<p>Okay thanks. But why only once?</p>
<p>Because med schools look down on anyone who has to take it multiple times. Like I said, this isn’t the SAT’s.</p>
<p>Premed is stressful enough without worrying about the MCAT. Do as well in your introductory science courses as you can. That’s the best way you can prepare for the MCAT. And your GPA will thank you. I opened a MCAT book midway through my sophomore year at Cornell (8 months before I took the MCAT) and it looked like complete french to me. But, I started studying systematically 6 months later and studied hard for 8 weeks and received the score I wanted.</p>
<p>Yes I am sure it is not the Sat, I was just curious. Thank you</p>
<p>Trust me when I say the MCAT is the least of your worries when you’re a Freshman/Sophomore. I’m struggling right now as a Freshman (I made the OP) as you can see and it’s hard enough for me to stay on top of my grades, especially at a school like Cornell where there’s no inflation for grades. I’m already doing terrible so focus on your intro classes, they’re a lot tougher than you may probably think.</p>
<p>norcalguy, I’m assuming you and Anbu both graduated from here so I’m just wondering, do you guys have any other tips for just doing well in these intro classes? I’m doing a lot better in Chemistry, but Biology is still giving me so much trouble.</p>
<p>The best way to learn anything is to learn it from many different perspectives. This includes your lectures, your textbook, the biology learning center, your classmates. If one of these methods isn’t working for you, then you should try another method. But, the info presented in lecture should guide how you study. You rarely have to know anything that’s not presented in lecture.</p>