is my mcat future looking grim?

[hellayeah]

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i took an mcat practice exam when i ended my freshman year in college and got a 15. I didn't study before it and i hadn't taken orgo nor physics. Since i already finished those this year, i'll be studying through the summer to take the exam on september...

I heard a lot of people don't raise their practice test scores on the mcat?! do you think i'm DOOMED?!

 

[MDminded]

i took an mcat practice exam when i ended my freshman year in college and got a 15. I didn't study before it and i hadn't taken orgo nor physics. Since i already finished those this year, i'll be studying through the summer to take the exam on september...

I heard a lot of people don't raise their practice test scores on the mcat?! do you think i'm DOOMED?!

Yes.

(Just kidding)

Of course not. And when we say "practice scores", we refer to when you are consistently practicing (like, multiple exams in a month or within a 3-4 month time frame). Obviously your scores will improve since you have now taken the remainder of your pre-reqs. You'll be fine, just invest in some study materials and get crackin'.

 

[Ismet]

i took an mcat practice exam when i ended my freshman year in college and got a 15. I didn't study before it and i hadn't taken orgo nor physics. Since i already finished those this year, i'll be studying through the summer to take the exam on september...

I heard a lot of people don't raise their practice test scores on the mcat?! do you think i'm DOOMED?!

Why would you take a practice MCAT before you completed two of the pre-reqs? And without studying? Of course your score is going to be low. I'm not trying to be mean or rude, just practical and realistic. It makes no sense to take a practice MCAT after your freshman year. You should completely disregard that score.

Don't take another practice test until you are halfway through your content review. I guarantee you'll see a considerable increase from a 15. Good luck!

 

[coyotelime]

Taking the organic section of the MCAT without the class is like going to another country without speaking their language.

With that in mind, yeah you are definitely screwed. Better drop out of school and be a janitor!!!

(Sarcasm.)

 

[raltima07]

Taking the organic section of the MCAT without the class is like going to another country without speaking their language.

With that in mind, yeah you are definitely screwed. Better drop out of school and be a janitor!!!

(Sarcasm.)

not sure if srs



also sarcasm

 

[hellayeah]

Why would you take a practice MCAT before you completed two of the pre-reqs? And without studying? Of course your score is going to be low. I'm not trying to be mean or rude, just practical and realistic. It makes no sense to take a practice MCAT after your freshman year. You should completely disregard that score.

Don't take another practice test until you are halfway through your content review. I guarantee you'll see a considerable increase from a 15. Good luck!

they made me take it in SMDEP...

 

[Ismet]

they made me take it in SMDEP...

Then they should have told you that taking it without two of the pre-reqs, physics being a HUGE part of the PS section, yields a highly inaccurate score. Maybe they had you take it just to get an idea of what the test looks like? But seriously, completely throw that 15 out the window. Do content review, and do practice tests.

When they say that people's scores don't rise much higher than their practice test scores, it means AFTER content review and AFTER practice passages, you pretty much stay stagnant. For me, my practice tests ranged from a low of 31 to a high of 35, average of 33. I wasn't getting a 27 and a 35 and a 39.

 

[btc8]

No, you are not doomed. Taking the MCAT when you haven't even learned physics is like walking out into the middle of traffic. You are just not prepared.

Once you learn all that stuff, your score will go up. A great deal of people's scores, however, improve when they go over that material themselves when they're prepping for the exam exclusively.

 

[PressPforPi]

I did the same thing OP with one Bio class under my belt, made an 11.
Chill bro. Now if you made a 15 AFTER taking the pre-reqs, then you should be worried. But before even taking them, it doesn't really mean anything. As others have said, you probably should just disregard that score.

 

[MDminded]

they made me take it in SMDEP...

Sounds like grounds for cruel and unusual punishment.