Nervous????

[vegangirl]

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As we are pulling into memorial day weekend, i cant help but start worrying about the release date. I mean I understand that whats done is done, but at the same time, i'm really dreading getting my scores back. Does anyone else feel this way, I mean, its kinda putting me into a post-mcat depression. Is anyone else feel this way???

 

[Medikit]

As we are pulling into memorial day weekend, i cant help but start worrying about the release date. I mean I understand that whats done is done, but at the same time, i'm really dreading getting my scores back. Does anyone else feel this way, I mean, its kinda putting me into a post-mcat depression. Is anyone else feel this way???

I don't see why you would stress over a little thing like the MCAT. I mean it's not like I schools place a big emphasis on it or anything...


Yes I'm stressing out big time, this sucks. I'd at least like to know how competitive I am.

 

[CanIMakeIt]

Same here.... I don't know how I am going to hit that "Enter" when the scores come out .... what sucks is that a few questions here and there can make or break your future .....

I hope it will be all good in the end but I really do get jitters just thinking about that the scores are about to be released ...

 

[superdevil]

well, for about the first 3-4 weeks post-MCAT, i didn't really give a sh.t because i was so far behind in my school work and lab work that i basically didn't have time to care.

now, though, is a different story. since the dust has settled and my spring quarter grades are becoming more evident (only two more weeks!), my pre-med insanity has reached catastrophic levels. my problem is twofold: on one hand, i need to know my MCAT score to know what schools i'm applying to...on the other hand, i want to apply MD/PhD, so i need to know my scores to know if i am competitive for that, also (i.e., a 30 is a good score for MD apps, but not so good for MD/PhD apps). so the scenario i'm faced with is pretty murky: my scores may be such that i'll apply to lots of schools (inlcuding highly competitive ones), or just the "safer bets"; all MD-only or all MD/PhD; maybe to some "reach" schools (but MD-only), while applying MD/PhD to the less competitive schools (no MSTP funding, etc.)....with all kinds of different thoughts to conjure up for secondary essays and interviews that may be totally different from one to the next, depending on program type, school focus, blah blah blah!

so yea, i guess i'm pretty friggin' nervous, too. any advice as to my situation? 😕

sd

 

[frank51]

The best thing to do is to be pessimistic, like me, once you make yourself believe that you'll be retaking it, you'll calm down, because in your mind you're thinking that you'll be retaking it anyway, therefore anything that comes up on your screen after pressing enter, can not possibly disappoint you.

 

[OnMyWayThere]

The best thing to do is to be pessimistic, like me, once you make yourself believe that you'll be retaking it, you'll calm down, because in your mind you're thinking that you'll be retaking it anyway, therefore anything that comes up on your screen after pressing enter, can not possibly disappoint you.

My thoughts exactly. I have already told family members that I will be studying for the MCAT starting on July 16 (for round II). and I probably will be given that I barely knew anything on that f#($ ing Bio Section.

 

[sky walkerz]

I have lost way too much sleep over these scores. It's ridiculous. I am beyond nervous. Most people agonize over whether or not they broke 30, I am at the point now where I wonder if I broke 20.

I agree - the biology was really difficult and unfamiliar. I thought that would be the best of the three. Wrong again. If nothing else, I am used to the fact that I am wrong more often than not.

Best of Luck to you all.

 

[Wahooali]

The best thing to do is to be pessimistic, like me, once you make yourself believe that you'll be retaking it, you'll calm down, because in your mind you're thinking that you'll be retaking it anyway, therefore anything that comes up on your screen after pressing enter, can not possibly disappoint you.

I agree. That is the only way I have made it through the wait. I am at peace with the fact that I will need to retake.

I however have decided NOT to retake in august though, so fun summer here I come! An August MCAT would put the below average applicant like me at too much of a disadvantage, so if I have to take another year off anyway, might as well recover completely and not be bitter over missing out on the beach and take it next April. So regardless of my scores, I am MCAT free for 2004! Woohoo!

 

[Nuel]

I tell people I got a 26 if not worse, so I will be retaking in August. At least I'm comfortable with the thought that I have flunked the MCAT once 😀

 

[OnMyWayThere]

As finals are winding down, my anxiety levels are definately approaching redline...

 

[premyo2002]

im going crazy... I have told myself that I would never take the mcat again...Im starting to second guess myself!! I really do not want to dive back into the dreaded mcat pool.

 

[MoosePilot]

This was a retake for me. I'm a very non-traditional applicant who originally took the MCAT in 1994 and 95. I did well, but it doesn't stop the nervousness from coming back on a retake.

I got my first set of scores on my wedding night. I had them sent to my in-laws and they read them to me on the phone : ) My wedding was June 25 1994, to give you a timeframe for how long the mail version used to take - don't know how quick we'll see them on computer this time, except TPR told us to expect the 7th...

 

[sshaltoni]

As we are pulling into memorial day weekend, i cant help but start worrying about the release date. I mean I understand that whats done is done, but at the same time, i'm really dreading getting my scores back. Does anyone else feel this way, I mean, its kinda putting me into a post-mcat depression. Is anyone else feel this way???

yeah i'm feeling pretty low... what's worse is i'm trying to write my personal statement, and it's pretty hard to write a winning one with the MCAT looming overhead. I get halfway with a semi decent statement, scrutinize the hell out of it, turn evil on it, and completely lose all drive to do it. i wish it were over and done with. i don't know whether to keep trying or wait until the score comes out and busy myself with something else. but i think i should keep trying to tweak it... i don't know.

 

[gdk]

i think it says a lot for me that i can only remember 4 questions from the test... 4 questions i'm pretty sure were really easy and i'm pretty sure i got wrong. of course, there are plenty of other questions i got wrong, but i can only remember the 4 "easy" ones that i know i missed
dang that block in the truck, model of an opra house using a water to evaluate acoustics, crabs living on sponges and nail in acidic solution!

 

[N-toxicologist]

As we are pulling into memorial day weekend, i cant help but start worrying about the release date. I mean I understand that whats done is done, but at the same time, i'm really dreading getting my scores back. Does anyone else feel this way, I mean, its kinda putting me into a post-mcat depression. Is anyone else feel this way???

Nervous? What do I have to be nervous about? I have a lower-than-average GPA; I'm older than dirt, it's taken me ten years to get through undergrad, but I am a wonderfully caring, dedicated person whom ANY medical school should consider an asset to its program.

Yeah, my whole world depends on this score, but, I am still me with all those traits I just mentioned with a sub-30 score or a plus-30 score. I will get there, and if I have to do it again, well....did I mention perserverance?

Good luck guys, see you in Med-1

 

[vegangirl]

Thanks frank51 for the pessimistic advice, I need to condition myself to think the worse, in order to deal with these next couple of weeks.

 

[frank51]

Thanks frank51 for the pessimistic advice, I need to condition myself to think the worse, in order to deal with these next couple of weeks.

No problem, we're all in this together.

 

[Yahweh]

and I start screaming NOooooooooooooooooooooooo....

2 more weeks of these god damn dreams.

IV

 

[wylie313]

no offense but thats just kinda creepy

 

[Premedtomed]

Thanks frank51 for the pessimistic advice, I need to condition myself to think the worse, in order to deal with these next couple of weeks.