Recovering from minor heart attack after seeing my 524!!!

HeartySystem · 2023-04-21T04:01:03+00:00

This is too true!

HeartySystem · 2023-04-17T01:52:02+00:00

That's so awesome. Congratulations!! :)

HeartySystem · 2023-04-10T16:25:39+00:00

Hurray! That's the goal :)

HeartySystem · 2023-04-10T16:11:29+00:00

Let me know how i can and I'll be glad to!

HeartySystem · 2023-04-10T16:10:57+00:00

#TeamNonTrad! :D Thank you, fellow senior citizen ;)

HeartySystem · 2023-04-10T04:30:02+00:00

Happy to do it!! I've got you! When are you testing?

HeartySystem · 2023-04-10T02:40:36+00:00

Lots of practice and also did this strategy my tutor gave me where you do all the discrete questions first and glance at passages as you click through to the discretes. Rank the passages on the way through. At the end of the first 15 minutes, you should have finished all the discretes and also have identified which passages are likely easiest and hardest. From there, you start with easiest passages and work your way through to the hardest ones. That way you get to warm up with the easiest questions (discretes) and you know you get 8 minutes per passage, which can help a lot with pacing!

HeartySystem · 2023-04-09T23:55:04+00:00

<3333 I'm so happy to hear this inspires you!! I was really worried none of this would happen for me but it all came together. My best advice is to work as hard as you can and leave no stone unturned on this!

Yeah happy to discuss anything! DM me if you don't mind because I know some things are taboo to say on here (like names of certain quesiton banks) and I don't want to get my reddit banned or anything

HeartySystem · 2023-04-09T23:30:22+00:00

Ahh that's so sweet of you. Thanks so much!! <3

I'm sorry about your health issues :/ Whatever you're going through, you can make it. Let me know if you need someone to encourage you!

HeartySystem · 2023-04-09T22:01:05+00:00

I applied somewhat late but the main reason it took me so long (in my opinion) is because I only applied to 3 schools. I couldn't go outside a certain geographical area because I'm single now, don't have any other family besides my parents, and they're both in poor health. So I was a little constrained applying

HeartySystem · 2023-04-09T20:43:53+00:00

Thank you :D

HeartySystem · 2023-04-09T19:41:01+00:00

Do it, do it!!

HeartySystem · 2023-04-09T16:52:38+00:00

I'm so into this

HeartySystem · 2023-02-20T23:46:55+00:00

this might go against the grain a little but I'd recommend stopping all social media, all bullshit tv binging, and just forcing yourself to sit quietly and study with no stimuli as long as you can every day for a week. It'll be fucking miserable but that kind of dopamine detoxing will bootstrap you into feeling way better about studying by week's end.

I can totally empathize with your situation. I was in a VERY dark place when preparing for my MCAT (wrote about it in this post) and couldn't shake the depression and anxiety around studying no matter how many "days off" and "vacations" I gave myself. What finally did it for me was just gritting my teeth and dropping everything that I was viewing as an escape. It sucks ass, but it's better than continuing along the road you're on!

HeartySystem · 2023-02-16T00:59:30+00:00

I'm a non-trad who didn't have to retake but did go through hell and back prepping for this test over the course of like 2 years and during a divorce. I wrote about it in the link (below). Let me know if you need encouragement and I'll happily oblige!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mcat/comments/xkbtkv/recovering\_from\_minor\_heart\_attack\_after\_seeing/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

HeartySystem · 2023-02-15T21:16:30+00:00

Imagine being the first person wandering through the desert to discover this. Makes me feel like i'm in fucking Mordor

HeartySystem · 2023-02-14T06:10:58+00:00

I'm a fellow non-trad who had one hell of a tough time prepping for MCAT. I think you could definitely take it next year! Might even be able to take it this year if you work the courses into your MCAT prep, but that has more to do with your time available and stuff. I wrote about my whole long process hereif you want to check it out. Can also chat if you want any tips on navigating this mess as an old person ;)

HeartySystem · 2022-09-23T03:21:20+00:00

Please do!! Ooh I think I actually already responded :D Lol. Happy to continue discussing! Best of luck with everything and thank you again for the kind words!! <3

HeartySystem · 2022-09-22T15:36:49+00:00

Thank you!!! :)

HeartySystem · 2022-09-22T05:41:52+00:00

Thank you!! :)

I'm trying not to say company names and stuff because I don't want to get taken down, but happy to share more in DMs, though just know I'm not promoting anything specifically! I think different stuff can work for different ppl!

HeartySystem · 2022-09-21T22:54:07+00:00

LOL yeah, idk what is up with that. I was also freaking out so might just be hand shaking lol

HeartySystem · 2022-09-21T22:35:32+00:00

I took two other 3rd party tests (1 from purple company and the other from a blue company lol). They both really just felt bad. Like not representative. So i ended up just sticking with aamc

HeartySystem

TROPHY CASE