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Wish me luck, guys and gals
PostPosted:Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:25 pm
by Sephy
I am taking the MCAT tomorrow. I am frightened :shock:
PostPosted:Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:12 pm
by Kupek
Yikes. Eight hours, right? The CS GRE subject test was only four hours, and by the end of that I had already stopped caring.
Anyway, I hope it goes well.
PostPosted:Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:26 pm
by Sephy
Yup. Can't wait to get it over with.
PostPosted:Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:14 pm
by Eric
Yeah I hope it goes well for you too, try not to think about video games.....seriously. ;p
PostPosted:Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:48 pm
by Julius Seeker
I still have nightmares about taking the MCAT =P
PostPosted:Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:28 pm
by Imakeholesinu
Good luck sephy, if you don't make it though, you can always go into Pharmacy can't you? They make $100,000+ a year right?
PostPosted:Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:15 am
by SineSwiper
Well, if you can live through the dedication it takes to become a doctor, with the amount of brain-stuffing of facts, 24/7 hours at a hospital, stress-inducing work, etc., I'm sure you'll do fine with that. :)
Of course, that depends on if you're going to become a surgeon or an administrative clerk. (MCAT is for a wide range of careers, right?)
PostPosted:Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:36 am
by Zeus
8 hours? That's real dedication. Good luck, man
PostPosted:Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:00 pm
by Torgo
Hope you did okay. That's one long ass test. I don't even get 8 hours of sleep a day.
PostPosted:Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:48 pm
by Kupek
SineSwiper wrote:Of course, that depends on if you're going to become a surgeon or an administrative clerk. (MCAT is for a wide range of careers, right?)
The MCAT is required for admission to medical school, from which one (hopefully) receives an MD. So, no.
PostPosted:Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:08 pm
by Sephy
Well, there are a lot of medical specialties.
Long and tough. Much tougher then practice tests. Physical was challenging, verbal was really damned hard, and Bio wasn't bad. I'm just glad to be done.
PostPosted:Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:04 pm
by Kupek
Sephy wrote:Well, there are a lot of medical specialties.
I considered that, but a wide range of specialities is different than a wide range of careers.
Congrats on being done. What is the med school application process like?
PostPosted:Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:08 pm
by Sephy
Kupek wrote:
I considered that, but a wide range of specialities is different than a wide range of careers.
Congrats on being done. What is the med school application process like?
Starting in June, you fill out an AMCAS application (centralized app system), they take your Letters, transcripts, etc, and send your app to all schools you indicate. Almost every med school participates in it. Afterwards, after a brief pre-screening, they send you a secondary app, mainly with essays, then you send that back (all of this with fees, of course). If they like you, they ask for interview, then you're accepted or not. It will cost me WAY too much money.
PostPosted:Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:40 am
by Ishamael
A belated good luck! I was going to take the MCATs at one point. Nasty stuff there...
