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[bohemian415]

i should be scared, i should be worried
BUT for some really strange reason, I'm not afraid :(
fear has not settled in, so i'm not studying as hard for the mcat as i should be

SOMEONE BEAT SOME FEAR INTO ME! MAKE ME AFRAID!

And i should be afraid since this is my only shot to get into medical school...

Comments

[kangaru]

STUDY HARD! You're going to kick that test's nonexistent ass! :D

[foxes_of_alz]

BE FEARLESS. FEARLESS, I SAY. LAUGH IN THE FACE OF DANGER. WAVE RED FLAGS IN FRONT OF RABID BULLS, PLAY "CHICKEN" WITH INCOMING 747'S, AND DRINK MILK THAT'S PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE.

You will conquerate that test! Pretend studying is chocolate and you won't be able to stop!

[animextreme]

As I've said before, the more nervous you are, there's a good chance that you will do poorly. The MCAT is a long test, and one of the traits that you can't study for is endurance and morale. Even a single section is about the length of some other standardized tests. If your morale sags in one of those (even moreso at the very beginning), your performance will be negatively impacted as you go on. And your morale can only go down in a test like this.

I'd imagine that's why so many people never came back after that lunch break when I took the MCAT, accepting their test as void when they still had a whole other half to go.

So I'd say, don't be afraid. If you're not afraid, you've potentially "mastered" one of the aspects that the test unofficially tests. And if this is really your only shot at getting into medical, think of it this way: you have nothing to lose with this test, and everything to gain. So do your best and don't worry about it.

(Frenzied studying is worth less compared to normal thought-pattern studying.)