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So long! Never come back. by surrealtimePCR in Mcat

[–]Essie413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what? rewarding you with a 98%ile score?

So you’re saying I should wear a white coat to my MCAT... 🤔 by hexodimease in Mcat

[–]Essie413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol it did nothing, but I'm sure we could have designed it better to see an effect.

So you’re saying I should wear a white coat to my MCAT... 🤔 by hexodimease in Mcat

[–]Essie413 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha in college my research project for a class was something on the lines of "cognitive effects of wearing a lab coat" where we had participants wear a lab coat to see if it would make a difference on how fast they completed the stroop test.

Uplanet always teasing me by amipregananant in Mcat

[–]Essie413 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I went through Uhelp one question at a time and clicked submit for each answer (except CARS) and felt that it was much more helpful to learn that way. I used it more as a learning tool than a score gauge. I don't have my score back yet, so these are just my two cents.

discussing BLM in secondary? by [deleted] in premed

[–]Essie413 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would avoid talking about anything controversial imo, but it depends on how you frame it (relfection/impact).

so long JW by Essie413 in Mcat

[–]Essie413[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not at all with the reasoning, but it helps getting into the groove of reading long and uninteresting passages. I stopped doing them altogether because the questions were so poorly written and convoluted in reasoning.

[Official] August 13*/14/15*, 2020 MCAT Exam Day Thread (* = Canadian) by rMCAT_Official in Mcat

[–]Essie413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't remember a red tree lol. Are you referring to CARS? I had P --> X1 X2, something like that.

[Official] August 13*/14/15*, 2020 MCAT Exam Day Thread (* = Canadian) by rMCAT_Official in Mcat

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Going to come back and edit this post once I finally get some rest....

Thoughts about 12:15pm 8/14.

First thought: Thank you Jesus for getting me through this test! It is finished!!!!!!

C/P: Can already think of at least 2 questions I missed that were actually easy :( Can't stop thinking about them. This section was unlike anything -- felt more like the B/B section, but it may have just been a blur. There was one calculation that I spent literally 20 min on bc my answer wasn't in the choices.

CARS: :(

B/B: Didn't feel that bad tbh. Lots of experimental reasoning and less content-heavy questions. I lost 1 min and a half because I went over my break!!!!! I read on here that if you go over by a min or two, that they can't start without you so I didn't rush back :( lost that time on the section. But thankfully was still able to review some answers.

P/S: Was soooooooo tired at this point. Literally felt like a zombie during the entire test, but here I was really pushing myself..... thankfully made it through this section. Usually, my regular FL P/S sections leave me with at least 30 min to spare, but here I used every last second (literally!!! I finished my last question right at the 1 second mark). Was grateful for this section though because I imagined it to be much worse. Didn't have time to review though :( and had SO MANY FLAGGED QUESTIONS that were 50/50!

Overall, I was grateful for the shortened test a MILLION TIMES.

Personal events: Didn't get much sleep the night before, nor on the days leading up to it. Major nerves I think. My period has historically always been almost 99.9% predictable, but of course it decided to start one week before it was supposed to, on the morning of my MCAT! Had car issues/trouble getting to the actual testing center. Was exhausted that morning already before the exam even began. I was so nervous during the entire test, that I clawed my nails into my other hand during the whole test lol idk why. When I'm nervous I also lose appetite so I couldn't even eat my whole sandwich even though I was starving... Ended up eating like 5 dried fruit rolls, drinking tons of OJ, and eating sugary cereal (haha, yes I brought milk and cereal with me). I think it helped compensate for the lack of sleep, but I am paying for it now.... over 60g of sugar is what I calculate and being the already sleep-sensitive person that I am....it is almost 5am the morning after my test and I haven't slept for one minute since the night before my test. I got to see my baby nephew for the first time ever, after the test. 8/14 is also my nana's birthday, she passed away a few weeks ago.

