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hopefulmedicalstudent · 10-08-2009, 02:27 AM

Ok, so I failed. I failed the MCAT miserably. I couldn't believe it but somehow I knew that the way I studied wasn't the best one. I've known my score since yesterday and I haven't been able to tell anyone. My mom is great but she basically told everyone I was taking this test and now everyone keeps asking about my score. I have to take it again, which doesn't really matter, except that it's so expensive. I don't know I guess I feel upset at myself because deep down I knew I wasn't studying as hard as I should have but I actually convinced myself I did the best I could. I guess it could be worse I had actually done everything I could and still failed. Hopefully I can take it again and still be eligible to get into Med School in August. I need to tell my mother but I can't right now, I;m pretty much processing it myself so I need a few days. I've always gotten great grades. I was never into Science in high school and my love for Medicine was a late bloomer because it started after I got my BA. Right now I'm in pre-med and classes are going great I have a 3.80 GPA and I'm working hard. I guess anxiety played a really big part of this failure but I can't help feeling awful. Thank you to whoever reads this. It's good to finally be able to tell someone.

10-08-2009, 02:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
hopefulmedicalstudent Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 6	I soo feel like a failure right now for failing Med Exam Ok, so I failed. I failed the MCAT miserably. I couldn't believe it but somehow I knew that the way I studied wasn't the best one. I've known my score since yesterday and I haven't been able to tell anyone. My mom is great but she basically told everyone I was taking this test and now everyone keeps asking about my score. I have to take it again, which doesn't really matter, except that it's so expensive. I don't know I guess I feel upset at myself because deep down I knew I wasn't studying as hard as I should have but I actually convinced myself I did the best I could. I guess it could be worse I had actually done everything I could and still failed. Hopefully I can take it again and still be eligible to get into Med School in August. I need to tell my mother but I can't right now, I;m pretty much processing it myself so I need a few days. I've always gotten great grades. I was never into Science in high school and my love for Medicine was a late bloomer because it started after I got my BA. Right now I'm in pre-med and classes are going great I have a 3.80 GPA and I'm working hard. I guess anxiety played a really big part of this failure but I can't help feeling awful. Thank you to whoever reads this. It's good to finally be able to tell someone.