MEDNUT97 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hello friends, I've read a few times on here about pre-meds only writing the CaRS section of their MCAT to apply to mac? Does anybody have any info on how Mac regards this? Do other schools look down on this? Info please! Thanks so much guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artier Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 McMaster doesn't care. No one "looks down" on this but obviously you are eliminating yourself from the running at every other school that uses the MCAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDNUT97 Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Makes sense... was just curious. Seems like a leap of faith to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Sure, but for some it is quite logical - that school is the best or realistically only shot for them. Plus in theory at least if you are only doing the CARS section you probably will be both better prepared for it and not fatigued in any fashion from the other sections (the mcat certainly has an endurance component to it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantRamen Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Sure, but for some it is quite logical - that school is the best or realistically only shot for them. Plus in theory at least if you are only doing the CARS section you probably will be both better prepared for it and not fatigued in any fashion from the other sections (the mcat certainly has an endurance component to it). I agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeful4UBC Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Also if you ever apply to the states, it might look bad having written the MCAT and having a score of 1 (or the new equivalent) on all other sections. From my understanding, schools in the US usually look at all your writes, and evaluate the MCAT holistically. But if you have no plans to ever go to the states, you're fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medway12 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I wrote only CARS in June and I noticed it's becoming more common. I did it because Mac was my only option (no science background) and it seemed most logical to me (as rmorelan pointed out). It didn't seem that odd to the people at the test centre either when I told them I will be leaving in the first 1.5 hours. The only problem is that it's very difficult to improve on something like CARS - most people are either great at it (easy 130+) or not (stuck around 124-126). Practice certainly helps but if you're not a natural, you will plateau around 126. And although you don't have to worry about fatigue from the first section, it really doesn't help. CARS is all about your natural reading comprehension ability and due to the limited timing, you go mostly with your gut/first instinct (forget any strategies you learned). Anyhow, I was in the same boat as you but did not get the score that I needed (But I will keep trying again and again). Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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