Pcat Problems!! Desperate for help!!

[Goldie23]

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Okay, so this is my second time around at the PCAT, the first I won't even talk about because it was a joke. I didn't study at all and didn't put any effort into the test while I was taking it.

Just took the PCAT again on July 19th. I started studying mid-May about 4-5 hours a day. Verbal and QA were definitely my weak sections, or atleast that's what I thought. Here are my scores:

Reading: 26
QA: 21
Verbal: 30
Biology: 55
Chemistry:40
Composite: 29

I used Dr. Collins, Kaplan and 3 Pearson Practice exams, along with Cliff notes practice tests. I took the pearson exams within 2 weeks of the test.

My Practice test scores were pretty consistent. They were:

QA: 20-40
Verbal: 30-50
Biology:70-90
Chemistry: 70-90
Reading: 80-90
Composite: 55-75

I am not sure what step to take from here. I'm thinking about taking the Kaplan prep course. That's really all I know to do. I've always been a bad test taker, but this is ridiculous.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[SadPharma]

Is English your first language? If not, be sure they know this from your personal statement.

 

[City Boy]

Okay, so this is my second time around at the PCAT, the first I won't even talk about because it was a joke. I didn't study at all and didn't put any effort into the test while I was taking it.

Just took the PCAT again on July 19th. I started studying mid-May about 4-5 hours a day. Verbal and QA were definitely my weak sections, or atleast that's what I thought. Here are my scores:

Reading: 26
QA: 21
Verbal: 30
Biology: 55
Chemistry:40
Composite: 29

I used Dr. Collins, Kaplan and 3 Pearson Practice exams, along with Cliff notes practice tests. I took the pearson exams within 2 weeks of the test.

My Practice test scores were pretty consistent. They were:

QA: 20-40
Verbal: 30-50
Biology:70-90
Chemistry: 70-90
Reading: 80-90
Composite: 55-75

I am not sure what step to take from here. I'm thinking about taking the Kaplan prep course. That's really all I know to do. I've always been a bad test taker, but this is ridiculous.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hey man dnt you worry I know people who got 54 and got accepted in pharmacy school.........Most of the time they compare your GPA and Pcat score...... I asked this Advisor and she told me that if you score under 25 % in subtest then its a problem not the composite though......You have good enough composite most schools looks at that...........

 

[Goldie23]

I did test under 25% on a subtest, the QA. I also have a 3.3 gpa.. I'm really discouraged.