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So I am surprised this thread has not been started yet!! How is everyone feeling about the test?? How are you spending your last week & 1/2? I am retaking from Jan 26th so this is IT! I'm more ready to have it done than nervous...what about everyone else?
 
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l7anxtl7lvln2n said:
On my practice AAMC exams, I never got a single Orgo Question wrong after 6 exams. After yesterday, I felt like I miss 2 right off the bat. I wanted to cry on my 5 hour car drive back 🙁 cause that was **** was hella hard. Did anyone else hear your own heart beat with those earmuffs on or was it just me?
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palpitations? xP
 
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For PS there was a lake feeding the tube which fed a generator which powered a house passage. Then there was a wind turbine passage. I had the AgCl passage as well along with some weird one about molecules that surround heavy metals in some planar configuration. I also remember one about a rocket.
 
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That refractory question with the hypothetical prismatic media was trouble.

I thought that the bio sciences section was tough mostly due to an enhanced emphasis on problem solving (although I thought that the meniscus discrete was a bolt out of the blue). The lac operon passage, for example, took a huge amount of brain exercise just to keep all your facts straight. I didn't think that the material itself was so tough, but they seemed to roll back the amount of information that you would have needed to know walking into the test in favor of stuff that just required you to boil your cerebrum.
 
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I agree with you guys...the AgCl passage was hard...I kept working on it and forgot to check on my remaining time...the PS and BS and verbal were all harder than aamc practice...I am gonna die :scared:
 
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Yeah, the exam has been on my mind since I've taken it. From the sound of things, the curve has to be huge since everyone seems to be complaining. I'm gonna try to stop checking this thread starting tomorrow. Its really getting to me.
 
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The AgCl passage was terrible. I couldn't follow everything and it was taking me soooo long.

I am sad, guys. I was comparing notes with two of my friends who took the May 10 test and I know 100% sure that I missed two questions on bio that they got right that I should have gotten right also. I'm sure I missed a ton more, and it is making me sad. Also, Ochem is one of my best subjects, and I can't remember what I put for that weird H-NMR question but I think I got that wrong ALSO.

Also, did you guys find that you were getting a lot of answers from the passages themselves???? I did. I think a lot of answers were in the passages as opposed to requiring an overload of outside knowledge.

Something to remember is...I think that SDN people are in general more qualified to take the test that other people...you have to care enough about medicine to get on SDN and chat with other pre-meds. I think some people take the MCAT just to see how they do. Hopefully lots of test takers that were in finals hell and didn't study hardly at all took it "just to see" how they did!!!!!!

Did ANYONE remember having an Ecoli passage that was tough (NOT the same as the lac operon passage)?
 
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i did while trying to figure out which formulas to use... i know that they are a fan of smooshing formulas together so you need to rearrange them but for the life of me i couldn't figure out which ones to use. the discrete plane one threw me too...
 
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Yeah, that's how I figured it out using the projectile motion equations so at least we used the same thought process.
 
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although im not totally sure i picked the right answer...lol i was pressed for time coz the calculations questions that i couldnt do in a min and a half, i marked and then moved on and got back to them at the end
 
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I had a few I marked as well and had to solve them at the end. I know I correctly solved two of the problems I marked and took a educated guess on the other one. That section was so time consuming and I hope everyone did better than wut they thought.
 
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I believe you most likely would get a 10 if at the most if you missed 15 especially if its curved. I know for sure I missed 6 at the least and 10 at the most on physical sciences. I really can't speak for biology, but verbal was a breeze.
 
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Guys, quit torturing yourselves. You don't know how many you got wrong and you don't know what the scale will be. For that matter, nobody else here knows what your scale will be. Seriously.

You'll just make yourself miserable trying to figure out what you scored.
 
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ferreed said:
Guys, quit torturing yourselves. You don't know how many you got wrong and you don't know what the scale will be. For that matter, nobody else here knows what your scale will be. Seriously.

You'll just make yourself miserable trying to figure out what you scored.
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lol... im just trying to ease my panic ferreed =)
 
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yaaah....its almost like therapy...but neway...

walking in i expected 14,11,13 for a 38...

my prediction is 11,11,8...for a 30...i will not retake this...

but if i really did get pooped on....10,9,8...for a 27 and i will def hafta retake!

ahh and i think i was talkin too much bout the problems cuz one of my post got deleted...😎
 
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superSTUDYHOLIC said:
lol... im just trying to ease my panic ferreed =)
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Oh, I understand. I'm right there with you and I've been here before.

Just don't let folks get you down about your as yet unreleased scores and don't believe everything you read on the internet. We'll all be posting scores here before too long, so hang in there. 🙂
 
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have you taken the mcat before this time? i've taken tons of exams before and its funny that taking the exam isn't the nervewracking part, its the waiting to figure out how you did... argh... you would think that the multiple choice sections being done on the computer, it could get marked straight away, scaled and we would all be able to know how we did straight away =P wishful thinking hehe..
 
