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Thank you for all your advice on pursuing this volunteer opportunity. I attended the interview and it seems that the interviewer believes I could still be a Big. However, I looked at my original post and agree with your statements regarding the concern of a short-lived relationship. I do have time to think about this further since my background checks are still in progress for another few weeks.

I have 9 months before med school applications open. I currently have an ongoing volunteering opportunity but I additionally wanted to pursue one that pertains to youth mental health/mentorship. Are there any potential alternatives that you can suggest for me?

Applying to the Big Brother Big Sister program to be a Big. I'm a medical assistant 4 days a week, mostly from 9-5 with Wednesday and the weekend off. I have another volunteer opportunity on Wed in the morning. However, I'm also working on my essays before applying to medical school in May.

For everyone that's been a big, would I be able to stay true with a connection with a little given my schedule/agenda?

6 days since taking exam 07/11. I wanted to provide a reflection here on my strategy, my strengths, and what I could have done better. Please provide any suggestions on how I could improve it if I do need a retake, and feel free to say if there's anything that you think you could have done better! THIS IS NOT A GUIDE, just my own experience.

Content Review

• I definitely benefitted in B/B from using pre-made flash sheets and adding U-World information to them. I effectively encoded the biochemical cycles and primary organ system functions because of it, though I will say that spaced repetition was HARD. There were days that I would do 4-5 flash sheets in one day, and that took up A LOT of time I could have spent on more exposure to material on U-World.
• My C/P strategy was different. Instead of flash sheets, I just did practice questions to see what content gaps I needed to fill and then strengthened my memory of them via Anki. I think I would have benefitted from a more structured approach. P/S was basically the same, just exposed myself to terminology and Anki'd any terms I didn't know.
• My study duration was hella inconsistent, ranging from 6-10 hours a day, but it was pretty structured because I knew what was on my agenda for each day.
• I should have immediately used AAMC CARS question banks instead of JackWestin passages. It was not at all representative of how CARS was for AAMC material or the actual exam. I remember taking FL1 and getting overwhelmed by how much longer the passages were, like a jump from Level 1 to Level 10. I wish I had a better strategy for this section but that's just how things go.

AAMC Bank and Practice

• I would have ditched the Google sheets and just learn material on the spot for every question. I feel like I wasted time making a pretty sheet and categorizing my mistakes when I could have been more straight up about my mistakes.
• I could have completely finished the AAMC question banks I had a good amount of practice questions left, but I couldn't get myself to maintain that load towards exam day.
• I definitely could have managed my stress better. Too many late nights doom scrolling leaked into the following day being ineffective study days and an inability to focus.
• I'm glad I didn't take FL6 a few days before exam day. I don't think I would have been able to handle the stress of not being within score range compounded with the general stress of ensuring that exam day was to my favor.

Overall, I'm proud of myself for overcoming any self-doubt and taking this exam. I've learned so much from it but I could have done a handful of things better. Anybody else feel the same?

Title. Just took my MCAT and just trying to find some medicine hope-core content because that's the attitude I want to try my best to maintain since it's only the beginning. I've seen too many videos about the harsh realities, more so, the reasons why people leave, but I'd like some suggestions for channels that have a lighter demeanor while working in the profession. Any suggestions?

I am trying NOT to be cooked for CARS, goal is a 125 on 07/11 exam but FL 5 absolutely cooked me with a 123. I'm sorry to be posting about CARS for the 10th time but I'm fr in a corner. I've tried pretty much the most recent strats yall gave me but the diagnostic scores didn't translate to FL5 performance. Here's my current strat:

• Highlighting to understand and highlighting key words that could be tested.
• Briefly summarizing each paragraph but they cannot stay in my head once I get to questions.
• Generating a main idea after reading.
• Mental mapping along with the highlights, but for some reason I cannot for the life of me keep a solid mental map in my head.
• I do not take notes bc past attempts to do that slowed me down HELLA.
• POE based on categories like half-correct trap, unrelated trap, incorrect focus trap, etc.

Anything is appreciated! Happy exam week to 07/11ers!

It can't end like that broooooo 😭🙏

• Generally speaking, I love that the complexity of the romance. It's a slow burner because of character flaws and inner conflicts. Koyuki, for example, wasn't able to see Minato as nothing more than a friend because of both the enjoyment of the group's status quo and the core belief that she doesn't deserve that, or simply to be cared about in that way. Miki has the valid reason of feeling uncertain because she simply never thought that she was seen as more than just a friend, so now she's stuck in this in-between-state.
• BRO, I was (mildly) screaming "NOOOOO" when Miki was reasoning out how a relationship could work out with Yota. She feels fully accepted by him, which compells her consider trying it out due to her perception that nobody else embraces her like he does. Her scarcity in self-love/acceptance almost pushes her to say yes, but then she (THANKFULLY) expresses her honest uncertainty about the whole situation. Further supports my last point about the complexity of the romance in this.
• You CANNOT end the season with Miki crying her heart out like that bro, with the upbeat end music too. WTF is this JJK Shibuya arc? Obsession? Miki ain't Nikki bro 😭😭😭
• Also, Yota is a GOAT in handling this whole situation. For someone that's hidden their feelings for so long, he's keeping strong composure and even ensuring that Miki's okay. Male role model right here ngl.
• BRO I swear Momoka just wants the fucking smoke. It's like she's rubbing it in Koyuki's face that she's gonna go for Minato AFTER she tells her that he likes her. Like BRUH leave my girl Koyuki alone, she's trying hard to navigate all of these feelings.
• I looked at Minato during the dinner scene and I'm like, "new outfit inspo." Bro is a HANDSOME man ngl. Just wish my hair would lock in the same way.
• I tried taking a screenshot of Minato and Koyuki sitting next to each other with the sparklers, but to no success. That shit had me blushing, so cute.

