Reflection on May 31st MCAT

[zizebrazi]

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How do you guys feel about the May 31st MCAT? I really don't know what to expect. How about the curve for each section? Which section did you feel was more difficult😛S, VR, or BS? Thanks!

 

[marctam86]

do a search, theres a big thread on the may 31st. the consensus was that it blew.

 

[Vanguard23]

Memories coming back to me...

 

[Dr.Acula]

Lets see my reflection on the 31st...Oh yea it was the worst experience in my life. Thank you for bringing that back up. Excuse me while I sob in the corner.🙁

 

[zackscoot]

Lets see my reflection on the 31st...Oh yea it was the worst experience in my life. Thank you for bringing that back up. Excuse me while I sob in the corner.🙁

I actually thought it wasn't too bad at all... definately a good experience for me

 

[benzene2008]

How do you guys feel about the May 31st MCAT? I really don't know what to expect. How about the curve for each section? Which section did you feel was more difficult😛S, VR, or BS? Thanks!

Brutal but we'll see...

When do our scores come out?

 

[koopa_troopa]

I think originally it was supposed to be out July 3rd, but now its around July 6th.

 

[hawk126]

I called AAMC with an AMCAS ? yesterday and while I had the guy on the phone I asked him about the 5/31 scores and the 7/6 release date. He was perplexed by the 7/6 date and wanted to know where it came from. According to the guy I spoke with, the scores could come out as early as 6/30 or perhaps first part of the week of the 4th. When I asked him if he knew the 30th was a Saturday he said yes and that scores are sometimes released on Saturdays. Sounded like BS to me, but I don't have any reason to think he'd feed me a line... or maybe he just wanted to get off the phone.

 

[marctam86]

wow, this means im going to be checking the website nervously from june 30th on.

 

[benzene2008]

I think originally it was supposed to be out July 3rd, but now its around July 6th.

Why might there be a hold up on the scores? Hopefully there thinking about the 8 point curve for everyone...

 

[Vanguard23]

Why might there be a hold up on the scores? Hopefully there thinking about the 8 point curve for everyone...

8 point curve? I WISH.

 

[benzene2008]

8 point curve? I WISH.

LOL, but seriously I wonder why so long... LOL, if not a curve perhaps it is so bad they don't want 10,000 kids offing themselves on Independence day... 🙁

 

[Waiting112]

Lets see my reflection on the 31st...Oh yea it was the worst experience in my life. Thank you for bringing that back up. Excuse me while I sob in the corner.🙁

Hahahah.... I'm sorry. I'm not laughing at you or anything but I was just reading the posts that people from the 5/25 exam made on their scores and I was feeling so low but then I saw your comment here and just busted out laughing. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who feels horrible about the exam.

 

[Waiting112]

I called AAMC with an AMCAS ? yesterday and while I had the guy on the phone I asked him about the 5/31 scores and the 7/6 release date. He was perplexed by the 7/6 date and wanted to know where it came from. According to the guy I spoke with, the scores could come out as early as 6/30 or perhaps first part of the week of the 4th. When I asked him if he knew the 30th was a Saturday he said yes and that scores are sometimes released on Saturdays. Sounded like BS to me, but I don't have any reason to think he'd feed me a line... or maybe he just wanted to get off the phone.

Hmmm....interesting. I'm going to call the MCAT people tomorrow and ask them about this.

 

[cac08]

Please report back after you do!

 

[Halligan]

8 point curve? I WISH.

haha, it would be awesome, wouldn't it?

Just think about it for a second...it's very sweet!

 

[Vanguard23]

Hahahah.... I'm sorry. I'm not laughing at you or anything but I was just reading the posts that people from the 5/25 exam made on their scores and I was feeling so low but then I saw your comment here and just busted out laughing. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who feels horrible about the exam.

Pfft...you're hardly alone. The general consensus from the people here is that test is that it blew.

 

[dr.kicia]

Pfft...you're hardly alone. The general consensus from the people here is that test is that it blew.

oh yeah...it blew big time!

 

[SpartanBlueJay2]

Agreed. I was doing well on practice tests, but I do not have high hopes for this score. I already signed up to re-take on July 13.

 

[Barfalamule]

Same here. I signed up for the August 9th MCAT. My GPA is a bit weak though so I'm really pushing it. I just want the score out so I know what I'm doing for the next month.

 

[Waiting112]

I just got off the phone with the MCAT people and was told that scores would be released on July 6th. One more agonizing week to go!

 

[benzene2008]

I just got off the phone with the MCAT people and was told that scores would be released on July 6th. One more agonizing week to go!

wow did they say why? Seems crazy making wait an extra week... What is the purpose.

 

[HristosKaran]

wow did they say why? Seems crazy making wait an extra week... What is the purpose.

Maybe they realized they royally screwed everybody over on May 31st..now they are trying to figure out how to set the curve! I mean what othe reason could there be? Unless a very high number of students took the May 31st MCAT....

