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No seriously, I have reached the lowest of the lowest points in imaginable existence...I actually think the MCAT was useful as something other than assigning me a score!
Not only do I feel I picked up a lot of factoids (esp. in physiology) that I my basic bio course hadn't hit, I also think I developed another important skill. Being able to read scientific passages quickly and understand them well enough to answer challenging questions is a useful technique for life, at least the road in life all of us plan to take. Doing this well requires being able to assemble and analyze significant amounts of information in short periods of time and to evaluate the material to distinguish the important from the insignificant.
I think intense prep for the MCAT helps to improve this skill and I believe, or at least hope, that it will help in the future, especially in any research efforts that I might undertake.
Not only do I feel I picked up a lot of factoids (esp. in physiology) that I my basic bio course hadn't hit, I also think I developed another important skill. Being able to read scientific passages quickly and understand them well enough to answer challenging questions is a useful technique for life, at least the road in life all of us plan to take. Doing this well requires being able to assemble and analyze significant amounts of information in short periods of time and to evaluate the material to distinguish the important from the insignificant.
I think intense prep for the MCAT helps to improve this skill and I believe, or at least hope, that it will help in the future, especially in any research efforts that I might undertake.