Originally posted by spanky:
•For all of you experienced MCAT takers, this will probably seem like a strange question. How conducive was the environment to taking the test? I often take tests in my college environment next to people who are eating their lunch or breakfast and rattling wrappers. I have even sat next to students who talk to themselves during the tests. One person cursed under their breath repeatedly and another person read the questions out loud and did math computations out loud.
Do they allow this kind of stuff in the MCAT?•••
Hey Spanky, I took mine at Stony Brook. Since I registered for the MCAT early, I was pretty confident that I'd get my first choice (Stony Brook). So me and two other study buddies got together and took one of the practice AAMC MCAT a couple of weeks before the actual one. It just so happened that on that day they were doing construction and the crew were drilling and playing their radio pretty loudly. I had allergies and couldn't stop sniffling and one of my friends had a budding cold. We stuck it out and it was okay - you learn to ignore all the sounds. But on the actual day it was nice to sit in the same hall (That was pure coincidence that we got the same room) - and the actual conditions were much more conducive to test taking. If you can, I suggest taking a practice test at a site you signed up for