***Official April 2006 Score Release Countdown Thread***

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In the continuing spirit of the tradition started last year, we will hold this as your official countdown til score release thread. You can use this as a countdown, but may also post in here general conversation if you are just going insane over this wait. Also, this may not be an exact of when the scores will come out, but we don't know how many days before the official 60 days are over they will come out. Last year, they came out around June 15th at 10pm. But this will give us a rough approximation.

Ok, let the fun begin.........

59 days and counting........

Lets pray for all of you and for my very best roommate, and two of my other bestest friends. 😀 May all come with good news in the following two months.

This is for the neurotic ones who just need somewhere to vent their frustration over the wait. 😛
 
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medschool22 said:
Hey, if you're the kind of "dawg" I think you are, you should know who I'm talking about...Dr. B _ _ _ _ Pal_ _ _ _ _
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Hmmm... not ringing any bells at all. What kind of advisor is he?
 
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I took the April test in my lucky red shirt--the same one I've taken every big test in since Freshman year of high school. After the test, I cerimoniously burned it, as I imagined it had performed its final duties. In these last few days before the big event, I'm becoming more aware of the possibility that I may need its services again. Any ideas about my problem?
 
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medschool22 said:
Bio advisor. Professor of Botany. Wife works at the school too.
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Yeah, I'm definitely not having any luck. It seems that this guy is pretty big for pre-meds, so maybe I'm not the kind of dawg you're thinking
 
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dawgs07 said:
Hmmm... not ringing any bells at all. What kind of advisor is he?
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I think I just thought of who you're talking about! I'm not in bio advising, so that would explain it. I'm actually a microbiology major.
 
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hasel001 said:
I took the April test in my lucky red shirt--the same one I've taken every big test in since Freshman year of high school. After the test, I cerimoniously burned it, as I imagined it had performed its final duties. In these last few days before the big event, I'm becoming more aware of the possibility that I may need its services again. Any ideas about my problem?
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I would tell you, but I charge 100 dollars an hour for my rituals.
 
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oxeye said:
LOL Just go for it during medical school. 🙂

Everyone asks us if we are going to have another to try for a boy. I think other people's boys are great, but I'd be scared to have one of my own. All the little boys I know are such dare devils.
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1) If I have to have 100 more, I am gonna get my girl one day! I feel for your wife on that one

2) yes, boys are evil little dare-devils. I tell people I will have to go into emergency medicine so I can clean them up when they're jumping off rooftops and making home explosives. on the other hand, I'm terrified of having a girl. I've got boys down pat...
 
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braluk said:
sorry i didnt even see your baby. your baby looks like a mix of asian and something else. and well the little chubby head and arms and little scrunched up face makes it ready for gerbers commercials. what a beautiful child you have. 32 hour labor no epi? Hah! i can beat that. try 20 minutes of watching the oxygen network and come back and see who is tougher 🙂 hehe just kidding, make sure you mention that to your child growing up, my mom never fails to mention somethig about giving birth to me every waking second of hte moment, which i guess works cause hey, i AM applying for med school and waiting mcat results instead of ruling the mean streets
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he's half chinese and half white. and VERY chubby. and i hope my sons DON'T go to med school because I can't take the stress of waiting for THIER MCAT scores!! 😱
 
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oxeye said:
I'm not going to sell mine. I'm going to have a bonfire. 😀
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eeeexcellent! *tents fingers*

i like the way you think! i still remember the pleasure from burning my computer engineering notes and books :meanie:

alas, i have to keep mine to help teach other poor souls how to take the mcat.. the KAPLAN way!

i feel so.. hypocritical.. i didn't use their stupid passage mapping method when i took it, but i have to teach it anyway...

and oxeye, yet another adorable picture, but i have to say i like the one of your older daughter best! the black and white one with the colored sash? It's so warm.. I love it! 🙂
 
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medschool22 said:
MCAT SCORES ARE OUT!!!





sorry, had to do it. in case you're a little slow, they come out on the June 20th
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You must be destroyed! 😀 :laugh:

The AAMC, if they don't work on the weekend, has our April 2006 scores ready. How else can they release them on monday night, tuesday night? I can't understand their need to stick to their April 20th, exactly 60 days deadline. They haven't done that in the past; why now? :meanie: :scared: 😴
 
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LifetimeDoc said:
You must be destroyed! 😀 :laugh:

The AAMC, if they don't work on the weekend, has our April 2006 scores ready. How else can they release them on monday night, tuesday night? I can't understand their need to stick to their April 20th, exactly 60 days deadline. They haven't done that in the past; why now? :meanie: :scared: 😴
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yea that's true unless they are in their semi annual overtime weekend
 
