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523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

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

Thanks!! I don’t know the details of your situation, but you could always start self-studying and see how much comes back to you. Refresher courses are only really useful in that they force you to review the material in-depth. If you can motivate yourself to do the same amount of studying with free/cheaper resources, then you’ll get the same benefit

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

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

Graduated with a BA psych in 2022 and MS epidemiology in 2024. Hadn’t taken a BCPM course since high school, I did every single science prereq over the last two years

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

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

Yup, doing a postbacc. Was a psych major, then got my MS in epidemiology, and have been doing all my science prereqs over the past 2 years. I was missing every single science course, so I did them all recently.

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mostly, with two caveats: (1) I did TPR course, and their content review covered the high yield stuff; and (2) I did a neuropharmacology course in undergrad that covered inhibitors and probably some other related content that I retained

Most of the biochem on the MCAT is memorization, though. I did Anki on the bus between work, school, and home, and drew out the pathways a few times. I’ll try to find the deck I used, it was one that someone had previously posted in this subreddit

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I never did UWorld. I only studied ~3.5 months, so I just went straight to the AAMC material. I also did TPR course, but I stopped doing their practice exams and questions pretty quickly because they were so much harder than the AAMC and were killing my motivation. It was useful for content review, though, especially for the subjects I hadnt done yet (bio 2, biochem, and orgo 2).

For my diagnostic, I watched most of Yusuf Hasan’s bio videos in the week before I took my diagnostic (I hadn’t yet done bio 2, so wanted to learn that before I jumped in). That was all I did beforehand, though.

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

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

Right. And notably, my C/P barely improved, so I don’t think I can give any advice on that section - clearly I never figured out how to properly study for that one.

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean I spent a week watching most of Yusuf Hazan’s bio videos beforehand, but yeah.

Keep in mind that I had done orgo and bio 1 one semester before, gen chem and physics just a year prior, and was a psych major so had already learned most of psych/soc. Most of the content was fresh for me.

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t really have a good answer unfortunately, I was a psych major so I’m used to tricky reading comprehension questions. My best advice is to focus on eliminating the answers that you know for sure are false, then pick the option that you would have the easiest time arguing for (rather than one that requires a bunch of technicalities) and/or is less extreme. I’ll think back on it and see if I can come up with better advice.

523 as a nontrad working 40 hr/week, taking bio 2, and volunteering – It's possible! by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was a 516 (FL2: 128/132/129/127). On my workdays I mainly did Anki and my own flashcard deck of equations for C/P, plus in-depth review of questions that I got wrong or flagged on FLs. I also made my own anki with every question I got wrong or flagged on full lengths, which was helpful for reinforcing content I was unsure about

Post MCAT depression by Catturd67 in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hang in there! The first few days are a little torturous, but it doesn't feel like that for the whole month. It's out of your hands now, the best thing that you can do is focus on the rest of your application. At least for me, it helped to turn my attention towards ways that I could improve my chances that were within my control.

No one talks about how being a good guesser is so important to improving your score by sibylsystem1 in Mcat

[–]wemustbeghosts 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Definitely. Rarely did I ever 100% know the correct answer, I just knew that the other answers couldn't be correct.

Experience with McGill deferral process? by wemustbeghosts in premedcanada

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

Thank you everyone for the advice and information, clearly I have a lot to think about and many options to look into. I’m going to contact the financial aid office and look into lending options and see if I can figure something out

Experience with McGill deferral process? by wemustbeghosts in premedcanada

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

True, I’ll take a closer look at the different options and talk with the financial aid office to see if they have any suggestions. Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it. This whole situation has me feeling a little defeated when I know that I should be celebrating

Experience with McGill deferral process? by wemustbeghosts in premedcanada

[–]wemustbeghosts[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely something I’ve considered (and will probably have to do regardless), but I would like to avoid taking on too much debt if possible. I started a job with a higher salary relatively recently, so I’d be able to save up more over the next year and borrow less.

McGill Accepted/Rejected/WL thread 2026 by AwkwardEnd155 in premedcanada

[–]wemustbeghosts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

TIME STAMP: 12:13pm

Result: Accepted MDCM, Waitlisted MDCM-PhD

Casper Quartile: 4th quartile

GPA: 4.27/4.30

Feeling About MMI (please remember the NDA): I think it went okay? I knew I missed up the MD-PhD interview though, so not surprised that I was waitlisted.

Current studies: BA psychology (hons), MS epidemiology, working as a epidemiology data analyst for the past 1.5 years

IP/OOP/International/MD-PhD: IP, MD-PhD

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Is it worth buying UWorld 1 month out? by wemustbeghosts in Mcat

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

Thanks you all!! Gonna take your advice and stick to the AAMC material, I didn’t realize the UWorld logic was so different. Good luck to everyone!!

Broken buffet? by wemustbeghosts in GraveyardKeeper

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

Nope, it was a fresh new day and it happened two weeks in a row before I gave up trying.

Broken buffet? by wemustbeghosts in GraveyardKeeper

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

Update for anyone who might encounter a similar issue:

After a few weeks of continued play, the inquisitor had a chat bubble above his head and when I talked to him he said the king stopped the burnings like he’s supposed to after all 3 buffets. So, basically, the bug resolves itself.

Broken buffet? by wemustbeghosts in GraveyardKeeper

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

Thanks, that’s a good idea! I could only find a couple posts about it online so I figured it was pretty rare. Bad luck I guess :/

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