OCTOBER PLEASE come sooner oml. I'm so glad S2 is coming out so soon because ain't no way I could wait that long for peak romance to come back. GOATED S1.

AAAAAND WE BACK FOR ANOTHER EPISODE!!! Been so busy lately but I'm happy that I got to fit one in tonight.

• The romance is starting to COOK. There were so many scenes between Minato and Koyuki that made me wanna giggle and kick my feet up, swear. I loved how Minato didn't expect Koyuki to be the one poking him on the cheek and his surprise. I honestly feel bad for the rollercoaster that Minato continues to be on. For a few days, Koyuki is closer, but then another day, she draws back (partially thanks to Momoka's comments grrrrr). Keep the head up king! She likes you frfr but those butterflies keep making her fly away. Sympathetic nervous system activation with crushes is REAAAAAAL.
• Hayato is hilarious to me. His voice, his reactions to being in a different class from everyone else, from being improperly introduced... he's not a main character but he injects a lot of laughs in the scenes that he's in.
• So happy that Miki and Yota got a day by themselves together, but the disconnect continues OMLLLL. She still misunderstands Koyuki's comfort with Yota as a romantic connection. I wish Koyuki would outright deny it, but where's the fun in that?
• I feel like Miki was doin a... reaction formation, especially with that bubbly, "Besides, friends come first!" She likes himmmmmm OML Yota's gotta lock tf in and confess!
• "Bros before hoes and chicks before dicks" HAHAHAHA, that brother-sister dance reminds me so much of Yuji and Todo's dynamic from JJK.
• Love the small scene of Miki and Koyuki laying together and talking. It's just one of those many tiny moments that continue to effectively convey the experience of youth throughout the show.
• Momoka... I was skeptical at first, especially when she kept prying into Koyuki on her male friendships, but when she was speaking FOR Koyuki to, presumably, drive Minato away so that she can get with him?? NAH NAH NAH now we've got problems! Looks like it's gonna be a triangle of sorts, with Momoka pulling strings to keep the two of them away from each other. Jeez, what a devious freshman she is showing up to be.
• I'm confused about that end credits scene. What happened between Akine and Momoka? And why does Koyuki need to support her?? AAAAA until the next episode I guess.

The show continues to be one I look forward to watching. Love it and I'm excited to watch the next one!

Testing 07/11, 2 AAMC FLs left. Been seeing that FL6 is most representative, so should I prioritize taking FL6 over FL5? Thinking that would give me enough time to address the most relevant gaps/errors before exam day. What do you guys think?

From FL1 to 3 my scores have been 124 -> 125 -> 122. I've been doing AAMC practice since then employing various techniques with one that works with me in reading the passage but I just can't get question correctness. I'm confident that I have sound logic to get my sciences to 70-80th percentile, but I just can't crack CARS. Never felt so discouraged before.

I've used up most of the AAMC CARS material with less than half of Vol 2 bank left and majority of the diagnostic passages left. I don't have much confidence that I'll be doing better on this section in my remaining 3 FLs. I have less than three weeks until I test 07/11.

Are there any third-party resources that you recommend I use? Should I even keep trying to improve this section at this point given the time I have left and just reorient my focus to maxing out my sciences?

I think 75% of the questions I get wrong are because of either: misreading the fucking passage, misreading the question; misreading answer choices, or not catching the smallest FUCKING detail in the passage. Am I just fucking illiterate? Not only that I don't even know what to do about my CARS regardless of my efforts. I'm hesitant to even touch the CARS practice questions because my last session w/ the Q bank sucked. It's like I'm getting worse at CARS, at reading, at content, UGHHHHH BRUH.

Done studying for the night.

I scored 124 on FL1 CARS and have been trying to improve through the first volume q-pack. I've been taking more than a minute on average per question and have generally scored low on the first 5 passages. I'm aware that the first pack is exceptionally difficult, but I'd like to understand how to get the most out of it and not waste the remaining passages. Here's the strategies I've employed so far, including ones I've seen on here:

• Creating a Google sheet to identify types of questions I get wrong (main idea or specific passage information) and understanding why I got them wrong.
• Highlighting key ideas, standout phrases, and quotes to create a roadmap of the passage.
• Writing down a brief summary of each paragraph and main idea. This was the worst one because it took even longer for me to even get to questions.
• Carefully reading the passage and briefly summarizing each paragraph in my head.

Any advice would help, thank you so much!!! 🙏

...and I am ECSTATIC. I know that the theme was literally in the title, but "begged" shows a much closer look at the experience of this album will bring: the emotions stemming from a relationship that you just feel stuck in. The fun, oblivious times of the honeymoon phase are probably gonna be in the first part of the album, as introduced by "drop dead," followed by a gradual descent into the sad reality of the relationship. This will include absolutely powerful, honest ballads like "begged," but I also think that there will be songs that talk about the social angle of the relationship and possibly even criticize the public reception of the relationship, given that the title of the album being like a comment made towards her. That's my prediction, but regardless, I'm excited for the full work to release. June 12 cannot come any faster!