

To be completely honest, I've kinda felt like my scores were just average until I mentioned them to my pre-med advisor and he started flipping out. SDN can seriously warp your sense of what's "normal" at times.

 

[Mr. Tee]

To be completely honest, I've kinda felt like my scores were just average until I mentioned them to my pre-med advisor and he started flipping out. SDN can seriously warp your sense of what's "normal" at times.

hah.....I told my pre-med advisor I got a 35 on a practice test and he told me to apply to Harvard....silly him (says I after checking out mdapps and seeing all the 36+ people not getting accepted there)