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Just wondering what everyone else is going to do before the exam.

I think I might do one or two more practice exams over the next few days and then call it.

I really hope I do well on this.

I'm gonna take AAMC 5, 6, and 9 by Tuesday, go over 9 on Tuesday/Wednesday, and then hope for the best. More than anythign at this point my problem is with getting too anxious. I see a question thats easy, misread it cuz i get excited and get it wrong 🙁 So I'm trying to work on that more than anything.

Also on AAMC 10 verbal, it seemed hard at first, so I started to doubt my answers half way through and that affected what I chose. Lo and behold, almost 3/4 of my wrong answers came in the second half of verbal. So i need to work on keeping my confidence up throughout the verbal and BS (PS isnt a problem as much)

Anyway enough of my blabbing, good luck in the last week guys. How's everyone else doing
 
So I took AAMC 8 yesterday and was really happy about it. got a 36! yay!

I think my plans for the rest of the time are to take 9 and 10 and review a little more till wendesday, and then take off thursday to rest. What are you guys eating the day before and the day of btw? still haven't figured how I should go about it. Don't wana be full the day of, and don't want to be starving by the end either.

Taking on the beast in exactly one week!!
Good luck studying everyone!!
 
Just registered for a retake on the 3rd, took it on 6/27 and got a 30-O. Retaking because I was really unbalanced, hadn't taken ORGO 2 yet.

PS/BS/VR-WS
12/08/10-O


Practice Tests:
#3 - 10/10/08 - 28 before exam krackers
#8 - 12/11/10 - 33 after exam krackers

Good luck everyone!

woah nice jump! which materials did you use? did you do the EK1001 problems?

EK Bio has brought my bio up from 9 (AAMC 9 and 7 i think) to 12 (AAMC 8, my last one). I don't know if thats because of luck (people say AAMC 8 is supposed to be easy) but I definitely feel more confident now attacking passages. I still have about 2/3 of the EK1001 Bio to go so hopefully I can get the Bio score up to 13.
 
You shouldn't be doing retakes to gauge where you are... but you could do them to get practice I guess. I know people who retook, usually got way higher score like 39-40s for a lot of them.
And second, I would keep on studying and possibly wait for the results from the last one. You never know, you might have done better than you think you did.
Are you retaking on the 3rd?

so I already took all the AAMC exams because i was preparing to take the test (and actualy took it) on 8/20 but don't think I did very well. I took all but one of them before and was getting like between 27 and 30 on most of them (with verbal being the bottleneck..). any suggestions on what I should do now? lol
I took AAMC 8 yesterday and got a 34 (13P/12B/9V) and i'm fairly happy with that but I have no other practice tests left lol...

anyone ever retake an AAMC test? I kinda want to do that to see if these last 2 weeks of studying will improve my scores but retake scores obviously don't predict very well...
 
So I took AAMC 8 yesterday and was really happy about it. got a 36! yay!

I think my plans for the rest of the time are to take 9 and 10 and review a little more till wendesday, and then take off thursday to rest. What are you guys eating the day before and the day of btw? still haven't figured how I should go about it. Don't wana be full the day of, and don't want to be starving by the end either.

Taking on the beast in exactly one week!!
Good luck studying everyone!!

I think I'm going to eat a lot of pasta the night before. I swear, if carbo loading works before an actual marathon, I don't see why it wouldn't before a mental one.
 
Dude, i second on the carb loading. Being korean, that means a ton of rice for me! 😀 lol. Man. Verbal is just....[no comment]. 1 WEEK!

Though, here's my question: what about breaks? On my full lengths, I've been experimenting on what foods I'm considering for the test...Gonna try nuts this time around (luckily I don't have allergies...lol-can you imagine how horrid that would be if that happened on the real thing? lol), tried french bread and dried fruit on separate occasions. Hm. What about chocolate? mmmm?
 
Dude, i second on the carb loading. Being korean, that means a ton of rice for me! 😀 lol. Man. Verbal is just....[no comment]. 1 WEEK!

Though, here's my question: what about breaks? On my full lengths, I've been experimenting on what foods I'm considering for the test...Gonna try nuts this time around (luckily I don't have allergies...lol-can you imagine how horrid that would be if that happened on the real thing? lol), tried french bread and dried fruit on separate occasions. Hm. What about chocolate? mmmm?

