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I see alot of people make this thread for their MCAT date. I was unable to find one for this date so I took the liberty to make one. Please share what you have found works or does not work for you?
 
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ebbandflow83 said:
I can't speak directly to how the test will work out if you haven't studied. I imagine that the scores might be less representative because there may be topics you are familiar with on some tests so you score better and topics you are totally unfamiliar with on others. So, it may have more to do with the luck of the draw as far as which topics show up on your actual test. Just my thoughts, though.
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That's sorta what I've been thinking too. I took three AAMC practices and two had the same score and the other was within 3 points.

Cheer's to getting lucky!!
 
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Whether you've been prepping for months or weeks (hopefully not a few days) we've all invested a great deal of time and lost a little bit of sanity through this process! I wish all of you the best of luck!

I know that were all freaking out and hoping for miracles right about now, but extraordinary things happen. Most people get right around their average score, but some people do substantially better. THIS MIGHT BE YOU! Don't doubt yourself now!

From now on get off of this site---reading everyone else's freakouts are just going to make you more nervous. Get away from the computer, eat good food, do some light review, and BE HAPPY. You all are extraordinary people, and if you really want to pursue medicine as a career, you will find a way with whatever numerical value the AAMC decides to bestow on you.

PEACE
 
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ceja said:
Whether you've been prepping for months or weeks (hopefully not a few days) we've all invested a great deal of time and lost a little bit of sanity through this process! I wish all of you the best of luck!

I know that were all freaking out and hoping for miracles right about now, but extraordinary things happen. Most people get right around their average score, but some people do substantially better. THIS MIGHT BE YOU! Don't doubt yourself now!

From now on get off of this site---reading everyone else's freakouts are just going to make you more nervous. Get away from the computer, eat good food, do some light review, and BE HAPPY. You all are extraordinary people, and if you really want to pursue medicine as a career, you will find a way with whatever numerical value the AAMC decides to bestow on you.

PEACE
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Well said! Good luck everyone! See you on the other side!
 
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According to the dictionary integrity is simply the adherence to moral and ethical principles and soundness of moral character. Hoping other people fail suggests this poster lacks moral character. I hope I never go to a medical professional that takes pleasure based in other peoples failures.
 
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ceja said:
Whether you've been prepping for months or weeks (hopefully not a few days) we've all invested a great deal of time and lost a little bit of sanity through this process! I wish all of you the best of luck!

I know that were all freaking out and hoping for miracles right about now, but extraordinary things happen. Most people get right around their average score, but some people do substantially better. THIS MIGHT BE YOU! Don't doubt yourself now!

From now on get off of this site---reading everyone else's freakouts are just going to make you more nervous. Get away from the computer, eat good food, do some light review, and BE HAPPY. You all are extraordinary people, and if you really want to pursue medicine as a career, you will find a way with whatever numerical value the AAMC decides to bestow on you.

PEACE
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On that note-good luck to all the test takers tomorrow. I will be rooting for everyone!
 
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Lauren2012 said:
According to the dictionary integrity is simply the adherence to moral and ethical principles and soundness of moral character. Hoping other people fail suggests this poster lacks moral character. I hope I never go to a medical professional that takes pleasure based in other peoples failures.
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I only want the people I'm competing against to fail.


ceja said:
Whether you've been prepping for months or weeks (hopefully not a few days) we've all invested a great deal of time and lost a little bit of sanity through this process! I wish all of you the best of luck!

I know that were all freaking out and hoping for miracles right about now, but extraordinary things happen. Most people get right around their average score, but some people do substantially better. THIS MIGHT BE YOU! Don't doubt yourself now!

From now on get off of this site---reading everyone else's freakouts are just going to make you more nervous. Get away from the computer, eat good food, do some light review, and BE HAPPY. You all are extraordinary people, and if you really want to pursue medicine as a career, you will find a way with whatever numerical value the AAMC decides to bestow on you.

PEACE
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Well said!
 
