The Official August 7, 2014 MCAT Thread

[Thoroughbred_Med]

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107 days out! Who all is signed up to obliterate the MCAT August 7th?

I know it's a bit early but I searched and could not find another August 7th, 2014 MCAT thread! I am hoping that we can keep each other motivated this summer while studying...

I am starting a slightly modified SN2ed schedule May 7th.... slightly modified due to my incredible weakness with physics. I am not taking physics 2 before the MCAT and therefore will be self-teaching it.

Looking forward to hearing from some of y'all!

 

[nvas]

Trying not to get nervous here.


Remember, nobody puts their MCAT score on their gravestone.

There's a first time for everything

 

[wanderyonder]

I almost wish I didn't know what time the score was coming out. If it were just random lol...

 

[jenniferrae]

I am definitely more nervous now than I was before writing... :'(

 

[wanderyonder]

Tip: for PC users, hit F5 to refresh page. 🙂

 

[inarticulation]

There's a first time for everything

Here lies Inarticulation. He never scored above 26.

 

[RockChalkJayDoc428]

Before things get too tense I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to these 47 pages... I was a little late to the party but I'm glad I joined this thread. I felt better knowing other people were going through the same thing and whatnot. Seems like there are a lot of cool people on here who will all make great doctors someday.

Good luck everyone!

 

[Anthn853]

approximately 45 mins to go!!!!

 

[CanadianMedHopeful]

Final score predictions?

 

[Johnyellow]

Anxiety and BP through the freaking roof. Common whether it is a 40 or a 10 i just wanna freaking know goddamit!!!

 

[dumadr.]

Final score predictions?

(6/7/7) 20 For me...

 

[inarticulation]

Final score predictions?

Between bad and borderline acceptable. Hovering just above embarrassing.

 

[CanadianMedHopeful]

Between bad and borderline acceptable. Hovering just above embarrassing.

Same

 

[inarticulation]

If I somehow managed to break 25 I might do a backflip. I'm aiming DO so I felt like 27 was my round 1 sweet spot but then that PS happened all over my face.

 

[RockChalkJayDoc428]

I just keep telling myself I got a 9/9/9.

9/9/9!

Anything over that will be acceptable for me.

 

[ERPremed]

I'm very thankful that all of you are feeling exactly the same things as me.. its really hard because none of my friends/family understand.

 

[ribdon]

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[CanadianMedHopeful]

well AAMC just sent me an email asking if I'm getting ready to take the MCAT exam. Yikes. 🙁

What?!

 

[Wildcat1993]

10 6 7 prediction for me v/p/b

 

[RockChalkJayDoc428]

I'm very thankful that all of you are feeling exactly the same things as me.. its really hard because none of my friends/family understand.

I can't even guess how many times I've heard, "I'm sure you did great!!" They really don't understand.

 

[Johnyellow]

I'm very thankful that all of you are feeling exactly the same things as me.. its really hard because none of my friends/family understand.

Everyone keeps telling me its just a test and that i shouldnt stress out...

 

[ribdon]

What?!

I am equally confused. I am hoping that it is not what I think it means.

 

[Johnyellow]

well AAMC just sent me an email asking if I'm getting ready to take the MCAT exam. Yikes. 🙁

Is this a joke or real? I cant tell anymore

 

[Wasted Energy]

I am equally confused. I am hoping that it is not what I think it means.

Don't sweat it, I got one a couple of weeks back.

 

[inarticulation]

I'm very thankful that all of you are feeling exactly the same things as me.. its really hard because none of my friends/family understand.

Echoing this. I kinda hate these forums outside of this and maybe the non-trad forums because it's so overwhelming to be reading about 41s but this place is such a nice reprieve from all my friends saying "I'm sure you did great!"

 

[generalmarion]

did we come to a consensus on the time? Im reading several different things and hate to sit here pressing F5 for the next few hours!

also according to the AAMC twitter, the services contact is down from 1 to 4, does this mean their twitter is down?

 

[inarticulation]

did we come to a consensus on the time? Im reading several different things and hate to sit here pressing F5 for the next few hours!

Anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour, most likely.

