Thread: i think i bombed verbal...do i still have a chance???

Guys i guessed on the entire verbal because i panicked today on the mcats....if i get less than a 6 on verbal but get 9s and 10s on bio and phys....will i have a chance at sgu?? with my 3.3 overall gpa and science 3.0...

this is killin me...sgu is my dream school!!! its the only place i want to be....
and i feel like i super duper guessed on all the questions of verbal im not kidding....im in jeapordy of recieving a score less than a 6...HELP...will sGU at least look at my extracurriculars and excellent personal statement???i need to get in!! i mean i want toooosooooo bad!!! ahh =( im depressed...

You'll get in but seriously, if SGU is your dream school, you really need to increase your standards.

Originally Posted by thewizard23

You'll get in but seriously, if SGU is your dream school, you really need to increase your standards.

hahaha. thats funny, you have a point, i thought sgu was a dream school only for those originally from the caribbean

Wait until you get your score back to ask this question. In life you play the hand your delt, but first find out what cards you're delt before figuring out how you're going to play them. You have seemed pretty stressed about the MCAT for a while now. In med school you'll be taking many more exams with a measured amount of difficulty. I highly suggest you work on your test-taking anxiety. There is NO REASON to panic on an exam.

On of the rules in The House of God, is that the first vital sign you take at a cardiac arrest is your own pulse. You're no good to anyone (let alone yourself) if you're tensed up, panicked, or a nervous wreck. The best you can hope for is to go into an exam confident. Even if you're not confident, if you did the best you could do studying, then what else was there to do?

I just remembered, benzos are your typical chill pills, but for an all out panic attack, or for ones you can anticipate propanolol is supposed to work. Still, the cheapest treatment is relaxation exercises.

Originally Posted by Roxy123

Guys i guessed on the entire verbal because i panicked today on the mcats....if i get less than a 6 on verbal but get 9s and 10s on bio and phys....will i have a chance at sgu?? with my 3.3 overall gpa and science 3.0...

this is killin me...sgu is my dream school!!! its the only place i want to be....
and i feel like i super duper guessed on all the questions of verbal im not kidding....im in jeapordy of recieving a score less than a 6...HELP...will sGU at least look at my extracurriculars and excellent personal statement???i need to get in!! i mean i want toooosooooo bad!!! ahh =( im depressed...

The Verbal MCAT is the best predictor of medical school success according to several research studies I have read. Relax you can take it again. See my posts in the premed forum.

Originally Posted by jameslynton

The Verbal MCAT is the best predictor of medical school success according to several research studies I have read. Relax you can take it again. See my posts in the premed forum.

Whew, I'm saved!

As long as it isn't my Physical Sciences score that predicts my success.. yikes.

Originally Posted by jameslynton

The Verbal MCAT is the best predictor of medical school success according to several research studies I have read. Relax you can take it again. See my posts in the premed forum.

i'm starting med school in the caribbean as well but i really have to say i'm pretty surprised at the poor level of english of many people on these forums (not st. george specifically) but in general. the verbal MCAT is obviously not the best predictor of medical school sucess but some of the posts I'm reading are like 6th grade level english if not worse. I've read some posts that were written so poorly and where the english was so bad that I could hardly believe the person studied at a English medium school (perhaps they were written by international students studying in the caribbean intending to practice in the states). i really think caribbean medical schools should have some standard of english if they are to be taken seriously. If I went to a doctor who could hardly speak english and then i found out the doctor went to such and such school in the caribbean, I wouldn't think highly of that school.

Originally Posted by hastaluego

i'm starting med school in the caribbean as well but i really have to say i'm pretty surprised at the poor level of english of many people on these forums (not st. george specifically) but in general. the verbal MCAT is obviously not the best predictor of medical school sucess but some of the posts I'm reading are like 6th grade level english if not worse. I've read some posts that were written so poorly and where the english was so bad that I could hardly believe the person studied at a English medium school (perhaps they were written by international students studying in the caribbean intending to practice in the states). i really think caribbean medical schools should have some standard of english if they are to be taken seriously. If I went to a doctor who could hardly speak english and then i found out the doctor went to such and such school in the caribbean, I wouldn't think highly of that school.

only 19 posts and already a warning...
maybe the english is a little lax here, because its a little like text messaging.. shortcuts are used.

also, many write as if they were talking, not writing a composition

and BTW...why is the verbal section obviously not the best predictor?The verbal is a section that you really can't study to improve, unlike the physical and biological, so it tends to be the section that admission committees will look at (from personal experience, my bio and phy sections changed, but my verbal stayed the same the three, yes three!!, time i took that horrible exam)!!

Rokshana...you mean you got a 3 on verbal and still got into SGU?? did i read that write...sorry if i didnt...let me know =P

Originally Posted by Roxy123

Rokshana...you mean you got a 3 on verbal and still got into SGU?? did i read that write...sorry if i didnt...let me know =P

You read the message wrong. She took the exam 3 times, and each time she scored the same on the verbal section (at least that is what I read it as)