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Hey everyone, I just took the MCAT in July. My scores won't come out until 9/1 and I'm trying to decide what to do. A lot of my friends who were summer test takers subscribe to the "assume you failed and reschedule for later this summer" theory. That was my plan, or is my plan. I'm not sure.
Here is what I know. I took it last year and got a 25Q applied to a few schools had one interview, didn't get in. The school I interviewed at is the school I really want to go to and the dean of admissions there said for me to take the test again and then take 2-4 science classes this year.
I had planned on retesting this spring and had to postpone to July. This forced me to "re-up" my Kaplan, which makes my online access good till January 2010. I had planned on taking genetics and biochemistry this semester and working.
Now a doctor I've been shadowing with (who is also a fan of playing devil's advocate) says "Okay, assume you failed. Reschedule for September. Now assume you failed that. I want you to study MCAT 7 hours a day and use your Kaplan and take it in January and get a 45." I said, "What about the classes I'm supposed to take?" And he said to pick one and take that to appease the school (his alma mater) and so that I can do really well on the MCAT and ace the course. (He's our family doctor and knows that a lot of what gets in the way of my studying is family drama.)
What do you guys think? I mean, say I did bomb it this last time and then I bombed it again in September (that would be test #3)...January would be the optimum time to retake due to the Kaplan access. He's afraid that a) trying to study to retake in September while doing both classes would put me in a bad situtation and b) the same for January. Unfortunately the time to add/drop classes will long be over by the time my score is released. So even if it comes back 33 or whatever, I'm stuck with the decision I made.
Also, does anybody have thoughts on the best day of the week for the MCAT? Far fewer people sign up for weekdays, so I wonder if there is a better curve there. Just curious on your opinion of this.
Thanks so much,
Sarah
Here is what I know. I took it last year and got a 25Q applied to a few schools had one interview, didn't get in. The school I interviewed at is the school I really want to go to and the dean of admissions there said for me to take the test again and then take 2-4 science classes this year.
I had planned on retesting this spring and had to postpone to July. This forced me to "re-up" my Kaplan, which makes my online access good till January 2010. I had planned on taking genetics and biochemistry this semester and working.
Now a doctor I've been shadowing with (who is also a fan of playing devil's advocate) says "Okay, assume you failed. Reschedule for September. Now assume you failed that. I want you to study MCAT 7 hours a day and use your Kaplan and take it in January and get a 45." I said, "What about the classes I'm supposed to take?" And he said to pick one and take that to appease the school (his alma mater) and so that I can do really well on the MCAT and ace the course. (He's our family doctor and knows that a lot of what gets in the way of my studying is family drama.)
What do you guys think? I mean, say I did bomb it this last time and then I bombed it again in September (that would be test #3)...January would be the optimum time to retake due to the Kaplan access. He's afraid that a) trying to study to retake in September while doing both classes would put me in a bad situtation and b) the same for January. Unfortunately the time to add/drop classes will long be over by the time my score is released. So even if it comes back 33 or whatever, I'm stuck with the decision I made.
Also, does anybody have thoughts on the best day of the week for the MCAT? Far fewer people sign up for weekdays, so I wonder if there is a better curve there. Just curious on your opinion of this.
Thanks so much,
Sarah