 

[inarticulation]

I feel like at this point I've convinced myself of my failure so hard that as long as I don't dip below like 21 it won't be self-destruct mode.

 

[reaperx58]

did we come to a consensus on the time? Im reading several different things and hate to sit here pressing F5 for the next few hours!

Welcome to limbo, aka the 1st circle of hell... Time has no meaning here.

 

[ERPremed]

I actually got the same email at about 12 MST... Guess we're doomed.

 

[Midnight Schemes]

Refreshing twitter like a mad man....

 

[Wildcat1993]

wouldnt that be funny if they sent that email out to only people below a certain score

 

[inarticulation]

Welcome to limbo, aka the 1st circle of hell... Time has no meaning here.

Time is a flat circle. Everything we've done or ever will do we'll keep doing over and over and over again.

 

[generalmarion]

how many people have a score in mind where they will resist the temptation to retake? also have any of you signed up for a re-take already?

 

[inarticulation]

how many people have a score in mind where they will resist the temptation to retake? also have any of you signed up for a re-take already?

Sure I do but I don't think there's any way I got near it. Even my practice MCATs weren't hitting 30 (highest 29). But since I'm DO-minded a 27 would probably push off my retake til January whereas the 23 I think I got would put me into November crunch time.

 

[generalmarion]

 

[jcl2993]

If I somehow managed to break 25 I might do a backflip. I'm aiming DO so I felt like 27 was my round 1 sweet spot but then that PS happened all over my face.

I feel the same way!

 

[chickenpox]

I feel like I'm going to die.

 

[ribdon]

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[generalmarion]

This is the exact email I got! This is killing me. I guess its safe to conclude at this point that I failed woefully. The question is how bad. Wow, goodbye med school dreams. Goodbye future profession. This is way too depressing right now

its better to be happily surprised than horribly disappointed if you ask me.

 

[reaperx58]

Sure I do but I don't think there's any way I got near it. Even my practice MCATs weren't hitting 30 (highest 29). But since I'm DO-minded a 27 would probably push off my retake til January whereas the 23 I think I got would put me into November crunch time.

I keep seeing posts like this... Are the standards for DO lower or something? I've never done any research into that path at all, and it was my understanding that there's not too much difference between an MD and a DO these days.

 

[Wasted Energy]

wouldnt that be funny if they sent that email out to only people below a certain score

No, sir, that would not be "funny," because I received said email.



*Yeah, it would be kinda funny.

 

[generalmarion]

safe to assume there was an experimental in the PS?

 

[generalmarion]

I keep seeing posts like this... Are the standards for DO lower or something? I've never done any research into that path at all, and it was my understanding that there's not too much difference between an MD and a DO these days.

it SEEMS that DO places a higher emphasis on GPA and less on the MCAT.

 

[inarticulation]

its better to be happily surprised than horribly disappointed if you ask me.

To continue on the True Detective quotes:

"I'd consider myself a realist, alright? But in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimist... "
"What does that mean?"
"It means I'm real bad at parties."

 

[reaperx58]

it SEEMS that DO places a higher emphasis on GPA and less on the MCAT.

I see. My GPA is disgustingly low so maybe it's for the best I didn't spend time looking into it.

 

[pontelones]

I'm a little late but just wanted to add to the spreadsheet yall are doing here...

I am predicting a 26 and my AAMC average was a 30.

I also want to thank all of you who have been posting! I have not been replying but have been reading this thread since taking the test and I really appreciate it!

 

[inarticulation]

it SEEMS that DO places a higher emphasis on GPA and less on the MCAT.

DO requisites are much less obvious in how it reduces you to numbers. A lot of the websites like to say they look at you "holistically." It's all just another form of BS but in the end (and to be super reductive) your 28 at a DO school is like a 30 at MD.

 

[generalmarion]

what songs do people have que'd up for reading their results?

30+ =
>30 =

 

[Ninjaman180]

3:00PM....are they out??

 

[inarticulation]

what songs do people have que'd up for reading their results?

If I hit 27 I'll cue up New Noise by Refused and get weird with it. 24-26 is just a sigh because I knew it all along. Lower than that, the dulcet tones of beer cans cracking.