how to answer mcat interview question

[dcgirl22]

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at my last 2 interviews, they asked me to explain the change in my mcat score from the first time i took it and this past april. i keep saying that i have matured a lot and focused myself more, but they just look at me like im ******ed. i went up 9 points this april from last year and i dont really know what else to say!!

 

[DrWuStar]

don't let them phase you with their scary looks. that sounds like a good answer to me. truth is truth. if you improved your score that much and you have had multiple interviews this early in the cycle, then clearly you are doing everything right. i think it's important to be candid and not let them make you feel like your answers are "wrong" or like you are messing up somehow. i think that's all part of the game, and you have to play to win. so don't apologize - even with your body language - for being great. think of it as a test of your confidence and stand by your answers.

😉

 

[rgporter]

Originally posted by dcgirl22
at my last 2 interviews, they asked me to explain the change in my mcat score from the first time i took it and this past april. i keep saying that i have matured a lot and focused myself more, but they just look at me like im ******ed. i went up 9 points this april from last year and i dont really know what else to say!!

Perhaps you could tell them you underperformed the first time; in addition you prepared yourself more fully the second time.
Everyone flubs a test every once in a while. The other stuff, while true may come off as a bit pretentious.

 

[NotShorty]

Show some balls.


"Please explain ~~~"

"I worked hard, and improved. I don't really feel that I need to explain further than that. Let's move on."


If they insist, don't back down or you'll look spineless.

 

[dmitrinyr]

Wouldn't this bold approach do more harm than good. So, not they will not think that you're pretentious but will think that you're an a$$hole. I think that you should try to remain as honest as possible without sounding like your answering a rhetorical question. I think that most people that improve their mcat score enough to get multiple interviews did so with similar effort and preparation. Many times the same answer will leave the mounths of people trying to explain themselves. Something to the course of "I studied harder and more in depth, I was more mature the second time, I underestimated the test, blah, blah....". I don't really know why adcoms ask this question if they will get the same damn answer every time. I mean what do they want to hear that you were just lucky the second time. Something like, "Yeah, I think that I studied even less the second time that I took the test, I guess it was the beers that I drank that friday night that made me go up those 9 points."

dmitri

 

[NRAI2001]

Just tell them u found an ingenious way to cheat. I don't think they probably ever heard that one before.

 

[dcgirl22]

thanks for your replys guys, they were really helpful! maybe i should just tell them that i used a number 2 pencil this time!