Medical school applicants are smart and rational people -- but the MCAT can be so daunting that even they are reduced to invoking superstitions and invoking good luck charms.
A survey of test-takers conducted by Kaplan last fall found that these are some of the things that individual students do to give themselves extra confidence on test day:
- One student used his lucky No. 2 pencil for the exam. This was a pencil he had first started using as a freshman in high school, and he always did well on a test when he used it.
- Another student made sure to eat Alaskan salmon for breakfast.
- A third student watched back-to-back episodes of "E.R." prior to leaving for the test center.
- A fourth student -- our favorite -- confessed to wearing Superman underwear on test day.
I am superstitious also, I like to make sure that I am really smart before test day, and for the rest of my life. I find this to be a good source of luck, you know, ... being smart.
Good Luck Charms Boost Test-Takers' Confidence
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 15:19:33
