I know. Another one. Which out of these Texas colleges would be best for pre-med?

[mom2collegekids]

2. Yes, my stats (gpa+sat) suck. See the beginning of number 1 for commentary. In addition, some people either aren’t good at standardized tests or **get hyper-anxious the morning of (that’s me) and cannot think straight during them no matter how high their scores on practice tests were. **

To judge somebody’s fit for a college or being a pre-med based on a sat score is probably one of the most misguided and ignorant things to believe. I do plan on studying as early as possible for the mcat (as soon as I start taking or have finished the majority of courses on the mcat).

It’s not misguided or ingnorant to be concerned that a future premed doesn’t test well. The MCAT starts bright and early at 8am (have to be there by 7:30am) and goes on for 7.5 hours. Yes, it’s nearly an 8 hour long test. If you “cannot think straight” in the morning, then that’s going to affect you over and over again …for MCAT, for shelf exams, for Step exams, etc.

There is a correlation between how well a student does on ACT/SAT and how they’ll do on the MCAT, particularly the verbal portion. Therefore it’s not misguided or ignorant to have this concern.

That said, I hope that you figure out some ways to overcome your morning anxiety.

Also, after this revelation at the end of junior year, I took 7 ap classes this semester to see if I could really handle a fraction of the undergraduate work of a pre-med. A’s in all but 1 of them (high b in physics 2). The classes included things like calc bc, stat, eng lit, and physics 2. A’s were made in ap chem and ap bio years before which are relevant to my major.

Did you not see my above comment about my senior year grades and courseload? 4.75 senior year GPA with 7 ap classes (and 1 regular anatomy class because pre-ap and ap anatomy don’t exist)

Yes, I saw that 1 quarter’s worth of senior year grades is showing marked improvement. Hopefully you’ll be able to keep it up! Good luck!