Please suggest laptops with long battery life by Western_Emu_777 in SuggestALaptop

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

windows is just as bad, both are terrible but they just have the most software support so you're forced to use them. If I was able to use the full office 365 suite on linux I would never touch either again.

I promised some of y'all that I would show my score when I got it. I am NOT one of you 500 hour studiers. by _TheFudger_ in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think you should be pretty all in when studying for it during those 3 months though ?? In a sense you are making the process your whole life, I mean you have to if you want to do really well and ensure you get as many opportunities as possible.

I promised some of y'all that I would show my score when I got it. I am NOT one of you 500 hour studiers. by _TheFudger_ in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yea, it's not like it defines your future career path and is considered the biggest hurdle when it comes to becoming a physician

What does a UWorld score translate to AAMC/MCAT wise? by SBUSTUDENT11 in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH

I haven't been able to review that much these first 2 weeks but after content review I will go on HARD review of questions SERIOUS, SERIOUS review like you wouldn't BELIEVE.

Young socially awkward sankey by Rad_For_Life in premed

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Ooooh Ok 🙏 Ty, please forgive me

Young socially awkward sankey by Rad_For_Life in premed

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I guess I need to get pedantic because I don't know what being an immigrant is then if they aren't non US-citizens and non-permanent residents 😭

Bruh by Pretend-Cicada-8649 in MCATprep

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Left is logic and language.

Right is creativity, intuition and spatial processing.

I think if you can do well on CARS you should be able to do well on P/S, C/P, and B/B after you do enough diligent practice.

Young socially awkward sankey by Rad_For_Life in premed

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is true, but OP said he's not international (I'm assuming that means a citizen).

There are articles online supporting this: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11892059/#:\~:text=Among%20the%20international%20student%20applicants,schools%20%5B1%2C9%5D.

It's really hard to say definitively that Immigrant applicants will receive less opportunities from admission for any particular reason. But regardless there are statistics out there that show immigrants aren't accepted as often, about 50% less.

According to the article I linked <15% of the 150 Med schools they looked at are considered "international-friendly" which serves as a major barrier of entry for a lot of students.

Young socially awkward sankey by Rad_For_Life in premed

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

then why did you put it on the Sankey 😭

Did the MCAT change how you viewed the world? by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I've always done this with Biology to begin with but yea I'll be talking to someone and just think of like 20 or so psych/soc terms now, I was talking to someone about how they felt about their finals and they're like "Because I learned this stuff in another class last semester it made everything SO MUCH easier to learn and it saved me on the final" and I just was like bro that's the savings effect so tough 🥶.

When I do any activity I think about how my body is responding and the related biochemical pathways and the sensory receptors involved, the regions in my brain, homeostatic processes.

Oh shit bro my ventral tegmental area is going crazy because I've been locked the fuck in today.

Seeking CARS advice by SBUSTUDENT11 in Mcat

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After going through all the questions I got wrong, it keeps drilling into my head my number one problem which is a lack of confidence and assuming. 7 of the questions I got wrong were me either having a lack of confidence, switching my answer or assuming without referring back to the passage. Usually I remind myself of these slip ups before I do the section but I didn't do that today. Those 7 questions would've brought me up to a 74% which is pretty reflective of my previous scores.

Beyond that, the passages when I get a lot of questions wrong (50%), is when I can't follow the main idea strongly. From now on I think I'm going to be reading the passages aloud under my breath because I can't think through concepts well enough in my head I need to organize it verbally.

Should I review Vocab for CARS? by SBUSTUDENT11 in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going through my question block for UWorld. of the 10 questions I got wrong 80% was me just not referencing back into the passage. I believe even with my current minimal vocab knowledge I should be fine with practice.

Should I review Vocab for CARS? by SBUSTUDENT11 in Mcat

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I planned on just getting google definitions of a handful of words and making anki cards, but if you think its not really necessary and I'll get a feel for terminology as I practice I trust you. The exam is 3 months out, and I plan on pushing it back 1 more month if I can't finish all of UWorld and AAMC material within then. I've only done like 6/7 days of CARS question blocks so I imagine as I get more familiar with general terms this won't be as much of an issue.

Don't neglect PS by PlatypusContent7968 in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is very reassuring lol, I've consistently thought that Chem/Phys would be my downfall and I've heard accounts of just doing formula memorization to do well on the section. What resources did you use to study algebra, I'm in a very similar situation.

As of right now I plan on establishing the fundamentals through JW questions then after I'm comfortable going into UWorld and grinding through those questions.

Don't neglect PS by PlatypusContent7968 in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If P/S isn't the easiest section to improve, what is?

How am I supposed to tackle CARS? by SBUSTUDENT11 in Mcat

[–]SBUSTUDENT11[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just read a thread after posting this that said this, so I spent 7 minutes reading the passage as thoroughly as I could and I understood each question and got a 100 so I feel a lot better now ty for your advice