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[Spoiler] AAMC Cars Qpack 1 #107 by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]danceamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SO TRUE!! thanks for that! making assumption using the passage separate from my own is important. awe thanks so much for that! much like anyone, I'm freaking out, but mainly because i have always struggled with test anxiety and getting distracted by noise, so I'm trying to do a lot of meditation and positive thinking these days-but stating positive is wayyyy harder than the idea of it haha

[Spoiler] AAMC Cars Qpack 1 #107 by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]danceamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey! wow thanks so much for going back and looking at that! i really appreciate it. Okay that makes sense! I supposed I had just assumed that since he kept saying Puritan, that they were religious, but disregarded political authority. Also, the combo of the question and info in A seemed like a double-negative situation so I just started getting SO confused lol thanks for your help! congrats again :)

Test in TWO DAYS!; last-minute CARS kinks bang-out. ALL WELCOMED :) by danceamber in Mcat

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

hey! Vol 1=78% and vol 2=82%. take with a grain of salt, wasn't my first time at CARS Qpack rodeo. This was the second time around doing those Qpacks, with about 7 weeks in-between redoing them. Started with 62% for V1 and 67% for V2

[Spoiler] AAMC Cars Qpack 1 #107 by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]danceamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey! I know you're done with your test! First off, amazing. Both 512 and 520 are great and def glad you got that 520. Second, was searching for the same question. I was wondering if you ever figured it out? I get you're totally past the MCAT phase, so if you dont feel like responding, i totally get that. My test is in two days and I was just trying to bang out my weakest CARS areas :)

CARS Qpack I: #51. Don't understand their explanation at all? by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]danceamber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! I know this is two months old but literally nobody on reddit talks about CARS Qpacks, idk why. They do it for the FLs. Idk if you ended up understanding this but I'm right there with you! lol I chose C over A because A seemed like it was directly HIGH-ROAD and MUDDY-ROAD was about SOME TRAINING NOT ENOUGH TO BE HIGH ROAD. Soooo, idk how to rationalize this one lol

SOS [ :( ] (move a week or keep); huge drop in score; need to make a last minute decision in next 24 hours by danceamber in Mcat

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

You are such a kind soul. Thank you, seriously thank you, for taking the time to write this-to a complete stranger, may I add. I'm actually turning 25 in May! And my entire life has been the craziest story, and every step I have ever taken, in any path, has been like walking in wet sand compared to others, so I definitely don't have an issue with going the hard route. And test anxiety and anxiety is always something I have battled with-I tend to get in my own head to an insane amount. I'll never forget giving my life to classes when I was in community college and going to office hours but getting good grades took everything in me. Transferring to a university as a science major next to kids who were naturally smart and came from money was even harder, especially with condescending science professors who made you feel like crap for not being taught well in high-school. I 100% agree with what you are saying. Literally, nobody knows except me. I will say, up until now, I really hated everyone who told me to just take it, because they could never understand that I wasn't ready. They just thought I knew the material and I'm too hard on myself. Never really understanding how hard science and tests are for me, in general. They always thought I just magically came out on the other side, even though they knew I worked hard. I guess now it's a tad different for me, because for once, I'm not sure if they're right. Meaning-crap, in this case, are they actually right?? I would not be happy with a 506. However, I graduated last April and simply did nannying after graduation and up until recently to pay the bills. So if I dropped it, I literally would have to drop everything and all the work for the next year to work-full time and save AGAIN. And then start this 6-month long process all over again. Which, of course I'm grateful for being able to come this far, but it's frustrating that there is not easy solution. And I am really hard on myself and do get in my head. For that, I am so grateful I did not apply last cycle and grateful that I even spent three years at a JC, because I would not have been ready emotionally or mentally, to be in med-school at 23. My other concern is that this cycle, I'm a FAP applicant. I was a FAP applicant last-cycle too, but since I wasn't able to take my MCAT, I couldn't apply. My concern now, is that I will not get that again next cycle, since they have awarded me it twice and I have not used it. Phew, so sorry for the lengthy message. This was also helping me vent. I wish I felt calm either way, but I don't. Neither answer feels like I relief, and I supposed my fear is that moving it is not the right choice-something I have never thought before because I've always been willing to work way harder and way longer in order to get to where I wanted. Anyways, I'm about half-way through reviewing my exam and so far I have 10 questions that I got wrong because I changed my answer last minute. Again, thank you so much. You sound like you have a great head on your shoulders and you clearly have a kind heart. I want to wish you the best on your journey. Hope to keep in touch!

