mhc7795 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 This idea just stumbled through my head today. If I were good friends or I have parents who know the doctor personally, would they mind if I ask them for MCAT preparation methods or even come help me study for the MCAT one-on-one? Or is this a ridiculous idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 I don't think it has a chance of flying:mad: but good luck. It would be wquite an imposition to ask an MD to take on this responsibility and to devote the time required - if the doc was capabler of giving any help in the first place. In two words: forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 This idea just stumbled through my head today. If I were good friends or I have parents who know the doctor personally, would they mind if I ask them for MCAT preparation methods or even come help me study for the MCAT one-on-one? Or is this a ridiculous idea? The MD will have written the MCAT 6+ years ago, and likely won't be a lot of help as a coach. If I had to write again, I'd probably get a really pathetic score. I suspect most docs are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 This idea just stumbled through my head today. If I were good friends or I have parents who know the doctor personally, would they mind if I ask them for MCAT preparation methods or even come help me study for the MCAT one-on-one? Or is this a ridiculous idea? Purely on the practical side the MD does actually have any additional MCAT insight compared to the standard alternatives. In fact he/she is likely very rusty on the very materiel you need to cover. How often to MDs write essays, use organic chemistry, physics etc? How long ago did they study those things - a decade ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles3288 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Ok, first off in regards to a poster above: MD's are still people. If your uncle or aunt or someone was a MD, i'm sure they'd be willing to help if you asked. You're making it seem kind of callous. Second, as someone else mentioned above...most likely the MD's have forgotten nearly everything required for the mcat. Most people forget it after a few weeks! There's no need to remember physics or organic chemistry so likely they won't even know. Probably the only thing they could help you out with is their tips for study habits or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhc7795 Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Ok, first off in regards to a poster above: MD's are still people. If your uncle or aunt or someone was a MD, i'm sure they'd be willing to help if you asked. You're making it seem kind of callous. Second, as someone else mentioned above...most likely the MD's have forgotten nearly everything required for the mcat. Most people forget it after a few weeks! There's no need to remember physics or organic chemistry so likely they won't even know. Probably the only thing they could help you out with is their tips for study habits or something along those lines. So if I was an inspiring physician or surgeon, I would have no need to remember organic chemistry or physics throughout my doctorate career? Are there some M.D. that would actually use Organic chemistry or physics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles3288 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 So if I was an inspiring physician or surgeon, I would have no need to remember organic chemistry or physics throughout my doctorate career? Are there some M.D. that would actually use Organic chemistry or physics? yeah sure there are some but the vast majority wont. do you remember everything from say.....high school math? doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 The fact is that in medicine whatever we learn in med school other than the basics will become stale pretty quickly, i.e., if within 10 years we are not up-to-date with acquiring new knowledge and skills, we will likely be pretty useless. What do you remember from what you learned in elementary and high school? If you were a surgeon, you would be learning and remembering state of the art skills in surgery and organic chem or physics would be quite useless in saving a life in the OR. Just my 2 cents worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrae Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 you're wasting a valuable resource. the physician will be more useful regarding their insight into why you want to be a doctor, the process of becoming a doctor, the job itself, etc. the best resources for MCAT prep are your books, fellow mcat-takers, and that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman101 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 A resident at the hospital I volunteered in gave me MCAT advise (I didn't ask). Then I realized he didn't score very high, nor did he need to since the bar was a lot lower back then. He was a bit surprised I was rewriting with a 31Q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhc7795 Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 you're wasting a valuable resource. the physician will be more useful regarding their insight into why you want to be a doctor, the process of becoming a doctor, the job itself, etc. the best resources for MCAT prep are your books, fellow mcat-takers, and that's about it. Yeah, maybe I should ask my doctor some of those questions just to get an idea of why he became a doctor, etc. A resident at the hospital I volunteered in gave me MCAT advise (I didn't ask). Then I realized he didn't score very high, nor did he need to since the bar was a lot lower back then. He was a bit surprised I was rewriting with a 31Q. What kind of position is he pursuing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 P101, you never cease to amaze me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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