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I don't think they decide based on your scores whether you get a gift card or not, at least I haven't heard of any such thing. I mean, how could they tell the difference between someone that randomly clicked through the whole thing vs. someone that didn't know any of the material? For all I know, I would've gotten a 22% on pscyh/soc had I ended up with that, since I really haven't taken any classes that relate. How can you get disqualified for not knowing something you didn't have to know?
 
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hah, I love "free" stuff like the gift card but I was one of those people that felt SO terrible after the bio section that I just left.. But when I took it the first time I somehow got a 69% on biochem by half randomly guessing and half serious thinking =_=.

Also they don't give you the giftcard if you finish it too quickly. My friend randomly clicked on answers then left within like 15 minutes or so and she didn't get one.

Anyone else feeling the anxiety of Tuesday? :S
 
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28% on biochem section ... I saw this coming because I was mentally drained at this point. Still got the gift card though!
 
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baconcures said:
hah, I love "free" stuff like the gift card but I was one of those people that felt SO terrible after the bio section that I just left.. But when I took it the first time I somehow got a 69% on biochem by half randomly guessing and half serious thinking =_=.

Also they don't give you the giftcard if you finish it too quickly. My friend randomly clicked on answers then left within like 15 minutes or so and she didn't get one.

Anyone else feeling the anxiety of Tuesday? :S
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My uncontrollable nervous farts have returned. Let that be your answer.
 
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Doogie17 said:
i got my email. scored 56% correct on the trial section, which the email says is in the top 25%. hoping for the same top 25 on next week's scores
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When did you get that email? I don't think that I have received anything about the trial section.
 
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38% on biochem section which I'm absolutely SHOCKED that it puts me in the top quarter...but then again I found it pretty hard..I guess so did a lot of other people. I sure hope I don't have to do the new one..it looks scary!
 
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Saxappeal1 said:
@Doogie17 I hear ya lol
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at least if I do not get the 32 score I am hoping for next tuesday, I have time to re-take. I took it a week after turning 17 years old last month and was thinking about taking a gap year next year after graduation. Though I would hate to retake it with the new format, I am a chem and bio major, not a sociology major.
 
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Doogie17 said:
I took it a week after turning 17 years old last month.
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Darn!!!! 17!!! If you take one or two or even three gap years, you likely will appreciate medical school so much more. You should pour your youthful energy onto something that's crazily wild but time consuming~cause you aren't gonna be able to do that for quite a while in med school.
 
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Friendly_female_house said:
Darn!!!! 17!!! If you take one or two or even three gap years, you likely will appreciate medical school so much more. You should pour your youthful energy onto something that's crazily wild but time consuming~cause you aren't gonna be able to do that for quite a while in med school.
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I was wild for 13 years, never did any schooling at all, just played. I have only done 3 years of total school in my life so far, so I am not burned out, I am lovin it. I worked full time at Children's hospital all last summer and did a spring break honduas medical mission trip and now volunteer in the ER weekly, so I am eager. I am hoping to do MD/PhD, but next week's score will determine what I do.
 
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Doogie17 said:
I was wild for 13 years, never did any schooling at all, just played. I have only done 3 years of total school in my life so far, so I am not burned out, I am lovin it. I worked full time at Children's hospital all last summer and did a spring break honduas medical mission trip and now volunteer in the ER weekly, so I am eager. I am hoping to do MD/PhD, but next week's score will determine what I do.
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Ballsie!
 
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Why is it that I am feeling horrible all of a sudden about a test I took a month ago. Coming out of the test, I honestly didn't feel bad, but now all of a sudden I feel like I'm going to get a really bad score...someone please reanalyze the test for me so I don't feel like throwing up when I wake up every night from nightmares
 
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It is probably both. I am not feeling really nervous. Last time I felt nervous because I knew there was a real possibility that I failed, and I did lol
 
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I guess I'm glad for you guys that aren't nervous, because I can't take this much longer! SO nervous!! I don't know whether I got a 25 or a 35, and I feel just as unsure as I did right after the test! I felt like I guessed on WAY too many in PS, especially since people thought it was easy. And VR was the complete opposite: I wouldn't be surprised if I got max. 1 or 2 wrong.

BS was so far out there I don't even know what to think.
 
