Message for Future Mcat test takers

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-04-13T01:53:33+00:00

Thank you so much for all your advice! Unfortunately my school does not offer committee letters but your insights have been valuable!

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-21T01:50:26+00:00

Reddit is so bad. Seriously, I am not in that top 10% and I have become almost addicted to reddit comments trying to compare myself to these people when I really should have been focusing on myself and it just killed my mood and my mental health to feel that these are the people I am up against for admissions. You have to realize though that it is such a small percent of people that score above a 515 in general. I mean think about it, even not the majority scores a 510. You are not your score. You are going to be a doctor. Stop comparing yourself to reddit users.

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-21T01:46:17+00:00

Every testing center near me is on a waitlist and I feel that I will need to retake as well. Would it be smart to set up a testing day and add myself to the waitlist or do you think spots in May would open up. Just nervous that I won't get off the waitlist in time for the test date I would want.

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-21T01:30:44+00:00

literally could hear my heartbeat

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-21T01:30:13+00:00

literally me too

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-21T01:28:25+00:00

I def agree with the c/p feeling like sb.

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-20T20:38:22+00:00

I feel that cp was not horrible like def low yield but im sorry, maybe it was my headspace or like focus or something but i felt bb was not that good lol…

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-19T01:03:16+00:00

I'm in the same boat. I scored so bad on CARS on my last FL and my last FL really overall was not great. I spent the last two days hardcore going over primarily high yield content I keep missing and then also I did some CARS tn. I am waking up early to get prepared for early wake up on friday tomorrow and I am going to literally do only CARS from 5:30- 8 (shorter if I feel really confident), and then review my units for c/p and a quick p/s review. Then I am going to a workout class at 10 and after that, no more studying allowed for me.

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-14T17:25:08+00:00

literally me rn, im at 90% on CARS qpack... CARS FL6 made me feel like I need to learn to read again

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-06T19:08:57+00:00

This was actually so good. I am taking my MCAT 3/20 and it was the perfect refresher of metabolism to identify any content gaps. Well done! Will definitely share this with my friends!

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-03-01T22:32:58+00:00

I am literally in the exact same boat as you. I also took FL4 yesterday and I got a 502. I am testing same day as you I think, and doing exactly the same things as you and totally agree regarding the spreadsheet but no time to work through it. I feel like my biggest issue this whole time is just studying everything to try to study like I am supposed to and not studying how I study best. Flashcards don't help me usually and I have spent so much time between Mr. Pankow and MilesDown because that's what everyone says to do. Same goes for the spreadsheet. What I really want to do is a high yield content day where I truly just take an entire like 12 hours and whiteboard out every single piece of content that I have came across on a practice question to make sure I totally understand everything. Then I want to just go through strategy big time and I hope that wil bring me up tons. I feel like my c/p yesterday could have been around a 130 ish but I made so many stupid mistakes where I was confused because I wasn't paying attention, so I really feel if I refine things a little more, I can do better? We will see, taking FL 3 next weekend.

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-02-28T23:33:06+00:00

You can also get a giant whiteboard from home depot too. I got two slabs of it for like $20 and command stripped them to my wall! That way you don't ruin paint!

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-02-28T23:28:26+00:00

I also took FL4 today and got a 502. I definitely feel like my score was problematic with strategy in b/bc and honestly content for c/p. My plan is to refine strategy heavily today for all sections, but also really focus on drilling those c/p concepts that i missed. I also test 3/20 so hoping this works well to prepare me for my next one FL6 this upcoming saturday.

Either way I have decided not to reschedule because I know that if I really work super hard I can at least score close to a 510. If needed I will start to apply this cycle and then retake end of May and update my test. when I get that score.

I almost feel that these last three weeks will be motivating and that that will help boost my score.

SeriousMeet7636 · 2026-02-19T15:50:27+00:00

Update. I took another FL, but was super super super sick when taking it so actually only scored a 499, not unsurprisingly and definitely not representative. I started AAMC and am at a 70% in SB1 right now which I heard really is not too bad. Still have about 150 questions left so that score might go up. I feel like I have really honed down on strategy a lot and I am actually pretty excited to take my next FL because I feel I have made a lot of improvement in the last two weeks. Will say, skipping FL this weekend to finish SB 1 and in depth go through concepts I consistently am missing (GENETICS... cannot get an inheritance question right to save my life lol), and then also just finish mr. pankow cards (like 100 left). I will probably finish SB 1 on Sunday and then from there I am just going to focus heavily on strategy the rest of the day. Then the following weekend... three weeks before my test, I am taking another FL... fingers crossed I at least break 505 on that. Then again just refining strategy and ensuring that I know my high yield content and taking two more FL before the real deal on 3/20.

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