Hey, guys. I've really been freaking out about taking the MCAT (and bombing it) in May and the whole med school acceptance (primarily rejection) crap. Everyone I talk to to just offers the "you'll make it," which honestly just stresses me out more. Any advice on dealing?
Med School/MCAT freakout. Please help.
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Have you failed (or performed to a less than ideal personal standard) at anything with considerable importance in the past that makes you anxious now?
No. I haven't taken a practice test yet because I don't want to waste something that would be more reflective towards the end. I think it's just the really real possibility of not getting in and i don't know how to really handle it. With college, I wasn't worried because I knew I was getting into college somewhere, you know.
I haven't taken a practice test yet partly because I don't want to waste a 2015 test and partly because I don't want to discourage myself with a poor score. About the Gap year, I've heard that med schools look less than favorably upon second time applicants. So that's also nerve-wracking.
That's true and I'm spending my spring break my with my EK bio book. I can only hope that my effort is good enough. Thank you. It's just nice to hear someone say the cold hard facts while also being encouraging. With my parents and friends, it just seems like more pressure is being piled on even though they're being encouraging.
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You are fretting over nothing! If you don't have anything in your experience to tell you that you have a high chance of failing and you're basing your anxious conclusions on anecdotal accounts of failure, then you are being paranoid.
While being a re-applicant can be a hindrance, taking a gap year generally refers to taking extra time to prepare and can often mean the time spent between one's graduation and med school matriculation should one apply in their senior year instead of more 'traditionally' in their junior year. It most often refers to taking time between graduation and med school application, however. It gives more time to prepare.
Taking a diagnostic is important for establishing a baseline so that you know what areas you need to focus on in your preparation and how to best improve. It's a critical MCAT prep strategy that you need to understand. Follow this link to an MCAT prep thread on the forum.
While being a re-applicant can be a hindrance, taking a gap year generally refers to taking extra time to prepare and can often mean the time spent between one's graduation and med school matriculation should one apply in their senior year instead of more 'traditionally' in their junior year. It most often refers to taking time between graduation and med school application, however. It gives more time to prepare.
Thank you, guys. You've been helpful. I think I'm just going to finish this biology book, then finish a practice test and see where I stand. Freaking out at this point is just from my own conjecturing. Thanks again.
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What resources do you have to study from? Test-prep companies make textbooks and syllabi to take practice tests and cover material by.
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your psych major is showing 😉
@hopeS.O. It's always good to take a practice test early on so a) you'll be able to see some encouraging improvement when you near the end of your content review and b) you'll understand how the test feels and it will inform your studying (eg you'll realize it's much more important to have broad background familiarity not tons of trivia knowledge).
I'm doing EK Bio with later Berkeley problems and the biochem chapter from TPR bio, finished BR physics, BR gen chem (although I feel mostly good about physics and gen chem), TPR sociology and psych, and videos for organic supplemented with tbr organic questions.