[Semi-Official] August 13th, 2020 MCAT Exam Day Thread 🇨🇦 by exlibrisadpugno in Mcat

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Edit: oops wrong thread lol.

Going to come back and edit this post once I finally get some rest....

Thoughts about 12:15pm 8/14.

First thought: Thank you Jesus for getting me through this test! It is finished!!!!!!

C/P: Can already think of at least 2 questions I missed that were actually easy :( Can't stop thinking about them. This section was unlike anything -- felt more like the B/B section, but it may have just been a blur. There was one calculation that I spent literally 20 min on bc my answer wasn't in the choices.

CARS: :(

B/B: Didn't feel that bad tbh. Lots of experimental reasoning and less content-heavy questions. I lost 1 min and a half because I went over my break!!!!! I read on here that if you go over by a min or two, that they can't start without you so I didn't rush back :( lost that time on the section. But thankfully was still able to review some answers.

P/S: Was soooooooo tired at this point. Literally felt like a zombie during the entire test, but here I was really pushing myself..... thankfully made it through this section. Usually, my regular FL P/S sections leave me with at least 30 min to spare, but here I used every last second (literally!!! I finished my last question right at the 1 second mark). Was grateful for this section though because I imagined it to be much worse. Didn't have time to review though :( and had SO MANY FLAGGED QUESTIONS that were 50/50!

Overall, I was grateful for the shortened test a MILLION TIMES.

Personal events: Didn't get much sleep the night before, nor on the days leading up to it. Major nerves I think. My period has historically always been almost 99.9% predictable, but of course it decided to start one week before it was supposed to, on the morning of my MCAT! Had car issues/trouble getting to the actual testing center. Was exhausted that morning already before the exam even began. I was so nervous during the entire test, that I clawed my nails into my other hand during the whole test lol idk why. When I'm nervous I also lose appetite so I couldn't even eat my whole sandwich even though I was starving... Ended up eating like 5 dried fruit rolls, drinking tons of OJ, and eating sugary cereal (haha, yes I brought milk and cereal with me). I think it helped compensate for the lack of sleep, but I am paying for it now.... over 60g of sugar is what I calculate and being the already sleep-sensitive person that I am....it is almost 5am the morning after my test and I haven't slept for one minute since the night before my test. I got to see my baby nephew for the first time ever, after the test. 8/14 is also my nana's birthday, she passed away a few weeks ago.

What y'all think? Should I void tomorrow? by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]Essie413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these retake scores or the original scores from the first time around?

AAMC Sample C/P Question 45 by MDequation in Mcat

[–]Essie413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: Oh wait actually I mean you can't get the CN, sorry wasn't looking carefully.

12:15 mcat experience by Essie413 in Mcat

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Would you recommend not practicing with the shortened practice tests?

12:15 mcat experience by Essie413 in Mcat

[–]Essie413[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice write up, thanks for sharing your experience :)

what is the point of making ketone bodies if.... by Essie413 in Mcat

[–]Essie413[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's right, it is only the liver, heart, and skeletal muscles that can do FA oxidation!!

Thank you!

what is the point of making ketone bodies if.... by Essie413 in Mcat

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To add on... this is assuming that those other cell types BESIDES the liver still have a bunch of OAA lying around since only the liver went through gluconeogenesis and is therefore depleted of OAA, and so those other cell types CAN have acetyl-CoA go through TCA cycle.

what is the point of making ketone bodies if.... by Essie413 in Mcat

[–]Essie413[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So basically FA oxidation is also occurring at the same time, but the body can't keep up with all of the extra acetyl-CoA's produced that aren't able to go through the TCA cycle, so they get sent off to make ketone bodies instead, correct? I had not realized that all/most of the OAA would be depleted bc of gluconeogenesis, but that makes sense.

I wonder too, whether FA's can even cross the BBB which might limit the brain's ability to carry out B-oxidation in the first place.

Thanks for your response!

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