"I screwed up the writing" Aug 2006 MCAT Thread

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[MJB]

I wrote about Mappelthorpe, too, but I related it to Cassat's feminist iconography, and then discussed John Stuart Mill's take on the repression of unpopular/challenging opinions.

Heh...I didn't use any type of obscure historical comparison/reference in either of my essays and I got a T.

If you guys feel that bad about your writing scores, I'll be ok with trading my letter for your numbers😉 .

 

[Quix]

Heh...I didn't use any type of obscure historical comparison/reference in either of my essays and I got a T.

If you guys feel that bad about your writing scores, I'll be ok with trading my letter for your numbers😉 .

Heh, if you think that was obscure, you should have seen my essay for the rich helping the poor. It starts off exploring Plato and Aristotle, then shifts forward to the social contract theorists, and then discusses Rawls and Amitai Etzioni. I finished off with a Robin Hood anecdote. 😉 (32T overall (11 PS, 11 VR, 10 BS)).

I think the essays were AAMC throwing the philosophy majors a bone. 😀

 

[87138]

Heh, if you think that was obscure, you should have seen my essay for the rich helping the poor. It starts off exploring Plato and Aristotle, then shifts forward to the social contract theorists, and then discusses Rawls and Amitai Etzioni. I finished off with a Robin Hood anecdote. 😉 (32T overall (11 PS, 11 VR, 10 BS)).

I think the essays were AAMC throwing the philosophy majors a bone. 😀

Quix, did you happen to take the MCAT at Duquesne?

 

[Quix]

Quix, did you happen to take the MCAT at Duquesne?

Yep. Were you there?

 

[87138]

Yep. Were you there?

Sure was. I was in the room for the people with last names towards the second half of the alphabet.

 

[MJB]

Heh, if you think that was obscure, you should have seen my essay for the rich helping the poor. It starts off exploring Plato and Aristotle, then shifts forward to the social contract theorists, and then discusses Rawls and Amitai Etzioni. I finished off with a Robin Hood anecdote. 😉 (32T overall (11 PS, 11 VR, 10 BS)).

I think the essays were AAMC throwing the philosophy majors a bone. 😀

I honestly don't really remember the specifics of my essays...I just recall getting on the computer and BS'ing for about 25 minutes or so...

I remember the one about art I said something about banning the pictures of the deceased soldiers being brought back home from Iraq and porn vs. nudity in art in the 18th and 19th centuries, of all things.....and on the rich helping the poor, I dealt a lot with social welfare for healthcare, etc...

 

[Quix]

Sure was. I was in the room for the people with last names towards the second half of the alphabet.

I was in the other room; what twigged you on to the Duquesne connection?

 

[87138]

I was in the other room; what twigged you on to the Duquesne connection?

Oh it was just that your location is in Pittsburgh, that's all. I was going out on a limb, because I think a lot more people probably took it at Pitt than Duquesne. I was living out in Pittsburgh for the summer so I took the MCAT out there, and Pitt was my first choice for testing site but I got Duquesne. Not that I mind, though, the rooms were rather nice.

Don't worry, I wasn't stalking you or anything. It was just your listed location that sparked my initial inquiry.

 

[Quix]

Oh it was just that your location is in Pittsburgh, that's all. I was going out on a limb, because I think a lot more people probably took it at Pitt than Duquesne. I was living out in Pittsburgh for the summer so I took the MCAT out there, and Pitt was my first choice for testing site but I got Duquesne. Not that I mind, though, the rooms were rather nice.

Don't worry, I wasn't stalking you or anything. It was just your listed location that sparked my initial inquiry.

😀

No one ever considers themselves a stalker. Even that woman who broke into Letterman's house and was calling herself "Mrs. Letterman".

 

[dancinangel]

I have 12VR 12PS 13BS MWS.

Do US medical schools have cut-offs for WS?

I have no desire to retake the MCATS but I guess I will if my M is going to keep me out of the better schools.

Also, anyone hear of people getting a better score after rescoring?