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  • Wish me luck, guys and gals

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #85440  by Sephy
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:25 pm
I am taking the MCAT tomorrow. I am frightened :shock:

 #85441  by Kupek
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:12 pm
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.

 #85444  by Sephy
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:26 pm
Yup. Can't wait to get it over with.

 #85445  by Eric
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:14 pm
Yeah I hope it goes well for you too, try not to think about video games.....seriously. ;p

 #85448  by Julius Seeker
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:48 pm
I still have nightmares about taking the MCAT =P

 #85452  by Imakeholesinu
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:28 pm
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?

 #85462  by SineSwiper
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:15 am
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?)

 #85467  by Zeus
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:36 am
8 hours? That's real dedication. Good luck, man

 #85491  by Torgo
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:00 pm
Hope you did okay. That's one long ass test. I don't even get 8 hours of sleep a day.

 #85497  by Kupek
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:48 pm
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.

 #85508  by Sephy
 Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:08 pm
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.

 #85516  by Kupek
 Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:04 pm
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?

 #85525  by Sephy
 Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:08 pm
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.

 #85560  by Ishamael
 Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:40 am
A belated good luck! I was going to take the MCATs at one point. Nasty stuff there... ;)