 

[Waiting112]

wow did they say why? Seems crazy making wait an extra week... What is the purpose.[/QUOTE

No, they didn't say. I even asked me guy why the release date was moved back and he said it had always been July 6th and I know that's a lie because it was originaly June 30th, then it was pushed back to July 3rd, and now it's the 6th.

 

[benzene2008]

wow did they say why? Seems crazy making wait an extra week... What is the purpose.[/QUOTE

No, they didn't say. I even asked me guy why the release date was moved back and he said it had always been July 6th and I know that's a lie because it was originaly June 30th, then it was pushed back to July 3rd, and now it's the 6th.

Yea, I think they looked at the test results... realized how many people they were about to screw and then decided to avoid the barrage of law suits and are going to sit tight and see what makes sense in regarding a curve...

LOL, well that is the prayer anyways.

 

[shaqkillz451]

damn man i can't wait any loonger for this score. Come on already!!!

 

[Halligan]

I know!!! Come on! I've already pulled all the hair on my head out!

I don't have any more to pull!!! j/k

But seriously. I want my dang test score . . . badly!

It's some serious , but I'm going to go ahead and pray that they're reconsidering too. lol

 

[AppleseedCast]

do you guys know if test sites are still generally available for august mcat?

 

[PreMedMommy]

I've come to a point where I'm not sure I want to know my score. If I don't know, I can still go to bed at night and dream about that 8 point curve giving my a 35. Once I see my scores, reality will kick in....I'm thinking........28??

 

[benzene2008]

I've come to a point where I'm not sure I want to know my score. If I don't know, I can still go to bed at night and dream about that 8 point curve giving my a 35. Once I see my scores, reality will kick in....I'm thinking........28??

honestly I would love a 28...

 

[littlealex]

Guys relax. I took the May 25th one and I thought it was the worst day of my life too. I took AAMC 4-9r and thought those were doable. Then I take the real thing and thought i completely bombed the test, and verbal was my only good section.

It turns out that I did fine on everything, and verbal was my lowest score.

Remember, you're competing against other people, not the test. You can never really figure out how you did on the test. If you did ****ty, likelihood is that others did too. If you did well, they did well.

Just relax and remember that there is very little you can do at this point. FOCUS on the next moment. Let the test go. You did your best on the test day, now its up to the AAMC to score it.

 

[hawk126]

I think that the delay is probably due to a bottleneck, i.e. there were 4 test dates in May so when we took ours on 5/31 there were already three sets of exams being graded... plus the holiday.

 

[BrokenGlass]

Guys relax. I took the May 25th one and I thought it was the worst day of my life too. I took AAMC 4-9r and thought those were doable. Then I take the real thing and thought i completely bombed the test, and verbal was my only good section.

It turns out that I did fine on everything, and verbal was my lowest score.

Remember, you're competing against other people, not the test. You can never really figure out how you did on the test. If you did ****ty, likelihood is that others did too. If you did well, they did well.

Just relax and remember that there is very little you can do at this point. FOCUS on the next moment. Let the test go. You did your best on the test day, now its up to the AAMC to score it.

I second that. I have had someone tell me that each calculation on his physical sciences section literally took 9 minutes and then he ended up gettting a 14 on the Physical Sciences and 37 overall. People would complain no matter what. Too many calculations, not enough calculations, too conceptual, not conceptual enough, too much o-chem, not enough bio, too much bio, not enough o-chem, etc. There is no point in panicking if you don't even know your score yet.

 

[ocwaveoc]

I second that. I have had someone tell me that each calculation on his physical sciences section literally took 9 minutes and then he ended up gettting a 14 on the Physical Sciences and 37 overall. People would complain no matter what. Too many calculations, not enough calculations, too conceptual, not conceptual enough, too much o-chem, not enough bio, too much bio, not enough o-chem, etc. There is no point in panicking if you don't even know your score yet.

 

[PreMedMommy]

honestly I would love a 28...

I would be satisfied, buy to me a 28 is the purgatory of MCAT scores. Not low enough to justify retaking it, not high enough for me to be completely happy. It's that 89% in a class you worked your bootie off for. If I'm gonna get a B, I want a solid 85%. I hate that just out of reach feeling.

 

[sue979]

Guys relax. I took the May 25th one and I thought it was the worst day of my life too. I took AAMC 4-9r and thought those were doable. Then I take the real thing and thought i completely bombed the test, and verbal was my only good section.

It turns out that I did fine on everything, and verbal was my lowest score.

Remember, you're competing against other people, not the test. You can never really figure out how you did on the test. If you did ****ty, likelihood is that others did too. If you did well, they did well.

Just relax and remember that there is very little you can do at this point. FOCUS on the next moment. Let the test go. You did your best on the test day, now its up to the AAMC to score it.

I totally agree. At this point, I just want to know my scores so that I can take the next step of either signing up for another exam or submitting my AMCAs application. I also think that I did the best in verbal, wonder what my scores look like.