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Yeah, there should be no reason why we should have to wait more than a week for our scores in Bio, verbal, and phys. Who cares about writing if we're not canadian.
 
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superSTUDYHOLIC said:
have you taken the mcat before this time?
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Unfortunately, yes. I took it several years ago cold and did ok, but not good. I studied, retook it the next spring, and got a solid score. I applied to school that year, got into a huge mess with my state of residency and ended up waitlisted. So, I spent some time getting things in order on my end, reestablished my in-state residency, and just took my third MCAT with y'all on Saturday. That's probably more info than you needed.

its funny that taking the exam isn't the nervewracking part, its the waiting to figure out how you did... argh... you would think that the multiple choice sections being done on the computer, it could get marked straight away, scaled and we would all be able to know how we did straight away =P wishful thinking hehe..
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I agree with you 100%. I wish they'd eliminate the WS since nobody really seems to care about it. You'd think interviews and personal statements would give the schools a good idea of our abilities to communicate clearly. Seems like that might reduce the cost of administering the test since they need real, live graders to score essays.
 
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I know that everyone above said to chill the **** out and not speculate anymore about scores, but....it is soooo much easier said than done.

How does everyone think they did, if you HAVE to put a number on it?

Me personally.... 9 PS 8 VR 9 BS
 
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I know that everyone above said to chill the frick out and not speculate anymore about scores, but....it is soooo much easier said than done.

How does everyone think they did, if you HAVE to put a number on it?

Me personally.... 9 PS 8 VR 9 BS
 
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ferreed said:
You'll just make yourself miserable trying to figure out what you scored.
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More to the point, it doesn't really matter what our individual takes on the total scores are. If we went into the test and we all thought it was hard, we would be worried we did bad, and fret about the curve.

However, if we thought the test was easy, we'd all be worried that a) we'd missed important information/got suckered by bad answers and b) that the curve would work against us.

We all care about our results a great deal, so at some point, anxiety is likely to set in. That would be the case regardless of how we all thought the results came back. So relax; it's May, finals are over (for most people), and you've got nothing to do until the first week of June. Everyone go have their favorite drink (Sauza on the rocks please...) and stop worrying about the test you've been worrying about for the past couple months.
 
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we've all studied long and hard for the mcat and now that we don't need to anymore while waiting for results it feels quite weird.
 
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There have been several posts which have crossed the line of being too specific about test content, and several others which are coming dangerously close to crossing the line. Please remember that SDN has a very strict policy about not disclosing any test questions, answer choices, or passage content. Any post that crossed the line will be deleted, and the poster's account will be placed on a 1-week post hold.

For more information, see this thread, which is stickied at the top of the forum. (Specifically, post #6.)



Edit: meep meep- roadrunner's faster than me 😉
 
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wizenedone said:
well..i mean..it could be like interpreting an EKG..which isnt that easy for some people..
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yea i agree. but even the physiology freaks said the passage was hard. an EKG should not be difficult to interpret for someone who loves/is good at physiology.
 
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Hey everyone,

In case you did not already realize it, the 2009 AMCAS is available as of today. Let's all take this as an opportunity to stop thinking about the MCAT scores for awhile while spending hours working on this form as well as the personal statement. Have fun and good luck!
 
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In the spirit of the other thread, I'm going to make a stab at predicting my score so I can compare how I felt(now) with the real thing when it comes.

PS: 12, VR: 11, BS: 9, WS: S


Now it is on record.
 
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Dr. Josh said:
Your score predictions are making me freaken nervous.:scared: I thought people thought this was a tough test.
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Don't take the intarwebs too seriously, friend. Even if everyone posting here makes a 35+ it won't change the distribution of scores on the curve. Average will still be average, and schools with a median MCAT of 30.2 will still be accepting students both above and below that score.

Judging from past threads, when the scores are released you'll see everything from low 20s to high 30s (and very possibly 40+) reported in this thread. In the end it doesn't really matter what scores everyone else posts-- just relax, check your score when it's released, get your AMCAS polished and submitted early, and get ready to interview.

Best of luck to all. 👍
 
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ferreed said:
Don't take the intarwebs too seriously, friend. Even if everyone posting here makes a 35+ it won't change the distribution of scores on the curve. Average will still be average, and schools with a median MCAT of 30.2 will still be accepting students both above and below that score.

Judging from past threads, when the scores are released you'll see everything from low 20s to high 30s (and very possibly 40+) reported in this thread. In the end it doesn't really matter what scores everyone else posts-- just relax, check your score when it's released, get your AMCAS polished and submitted early, and get ready to interview.

