MCAT in 9 days...still procrastinating...hope to find an online study partner

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Hi everyone,

This is my first post at SDN. I have a sever case of procrastination and haven't studied for the MCAT sufficiently before, but I now only have 9 days left (6/2). If you are in the same boat as I am and would like to make a difference in the next 9 days. Please PM me and let's make it happen together!

Cheers,
Sara
 
Reschedule and seriously spend the time studying as you taking the mcat a second time won't look good.
 
Many thanks for all your feedback! You guys successfully scared me... think I'm gonna reschedule for 6/18

Will keep you all posted.

Night.
 
JustAPhD said:
I really don't think so. As gonnif mentioned, this is a problem many premeds find themselves in. Just because OP was a tad bit nïeve about the MCAT doesn't mean he's a troll.
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I couldn't convince a pre-med to take biochem before his upcoming September '16 test. I couldn't convince another pre-med that it was a bad idea to take it "just to see what it's like" and scoring it. Her test is also in September. I'm astonished at how misinformed some people are when the stakes are so high. :/
 
MilaKunisDoe said:
Join date: Yesterday
Status: Pre-med
Conclusion: Troll
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MCAT in 9 days, makes their procrastination sound like a disability, came to SDN to find online study partners.
Conclusion: Troll maybe, but either way this is great material to add to the "Funny quotes from less informed premeds" thread.
 
I don't think OP is a troll. Just completely unaware of what the MCAT really entails. I would reschedule for like, September. Or next year...
 
With 9 days to go you should be thinking about cutting back on your study time for the MCAT so you can get rested and refocused. Not just starting to study.
Please give yourself at least 8 weeks of study time.
 
TheLastOneStanding said:
Hi everyone,

This is my first post at SDN. I have a sever case of procrastination and haven't studied for the MCAT sufficiently before, but I now only have 9 days left (6/2). If you are in the same boat as I am and would like to make a difference in the next 9 days. Please PM me and let's make it happen together!

Cheers,
Sara
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While most of the posters here are right that you should schedule the exam and give yourself plenty of time to study, you actually can crush the MCAT with only 9 days left provided:

1. You already have a very strong foundation in the subjects being tested (from your mastery in prereqs)
2. You have very strong test-taking skills in standardized exams (i.e. 2400 SAT and/or 36 ACT from the past, or acing other exams like LSAT)
3. You have a calm and confident mindset on the day of the exam

I think if you meet all 3, you can take the MCAT on 6/2 and crush it with a strong score (520+).
 
Lawper said:
While most of the posters here are right that you should schedule the exam and give yourself plenty of time to study, you actually can crush the MCAT with only 9 days left provided:

1. You already have a very strong foundation in the subjects being tested (from your mastery in prereqs)
2. You have very strong test-taking skills in standardized exams (i.e. 2400 SAT and/or 36 ACT from the past, or acing other exams like LSAT)
3. You have a calm and confident mindset on the day of the exam

I think if you meet all 3, you can take the MCAT on 6/2 and crush it with a strong score (520+).
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I disagree. I meet your requirements, and a month into studying I was still Kaplan testing at ~505. Even if you get like a 510 in 9 days (unlikely) it probably just means you'd otherwise be a 520+ candidate
 
md-2020 said:
I disagree. I meet your requirements, and a month into studying I was still Kaplan testing at ~505. Even if you get like a 510 in 9 days (unlikely) it probably just means you'd otherwise be a 520+ candidate
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What do you think you would have gotten if you took the MCAT with just like 2-3 days prep, basically cold turkey but enough so you can answer something like what's the Krebs Cycle or equations for E/M physics? I'd be really surprised if it were <515.
 
md-2020 said:
I disagree. I meet your requirements, and a month into studying I was still Kaplan testing at ~505. Even if you get like a 510 in 9 days (unlikely) it probably just means you'd otherwise be a 520+ candidate
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Eh... Kaplan isn't exactly a good metric, but I think something like this is doable though it relies heavily on innate intelligence, which i think is a differentiating factor here.
 
GrapesofRath said:
What do you think you would have gotten if you took the MCAT with just a week prep, basically cold turkey but enough so you can answer something like what's the Krebs Cycle? I'd be surprised if it were <515
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I'd hazard 510-515, tbh. I don't see how anyone can simply gain the requisite familiarity with the exam (most important part IMO) in 9 days. Again, perhaps you are capable of getting a decent score in such a time period, but that does not mean you aren't cheating yourself out of major points
 
OP, when you say you haven't studied "sufficiently" do you mean you haven't studied AT ALL, or you've been studying on and off for months but haven't been able to consistently devote hours a day to it? Because in my opinion the first case is different than the second. I basically lived that second scenario, where I was having a very tough semester in school so I couldn't study MCAT any more than 5ish hours a week (the Kaplan class I took recommended 15-20 hrs per week), so I only had one week after the end of the semester to spend 8-10 hrs a day studying for it. Of course, I don't know my score yet, so...