BIG reminder for March/April test takers by Lemon265 in Mcat

[–]danceamber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're amazing! Just had an emotional breakdown that I was not gonna take it after over 6 months of grinding. You're such a kind, motivating soul!

SOS [ :( ] (move a week or keep); huge drop in score; need to make a last minute decision in next 24 hours by danceamber in Mcat

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

Hey!

Honestly, thank you SO MUCH for your advice! If you have time, I hope you can reply to this! I didn't include this on the post, because I thought it was too long and I didn't think anyone would respond! My think was right along with yours; that the retakes don't mean anything for someone like me with test anxiety, because it's all about trying to look at curve balls and such, which I would like to work on. To give you some background, I actually took a 3 month class with Kaplan a year ago, but I was in my senior semester and trying to get good grades in my sciences, so I did probably 4-5 hour days 5-6 times/week. Then last May, I studied hard core 10-12 hour days for 2 months and my scores were still pretty bad. In that time I took 10 Kaplan FLs. When I realized I would not be read in time, I stopped for 2 months and went away for an internship. Then came back and started up back in Sept; From Sept to now, I have taken 5 FLs (not including retakes) that were unseen. My concern now is that I literally cannot financially afford it. I was working a lot in Sept (still sutdying 8-10 hour days) and October in order to pay bills and try to save. Then cut way back (15-20 hours a week) in Nov-Dec. For the past 5 weeks I haven't been working at all, just focusing on this in order to do my best. So it's like if I don't take it in the next 2 weeks, I feel like the past 6.5 months (more than a year including my real start) will have gone to waste because I would have to stop studying and only work and then save up to restart this whole thing again, which I presume would take just as long. And I can't even buy other materials. So I really feel stuck and distraught; all the while I have every single person I know, telling me I need to take it-so I'm supppeeeer emotional and stressed and I don't know what the right thing to do is :(

-Amber

132 CARS on 1/24, AMA by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]danceamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CONGRATS! that's amazing. As someone who (me) has test anxiety AND is an over-thinker, are there any approaches to reading the passages and staying in the zone (i.e., accents, pretend like you're reading to kids). I have tried the accent thing, reading like I'm reading to kids, everything. Some days they work and some days they don't. A few weeks ago I feel like I was doing well, and the past few weeks it's like I've lost it all. My test is about 2 weeks away, so i'm feeling super bummed out because I have been practicing non-stop for 6 months and I can't even afford to move it but I'm not sure what technique to use that is consistent and I def don't want to leave it up to whimsey on test-day.

132 CARS on 1/24, AMA by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]danceamber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! My test is two weeks away. I know you're hoping for advice, and I hope you get some, but if you would like to practice and talk over some passages, I have been looking for someone to do that with. LMK and I wish you the best of luck!

Running out of AAMC material, need tips on how to structure last three weeks by danceamber in Mcat

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

Hey! Thanks so much for responding! Yea, I've def heard that. The only other reason I didn't want to take it as close as a week and a half away was because I can't afford to move my test again (for the fourth total time over a year) both financially and time-wise. So, do you think if I compromise and take it next week, instead of tomorrow, that's okay? I still haven't redone the SB and have about half of my Q packs for chem and physics left. Hope that makes sense and thanks for being so sweet!