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shh-pthway said:
Are you guys discovering you answered specific questions wrong ? ... or is this just general nerves?
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I got the progesterone question wrong. But that's not the source of anxiety. The anxiety for me is there simply because I don't know my score
 
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alexibluezz said:
I guess I'm glad for you guys that aren't nervous, because I can't take this much longer! SO nervous!! I don't know whether I got a 25 or a 35, and I feel just as unsure as I did right after the test! I felt like I guessed on WAY too many in PS, especially since people thought it was easy. And VR was the complete opposite: I wouldn't be surprised if I got max. 1 or 2 wrong.

BS was so far out there I don't even know what to think.
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That's how I felt about 7/2 Verbal too. It's not only that I "felt good" reading/ had 2:30 left over--- I was also actively understanding the questions and very often seeing why 3/4 of them were wrong. [My strategy is usually to go back into the passage because my memory usually tricks me into picking wrong answer-- and I think I was finding everything nicely].

...just hope I am not disappointed after having this confidence for that section. The margin of error is probably really small so who knows. Or, maybe we were just on our game and it was not generally as easy it seems (as far as scale is concerned) . One can hope! hehe
 
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shh-pthway said:
That's how I felt about 7/2 Verbal too. It's not only that I "felt good" reading/ had 2:30 left over--- I was also actively understanding the questions and very often seeing why 3/4 of them were wrong. [My strategy is usually to go back into the passage because my memory usually tricks me into picking wrong answer-- and I think I was finding everything nicely].

...just hope I am not disappointed after having this confidence for that section. The margin of error is probably really small so who knows. Or, maybe we were just on our game and it was not generally as easy it seems (as far as scale is concerned) . One can hope! hehe
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Really? It's crazy that 7/2 VR was like that too, I'm curious to know how you'll do on both exams (if you took them both). I had a lot of time left, like 10 min, and went over maybe 10 questions I had flagged. With a little less pressure, I could sit back and analyze them better, and on every single one it was like, "Oh, THAT'S the answer." It all made so much sense that I almost started freaking out. I'll probably end up getting a 9 or 10 though haha.
 
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Spriteling said:
I walked out of the exam feeling pretty confident, and now I feel like I probably got a 24. 🙁
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Yea I am expecting a 24 as well and am 90% confident that a retake is in order. 🙁 I will spend more time reviewing the topic list if the worst happens. Its too bad cuz I doubt I get a PS section like that again.
 
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alexibluezz said:
Really? It's crazy that 7/2 VR was like that too, I'm curious to know how you'll do on both exams (if you took them both). I had a lot of time left, like 10 min, and went over maybe 10 questions I had flagged. With a little less pressure, I could sit back and analyze them better, and on every single one it was like, "Oh, THAT'S the answer." It all made so much sense that I almost started freaking out. I'll probably end up getting a 9 or 10 though haha.
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I only took the July 2 one... commenting here because that one is less active hehe.

Hopefully we both did well. I had the same kind of "Oh, THAT'S the answer" as you for many of the problems, but there is always the possibility we glanced over other questions, picking the wrong answer without realizing it. There is going to be small margin of error for 11-15 range so let's hope for the best. I cannot help but feel good, but that can only make <11 feel so much worse.
 
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Spriteling said:
How do you even remember these things?! I can't remember anything.
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I pretty much petrified periodically after the tests for like 1 hr a time, just remembering everything
 
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was the overly specific question on the june 21st exam? wgat passage was that? i dont remember that at all. and what passage is the progesterone question from
 
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shh-pthway said:
I only took the July 2 one... commenting here because that one is less active hehe.

Hopefully we both did well. I had the same kind of "Oh, THAT'S the answer" as you for many of the problems, but there is always the possibility we glanced over other questions, picking the wrong answer without realizing it. There is going to be small margin of error for 11-15 range so let's hope for the best. I cannot help but feel good, but that can only make <11 feel so much worse.
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If you usually get 11. You'll probably get 11. it's hard to get above but also hard to go below. I mean, at least that's for me.
 
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whoadere said:
was the overly specific question on the june 21st exam? wgat passage was that? i dont remember that at all. and what passage is the progesterone question from
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That was a stand alone question. I can't say more.
 
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so many things could have went wrong...the nerves are really getting to me every passing day

I guess my biggest fear is that I did worse than my first time. With apps out and everything, there's make it or break it right there
 
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taking a summer class and have an exam on Monday...can't really focus ahhh

If I get no section less than a 9, I'll take it. Not asking for much, just don't wanna be disappointed and retake...again
 
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