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Seriously everyone good luck. I'm going to try and not come on here tomorrow before my test. Seeing how it's a 2pm western time, the east coast 8am'ers ar going to be done before I start my test.

Should I browse to possibly get a bit of insight into the test from the early birds or is it best to avoid this site like the plague, as to not get psyched out and anxious?

Decisions decisions decisions

Good luck guys.
 
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Fivo said:
Seriously everyone good luck. I'm going to try and not come on here tomorrow before my test. Seeing how it's a 2pm western time, the east coast 8am'ers ar going to be done before I start my test.

Should I browse to possibly get a bit of insight into the test from the early birds or is it best to avoid this site like the plague, as to not get psyched out and anxious?

Decisions decisions decisions

Good luck guys.
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Your test will not be the same as the early people, so it wouldn't matter.
 
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so I was wondering, do all the people in the test center get the same exam?
for example will my friend who is taking the exam with me at the same testing center have the same questions as me or not?

p.s.I was told that people at different testing centers get different exams
 
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ceja said:
Whether you've been prepping for months or weeks (hopefully not a few days) we've all invested a great deal of time and lost a little bit of sanity through this process! I wish all of you the best of luck!

I know that were all freaking out and hoping for miracles right about now, but extraordinary things happen. Most people get right around their average score, but some people do substantially better. THIS MIGHT BE YOU! Don't doubt yourself now!

From now on get off of this site---reading everyone else's freakouts are just going to make you more nervous. Get away from the computer, eat good food, do some light review, and BE HAPPY. You all are extraordinary people, and if you really want to pursue medicine as a career, you will find a way with whatever numerical value the AAMC decides to bestow on you.

PEACE
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Thanks! You're right. This is just a number, and my desire to enter this profession boils down to more than that. 😀

I also just want to say that I hope everyone here does awesome tomorrow. I know we all have it in us! :luck:
 
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did my final AAMC today, AAMC 10.
I took the TPR course, they made me take AAMC 10 the first week of class (in the beginning of Febuary).
I didn't know anything, but took it anyways. I got a 9/10/10, but I didn't want to check which ones I got wrong because I wanted to take this test again in the future.
After 5 months of Mcat studying, I finally gathered up enough courage to take the test again. This time I got 12/10/14.
I guess studying and my dad's 2000 dollars did pay off. However, I don't think TPR did anything to improve my verbal scores. I mean technically I did read it once over before, the what the hell, no improvement at all after 40 hours of live Verbal Lessons and finishing their verbal online content and verbal work book.
My biggest fear tomorrow is verbal, but I'm going to conquer it without fear!!!
Good luck guys!!!
 
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Be careful what you post tomorrow. Last time I wrote I got temp banned because I was a little too specific with regards to a passage that appeared on the test. Haha.
 
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Eileron said:
Sortof. The Ebola passage was probably graded, because the experimental passages show up on future tests. I'm assuming they don't put failed experiments on the practice...



Possible. It wouldn't really matter, because if you talk about anything specific (probably more than "ZOMG HARD" or "LOL YAY") they can revoke your score and ban you from ever taking the test again. So let's not do that 👍

In 4 hours I'll be a few minutes into the PS section. Good luck everyone!
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Are you studying or have you accepted your fate?
 
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Eileron said:
Basically accepted my fate. I'll do a runthrough of what I missed on AAMC 11 yesterday, but most of it was math errors or not reading thoroughly (answering with velocity instead of kinetic energy, etc.) because I was flustered.

When it comes down to it, the exam could have anything. It could be everything I know, or it could be all of my weaknesses. But the reality is that my strengths outnumber my weaknesses, so unless there's 14 passages on magnetism, elimination reactions, and the kidney, I think I'll be alright.

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14 passages with the kidney (always with the kidney) and electrochemistry would be my undoing.
 
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If there is electrochem tomorrow, my PS score will probably drop by 2 (at least!!) from my average......

Had I studied gen chem itd probably not be a big deal, but kinetics and electrochemistry will kill meeee.
 
