Where to take MCAT- advice needed

[ronnicus]

The closest testing center to my college is an hour and 15min drive away. On the other hand, back home the testing center would only be 15 min away. I'm debating whether to drive back home the night before (about 2 hours), and take the test there the next morning to save myself the 1 hr drive. Is this worth it you guys think?

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[CastleG8]

The closest testing center to my college is an hour and 15min drive away. On the other hand, back home the testing center would only be 15 min away. I'm debating whether to drive back home the night before (about 2 hours), and take the test there the next morning to save myself the 1 hr drive. Is this worth it you guys think?

I would do whatever leaves you with the least amount of morning stress. By the 6th hour of testing I had to reread a question 5 times in a row just to understand what I was reading because I was beginning to feel like a zombie.
Do the option with the simplest test morning commute.

 

[Pediateix]

can someone please explain question 5. in the explanation it says something about an agonist but does the data show it? why is ii and iii false?

this is from altius diagnostic psych section

 

[ronnicus]

I would do whatever leaves you with the least amount of morning stress. By the 6th hour of testing I had to reread a question 5 times in a row just to understand what I was reading because I was beginning to feel like a zombie.
Do the option with the simplest test morning commute.

Did you have a long commute too?

 

[CastleG8]

Did you have a long commute too?

I drove 5 hrs to a test site because I wanted to take mine April 1st. I stayed in a hotel that was 5 minutes away and I located the test center the day before I took it.

 

[ronnicus]

I drove 5 hrs to a test site because I wanted to take mine April 1st. I stayed in a hotel that was 5 minutes away and I located the test center the day before I took it.

Oh ok so you're tiredness wasn't really due to the commute right? Was it because you had a bad night's sleep adjusting to the new environment or just the test was really long?

 

[CastleG8]

Oh ok so you're tiredness wasn't really due to the commute right? Was it because you had a bad night's sleep adjusting to the new environment or just the test was really long?

I was completely refreshed at the start of the MCAT, but I became mentally exhausted by the 6th hour just from the length of the exam and the constant effort to focus 100%, so I can imagine if I had shown up stressed from couting and being in an unfamiliar area, that I would have struggled even more due to mental exhaustion.