Never before have I seen such a fine example of community neuroses as I have in this thread. I've always wondered why premeds have such a bad reputation, and now I understand.
Everybody knows that there is a certain amount of B.S. involved in the way medical schools select students. You want to know if you're really med school material? Try this:
1. Spend no more than two hours studying for ANY college exam.
2. Drink excessive amounts of alcohol EVERY weekend during college.
3. Register for the MCAT, but avoid studying at all costs.
4. Increase alcohol consumption by a factor of three a few months before the test.
5. Take the test on no more than four hours of sleep.
6. Blow off the writing sample.
7. After the test, smoke a fat bowl. Sleep for three hours. Then party at your favorite club into the wee hours of Sunday morning.
If you can follow these steps and still get a 3.5/30+, you might be med school material. Repeat, but substitute stimulant of choice for alcohol. If you still manage to perform well, you're definitely med school material because:
A. You can learn quickly with minimal effort, and
B. You've probably managed to do it WITHOUT DRIVING YOURSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE NUTS WITH YOU'RE RIDICULOUS OBSESSING (a pleasant side effect of copious amounts of alcohol combined with an "the world will not end if I fail this test" attitude).
You deserve to be congratulated, because, by avoiding obsessing you have probably assured yourself that your good performance has not come at the cost of a future spent in an asylum.
If you followed the above procedure and didn't perform, well--hell, at least you had a good time.
Bravo, XCanRag, for exposing the pathetic, frail egos that so frequently spread their obsessive disease on these pages.
One last thing--ONLY ******* TAKE THE APRIL MCAT...