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Was planning to study for 4 hours today, but could only manage 3. I know I could push for that last hour, but I won't actually get anything valuable out of it so I'll just head to bed and try better tomorrow.
Much more productive week! I'm so happy that I've studied at least 3 hours each day. I know I have so much free time that 3 hours is nothing, but either way I'll take what I can get 😄
October 17, 2021
Took my first MCAT practice exam and scored 501. My exam date is January 21st (D-95) and I think/hope I am at a good starting point and can get up to a 515 in this time frame. I'll keep you guys updated as I get through this stressful, exciting journey.
The amino acids will be the death of me
T-11 hours til Exam Day
Today I have officially not looked at a single MCAT thing. I took my friends' advice and decide to just let myself have this day. I went to work in the morning, came home, took a nap, bought groceries, made spaghetti, watched Eternals, and then showered. I'm now going to pick out my outfit for tomorrow so I don't have to stress myself with anything else since I already know I'll be at PEAK stress levels.
As I head into this exam I am just going to keep telling myself that I studied to the best of my current abilities and that this was enough. I have had to deal with so much emotionally and mentally, that it is a miracle that I have even made it to this day. Even if I were to absolutely bomb the exam (which I'm really hoping is not what happens) I can always try again. Med school isn't going anywhere and somewhere is bound to give me a chance.
Well wish me luck! And good luck to everyone else during this MCAT season :)
Updates, updates, and more updates
So after a month, I am here to give two updates:
1. I got my MCAT score back last month and it was AWFUL. I got a 489, which I can now say and tell others without bursting into tears. The day I got my score I was in denial for a while that I had hopped into the shower and gotten all dressed and everything... but as soon as I pulled up the score on my computer and not just my phone and saw it on my 32in computer screen I knew there was no doubt that that was my score. I told my two coworkers what happened while in tears thank god I was working from home so that they knew that I wasn't just blowing off doing my work but had just been hit by the rough news. Thankfully they both were so supportive and understanding since they too had taken the MCAT previously and know just how hard it is. I still want to apply this cycle so I already have my retake scheduled for May 19th only 3 days after my 23rd birthday and I am busting my butt studying. I have even gone as far as getting a physics tutor so I can better understand the concepts. I am also trying to find a tutor for any of the chemistry sections, but hopefully, especially biochemistry.
2. Update numero dos, I recently typed up my personal statement to just get ideas on paper. There wasn't much of a big plan on how it was going to go, all I did was pick the events/characteristics that I wanted to convey in my paper and then just kind of wrote a stream of consciousness conveying my story. I thought that I had written a paper that was going to have to be written and rewritten hundreds of times before it would ever be ready to be submitted... but after my coworker (who has gotten accepted to medical school before and has gotten her masters) read it she was speechless. She told me that she has read dozens of personal statements before but has never had a paper that flowed so well. My paper told my story on why I want to become a doctor and did not leave her just wanting to finish reading it, but rather wanting to read/know more. That it was the perfect paper for interviews since there were so many things that they could pick from to just start talking about and not out of confusion but because they would want to learn more. While she was telling me all this I couldn't help feeling overwhelmed and so happy that I started to cry because as terrified as I am to not getting into medical school this moment helped me realize just how much I really do want this. To know that not only I know how badly I want this, but to now be able to express and show to others just how much I want it means everything to me. To have someone that's outside of my family hug me and tell me directly to my face that they cannot wait to see me get into medical school and HOPE that I get in is something I never expected.
This time in my life is hands down one of the hardest and most stressful, but I won't ever change it for the world, or regret it. I will become a physician no matter how long it takes me.