<p>after taking the exam? Even though it’s been while since i’ve taken the SAT’s, people used to talk about the exam RigHT after it was over on this website…they’d get a consolidated list of answers and even questions…and sometimes even find passages that were from the exam! That doesn’t happen with the MCAT, which holds ALOT more weight than the SAT’s…Why? I would assume people WANNA KNOW what others put on questions that play a role in deciding their fate.</p>
<p>You’re kidding, right?</p>
<p>It’s called maturity.</p>
<p>Maturity and legality and visibility. Most people taking the MCAT are mature enough to honor the contract they sign agreeing not to discuss specific questions. Those who are tempted are further discouraged by the fear of getting into legal trouble with the AAMC, which essentially would guarantee a lifelong ban from the medical profession. This fear is made tangible by the relatively few people taking the MCAT on any given day. Unlike the SAT, with a bajillion people taking it, the MCAT is only being taken by perhaps a thousand unique people on any given day it is offered. People have been caught and prosecuted.</p>
<p>I mean if you want to put up some answers and get blacklisted sure go right ahead.
The people who take the mcat are at the age where they (should) know how serious a risk that is. If you aren’t mature enough to keep answers to yourself being a doctor probably isn’t for you</p>
<p>To add to what mmmcdowe said…there’s not that many people on this website taking the MCAT in the first place - which is the biggest reason there’s so little discussion. </p>
<p>Second, the competition for med school is way beyond the competition for colleges, so people aren’t excited to help out the people they’re competing against. If you have individuals (however ridiculous it may be) sabotaging people in their chemistry labs (not common but happens) why would they give info to anonymous strangers on the internet?</p>
<p>Third, the people who actually end up taking the MCAT is a significantly smaller number of the people who start college as pre-meds. They’ve managed to get this far, and typically they’ve gotten this far by not rocking the boat and following the rules. Call it maturity, but a major component is due to the types of people who have made it to this point…they’re not going to risk themselves to help the anonymous masses.</p>
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<p>well no one’s helping anyone else really. At this point, they can’t change their answers so this wouldn’t make sense. It’s just discussion. But I understand your other points. What about studentdoctornetwork? they have lots and lots of premed students. I guess the same logic applies there too</p>
<p>Sorry.</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>Helping other test takers CAN hurt you, because it increases the scores of students that are applying at the same time as you potentially. Realize that questions are REUSED on more than one test day.</p>
<p>One other thing, it should be noted that all the groups overseeing medical education at the various levels (AAMC, NRMP, ACGME) are notoriously stringent and impart punishments that really do effectively leave individuals without many options (being marked as a Match Violator for example essentially leaves you unable to find a residency and can end your career before it gets started). </p>
<p>Over on SDN there’s a lot of whining about this plays out, but it must be remembered that these organizations play the role of disciplinarian to protect applicants/students/residents AND the medical schools/residency programs. The punishments are harsh to act as a deterrent all the groups from taking advantage of the system. </p>
<p>So there are consequences.</p>
<p>Just study hard and take mcat without any kind of tricks. After all, it is much much easier than regular end of block exams at Med. School…at least mcat is some indication of things to come that are not comparable to college tests at all…good idea to focus on your own ways of stydying, improve if needed and forget about any kinds of inputs from outside, they will not be available…</p>