Best of luck to all. 👍
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Thanks so much for this comforting post.
 
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I lived and breathed MCAT until some other **** happened in my life and then I realized that living and breathing MCAT is not all that bad if that's all the worries I have in this world. That is why I've been all too calm about the MCAT even though right after it I was nervous as all hell and feeling at the bottom of the world. Anyway, I wrote down as many questions and my answers as I could right after the test so if anyone wants to PM me maybe we could talk some of the questions? I know it really does no good in the end but it could give us a better idea of what to expect.... so PM me anyone. Thanks!
 
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Reading through these i started to feel a bit better about the bio section realizing that most people felt it was a bit harder than usual. but what if most people that post on here are just the few that felt they did bad and are looking for an outlet, whereas most felt it was an average test? oh well hopefully thats not the case, becuase it defintely seemed more difficult to me.

I took all the aamc tests with a good range of 37-42, but i feel quite bad about the bio section. i can think of 6-7 questions that i know i missed for sure, whereas usually i cant think of any, and the ones i miss are just usually reading errors from going too fast. as for the other sections, its hard to say. i already signed for an august test just in case and will cancel it if i get at least a 10 on bio or a maybe a >35 total, but i probably wont. its just becuase i made some really stupid stupid mistakes simply becuase the pressure got to me and i couldnt focus. (not a good sign for wanting to be an aspiring surgeon i guess....) and it wasnt necessarily even the 'hard' questions, it was just easy non-passage questions that i for some reason blanked out on. ugh oh well.
and since when did we have to know the anatttomy of the knee for the mcat?
anyway, im glad i found this board, its a great place to vent.
 
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Dr. Josh said:
Your score predictions are making me freaken nervous.:scared: I thought people thought this was a tough test.
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I agree. The projected scores people are posting are HIGH. I go between having a fantasy of looking at my score report and crying and screaming from joy because I got 29+ (which I know for some people is low, but I would be THRILLED with that score) and seeing a 25 or 26 or 27 and falling into a deep depression.

I'm sure I'll be retaking a third time. However, there is a small ray of hope that the curve was outrageously high (ESPECIALLY for bio), that I got at least an 8 in verbal, and that somehow I held my own among all the SDN geniuses.

Probably not though.
 
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kevdubs said:
Reading through these i started to feel a bit better about the bio section realizing that most people felt it was a bit harder than usual. but what if most people that post on here are just the few that felt they did bad and are looking for an outlet, whereas most felt it was an average test? oh well hopefully thats not the case, becuase it defintely seemed more difficult to me.

I took all the aamc tests with a good range of 37-42, but i feel quite bad about the bio section. i can think of 6-7 questions that i know i missed for sure, whereas usually i cant think of any, and the ones i miss are just usually reading errors from going too fast. as for the other sections, its hard to say. i already signed for an august test just in case and will cancel it if i get at least a 10 on bio or a maybe a >35 total, but i probably wont. its just becuase i made some really stupid stupid mistakes simply becuase the pressure got to me and i couldnt focus. (not a good sign for wanting to be an aspiring surgeon i guess....) and it wasnt necessarily even the 'hard' questions, it was just easy non-passage questions that i for some reason blanked out on. ugh oh well.
and since when did we have to know the anatttomy of the knee for the mcat?
anyway, im glad i found this board, its a great place to vent.
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Kevdubs, thanks for this...I feel the exact same way. I agree about the bio...though I definitely wasn't getting 37-42 on practice tests. My range was 29-32 on AAMC, a 33 on a Kaplan, with a 36 right before the test which was probably a fluke. I think that if anything, people not on SDN would report that the test was even harder than normal, because SDN people seem to have much higher practice scores than normal people.

Bio was always my best section, and I was continuously getting 13's and 14's on AAMC bios (my overall score was always brought down by 8's in verbal) and I felt that this bio was outrageously hard. So did several of my re-taking friends from college. That anatomy of the knee question threw me for a loop, and I'm hoping it's experimental. I know 100% that I missed that question, as well as the cyclohexane/fischer projection discreet, as well as one of lac-operon questions. There are several more where I was between 2 answers and I'm sure I guessed wrong. That heart passage I fumbled over. I pretty much guessed on almost every lac operon question. The only passage I feel confident about is the blood type passage. I know I sucked it up on this test.

On PS, I know I missed the plane discreet, the optics discreet, lots of the negative refraction questions, a vapor pressure discreet....it all completely freaks me out to think about.

Makes me feel better, though, that your practice tests were so high and you felt that the bio was really tough.

BTW, I think I am one of the few people who has found it not very hard to wait to get the scores back. I think I am so sick of dealing with the MCAT (I was a retaker on May 10) that I am just ready to stop thinking about it. I just want a score high enough to apply with!
 
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