I was going to go with quarters of a sandwich and red bull during the breaks. Very light. There is a good sandwich shop by where my MCAT is.

I stopped using red bull this summer so that, when I use it, it will have an effect.
 
HAS ANYONE ELSE LOST ALL MOTIVATION TO STUDY!?!?!?!!

At this point my scores are 2 points lower than where I want them to be because I am so burnt out and sick of studying (been studying since May).

All I want to do right now is eat pinkberry, watch HGTV, and play the Avatar game on my iPad.

I feel like drilling flashcards and doing more and more problems this next week will do nothing for me. I've been pretty relaxed about studying this past week too. Still have 3 practice tests left which I'm going to do.

gahhhhhh.
 
HAS ANYONE ELSE LOST ALL MOTIVATION TO STUDY!?!?!?!!

At this point my scores are 2 points lower than where I want them to be because I am so burnt out and sick of studying (been studying since May).

All I want to do right now is eat pinkberry, watch HGTV, and play the Avatar game on my iPad.

I feel like drilling flashcards and doing more and more problems this next week will do nothing for me. I've been pretty relaxed about studying this past week too. Still have 3 practice tests left which I'm going to do.

gahhhhhh.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, i feel the same exact way. At this point im so burnt out i just want to give up. I just finished VR on AAMC #8 and bout to start bio. I had to literally force myself out of bed and adderall myself up just to take another practice test! I will prob take 2-3 more within this next week as well. I cant get myself to study per say, but i will definitely try to force flashcards. Furthermore, im not close to where i want to be either 🙁
 
HAS ANYONE ELSE LOST ALL MOTIVATION TO STUDY!?!?!?!!

At this point my scores are 2 points lower than where I want them to be because I am so burnt out and sick of studying (been studying since May).

All I want to do right now is eat pinkberry, watch HGTV, and play the Avatar game on my iPad.

I feel like drilling flashcards and doing more and more problems this next week will do nothing for me. I've been pretty relaxed about studying this past week too. Still have 3 practice tests left which I'm going to do.

gahhhhhh.

guys i've seriously majorlyyyy stopped studying, i've lost ALL motivation!! I just got home for the first time in two months and all I want to do is hang out.. I'm planning on doing two more full lengths before friday, and casually looking over my notes but honestly.. I think at this point it is what it is!
 
I think you guys deserve a good break. You've earned it, and studied the whole summer. This last week won't change much in terms of how much content you know, but it can burn you out and hurt you on the test if you're trying to study way too much. I feel like the last week can't make you, but it can break you.

There's no way that you'll perform up to par on your mcat if you're already burnt out and are still gonna take 2-3 MORE practice tests this week. This test is more reasoning and logic than anything, and if your brain is too exhausted to reason, both your practice scores and real score will suffer.

Personally I would take 2 more spaced out practice tests, while reviewing them, lightly studying, but more importantly relaxing a little in between. And then the day before the mcat I'm not gonna look at ANYTHING mcat other than a couple verbal passages to keep my reading abilities in check lol.

Believe me I took AAMC 7 when I was burnt out to a crisp and got either 28 or 29 (can't remember) I took a few days off, and then took AAMC 8 and got a 35. Followed by a 31 (ehh good, but not great) on AAMC 10 a few days after that. Because lets face it, if you can't focus on a test like this, you won't do very well.

Sorry for blabbing, good luck to you guys and everyone out there!
 
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HAS ANYONE ELSE LOST ALL MOTIVATION TO STUDY!?!?!?!!

At this point my scores are 2 points lower than where I want them to be because I am so burnt out and sick of studying (been studying since May).

All I want to do right now is eat pinkberry, watch HGTV, and play the Avatar game on my iPad.

I feel like drilling flashcards and doing more and more problems this next week will do nothing for me. I've been pretty relaxed about studying this past week too. Still have 3 practice tests left which I'm going to do.

gahhhhhh.

