<p>I used to think I had what it takes to pass the MCAT, I figured it was just another SAT with a different name, until I took a practice test and realized that I don't have the clarity of thought required to solve problems and synthesize information in the alotted amount of time. It is true that I could always go to a Tier 2/Tier 3 school, but seriously, I already took the hint, so why bother?</p>
<p>/sigh/</p>
<p>what year are you in?</p>
<p>define "pass"</p>
<p>What on earth are you talking about?</p>
<p>" define "pass" "</p>
<p>To score high enough on the test so as to be competitive or at least not automatically disqualified from consideration at average Tier 1 med schools.</p>
<p>There aren't really tiers with med schools. I'm not sure you really understand how medical schools (or any rankings) work. Or do you?</p>
<p>I took a practice MCAT, didn't do too well, and decided to stop doing research on the subject. But you are right, I am not too familiar with med schools or their ranking system.</p>
<p>I assume you are a freshman? Just because you took a practice MCAT with a couple premed requisites doesn't mean you will still do poorly after taking a year of every required course.</p>
<p>I'm really scared to take those kinds of tests because I know that I'm a poor test taker. I've started studying now, my Freshmen year of school in preparation just to pass the MCAT because I know that will be the determining factor of getting in or not.</p>
<p>Vehicle, you'd be wasting your time to study more than a couple months for the MCAT. Honestly, there is absolutely positively without a doubt no reason whatsoever for you to be studying for the MCAT as a freshman unless you're planning to take it in a few months. If anybody's interested or curious, I'd suggest you check out the premed forums.</p>
<p>umm did you even prepare for the test? maybe you're not cut out if you get discouraged after just the first practice test?</p>
<p>Vehicle - I understand what you're doing, but it's somewhat pointless since you haven't learned most of the stuff on the MCAT.</p>
<p>I also took a practice LSAT and didn't do too well.</p>
<p>What is it with you taking all these practice tests? You need to find better ways to spend your time.</p>
<p>If you're a freshman, you simply don't have the knowledge or skills to do well on most of them. And where did you take them? Were they free tests offered by Kaplan/Princeton Review? Because they make those much harder than the actual exams so that people get lower scores and will take their prep course.</p>
<p>"And where did you take them? Were they free tests offered by Kaplan/Princeton Review? Because they make those much harder than the actual exams so that people get lower scores and will take their prep course."</p>
<p>I went to the library and grabbed a copy of those Princeton Review books that come with practice exams.</p>
<p>"If you're a freshman, you simply don't have the knowledge or skills to do well on most of them"</p>
<p>Well, the parts I had trouble with were more about innate skills than knowledge or the type of skills you learn in the classroom.</p>
<p>Skills (even those you call "innate") are not stagnant. My "skills" improved across the board between the beginning of my freshman year and the end of my sophomore year, and they continue to improve now.</p>