Official April 2004 MCAT Thread
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willthatsall said:
willthatsall: Tell me you're joking...right?
To the rest of you: How surreal - after 60 days of not-so-patient waiting, here we are. Congrats to everyone, and good luck with the rest of the path!
rhino305 said:12 VR
12 PS
09 BS
N WS
33N
I hope I added that right... still shaking... ahhhhhh
Why would you need to add? The total score is reported for you. Unless... 😉
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Daedalus said:😀 Congratulations, everyone!
Damn, all of these 34+ and even 40+ 😱 scores are making me nervous here, and I don't even have to worry about this evil test for at least a year lol.
I'm afraid Satan is too busy being in cahoots with law school admissions to care about the medical school application cycle.
Medikit said:
No I'm not, don't get me wrong.
I was hitting high 14s and 15s on the VR practice tests - supposedly my forte.
There go my chances of Hopkins or Harvard
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Dood, you crack me up.JohnHolmes said:
TripleDegree said:
Ah now I get it, I'm a student at Chico State and love it, so I guess I don't really understand the attraction to big name schools.
I'd like to congratulate you on your score, I'm sorry that you aren't happy with it. 🙁
iggyboop said:
The guy said he was dumb because he got a 41! A 41! I guess he must have thought it was graded out of 100, so I was telling him 41 is a good score, that's all! 👍
11
11
11
Q = 33Q Hurray!!! 👍 😀
11
11
Q = 33Q Hurray!!! 👍 😀
monopolova said:
Personally, I think the funny part was not the high score, but rather the fact that he put 45 and then proceeded to give his individual scores for each section as well. Not a bad joke, IMO. 👍
Congrats, pinkertinkle! 👍Pinkertinkle said:
TripleDegree said:
keep hoping. no way you're getting in w/ an mcat in the 92nd or so percentile.
sheesh.
33R
VR: 8 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
PS: 13
BS: 12
Should I retake or am I alright for the mid-tier schools? I was really expecting a 35 (with a 10 in verbal) but oh well.
on my diags i got a 35 on 5r, 34 on 6r, 34 on 7r with 10 each time in verbal and 12's and 13's in sciences
VR: 8 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
PS: 13
BS: 12
Should I retake or am I alright for the mid-tier schools? I was really expecting a 35 (with a 10 in verbal) but oh well.
on my diags i got a 35 on 5r, 34 on 6r, 34 on 7r with 10 each time in verbal and 12's and 13's in sciences
34Q for me. 11P, 11V, 12B. Pretty much right on with my last three practice tests (33, 32, 33).
BS 08
PS 10
VR 11
= 29Q
I AM NOT RE-TAKING THAT BASTARD! Now I drink weeeeeeeeeeeee
PS 10
VR 11
= 29Q
I AM NOT RE-TAKING THAT BASTARD! Now I drink weeeeeeeeeeeee
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My GPA is low (~3.0) and here are my scores:
VR 10
PS 10
BS 11
WS O
I'm not retaking and I'll be praying constantly until the application process is over. I have made my mistakes and its not in my hands any longer (for this cycle). If I have to go back to the drawing board, so be it. The Caribbean sounds nice though........
VR 10
PS 10
BS 11
WS O
I'm not retaking and I'll be praying constantly until the application process is over. I have made my mistakes and its not in my hands any longer (for this cycle). If I have to go back to the drawing board, so be it. The Caribbean sounds nice though........
willthatsall said:
Maybe you read his post too fast: "41R - I have been staring at the screen for 15 min. I'm dumbfounded."
But if you still don't understand: dumbfounded
that is, utterly surprised. 😳
By the way, congrats, chopper! That's a great accomplishment!
PS: 13
VR: 9
BS: 11
WS: Q
Kinda disappointed about BS and VR. I had been making consistant 13s in BS and 10s and 11s in VR. Oh well. I am surprised at my WS... I didn't practice at all.
I suppose the 9 won't keep me out... and I should be happy 😕
VR: 9
BS: 11
WS: Q
Kinda disappointed about BS and VR. I had been making consistant 13s in BS and 10s and 11s in VR. Oh well. I am surprised at my WS... I didn't practice at all.
I suppose the 9 won't keep me out... and I should be happy 😕
I heard med schools put more emphasis on the verbal section than the others? Or is that just a myth..
10V
10P
10B
whooo hooo. I never would have thought in a thousand years my verbal and biological would have been the same, in all of my practice tests I was scoring like 12's on Bio and 7's on verbal. The last practice test I took two weeks before the MCAT was a 24. So it just goes to show you how unpredictable the bastard really is
10P
10B
whooo hooo. I never would have thought in a thousand years my verbal and biological would have been the same, in all of my practice tests I was scoring like 12's on Bio and 7's on verbal. The last practice test I took two weeks before the MCAT was a 24. So it just goes to show you how unpredictable the bastard really is
I was getting 35's on my last 3 practice tests, the real deal
BS-11
PS-9
V-7 WTF!!!!!!!!!! 7!!!!!!!!
total: 27O
im so ****ing drunk now i dont know what the hell i should do
BS-11
PS-9
V-7 WTF!!!!!!!!!! 7!!!!!!!!
total: 27O
im so ****ing drunk now i dont know what the hell i should do
BS - 11
PS - 10
VR - 11
WS - M
32M
$$$$$$
Time for das bier.
