Friday, October 16, 2009

PCAT October 17, 2009 - Advice, Questions, Comments

Please post your questions regarding the PCAT in the comments section below. If you have experience with the test or have advice on preparation, please share it with others.

Good luck!

5 comments:

Admissions said...

Comments about the previous PCAT exam in August can be reviewed by searching "PCAT Advice" in the search blog box above.

kingsley said...

What is the best method for preparing for the PCAT's quantitative analysis section?

Richard said...

Based on taking the PCAT practice tests, the Kaplan material does a terrible job of covering the quantitative analysis section. I heard Dr. Collin's was pretty good, but then again, 1 more day left!

iloverayallen said...

Hello,

So like everyone, I am completely stressed over this trying-to-get-into pharmacy school thing. I've submitted my PharmCAS application on November 1st and my GPA calculations came back as:

Science: 3.52
Math: 3.53
Non-Science: 3.4
Cumulative: 3.49

these are okay GPAs, but the worst part is, I am a bad test taker :| . I took the Aug PCATs and my scores were:

Verbal- 19
Biology- 29
Reading- 37
Math- 29
Chemistry- 12
Composite: 21 which I know is horrible.

October PCATs:
Verbal: 14
Biology: 61
Reading: 43
Math: 50
Chemistry: 48
Composite: 39, which is an improvement but still horrible.

My verbal scores are terrible, It's not that I can't do better...I just hate analogies and sentence structure type questions. I would say that my biology and chemistry score greatly improved from the first time, but overall it is still a low 39.


I am involved in the Pre-Pharmacy club at my school as well as volunteering at a hospital in the pharmacy. I have great recommendation letters and such.

my only problem is the PCAT! (or actually the verbal and reading sections)
I applied to 9 schools, 4 in state and 5 out of state.
What are my chances, any suggestions or comments? Please.

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