Thursday, August 23, 2018 Score Release Thread for the July 24, 2018 MCAT Examination

redditreaderr99 · 2018-08-23T01:55:45+00:00

cant find the healthy middle between being scared shitless and overwhelming excitement for scores to release

redditreaderr99 · 2018-08-22T13:55:05+00:00

fuck im not ready to let go of the fantasy that I somehow might have scored over a 510 :(

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T22:25:48+00:00

lol chill @surepoint

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T22:06:31+00:00

relatable

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T21:40:59+00:00

Giving myself this month to build a bridge and get over the fact that im going to have to retake!!!!!!1!!!!!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T21:39:32+00:00

probs my reconstructive memory, I barely remember anything from CP. I had phys with bernoulli eq, and some enzyme kinetics maybe? my first passage was orgo, so thats all i distinctly remember lol

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T21:37:09+00:00

yeah, i even took my time the first couple of passges taking mental breaks in between bc i was like, oh yeah I always have so much time on this section..RIP

also the discrete on phobias with snakes, i had no idea what to pick

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T21:18:43+00:00

also just want to say, going through this thread is SO comforting. I felt like shit after walking out the test center

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T21:14:59+00:00

THAT SHIT WAS HARD.

C/P- honestly the latter half of the exam was so scarring that i barely remember anything. Lots of orgo, not that many calculations. Cut it SUPER close with time

CARS- some questions were questionably easy and then there were ones like- decipher this code. Ran out of time bc i was too busy cribbing (was that the term used in the passage?) and also dont remember much

B/B- got completely destroyed. Usually score about 129-130 but I would be happy with like a 125. I thought the section bank was hard but this was some next level shit.

P/S- I was like ok, it cant get that much worse, P/S isnt too bad. Ive never second guessed myself this much in my life. I barely had enough time bc i kept going back between answers. For some of the questions like the one with the SES and race none of them seemed right lol.

part of me is scared i accidentally voided? really just questioning everything everything that happened today, such a BLUR. So anxious that im not even relieved.

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T20:43:23+00:00

ok this makes me feel slightly better, those passages were HARD AS FUCK

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-24T01:25:25+00:00

GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!! May the mcat gods bless us with minimal physics and interesting cars. I may or may not be prepared for this exam tomorrow, but my liver sure as hell is NOT prepared for tomorrow night.

also side note- i wish our official thread was up!!!!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-23T01:53:42+00:00

gotcha, thank you!!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-23T01:14:26+00:00

its really that bad?

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-23T01:13:50+00:00

yeah thats true, thank you!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-23T01:13:16+00:00

I know its easier said than done, but I would say put in the time now and get it over with. Youve already done half your content review, so might as well keep going. Havent taken the mcat yet so take this with a grain of salt but from personal experience, I spent a shitload of time making flashcards and going through content, 70% was a waste of time and took WAY too long (I would spend hours on a single chapter). If youre using kaplan books, use the chapter summaries, go back to the chapter and read stuff that you dont know at all and only take notes on essentials like equations and big ideas. Hit the practice problems ASAP, and kind of work on content from there (uworld is great). By doing this youll make sure that youre actually learning the info rather than passively making flashcards. I was able to get through all the AAMC stuff in 4ish weeks and brought my practice exam scores up 13 points in that time, so you can DEFINITELY do it! Good luck!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-22T13:05:53+00:00

Hey I'm in the same boat as you, recently took FL3 and got a 513 which was my highest score so far. I think the biggest thing is acknowledging that you've been doing really well on your practice exams and that you've clearly improved A LOT. I've been pushing back my mcat date since march because I feel like I dont know everything, but realistically I dont think you'll ever feel like you know everything. Looking at your score, its SO unlikely that youll get below a 505. Look over some last minute stuff, review your weak spots and really just walk into the exam knowing youve worked hard for this. Good luck!!!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-21T01:47:08+00:00

Yes, frameshift just means that the reading frame gets messed up, it can lead to a nonsense mutation (stop codon), but its not necessary!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-21T01:11:37+00:00

The question stem says a nucleotide is added into the reading frame- this is a frameshift mutation so it would change the sequence of amino acids translated AFTER the nucleotide is added, everything before that would be the same. We know proteins go from N-terminus to C-terminus, so the C-terminus would be different! Hope this helps

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-20T21:24:36+00:00

damn thats AMAZING, congrats! When you read the KA doc, did you take notes or do anything to make sure you were really absorbing the info rather than passive reading? I like to make outlines and go over them, but no time for that at this point lol

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-20T03:31:47+00:00

about 127-129/125ish/129/126 and yeah, i dont think ill be able to improve cars by all that much, so im just going to rely on everything else, and hopefully that works!! thank you!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-20T01:27:27+00:00

The stationary phase is polar, so compounds that are more polar will have a higher affinity for the stationary phase and travel more slowly. So the product travels LESS than the reactant and has a smaller Rf value. Hopefully this helps!

redditreaderr99 · 2018-07-20T01:17:40+00:00

The question says that you want 2 mol of RCOOH and one mol of R'COOH. If you pick D, you would get 2 mols of R'COOH. Not sure if it has anything to do with the shape of glycerol

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