September Results of provincial testing for the winter period at 10 Ontario schools were withdrawn after the Education Quality and Accountability Office uncovered alleged cheating. Four elementary schools investigated by the EQAO were cleared of wrongdoing. February A year-old Saudi boy in the western province of Alula hanged himself at home after he was caught cheating in a class exam earlier in the day, according to the Arabic-language daily Alryadh. Investigators believe Ruben then tricked three other students, who thought they were taking a multiple choice test for a job to be an MCAT tutor, into answering the questions.
The answers were then transmitted back by phone to Rezazadeh-Azar, as he continued on with the test in Victoria, police allege. However, the would-be tutors became suspicious because of the poor quality of the images of the test questions, and the fact that they were allowed to discuss the question together before giving Ruben their answers.
When Ruben left the room to transmit some of the answers, the would-be tutors checked online and determined the MCAT exam was being held that day in locations around the world. They also found evidence on the computer's hard drives that the owner had been looking into pin-hole cameras and wireless networks. Your health, and the health of your loved ones is top priority. In the event of hospitalization, MCAT study is definitely out the window.
In the event of milder symptoms, you may feel guilty putting your studies aside for your health. This is no joke, you must focus all of your efforts on recovery so that you CAN be healthy to pursue your medical dreams, even if this means a slight delay in your timeline.
With schools closed and public study areas off limits, many of my students are indirectly impacted by this pandemic in the form of lost study hours. Students who now have school-age children vying for attention and relying on adults for education and entertainment.
This automatically cuts into your allotted MCAT study time. Students now stuck at home in a busy household with spouses or siblings home from work and creating too much noise.
Dedicated study time becomes more distracted. Students who generally focus better studying at the library or a cafe, who have trouble studying at home once again losing quality study time. I share this because knowing how much I pride focus and non-distraction, I'm sure others just as dedicated may find themselves struggling. With the media spreading fear along with facts, with social media creating even more chaos, with concern over your own safety, as well as your loved ones, your MCAT study time WILL be impacted.
For the reasons mentioned above, I suspect that MANY students will experience hiccups and distractions forcing them to test and apply later than intended. Look yourself in the mirror, or do this as a journaling exercise and ask yourself:. Can I very clearly pinpoint the reason for my distractions? Or will I feel guilty for getting caught up in this and letting my dreams suffer? I accept that I will lose a few planned study hours per day as I see them through this crisis.
No, I will not be ok knowing that I lost so much study time reading every article and social media post about this. No, I will not be happy with myself for allowing so much fear and panic through inhaling the media take away from my precious study time.
No, I will not be able to shake off the guilt of knowing that just because the library was closed I allowed myself to be distracted.
Therefore, imagine your future self asking you this question: under these circumstances, what could you have changed to still make reasonable progress in your studies? Before you continue, hop onto Instagram and let me know which category you fall under:.
Also understand that your situation may change. When it does, have an honest conversation with yourself and make a new appropriate commitment. Now that you understand your personal situation and have made a commitment accordingly,. Take into consideration, what is the goal of an early application? To get ahead of the competition and maximize your chances, right? The following is speculation based on my experience working with premeds for the last decade: As strict as the admissions committee may be, they are still run by human beings.
Human beings who are also impacted by the coronavirus. I cannot see them penalizing students for something this big. With the situation changing drastically on a daily basis, I doubt they know either. I will be following the situation closely and updating students as new information comes to light.
For example, you test in May instead of March, or June instead of April, you should still be on track compared to the volume of students testing. If you had travel plans and that influenced your earlier testing timeline, chances are that they will be cancelled.
My summer flight to Italy was just cancelled. If you have other summer plans, like one student with scheduled military training, that makes this a bit more difficult, but chances are even that may be cancelled or postponed. My 3-Phase approach to MCAT prep relies on having exact goals and dates mapped out, especially as you get closer to the end and burn through the highest value AAMC resources.
If you take the AAMC full-lengths, lose your test date and have to study for another month, do you really want to transition back to inferior 3rd party practice full-lengths? On the flipside, if you pause your studying while awaiting more data, do you regress in your prep?
Will you be caught off-guard and unprepared when test dates become available? For many students the idea of having a test date on paper, not registered adds pressure that leads to increased focus. Lack of deadlines can lead to slacking and falling off track. The unknown and unknowable is what makes this so hard. This was about 30 years ago, before the home computer was commonplace, and my dad would spend hours writing out a course curriculum and sample exam questions by hand.
He would then teach the course and spend several more hours grading his students' responses. My dad was always meticulous about his class preparations and the students worked hard to absorb what he was presenting.
It saddens me to think that someone would try to get around doing all the work required to prepare for taking the test by having someone else give them the answers. I was glad to hear that these two people were caught, but there always seems to be a few people, in any profession, who try to take such shortcuts.
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