Savac Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 yea 6 days to prep for the mcat to come out with a great score sounds highly unrealistic. To skim through all the science sections in one day is impossible, regardless if you took all your science prereqs beforehand because who really remembers orgo reactions for fun or more advanced topics in physics. And I don't think you defended your high school teaching but that would literally help with almost nothing on the MCAT unless you would be teaching high school students MCAT material, which you wouldn't besides the basics like the structure of the cell and kinematics. Also, even if you could somehow skim through all the sciences in one day (Where you would literally be turning a page every 5 seconds so how you remembered anything is beyond me), to "get" verbal in 5 days by just going straight into practice tests is not believable at all. But hey, haters gonna hate right. By the way, in the SDN, someone posted that they got a 15/15/15 on the January MCAT.................... If that's real, it's amazing! http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=13732786#post13732786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Believe me, I'm highly skeptical of that score (particularly the 15 VR, since that takes a combination of luck and skill) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureGP Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 i wonder if a 45 makes a greater impact on human health than a 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 i wouldn't be so sure... 15 vr i'll get every 2/5 times percentage wise... i'd be manic if i got a 15 on ps though, lol Believe me, I'm highly skeptical of that score (particularly the 15 VR, since that takes a combination of luck and skill) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitty Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 yea 6 days to prep for the mcat to come out with a great score sounds highly unrealistic. To skim through all the science sections in one day is impossible, regardless if you took all your science prereqs beforehand because who really remembers orgo reactions for fun or more advanced topics in physics. And I don't think you defended your high school teaching but that would literally help with almost nothing on the MCAT unless you would be teaching high school students MCAT material, which you wouldn't besides the basics like the structure of the cell and kinematics. Also, even if you could somehow skim through all the sciences in one day (Where you would literally be turning a page every 5 seconds so how you remembered anything is beyond me), to "get" verbal in 5 days by just going straight into practice tests is not believable at all. But hey, haters gonna hate right. By the way, in the SDN, someone posted that they got a 15/15/15 on the January MCAT.................... Well, my first ever VR I got 10 on the practice, then 11 after that, then got lucky with my 12 on the real thing (some great passages). Also, don't count out high school - 12U physics/Chem/Bio actually cover a a surprising amount of the material on the MCAT, just not as advanced. As for skimming books, the examcrackers books actually aren't that long (and I didn't use the verbal one) and I skipped anything that I was comfortable with (almost all of the phys chem book is covered in 12U chem), orgo on the test is very simple and I only had 1 passage of it anyway. I should also say that I have a strong background already since my undergrad is a specialist in human biology:health and disease plus a major in nutritional science. I took 1 full-length (without the writing obviously) from Kaplan about 3 months before I wrote and I got a 33 - so I started from a pretty good point. Also, I didn't really choose to only have 6 days. It was a VERY busy time at work for me and so I could only take the week of my test off (it was a Friday) plus the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 i didn't "practice" for the vr, besides aamac exams, ditto with writing sample, actually, nothing period for ws, lol 13t... but then again, reading and writing while in art for years was prep... just like teacher dude, teaching science everyday, some **** would just become automatic... Well, my first ever VR I got 10 on the practice, then 11 after that, then got lucky with my 12 on the real thing (some great passages). Also, don't count out high school - 12U physics/Chem/Bio actually cover a a surprising amount of the material on the MCAT, just not as advanced. As for skimming books, the examcrackers books actually aren't that long (and I didn't use the verbal one) and I skipped anything that I was comfortable with (almost all of the phys chem book is covered in 12U chem), orgo on the test is very simple and I only had 1 passage of it anyway. I should also say that I have a strong background already since my undergrad is a specialist in human biology:health and disease plus a major in nutritional science. I took 1 full-length (without the writing obviously) from Kaplan about 3 months before I wrote and I got a 33 - so I started from a pretty good point. Also, I didn't really choose to only have 6 days. It was a VERY busy time at work for me and so I could only take the week of my test off (it was a Friday) plus the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanek Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 No.. but I got pretty close! (38S). 40+ is pretty rare.. and the difference between 38 and 45 is only about 1.5 percentiles.. probably a negligible difference to medical school admissions committees (just my opinion). I was scoring anywhere between 37 and 39 on my practice tests, so I'm pretty happy with the score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 i wrote my first practice test, albeit an old version from the library (they do have aamc tests there, believe it or not... only the public though 11,14,14... good start for sure, it's amazing how much easier the bio is this time around now that i've gone from no classes (4 years ago) to walking bio encyclopedia (compared to like barely anything when i wrote before) 38s is solid, nice job bro! No.. but I got pretty close! (38S). 40+ is pretty rare.. and the difference between 38 and 45 is only about 1.5 percentiles.. probably a negligible difference to medical school admissions committees (just my opinion). I was scoring anywhere between 37 and 39 on my practice tests, so I'm pretty happy with the score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMFtastic Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 One girl that went to Dal a few years back. A memory likely sheldon from BBT score 15/14/15/S Foolishness. But yea, I leave her to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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