Note: The MCAT did not RAPE you

[CoffeeCat]

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Okay, this is a problem I have with this forum and it's quite possibly only me, but rape is not a word to be used lightly and if you can refrain from using the word when referring to how poorly you did on the MCAT, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!

 

[little_late_MD]

I think that rape is the most heinous of all crimes, equivalent to murder, and I think the penalties should be the same.

There is no coming back from murder. You can't try to pick up the pieces when you are dead. Rape is truly a heinous and brutal crime, but at least you live to fight another day. IMHO there is no comparison between the two.

 

[JustR]

I think this passage explains why you got a 2 on verbal. Even with my 12 I have no idea what you are talking about. If you can't break 20 after three times maybe you need to be realisitic?

You got 12, what you know how it feels like when you get the lowest score on a section.

 

[DrPersistent]

Well, I took it third time last august, and I still ended up with below 20, and I am so mad about the fact that I freaking improved on my sciences. And I know I can read clearly and completely and those 9s proves that I know how to read. Then if I don’t know how to read then there is no way that I got 9s on the sciences and two on those verbal. I am so mad because I have worked really hard to get a good score on that last MCAT. What did I end up with? 2 on verbal? Not my fault. It is just that freaking God in the platonic world has his weird hands on top of me, so that some street guy played music in the back and I did so badly on the verbal. Not all test centers are equally managed. The AMCAS does not even consider that fact on giving someone scores based on the fact reported to them. They did not give me any consideration on my score curving because it won’t be justifiable to the other students. My focus was completely rattled by those wonderful tunes that I had played, and I ended up with 2 on my verbal. Nothing I can do about it. It was just a bad luck and one of those bad days that ruined my life completely for a year. This does not change the fact that I want to be a doctor. ALL OF YOU did not have that happened. Most of you have not taken the MCAT like me and studied like I did. You all are not under the same circumstances. You all don't not understand what I am going through. You are not in the same shoes as I am so you don’t know what is being dragged at the end of my shoes and what kind of stress I am all over covered in with. And, that’s the reason you all don't see my earlier point of comparing MCAT taking to the RAPE event for a women.

I really dont see how you are comparing yourself to 50,000 plus who took it? I scored a 25--5V, 9P, 11B..its almost that same as you, i didnt do well in verbal at all. Let me list to you what happened at my test center: Someone got in a car accident outside, so we heard sirens for twenty min or so, and someone just busted out crying, the person behind me was reading there verbal outloud. I have a 4.0 GPA when it comes to anything out of the sciences, the verbal reasoning section is just hard for some of us. How much time did you dedicate to verbal?

I know what my problem is for verbal, its pretty obvious-practice. Verbal is not meant to see if you can read, its meant to see if you can think analytically, critically, and be able to extract information in a short amount of time. Try some new stratagies for Verbal, Im sure you will do really well with a lot of practice in a new strategy--maybe just do 7 or 8 passages, but make sure you do well on those 8?

good luck🙂

 

[DrPersistent]

What the hell? I am telling all of you the freaking truth and you don’t all believe me. I guess you all are Liars, so you don’t understand my honesty whatsoever. I wish I had some type of power of some type of gun in my hand and I would kill ya all right here, right now for accusing me of being a liar and not understanding what I am going through. who wants to fight? You know what right now i don't care even if I get banned for trolling. You all are #%^%#%&#$%^% for not understanding my point. Why don’t you see my point that taking MCAT could be almost similar event as going through events after a rap? I am the lving proof, but I have not been raped though. But I am going through the same psycological events. Can't u all see it clearly that how mad I am about getting my scores. and since I got those socres that what I have been rambling all over the place.

Breathe JustR, I know how it is not to do well on the MCAT, just relax please. Never say that you want to kill someone...

 

[OwnageMobile]

Why make exceptions?
I agree that rape is a horrible thing, and I would not wish it on anyone. It has always struck me as quite the technicality that people chastise those who use it with #3 denotation.

Why is this any worse than saying a test killed your roommate? Both are terrible crimes, and I side with little_late_MD, the later being worse. What gives people the notion that they are justified in chastising the use of certain crimes from the crime lexicon, while they let others, like murder, go unscathed?

In defense...
Lets consider the fact that murder is a more democratic in nature. Rape is usually a crime suffered by females. To say the MCAT owned me (pwned for some here 😉 ), is along the same lines. It could denote a slave issue that we whites have little experience in. Funny, no whistleblowers yet...
How about the fact that you probably aren't going to accidentally tell someone who was murdered that your MCAT killed you. This could happen with a rape or sexual assualt victim, and is more likely than we would expect. Although, murder and rape indeed harm those indirectly involved.