PS - 10
VR - 11
WS - M
32M
$$$$$$
Time for das bier.
last august: 29P (10PS, 9V, 10BS)
this april: 36Q (14PS, 10V, 12BS)
to people unhappy about their score who are going to retake: i know you feel like **** right now. i am sorry, i feel your pain of disappointment. But just remember that studying the second time is easier and you will be better prepared to study and take the actual exam. you can improve a lot!
this april: 36Q (14PS, 10V, 12BS)
to people unhappy about their score who are going to retake: i know you feel like **** right now. i am sorry, i feel your pain of disappointment. But just remember that studying the second time is easier and you will be better prepared to study and take the actual exam. you can improve a lot!
Got 33 P (13PS 08VR 12BS)
After I displayed the scores ..... I was shaking like anything.....my heart was beating so fast ....... Thank God it is over now ........ I know VR is low but we will see about that......
Isn't it scary that the last two AAMC tests nailed it pretty close (if u pick the best scores of the two tests ..... well I know there is not much choice in that verbal section 🙂 )
AAMC 6R 32 (12PS 08VR 12BS)
AAMC 7R 32 (13PS 08VR 11BS)
After I displayed the scores ..... I was shaking like anything.....my heart was beating so fast ....... Thank God it is over now ........ I know VR is low but we will see about that......
Isn't it scary that the last two AAMC tests nailed it pretty close (if u pick the best scores of the two tests ..... well I know there is not much choice in that verbal section 🙂 )
AAMC 6R 32 (12PS 08VR 12BS)
AAMC 7R 32 (13PS 08VR 11BS)
premyo2002 said:
I know exactly how you feel. I was scoring 33-34 on the REAL practice MCATs (4R,5R, etc.) and I got DICKED on the real thing (same score). This F***ing sucks.
Now I wish I had prepared better for this thing, I definitely took it too lightly.
Anyway, I just wanted opinions from people. I know I'm going to have to take it again if I want a chance to get into the top medical schools. Right now I have a NEAR perfect GPA(~ 4.0) at University of Michigan with a Biomedical Engineering major. Think anyone medical school would over look my fumble on the MCATs and place more weight on my GPA?
On studying for this again, for those of you that did well and took TPR. Did you guys just use the TPR books or additional materials? I'm thinking about just using the material I have from them and getting books with practice MCATs. I think my problem was that my best scores on the practice exams was when I took the exam in the afternoon. I know it's a piss-poor excuse, but people keep on telling me that my sleep-wake cycle has to be in-synce with the MCATs. I didn't really believe in it, but I guess not believing kinda screwed me. Any thought on whether or not the sleeping cycle thing really effects your score that much?
Well...August MCATs..here I come..Good luck to those studying for those...
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I got a 25R... 🙁 🙁
Averaging 33 on TPR practice tests!! How could this happen? Studying again for the August just seems impossible right now.
Averaging 33 on TPR practice tests!! How could this happen? Studying again for the August just seems impossible right now.
dchan5 said:
Dchan- sorry to hear about the score, but with that kind of GPA from Michigan - good on you. That is going to carry you far.
I did TPR, and did it with a vengeance. I was trying to pull up a less than stellar GPA (I'm a post-bac), and knew I needed to have a killer MCAT to get noticed.
I've got to say, I'm a TPR convert. They do some things that seem a bit cheesy, but I've got to admit, it works. Bottom line, you need to do what works for you, but I know from my own experience that sometimes what you 'think' works for you is just you being stubborn and not wanting to change. When I finally 'gave in to the dark side', my practice scores started shooting up.
If you are taking Princeton, this is what I'd recommend:
1. Go to all your classes. Hopefully you have 'good' teachers. Material is important, but those ICCs are key too. They should be telling you about strategies to get right answers EVEN IF you have no clue how to solve (dimensional analysis, process of elimination, how to do ranking questions, etc).
2. After every single practice test - come home, check your answers against the key, and then go over every single wrong answer (and 'guess' that you go right - make sure to mark you booklet with both the answer you put down and how confident you were). This is SO important. I think you get 80% of the benefit of diagnostics by doing this self-evaluation. It will tell you where you are weak from a material point as well as a 'strategy' point (where you are falling for trap answers, that sort of thing).
3. I know this sounds corny, but convince yourself, day in and day out, that you own this stupid test. I don't know how much this really helped, but it kept me from fraying around the edges as time got near. And, I think it helps your self-confidence and will keep you on track in the middle of the test and keep you from second guessing yourself.
Congrats to everyone doing so well out there. I wish you all the best of luck. See you on the application trail.
-chop