If you're in the first scenario, I'd suggest rescheduling a lot later than June 18th. Think July or August. But if you HAVE been studying, just not enough, and you can devote basically all of the first half of June to it... then June 18th might work. Use your scores on practice full lengths to judge whether you're ready.
 
md-2020 said:
I'd hazard 510-515, tbh. I don't see how anyone can simply gain the requisite familiarity with the exam (most important part IMO) in 9 days. Again, perhaps you are capable of getting a drcent score in such a time period, but that does not mean you aren't cheating yourself out of major points
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You obviously know yourself better than anybody else but I'd find that pretty surprising. The C/P section might have been a mess but I dont really see how you wouldnt get at least a 129-130 on the other 3 sections. Too much of the real deal doesnt truly require background knowledge, it's just basic research analysis. Something like a 127/131/130/130---518 as an example would be my rough guess

I agree regardless of who you are you're cheating yourself out of pts not studying
 
GrapesofRath said:
You obviously know yourself better than anybody else but I'd find that pretty surprising. The C/P section might have been a mess but I dont really see how you wouldnt get at least a 129-130 on the other 3 sections. Too much of the real deal doesnt truly require background knowledge, it's just basic research analysis. Something like a 127/131/130/130---518 as an example would be my rough guess

I agree regardless of who you are you're cheating yourself out of pts not studying
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I found Bio/BioC to require a fair bit of content review/familiarization (though this is also perhaps due to the fact that I didn't take Biochem before the MCAT). So our estimates simply differ in my lack of confidence for that section in addition to Chem/Phys.

Agree that most people can crush the other 2 provided sufficient "innate" knowledge. But yeah, the real question is either way you're probably sacrificing 10-15 pts by rushing it...why would you want that lol
 
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Everyone at my school said only one semester's worth of introductory biochem knowledge was on the MCAT... B.S. haha. I saw stuff from my advanced biochemistry class as well
 
Lol @OP
Good luck! You'll be fine

(Do these people really exist?? :wideyed:)
 
narla_hotep said:
Everyone at my school said only one semester's worth of introductory biochem knowledge was on the MCAT... B.S. haha. I saw stuff from my advanced biochemistry class as well
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That's not BS... One semester of biochem is all I took. I didn't find any of the MCAT to be beyond that.


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narla_hotep said:
Everyone at my school said only one semester's worth of introductory biochem knowledge was on the MCAT... B.S. haha. I saw stuff from my advanced biochemistry class as well
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Hopeful_vet said:
That's not BS... One semester of biochem is all I took. I didn't find any of the MCAT to be beyond that.


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I hold a psych. degree and recognized quite a bit of upper division material -- far beyond intro psych. stuff -- on both my practice exams and the real deal. That said, my biochem I course was more than enough to cover what was tested. I also only had like 4 physics questions lol

Each iteration of the exam is different.

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To OP -- you're demonstrating that you have yet to develop the mindset or collect the information and advice necessary to even prepare for the MCAT, much less actually take the thing. I urge you to reschedule to a much later date and make use of the MCAT sub-forum here on SDN.
 
md-2020 said:
I found Bio/BioC to require a fair bit of content review/familiarization (though this is also perhaps due to the fact that I didn't take Biochem before the MCAT). So our estimates simply differ in my lack of confidence for that section in addition to Chem/Phys.

Agree that most people can crush the other 2 provided sufficient "innate" knowledge. But yeah, the real question is either way you're probably sacrificing 10-15 pts by rushing it...why would you want that lol
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I can see that holding true for CARS. I got a 78 on the PSAT in the reading section without studying much. Although I love to read and have been reading since I was a young kid so I feel like that's "studying". But for the psych portion aren't there a lot of terms that need to be known? Plus in my intro psych class there was a fair amount of things that were not what you would expect based on common perceptions. I feel like you would need to study at least a while for psych. Or on the MCAT is most of the psych test just things you can reason out?
 
Chromium Surfer said:
I can see that holding true for CARS. I got a 78 on the PSAT in the reading section without studying much. Although I love to read and have been reading since I was a young kid so I feel like that's "studying". But for the psych portion aren't there a lot of terms that need to be known? Plus in my intro psych class there was a fair amount of things that were not what you would expect based on common perceptions. I feel like you would need to study at least a while for psych. Or on the MCAT is most of the psych test just things you can reason out?
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This is nowhere close to the PSAT you will soon realize this young padawan. Study you must.
 
SDN: It's impossible to study for the MCAT in nine days.
OP:
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MD2BE92 said:
This is nowhere close to the PSAT you will soon realize this young padawan. Study you must.
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Oh for sure! Haha I'm probably going to study for this test more the most people. I was just giving anecdotal evidence for doing really well on a test without studying.
 
One of my classmates took the mcat 2 yrs after finishing his prereqs. Studied for 2 weeks by browsing the Kaplan review book (not the review series, but the single book that brushes over all the tested subjects). Scored a cool 39.

Fast forward a few more years. He applies, doesn't get in, then his first mcat expires. This is now 4 years since he has finished prereqs. Studies for 10 days, gets a 37.

This guy is that dude who goes to lecture but doesn't start studying until the day before the test, pulls an all-nighter, and gets a 97. Literally for every test (iirc the lowest he has gotten on an exam was a 95). And yes I am talking about medical school exams.

But that, ladies and gentlemen, is the true definition of an outlier. So, OP, if you are on this level, go for it. If not, might want to skip the test in 9 days
 
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