So I use rape freely in #3 context around those I know well. I'm not going to tell a professor that his test "raped me." Posting it on a forum like so is questionable. I don't really know whether or not you've been raped. I do know that murder has been so widely euphemized and accepted in daily speech.

It's probably moot to try defending its use in such a public venue. We can't change the fact that it bothers people.

 

[Nikki2002]

What the hell? I am telling all of you the freaking truth and you don’t all believe me. I guess you all are Liars, so you don’t understand my honesty whatsoever. I wish I had some type of power of some type of gun in my hand and I would kill ya all right here, right now for accusing me of being a liar and not understanding what I am going through. who wants to fight? You know what right now i don't care even if I get banned for trolling. You all are #%^%#%&#$%^% for not understanding my point. Why don’t you see my point that taking MCAT could be almost similar event as going through events after a rap? I am the lving proof, but I have not been raped though. But I am going through the same psycological events. Can't u all see it clearly that how mad I am about getting my scores. and since I got those socres that what I have been rambling all over the place.

let me tell you--I wish you had gotten a 45 because you would make the best doctor ever!!

 

[Nikki2002]

someone lock this thread for the love of god--it is so offending and ignorant

 

[tank you]

What the hell? I am telling all of you the freaking truth and you don’t all believe me. I guess you all are Liars, so you don’t understand my honesty whatsoever. I wish I had some type of power of some type of gun in my hand and I would kill ya all right here, right now for accusing me of being a liar and not understanding what I am going through. who wants to fight? You know what right now i don't care even if I get banned for trolling. You all are #%^%#%&#$%^% for not understanding my point. Why don’t you see my point that taking MCAT could be almost similar event as going through events after a rap? I am the lving proof, but I have not been raped though. But I am going through the same psycological events. Can't u all see it clearly that how mad I am about getting my scores. and since I got those socres that what I have been rambling all over the place.

i think your losing it R. step away from sdn for a while

 

[JustR]

i think your losing it R. step away from sdn for a while

My synapses are just firing about at the right speed. I wish they had better for the last August MCAT. You want to fight?

 

[gujuDoc]

i think your losing it R. step away from sdn for a while

That's what I am saying.

JustR,

You really really need to get off of SDN and rethink everything through. And consider Carribean schools if wasting a year is not an option and DO schools are not an option. I have friends that did that, and they DO NOT regret it one bit. Some actually enjoyed their time at SGU and Ross and did well and came back to the country and will be an MD when it comes down to it at the end of the day.

Secondly, I hate bringing about fights like this. But everything you have said is inane garbage. You just CANNOT compare a sexual assault or violation of a person's body with that of the MCAT.

And trust me, I think everyone on this board studied just as hard as you claim to have studied. The MCAT is not a matter of who studies 3 weeks vs. who studies 6 months. It is a matter of a test of critical thinking, analyzing concepts, not mere memorizing of facts. It is a test of how well you are able to manipulate information given to you. Even with the sciences, you don't necessarily need the passages, just to know the necessary information to solve the problems. You can't compare the science sections to the Verbal reasoning, because it does not always require you to read the whole passage, the way verbal does.

I studied 4 months but got anxiety on test day, which is why my verbal didn't go up. But stuff happens, and you just become more determined then ever if you want it bad enough.

Honestly, I was not going to say anything, but I agree with the poster who says that half your posts don't make any sense. Maybe you should take a critical reading class or two at your schooll and practice a lot and get off of SDN and start reading things like philosophy books etc, or start studying again. But at this rate, you are never going to get into medical school.

A wise man once said to me: There are 3 types of people in this world:

1. Those who dream but never follow through.
2. Those who are all talk. These people start something and never finish.
3. Those who don't listen to other people's negative views, who pick up and do what they can to get where they want.

But not doing well on the MCAT is not the end of the world.

 

[tanksljp]

But not doing well on the MCAT is not the end of the world.

neither is getting raped

 

[gujuDoc]

neither is getting raped

No but being raped is cause for some of the worst kinda of psychological trauma, as well as physical trauma.

Having serious medical conditions as a result of having your insides ripped up is a BIG DEAL. I knew a little girl that was raped when she was 5 years old. She has permanent damage to her insides. I knew several others in the shelter where she was. Here's the clincher, half of those children got sent back to their abusive parents for a second dose and third dose, and would get passed back and forth like a ping pong ball between the shelter and home. Its sickening to see what rape does to a person both emotionally and physically. The scars that are there are permanent and no matter how much time passes even if the attacker is not alive or around, it has a huge impact on your life.


