PromedioPreMed Posted December 7, 2012 Report Posted December 7, 2012 I'm registered for the MCAT for the end of March, and I will have a full course load of 5 courses next semester. I've thought about rescheduling it for the summer, but there is an abroad research program I would really like to do in the summer. Is this a bad idea?
charmer08 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Posted December 8, 2012 I'm registered for the MCAT for the end of March, and I will have a full course load of 5 courses next semester. I've thought about rescheduling it for the summer, but there is an abroad research program I would really like to do in the summer. Is this a bad idea? ofcourse not... doing a research program abroad should be your number one priority
FrenchToast Posted December 8, 2012 Report Posted December 8, 2012 Took the words out of my head... in Fry form.
lolelol Posted December 8, 2012 Report Posted December 8, 2012 I'm registered for the MCAT for the end of March, and I will have a full course load of 5 courses next semester. I've thought about rescheduling it for the summer, but there is an abroad research program I would really like to do in the summer. Is this a bad idea? Why....why don't you just study while you're there and write it when you come back? Plenty of people have worked full time whilst studyin for the MCAT
a1b1 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Posted December 8, 2012 MCAT is no joke. If you want to do it and do it well and not have to devote yourself to it ever again, put all your focus on it and get it done (in other words forget the research project and study mcat full time). The hardest part, at least in my opinion is the verbal, if you can start reading a passage or two a day to prepare you for the summer that would be a good idea. regards
Gametime24 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Posted December 8, 2012 MCAT is no joke. If you want to do it and do it well and not have to devote yourself to it ever again, put all your focus on it and get it done (in other words forget the research project and study mcat full time). The hardest part, at least in my opinion is the verbal, if you can start reading a passage or two a day to prepare you for the summer that would be a good idea. regards Here we go again. As always. People going on about how you have to devote everything to X piece of getting into med school. Take the thing abroad, study in the evenings, do well when you get back. Kinda like MeGusta said.
danny55 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Posted December 8, 2012 I'm registered for the MCAT for the end of March, and I will have a full course load of 5 courses next semester. I've thought about rescheduling it for the summer, but there is an abroad research program I would really like to do in the summer. Is this a bad idea? Just do the free practice MCAT AAMC test 3 to evaluate where you are standing. If you score greater than 30 then you probably don't need to do much studying. If you got around 20 you will need more time but it all depends really.... And you will only have 3 marked sections this coming year so that should make it a bit less to prepare for (no writing section). So do whatever you think works best for you. Studying while researching would definitely be doable for some but that is up to you... Chose wisely, but the AAMC practice test are a very good indication of how well you will do.
Gametime24 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Posted December 9, 2012 Just do the free practice MCAT AAMC test 3 to evaluate where you are standing. If you score greater than 30 then you probably don't need to do much studying. If you got around 20 you will need more time but it all depends really.... And you will only have 3 marked sections this coming year so that should make it a bit less to prepare for (no writing section). So do whatever you think works best for you. Studying while researching would definitely be doable for some but that is up to you... Chose wisely, but the AAMC practice test are a very good indication of how well you will do. Best answer so far ^^
hockeypenguin04 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Posted December 9, 2012 Completely agree, it depends on where you stand with the MCAT. If you're only a few months removed from "MCAT level" courses, you probably won't require as much study as say someone in fourth year who hasn't looked at physics/chem since they began their degree. If you want to research abroad, do it.
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