gunneriloveottawa Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Hi all, so i wrote my MCAT in the summer and did really bad in CARS. I am planning to write it again but i just wanted some opinons on my proposed plan. I am in full time school w a decent amount of ECs but i have been studying since roughly september for CARS mainly but also for other sections (also taking courses in the other sections) I plan to write January 28th but I want to have several back ups because I am in third year (applied only to ottawa this year) and plan to apply again in fourth year to everywhere in canada so i really gotta bring my score up This is my plan: write January 28th taake 3 days off for a break and then keep studying for March 31st test get score back February (Late) and if unsatisfied keep studying for March 31st then if unsatisfied again write in May I am not planning to write it that many times but it gives me piece of mind to have a plan. has anyone done something similar ? any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j17f Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Couple things: 1) This is something I've told myself so many times. I've wrote the MCAT 4 times now, three rewrites to bring CARS up/because I need the new MCAT. Each time I gunned for a 11 VR or 130 CARS, so when I got stuck on a question i'd waste a lot of time on it because I NEEDED it to be correct. Because I did this I had less time to correctly answer the easier passages at the end of VR/CARS, and each time my score sucked butthole. I never was able to get over this, but if you can tell yourself that you'd be happy with a 128, and you don't try to get EVERY question right, you'll probably do a bit better. 2) I know with the new Mcat there are rules about how times you can write. I think it's now 2x/ MCAT cycle, and 3x per two years. So if you wrote Jan and March you wouldn't be able to rewrite until 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneschoolonedream Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 "According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, you may take the exam up to 3 times in a single testing year, 4 times during a two consecutive-year period and 7 times in a lifetime." from AAMC so i can write it three times Also ya i would be okay with anything 127 and above ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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