::nods head:: YES!!!! I'm pretty much over it & at this point I'm hoping for the best, not to get all religious on ya but God is gonna have to see me through on test day. Good luck to everyone :luck:
 
Just took AAMC #8....There were probably only a handful of questions on the entire test that i didnt know. HOWEVER, i missed about 10-12 questions in PS section purely on errors in reading questions/misreading charts etc. I feel like an idiot! I should have had a 10-11 in that section but instead i scored a 6. WTF is wrong with me!!? Im so mad. Actually, im just over it. I just hope i dont make any speedy unforced errors on the real thing 🙁
 
yayyyy!!!! i'm so glad i'm not the only one!😀

my whole family has been telling me to just relax and when i hear this i'm just like "ahhh noo way are you crazy?!?!" but seriously, it feels so goooooooooood to relax for a couple hours a day after studying for this damn thing all summer.

after my post I took AAMC #10 and ended up with a 33: 12P 8V 13B

..........VERBAL WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? you're killing me Smalls....


verbal please please please please please please (i beg of you!) be a 10 on test day!! :xf::xf::xf::xf::xf::xf:

PRAYING for a 12, 10, 13 breakdown
 
YAYAYAYA....just took AAMC 9 today...will take 10 on Tuesday...haha. 12/8/12...not too shabby, but the VR needs some work, lol. I'm actually saving VR passages to do on the last week...hahaha. I think without doing the EK passages every day, my VR went down from 10s to 8's. lol. It's the constant practice, i tell you! lol

We'll see how this goes. haha. Everyone, best of luck. We've waited toooooo long for this. Gotta end it with a bang! (and then i can start working out after gaining these nasty 5 lbs due to a sedentary lifestyle)

Technically, if i were a PCP (which i hope to be haha), i should be bashing myself to workout, or bashing the mcat because it promotes a sedentary lifestyle-->obesity-->medical problems. lol.
 
woah nice jump! which materials did you use? did you do the EK1001 problems?

EK Bio has brought my bio up from 9 (AAMC 9 and 7 i think) to 12 (AAMC 8, my last one). I don't know if thats because of luck (people say AAMC 8 is supposed to be easy) but I definitely feel more confident now attacking passages. I still have about 2/3 of the EK1001 Bio to go so hopefully I can get the Bio score up to 13.


I just did the 5 books and the exam questions at the end of each.
 
Yeah...I'm really tired of studying. I haven't studied for 2 days straight X_X (Although I do have legit excuses).

But I don't think studying's really going to help me too much. I think it's more of a mental preparation thing. (at least I don't feel guilty for not studying haha). I'll probably just take 2 more practice tests and be done with it until test day.

GahhhhH! Less than a week!
 
yayyyy!!!! i'm so glad i'm not the only one!😀

my whole family has been telling me to just relax and when i hear this i'm just like "ahhh noo way are you crazy?!?!" but seriously, it feels so goooooooooood to relax for a couple hours a day after studying for this damn thing all summer.

after my post I took AAMC #10 and ended up with a 33: 12P 8V 13B

..........VERBAL WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? you're killing me Smalls....


verbal please please please please please please (i beg of you!) be a 10 on test day!! :xf::xf::xf::xf::xf::xf:

PRAYING for a 12, 10, 13 breakdown


LOL!! I'm with you.. 12, 10 , 13 would be nice. My average scores are like 13P, 8V, 12B now. But I'm out of AAMC tests so I'm just taking all the section tests in Kaplan and finishing the rest of the Kaplan FL's.
 
Apparently I've been stressing myself out too much... got a really bad cold last week and I just developed an ear infection today 🙁 Ahhhhh what crappy timing!
 
Apparently I've been stressing myself out too much... got a really bad cold last week and I just developed an ear infection today 🙁 Ahhhhh what crappy timing!

That sucks 🙁 hope you get on top of your game soon again.

Yea I'm pretty much done studying too, one more AAMC to go. I'm really disappointed though lol, I got that 36 last time and was hoping for a confidence booster on AAMC 9 today. Ended up with a 13-9-10. Still not too shabby I guess but not where I wanted it.

I'm hoping some mental vacation can help me out for the real deal!
 
Apparently I've been stressing myself out too much... got a really bad cold last week and I just developed an ear infection today 🙁 Ahhhhh what crappy timing!

