MCAT Journey: Returned
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Specialist
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Djzapz
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Juxx
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krndandaman
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intoyourrainbOW
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Specialist
United States803 Posts
On May 23 2011 04:25 intoyourrainbOW wrote: key to verbal? practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice. the first time i took the MCAT i got a 7 on the verbal. i was like wtf? i'm not retarded. i can read. second time i got a 12. so practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice. I'm doing around 5 passages/day would that be enough? | ||
peeeky
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LoneWolf.Alpha
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xxSK8rGUy277xx
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good luck on the MCAT! | ||
Pressure
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On May 23 2011 04:22 krndandaman wrote: same here... going for my last SAT. i raised my first score by 150 points. but the thing is, that was pretty much all math/reading improvement. math went up by 90 points, reading went up by 40, writing by only 20 and essay score went DOWN. if i just fix up my essay score which is horrendous compared to my other scores/multiple choice on writing, i should be able to get into most of the colleges i am looking at! so good luck and study hard to those others looking to improve their standardized test scores essay grades are mad arbitrary don't worry about it just make sure the overall writing grade is fine. the essay grade is supposed to be 30% of the grade or wahtever but it really didnt make that much of a difference for me | ||
Tim17
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ItsYoungLee
Korea (South)227 Posts
I was in a similar situation to yours last year, applying to med schools and taking the MCAT the summer of (last August in fact!). Stay focused - you do have a lot of work ahead of you and a short amount of time, but from personal experience once you get that score, apply, and finally get your first acceptance, it'll all be worth it to know what you'll become a physician! GL GL! | ||
stack
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Specialist
United States803 Posts
For science passages, I'm using the berkeley review series that I got over the online. (as well as for PS content review) For verbal, i'm using examkrackers 101 passages which I also got over the online. | ||
yourwhiteshadow
United States442 Posts
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yourwhiteshadow
United States442 Posts
On May 23 2011 05:17 LoneWolf.Alpha wrote: i don't understand how some people i know get such good gpa in college and don't do well on teh mcat. on the other hand, i did ok in college, but my mcat beats their's horribly. it's like some people receive the information but it doens't sink into their thought process or something. very strange. grade inflation. plenty of classes where there is: a)extra credit b)cheating c)"office hours" d)TA "office hours" college is almost a joke. its a good thing there is the MCAT, otherwise it'd be hard to differentiate between the 3.8 who is actually smart and the 3.8 who cheats or just works super hard. | ||
Jathin
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Specialist
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yea my personality in game is a lot different thanks @Jathin I used up all AAMC's except #11 last year, thinking about buying TBR 1-5 and AAMC #11 and do it last week of the prep =) | ||
Jathin
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