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LifetimeDoc said:
Have they ever released scores on a Saturday or Sunday, or has it always been on a weekday afternoon-night?
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they prolly dont work on the weekend

the sad thing is that all of our scores are just sitting there, someone from the aamc just has to click the "show to public" button

someone needs to crack their site and hit that button
 
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taylormade44 said:
they prolly dont work on the weekend

the sad thing is that all of our scores are just sitting there, someone from the aamc just has to click the "show to public" button

someone needs to crack their site and hit that button
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if that's the case then that is just plain messed up
 
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taylormade44 said:
they probably dont feel like it...think that eehh the kiddos should get the weekend free of the scores
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Yeah, my TAs did that in histology this summer. We had our first big lab practical, and I was so stressed about the MCAT, I wanted to at least glance at the key to see how I did on the practical. They refused, saying that I should just relax and enjoy the weekend in ignorant bliss. Boy, they were wrong! 😀 :laugh:
 
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taylormade44 said:
they probably dont feel like it...think that eehh the kiddos should get the weekend free of the scores

man ive been threatening to make an mdapps profile but im too lazy to even do my ps lol
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yea i am waiting for the score to do my mdapps thing.....and the personal statement for that matter
 
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Why did I check the THx site this morning? I'm going back to sleep and I won't get up until its an acceptable time to have a bloody mary or mimosa :laugh: :laugh:

just kidding. docolive, I think my husband and I might go check out some labrador breeders today! We're planning to get a puppy this fall 🙂

ps-did you guys know that MI is in the Eastern time zone?
 
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morriske said:
Why did I check the THx site this morning? I'm going back to sleep and I won't get up until its an acceptable time to have a bloody mary or mimosa :laugh: :laugh:

just kidding. docolive, I think my husband and I might go check out some labrador breeders today! We're planning to get a puppy this fall 🙂

ps-did you guys know that MI is in the Eastern time zone?
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you're not the only one who checked first thing in the morning 🙁


btw yaaayy for mdapps
 
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LifetimeDoc said:
I can't understand their need to stick to their April 20th, exactly 60 days deadline. They haven't done that in the past; why now? :meanie: :scared: 😴
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Perhaps to spite our group for being particularly obnoxious about calling and e-mailing??? :meanie: Maybe they have a thing against TPR??? I'm sure the fact that TPR put out June 7th didn't make the folks at AAMC / ACT very happy!

Who knows? I guess they were forced to put a release date on the MCAT webpage, and their stickin' to it by God!
 
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danjo said:
Perhaps to spite our group for being particularly obnoxious about calling and e-mailing??? :meanie: Maybe they have a thing against TPR??? I'm sure the fact that TPR put out June 7th didn't make the folks at AAMC / ACT very happy!
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lol i must admit, when i called them (not about the mcat) they were nooottt very pleasant

dont wanna make the people who determine something so big mad
 
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anybody else have trouble sleeping last night? It was toss and turn for me all night....this has been the usual lately. I guess it's all this mcat worrying. 😴
 
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scentimint said:
ok, who's got my scores?
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I do...but you've got to give me that delicious ice cream cone you are eating! 😀

Anyone else going through these daydreaming stages?...

1. Elation that I got a 37 (V11, P13, B13)
2. Satisfaction that I got a 34 (V10, P12, B12)
3. Content that I got a 31 (V10, P10, B11)
4. Scared that it's not enough with a 28 (V9, P10, B9)
5. Depression I got less than my best practices 25 (V8, P9, B8)

I can imagine all of these scenarios, and I'm not sure which one is the most likely. Way too nerve racking. :scared:
 
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docolive said:
anybody else have trouble sleeping last night? It was toss and turn for me all night....this has been the usual lately. I guess it's all this mcat worrying. 😴
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i think i would have if i'd made it to sleep before 4am. Insane insomnia! My kids get me up at 7, so this is going to be a long 3 or 4 days...
 
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LifetimeDoc said:
I do...but you've got to give me that delicious ice cream cone you are eating! 😀

Anyone else going through these daydreaming stages?...

1. Elation that I got a 37 (11, 13, 13)
2. Satisfaction that I got a 34 (10, 12, 12)
3. Counting my lucky stars I got a 31 (10, 10, 11)
4. Scared that it's not enough with a 28 (9, 10, 9)
5. Depression I got less than my best practices 26 (8, 9, 9)

I can imagine all of these scenarios, and I'm not sure which one is the most likely. Way too nerve racking. :scared:
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yes! lately I am focusing on the 3. 4. and 5. scenario as my pessimism mounts. but every now and then I sneak in a 1. or 2. i keep focusing on that moment when hope and adrenaline peaks followed by my stomach falling, nausea, and crying as I stare and stare at the low score and force myself to accept it as reality. i then fall into the worst kind of depression and lose my appetite and sleep as much as possible. i stare blankly as my kids play around me and i weep and apologiuze top them for not being a good mother who gets high MCAT scores. And then I think about 1. or 2. and realize I would still be filled with anxiety because MCATs aren't everything and it will still be a battle to get in somewhere.

