Hi, I'm a junior in college right now and I have a 3.65 gpa. I've worked in ems for 5 years and worked for a doctor for 2 years. I know a DO alumni from NYCOM who is going to write me a letter of recommendation. The thing I'm worried about the damn MCAT. I took a diagnostic test and only got a 17. I didn't really study for it before hand. Am I in a lot of trouble? How likely is it that I will be able to pull that up to a competitive score?
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Studying and most of all practicing will make a huge difference, in my opinion. I personally recommend the Princeton Review b/c they really show you how to take the test and they have a ton of practice materials. One of the most imp. things you can do is get practice materials and do them with a timer. I took the review, b/c it's harder to get a hold of many tests if you study on your own.
Look...do you want to be a doctor? If the answer really is yes, you will do what you need to do to get there. What you need most of all is not inherent test-taking skills, but some serious persistence.
Look...do you want to be a doctor? If the answer really is yes, you will do what you need to do to get there. What you need most of all is not inherent test-taking skills, but some serious persistence.
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I would worry, but only unless you are not taking taking some kind of prep course (like Kaplan or the PR). My Kaplan teacher got a 14 (yes a 14!!!!!!!!!) on his first MCAT diag. He showed me his score report for both his diag. and his final MCAT which was a 34!
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heh Im hoping for that kind of improvement myself. I took some diag that they offered free at my school and got a 10. I got a 1 on the biological science. I signed up for kapalm and that first diag to evaluate ourselves I got an 18 and pulled myself up to a 6 in biological sciences. 18 overall. studying my butt off now to try and double my score.
its now the beginning of febuary and if you are working hard at it I dont see why your score wont go up. Plus the difference between a 17 and a 25 can be as little as 7 more questions answered right considering the way the mcat is scored.
In the end and like most people, hard work will help that score go up higher. I take one of my kaplan books with me all the time so if I have any spare time to read, I read that.
ps : from what I know of friends that have taken the mcat. Most scored in the 16-20 range on their diag and ended up getting anywhere between a 29 to 36 on the mcat. The ball is in your court of whether you want to get the score or not.
its now the beginning of febuary and if you are working hard at it I dont see why your score wont go up. Plus the difference between a 17 and a 25 can be as little as 7 more questions answered right considering the way the mcat is scored.
In the end and like most people, hard work will help that score go up higher. I take one of my kaplan books with me all the time so if I have any spare time to read, I read that.
ps : from what I know of friends that have taken the mcat. Most scored in the 16-20 range on their diag and ended up getting anywhere between a 29 to 36 on the mcat. The ball is in your court of whether you want to get the score or not.
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The first practice MCAT I ever took was one of the AMCAS tests and I got a 16. I took the actual MCAT 3 months later and scored a 26. Retook it a second time and got a 27. So it's definately possible to improve. It's all up to you and how bad you want it. All is possible!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!