Sorry about this! I hope you get better by Friday! Rest up and don't study too hard! (I think that'll just make it worse at this time...)
 
Yeah...I'm really tired of studying. I haven't studied for 2 days straight X_X (Although I do have legit excuses).

But I don't think studying's really going to help me too much. I think it's more of a mental preparation thing. (at least I don't feel guilty for not studying haha). I'll probably just take 2 more practice tests and be done with it until test day.

GahhhhH! Less than a week!

I pretty much lost all motivation myself. Plus, school starts today for me.

Plan on being a ghost this week for classes and taking another practice exam on Tuesday, reviewing on Wednesday, relaxing on Thursday, and bitch slapping the MCAT Friday.
 
Hey all....

Joining the conversation late because reading these message boards makes me anxious that I'm not doing enough to prepare and the last thing anyone needs is MORE anxiety about this stupid test....

Was supposed to take the test on 8/13 but had a death in the family that made it really difficult to focus so I gave myself a break (I am not superwoman!) and rescheduled for this Friday.

I'm surprisingly feeling incredibly calm. At some point in the last few weeks I came to terms with the fact that I was never going to know EVERYTHING and that I knew enough and was smart enough (and gosh darn it, people like me...I've probably just dated myself there :laugh:) and that I'd do just fine.

Anyway, just wanted to wish everyone luck and total recall on Friday!
 
At some point in the last few weeks I came to terms with the fact that I was never going to know EVERYTHING and that I knew enough and was smart enough (and gosh darn it, people like me...I've probably just dated myself there :laugh:) and that I'd do just fine.

Thank you for making me smile! 😛

I'm taking it on Thursday because I'm leaving for school on Friday... eep! I, too, have lost all will to study... I'm taking my last practice test tomorrow (AAMC 10), though I *might* buy AAMC 9 and just do the problems without it being timed - gotta see if I want to spend the $30.

I'm spending today making myself go over Orgo and PS flash cards... Wednesday I am going shopping, having lunch with a friend, maybe watching a few episodes of band of brothers - that is, NOTHING MCAT related!

I'll let you guys know how Thursday's was... maybe if mine's awful, at least it'll mean that yours will be a little easier 😛
 
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Hey everyone, I was part of the 7/16/10 club and enjoyed it so much that I joined this one (sarcasm). I was 1 verbal point shy of what I needed so I am hoping for easier verbal passages this time around.
 
I'm getting so nervous about this exam! I was incredibly calm the past few weeks and just studying. But today, I don't know why, I have been just feeling a bit...restless...like I want this exam to be over with 🙁 I guess all I can do now is to review my notes and review the past aamc exams over and over. But when I see the stupid mistakes that I made on those exams, I can't help but feel even more nervous...lol
 
I'm getting so nervous about this exam! I was incredibly calm the past few weeks and just studying. But today, I don't know why, I have been just feeling a bit...restless...like I want this exam to be over with 🙁 I guess all I can do now is to review my notes and review the past aamc exams over and over. But when I see the stupid mistakes that I made on those exams, I can't help but feel even more nervous...lol

I'm with you, I feel so nervous I could throw-up!! I just don't want to have wasted my summer for nothing.

Anyway, I'm taking AAMC 9 today.. gonna wait and start it around 2 to make it as realistic as possible!! Then wednesday.. casual review, and thursday... look up a ton of examples for the writing sample!!

I hope everyone's studying is going well 🙂
 
over the past couple of days i've learned that the secret is a quick run, strawberries, pb&j and green tea.

I AM SO READY FOR THIS....seriously, im excited. I have a good feeling about this. The biggest thing at this point is not to loose confidence in yourself, such a big part of this test is psychological, and I think if we can get that under control we will all be golden.

There is no use stressing over minute details in these next two days, youre only going to work yourself up and freak out when test day actually comes.

Relax, do some flashcards to keep your mind sharp, and smile at the fact that were almost there!
 