Luckily I am volunteering at the cancer center this afternoon and it will snap me back into reality. people with real problems who handle them much better than me! 🙄
 
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It just occurred to me:

If the medical profession's theme is primo non nocere , or "First, do no harm," does it really seem right that they're unnecessarily killing us by the wait.

AAMC, if you're reading this, have a heart, and save ours.
 
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hasel001 said:
It just occurred to me:

If the medical profession's theme is primo non nocere , or "First, do no harm," does it really seem right that they're unnecessarily killing us by the wait.

AAMC, if you're reading this, have a heart, and save ours.
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i think theyre just preparing us actually....

after we've waited for our mcat scores we have to wait for secondaries after applying...
and then we have to wait for interviews....
and then we have to wait for acceptances/waitlists
and then we have to wait to get off waitlists
and then we have to take more tests and wait
and then we have to take more tests and wait
and then we have to wait to see if we match with a program
and then we have to wait to get back more tests

are you sure this is what you want to do with the rest of your life?
 
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I know what you all mean about the adrenaline rush- everytime I think about the scores coming up I feel like I just took epi- all woozy and head rushed. And I also know what you all mean about distractions being the best thing- I am TRYING to find things to do here at work (ICU) (which isn't that hard really, but still) to avoid thinking about my scores. Plus, I overshared and entirely too many people are asking if scores are out. Gah! Who's up for a massive beach trip to margharittaville when scores finally break? 😎

p.s. are all of the med schools now doing the online folder and uploading our letters of reccommendation? thanks
 
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MiesVanDerMom said:
1) If I have to have 100 more, I am gonna get my girl one day! I feel for your wife on that one

2) yes, boys are evil little dare-devils. I tell people I will have to go into emergency medicine so I can clean them up when they're jumping off rooftops and making home explosives. on the other hand, I'm terrified of having a girl. I've got boys down pat...
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LOL, yeah girls have their own set of problems as we both know I'm sure. I'll get my payback when they are teenagers. 😉
 
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Zephyrus said:
a word of advice-

don't work up the courage to ask out a girl you've been talking to and doting attention upon, slowly building a crush for the past few months shortly after a breakup, only to discover that she has had a boyfriend all along, thus (a) ruining your hopes instantly and (b) calling into question your ability to gauge a female's interest in you -- in any case, don't do this while waiting for MCAT scores.

don't do it. you will feel a strange breed of miserable.

Z
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Awww, that sucks Z. But do know that some girls will lead a guy on even if they are "taken" so it might not be your fault.

And you will feel much better once you see your 42. 😀
 
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LifetimeDoc said:
I heard that they lost all of our scores, so we'll have to retake the MCAT in August, free of charge of course! 😱 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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HOLY **** SO NOT FUNNY!! Ha ha i know youre just trying to make light of this agony.... distraction is the key!
 
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LifetimeDoc said:
I heard that they lost all of our scores, so we'll have to retake the MCAT in August, free of charge of course! 😱 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Oh SO CRUEL! My stomach just flipped when I read this.... nice MDapps btw
 
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girlsporty said:
Oh SO CRUEL! My stomach just flipped when I read this.... nice MDapps btw
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Sorry about that, kinda trying to break the stress....thanks, though my overall GPA (Physics and Physical Chem killed me) stinks, and still hoping for a miracle with the April 2006 MCAT scores.
 
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Seriously, what are you guys doing in the next few days?

I'm going out of my mind. I think I'm already convinced I did horribly! I can't even work on AMCAS, I'm so sure that it's futile.

This might not be rational, but I'm a retaker, and the AMCAS data suggests retakers tend to do worse the second time around, so I'm convinced I'm doomed to a score lower than a 32... I took the test three years ago, then decided to take "time off" and had to retake it, since my scores were old.

I wasn't this anxious last time- but I wasn't in the process of applying yet either. This just feels so significant, I can't stand it. I want to invest in some benzos with a long enough half life to knock me out until sometime Tuesday (and perhaps for a few days after then as well).

Any suggestions on how to ignore it? I had planned on finishing up my MD/PhD essays and proofing the rest of my app this weekend, but I can't even think about it without freaking out.

Blah. I almost wish we still didn't know when they were being released- that way I could just ignore it for a while longer.
 
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I'm going to help my husband put a shed together for our backyard today. I'll keep myself busy around the house until score release - clean the fridge, shampoo the carpets, and some other stuff. I'll do this on Monday/Tuesday too probably. That way I'm busy, but at home so I can still check this board and THx obsessively.
 
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