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Hey all,
So took the PCAT this morning and didn't do as well as I wanted to. My prelim scores are
Bio: 76
Chem: 22 (UGH 🙁)
Reading: 65
Quant: 53
Comp: 53
I havn't taken Ochem, Biochem or Physiology yet so I'm kind of thinking that's why I did so terrible on the Chemistry section. I honestly thought I did a lot better on the reading section...but scores don't show that. Any suggestions at studying for Chemistry in case I have to retake?
The school I'm wanting to get into says for a 'competitive score' you have to have above a 40th %tile composite and no subscores less than 20...so if my official scores don't drop that 22 ,I may have a chance???? I don't really want to retake it but I'm thinking I may have to. My GPA is a 3.8 and I have a bachelors (that is not science related), I've been a pharmacy tech for about 3 years now and I'm doing some volunteer work to boost my app..so I'm not sure if I should apply for early admissions or not. "Technically" I'm competitive according to the website but I'm not sure if I should just wait and take the PCAT again
*Also the calculator and the periodic table was up for the whole chemistry section & you could use the calculator for the entire math and bio section.
**I personally felt that this test was harder than the Pearson practice tests, esp #5,#6. The bio section wasn't bad but the math, reading, and chem were about where the Kaplan tests were in order of difficulty. At least for me.
So took the PCAT this morning and didn't do as well as I wanted to. My prelim scores are
Bio: 76
Chem: 22 (UGH 🙁)
Reading: 65
Quant: 53
Comp: 53
I havn't taken Ochem, Biochem or Physiology yet so I'm kind of thinking that's why I did so terrible on the Chemistry section. I honestly thought I did a lot better on the reading section...but scores don't show that. Any suggestions at studying for Chemistry in case I have to retake?
The school I'm wanting to get into says for a 'competitive score' you have to have above a 40th %tile composite and no subscores less than 20...so if my official scores don't drop that 22 ,I may have a chance???? I don't really want to retake it but I'm thinking I may have to. My GPA is a 3.8 and I have a bachelors (that is not science related), I've been a pharmacy tech for about 3 years now and I'm doing some volunteer work to boost my app..so I'm not sure if I should apply for early admissions or not. "Technically" I'm competitive according to the website but I'm not sure if I should just wait and take the PCAT again
*Also the calculator and the periodic table was up for the whole chemistry section & you could use the calculator for the entire math and bio section.
**I personally felt that this test was harder than the Pearson practice tests, esp #5,#6. The bio section wasn't bad but the math, reading, and chem were about where the Kaplan tests were in order of difficulty. At least for me.
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