OH man i feel so depressed, i cant stop studying .... taking the practice exams not busting my confidence , it seems i always do stupid stupid mistakes ... reading the thread from people that took the 08/24 exam is freaking me out .....
iam not looking forward for this exam i have no confidence
this is my second time and i dont want feel disapointed in myself 🙁😕
i keep on telling myself i could do this but its not helping
 
OH man i feel so depressed, i cant stop studying .... taking the practice exams not busting my confidence , it seems i always do stupid stupid mistakes ... reading the thread from people that took the 08/24 exam is freaking me out .....
iam not looking forward for this exam i have no confidence
this is my second time and i dont want feel disapointed in myself 🙁😕
i keep on telling myself i could do this but its not helping
Don't worry, have more confidence in yourself. You've been studying for a long time, and you are much more ready than you think you are. If anything the worrying and the stress is what's hurting you on your practice exams. The biggest thing I've found that helps in stopping your stupid mistakes, is really taking your time and carefully reading each question, but that's hard to do if your freaking out on the test lol. Don't let anything bring down your confidence because if you do that really will hurt you on Friday.

Maybe you need to give yourself a break a little bit? I mean I feel like thats my problem. I took AAMC 9 today and couldn't concentrate at all, I had no idea what was going on. Maybe I should take it a bit easier? I'm not sure, just throwing it out there haha.
 
Just cancelled my test 🙁 Probably to January....got so sick yesterday that I went to the ER, and I really think that stressing out about the exam won't help my road to recovery either....anyway, I wasn't getting what I wanted on my practice tests, so I guess its a change for the better!

I hope you all ROCK IT though on Friday! Let me know how it goes! I have a feeling AAMC will have an anomaly on their hands with everyone getting a 30+ on Friday 🙂
 
Just cancelled my test 🙁 Probably to January....got so sick yesterday that I went to the ER, and I really think that stressing out about the exam won't help my road to recovery either....anyway, I wasn't getting what I wanted on my practice tests, so I guess its a change for the better!

I hope you all ROCK IT though on Friday! Let me know how it goes! I have a feeling AAMC will have an anomaly on their hands with everyone getting a 30+ on Friday 🙂

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that! Hope you get well soon! :luck:
Well atleast you get some more time to study, especially now that you know what your weaknesses are and whatnot..
Hopefully we bear good news after taking the exam!

Going through all the practice exams I've done I can tell that I know all I need to know, and I'm sure so does everyone else. The only thing left keeping us from that 30+ (dare I say 32+ ?) score is not freaking out on the exam. I think I speak for eveyone saying that most the points we loose are from test taking issues and not lack of knowledge. So everyone, step back for a sec, and take a breather before the exam, we all deserve it!

Best of luck guys!!
 
I'm really sorry cubsfan, thats tough to hear. But hopefully it just works out for the better and your score goes up because of it.

So I realized that I also no longer have the will to study. After doing the PS and half of the VR of AAMC 9, I couldn't concentrate. I finished the VR, but I couldn't focus and I haven't been able to get myself to do the BS. Should I just take it easy until Friday, rest up, and let myself get some brain power. Or should I force myself through the BS section today, maybe do a VR tomorrow to prove to myself I still have the ability to read and focus, and then take Thursday off??

I feel like I need to finish at least AAMC 9, I just can't even bear the thought of sitting through another hour of passages though :/

Any help would be awesome thanks!
 
Just cancelled my test 🙁 Probably to January....got so sick yesterday that I went to the ER, and I really think that stressing out about the exam won't help my road to recovery either....anyway, I wasn't getting what I wanted on my practice tests, so I guess its a change for the better!

I hope you all ROCK IT though on Friday! Let me know how it goes! I have a feeling AAMC will have an anomaly on their hands with everyone getting a 30+ on Friday 🙂

that's really too bad cubsfan17, funny how we tend to get sick at the worst of times.. i hope you're feeling better soon, and I'm sure you'll only do better now with the extra studying!!

I did AAMC 9 today and I couldn't concentrate at ALL. I mean it was bad, but I'm glad I went through with it just because i wanted to see how I would score. But all I know is I don't want to feel that tired on test day so I'm going to really lay low these next few days
 
that's really too bad cubsfan17, funny how we tend to get sick at the worst of times.. i hope you're feeling better soon, and I'm sure you'll only do better now with the extra studying!!