Not doing well on the MCAT, may involve a year extra to get to medical school. But even at that, that is not always the case. R has other options. She has carribbean schools and DO schools. She could always try to get in a special master's program which allows her to take first year medical school classes. She needs to get with it and take some time off to think about it and then make her decision.

 

[tanksljp]

No but being raped is cause for some of the worst kinda of psychological trauma, as well as physical trauma.

Having serious medical conditions as a result of having your insides ripped up is a BIG DEAL. I knew a little girl that was raped when she was 5 years old. She has permanent damage to her insides. I knew several others in the shelter where she was. Here's the clincher, half of those children got sent back to their abusive parents for a second dose and third dose, and would get passed back and forth like a ping pong ball between the shelter and home. Its sickening to see what rape does to a person both emotionally and physically. The scars that are there are permanent and no matter how much time passes even if the attacker is not alive or around, it has a huge impact on your life.


Not doing well on the MCAT, may involve a year extra to get to medical school. But even at that, that is not always the case. R has other options. She has carribbean schools and DO schools. She could always try to get in a special master's program which allows her to take first year medical school classes. She needs to get with it and take some time off to think about it and then make her decision.

I think that when someone states that the mcat raped him, he is referring to conventional rape. Nobody is so callous as to refer to child-rape in a case such as this. that's sick. It would be interesting, though, if a 5 year old took the mcat, and shortly after leaving told a friend that it raped him. If that happened I'd just give up.

 

[gujuDoc]

I think that when someone states that the mcat raped him, he is referring to conventional rape. Nobody is so callous as to refer to child-rape in a case such as this. that's sick. It would be interesting, though, if a 5 year old took the mcat, and shortly after leaving told a friend that it raped him. If that happened I'd just give up.

Because Rape of a 20 year old woman or 17 year old girl is any different right??????

I beg to differ on that one. Rape is sickening whether it happens to an old lady or a little child or someone in the in between age group.

I can understand Brett's point, and apologized for jumping on him so quickly. But you, I TOTALLY DISAGREE with, unless you are referring to his 3rd definition.

 

[gujuDoc]

Also, you may not be equating it in the sense that Just R, but she surely was saying that sexual assault is the same as not doing well on the MCAT. I really don't tend to agree with that, and that is why I disagree with her.

 

[silverjelly]

Could everyone please just stop posting on this thread? Most of you are just repeating yourselves and look like absolute "ignant fools". You stated your point now GET OVER IT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR TWO MINUTES.

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Sorry, but I had to say my piece.

Rape = Horrendous, traumatic, sickening, horrible
MCAT = Also horrible, but JUST A FRICKING TEST!

P.S. If this is how you some of you respond to performing on a test, imagine all the worse things you'll experience as a doctor. If you can't handle the MCAT stress, just forget about becoming a physician.

This is all I will say on the subject.

 

[tanksljp]

i make statues out of my poopies

 

[Nikki2002]

No--it is quite clear who the ignorant fools are in this forum. When someone says "the mcat raped me" it is perfectly clear what they mean and they are not using the 500th definition for rape. please--if you are cold and insensitive, or if you've lost all your marbles, stay out of med school.

 

[sweetstuff25]

Could everyone please just stop posting on this thread? Most of you are just repeating yourselves and look like absolute "ignant fools". You stated your point now GET OVER IT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR TWO MINUTES.

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Sorry, but I had to say my piece.

Rape = Horrendous, traumatic, sickening, horrible
MCAT = Also horrible, but JUST A FRICKING TEST!

P.S. If this is how you some of you respond to performing on a test, imagine all the worse things you'll experience as a doctor. If you can't handle the MCAT stress, just forget about becoming a physician.

This is all I will say on the subject.

yep, i agree, i think it's better to just close this thread. it's pissing off too many people and there will never be a resolution. we all perceive words differently, it's just a matter of keeping things to yourself and not being offended by it. remember this is the internet!

 

[CoffeeCat]

yep, i agree, i think it's better to just close this thread. it's pissing off too many people and there will never be a resolution. we all perceive words differently, it's just a matter of keeping things to yourself and not being offended by it. remember this is the internet!

Personally I think it's all about having a little sensitivity and realizing that just because you CAN say something offensive (definitions whatever) doesn't mean that you should.

Just think before you write.

I also agree that this thread should definitely be closed, it's too creepy.

 

[Arsenic]

Wow, this thread got REALLY nasty since the last time i saw it.

Closing, not only by the request of the OP but because I also received 2 reported posts from this thread today.