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Eileron said:
I think of the galvanic cell, and remember the anode is negative. Thus electrons run 'spontaneously' from negative to positive, and current is the opposite because Ben Franklin was too busy with French girls and syphilis to get the positive/negative distinction right.

For the electrolytic cell, the signs are backward (anode is positive), but the flows are the same (e- to cathode, i to anode) because electricity is being applied.

Then AnOx RedCat (RedPlussyCat is good for galvanic, just don't get it confused with electrolytic!) - anode oxidation, cathode reduction. Through in some LeoGer for good measure and apply a magnetic field, and I'll get the whole passage wrong 👍

I also remember the formulas just by patterning:

F
V
U

Then EE, dd

F E
V E d
U d

Then add in q and F

F Eq
V Ed
U Fd

Or something like that. It'd be better to remember all the permutations (V = kq/r^2, etc.) but from those three formulas plus F = kqq/r^2 I can derive most anything.

Also optics. I hate optics.
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I think you just gave me like 2 points tomorrow. Thanks!

And yeah, optics was the last chapter in EK...... So I hate it as well....
 
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took a practice verbal section from the TPR practice exam (mcat review series)
got a 5...
not sure how to feel about that
definitely not helping
 
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Eileron said:
Yeah. I don't know why EK didn't present optics in a more concise memorize-format.

Convex mirror/diverging lens = negative, virtual, upright. The essence of a pre-med on SDN.

Concave/converging = positive, real, inverted.

If you're inside the focal length, it's all negative, virtual, upright. I think. I'm not 100% sure about these, but that's how I've been doing it.

What AAMC 11 made me realize is that I can do pretty much all of it, I just can't instaregurgitate it. I've also never practiced the writing sample before, so that should be a fun addition today.
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Haha I did a 15 minutes of a writing sample yesterday and called it good.
 
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Good luck everyone, if you are studying now, stop, relax, get off SDN. Go in with confidence you will all do great!
 
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Man... how do you guys do so well on WS without studying? I kinda regret for not starting earlier; some of these prompts are harder than I thought
 
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The writing section is barely looked at, and you're not going to improve it in a night. Get some sleep and just do your best, you don't want to mess up the other three sections because you were worried about the writing section.
 
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Claudin said:
Man... how do you guys do so well on WS without studying? I kinda regret for not starting earlier; some of these prompts are harder than I thought
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I think you're thinking too much into it. The hardest part is thinking of something to write. If you make something up, then you're half way there already. Seriously, just make something up and it will be a lot easier
 
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You guys are right; US schools don't really place too much emphasis on WS. But I'm actually Canadian, and schools here want high scores on WS. 2 of the schools in Ontario actually has a Q cutoff (can you believe that??), and there are only 5 schools in Ontario.

I will be applying for schools in the US and Canada this summer, so.. yeah.... that's why I'm slightly worried and decided to come on SDN and rant. 😳
 
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Claudin said:
You guys are right; US schools don't really place too much emphasis on WS. But I'm actually Canadian, and schools here want high scores on WS. 2 of the schools in Ontario actually has a Q cutoff (can you believe that??), and there are only 5 schools in Ontario.

I will be applying for schools in the US and Canada this summer, so.. yeah.... that's why I'm slightly worried and decided to come on SDN and rant. 😳
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Wow that sucks. In that case, start panicking 🙂
 
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crazedpiggy said:
Really advise that you take it easy tonight...don't think it will help your performance tonight if you overexert yourself. Good luck - you know you have it in you.
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Thanks, I've decided that the TPR mcat review series tests were harder than the real thing anyways (indeed they have way too many specific questions and long and difficult passages). Most people have also said that those are no way close to what the real MCAT is going to be like anyways. So I'm gonna believe that and call this a shot of shock. I can't get any lower 🙂
Worst comes to worst. I'll retake in August. It's not going to kill me.
*good attitude good attitude good attitude*
 
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