I did AAMC 9 today and I couldn't concentrate at ALL. I mean it was bad, but I'm glad I went through with it just because i wanted to see how I would score. But all I know is I don't want to feel that tired on test day so I'm going to really lay low these next few days

I did the SAME EXACT thing. I couldn't concentrate on VR at all, and I just thought BS was hard. I don't think that'll be a problem on test day just because of all the adrenaline and the holy sh** factor since its the mcat (at least I hope not).

I need to go over AAMC 9 from today and take it easy a lil too. The worry is beginning to set in.
 
I think you guys should just review the answers for AAMC 9 at this point :/...It's better to save your energy for Friday...I don't know, but for me, doing a practice kills my brain for the day. lol.
 
Don't worry, have more confidence in yourself. You've been studying for a long time, and you are much more ready than you think you are. If anything the worrying and the stress is what's hurting you on your practice exams. The biggest thing I've found that helps in stopping your stupid mistakes, is really taking your time and carefully reading each question, but that's hard to do if your freaking out on the test lol. Don't let anything bring down your confidence because if you do that really will hurt you on Friday.

Maybe you need to give yourself a break a little bit? I mean I feel like thats my problem. I took AAMC 9 today and couldn't concentrate at all, I had no idea what was going on. Maybe I should take it a bit easier? I'm not sure, just throwing it out there haha.

thanks so much for your reply
iam taking the last AAMC10 today to see if i could bust my confidence a bit
i GUESS FOR MCAT CLUB 09/03/10 ITS THE COUNT DOWN FOR US
I hope you are more lucky then the 08/24/10 people but you never know what could happen
wish me luck on the practise i will tell you guys how it went
and any tips what to eat before or during the exam?
thanks
 
I had a dream last night that I found out I got a 32 RIGHT after we took the test. I didn't get a writing score because my essay prompts never came up during the test! Like I clicked next after verbal and was just brought straight to bio. HAHA

My dream self is pretty pessimistic because I'm shooting for a 36! Hopefully tonight my dreamself will give me a better score 😀

Why can't Friday just be here already!? I WANT TO TAKE THIS TESTTTT!!
 
I just finished taking AAMC 4 un-timed as to boost my confidence. I scored a 15 on BS section (ive never broken 10 on timed practice tests) and a 13 on PS (again, never broken 10). I just wanted to prove to myself that i know that material and give me confidence for the test!

If only the real mcat was not timed....haha
 
Good luck guys. Keep yourselves calm, rested and relaxed tomorrow. This is my absolute LAST time taking this test. I took it on 6/17 - voided. What I learned was that you should absolutely be ready and waiting for the WTF passage. When you see it realize that its worded hard but usually the material is never hard at all. Just try to break down what it is saying. 6/17 was the notorious WTF test as there was a few of these. And remember, if you're saying WTF chances are everyone else is also. The curve on 6/17 was extremely generous. Good luck guys.
 
yep - this is my LAST time writing this exam also. it will be my 4th time (since 2007). I am praying it will go well on Friday. after that, i'm moving on. im hoping for a not so hard PS section, with few calculations!!!
good luck to everyone!
 
Good luck USC and metukah, I hope that this time you guys get that killer score that's been eluding u guys for so long!

medicine mike-don't forget that you can get that same exact score when ur taking it timed as well. Try not to rush and to relax during the test, the more anxious you are, the more you rush, and the more you make careless errors.

Good luck guys, we only have one more day of torture and anticipation left. We've worked so hard for so long, and we can do this. At this point, its not bout how much we know, but about how composed we are. So lets take a day away from the MCATs so Friday we can kick the can off that MCAT
 
guys rmr to be confident! i feel that i do a lot better when i have an attitude that taking the mcat is a waste of my time because its really easy and the test is a joke so there's no excuse for me to miss a single question... and with all the studying we've all put in the test should be a joke! im sure we are gonna kick *ss on friday!😎😎😎👍😎😎😎
 
Best of luck tomorrow!!! :luck:

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I took a kaplan full length today. PS 10 / VR 6 🙁 / BS 9


The verbal scale was ridiculous.

Don't worry, don't let one fluke of a test make you lose the confidence of a whole summer of studying. Everyone has off days especially on verbal. Just try to rest and relax today so that tomorrow you can concentrate and destroy not just verbal, but all the sections 👍
 
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