Originally Posted by rowjimmy (Post 12441489)

If you guys are looking for a reason to blame as to why the later tests are more hard than previous tests I would partly blame the test prep companies for making their practice tests progressively harder and thereby pushing the envelope giving the AAMC no choice but to make their tests harder. The AAMC continually evaluates all of the different test materials out there and knows the level of difficulty that test prep companies put forth. I truly believe that Kaplan, Berkeley Review (especially the bio), PRH (especially the in class compendium), and Examkrackers, as well as others, have all contributed to this test getting progressively harder. That's just my theory. What do ya'll think? I mean theres a clear distinction between the difficulty of later tests and tests given up to 2009/10.

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12441519)

I think life is too short to point fingers and blame others. Accept the fact that the exam is getting harder, study for it, and move on. Don't dwell. Don't try figuring out why it's getting harder. Who cares? Just accept it

Originally Posted by pfaction (Post 12441369)

in before he gets a 13

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12441519)

I think life is too short to point fingers and blame others. Accept the fact that the exam is getting harder, study for it, and move on. Don't dwell. Don't try figuring out why it's getting harder. Who cares? Just accept it

Originally Posted by LONeil (Post 12441676)

Anyone else get their highest overall scores on 10 and 11?

Originally Posted by LONeil (Post 12441848)

Yeah, I'm still confused because 11 was obviously harder in both PS and BS but I was 1 question from a 14 in both.

Originally Posted by evolvex (Post 12441878)

I didn't think it was harder. I thought it required me to think harder. But all the answers for BS were in the passages. Lots of research based exe. What did they find? I did a lot worse on the other BS sections like 10's and 11's where they would ask for stupid facts. For PS is was a little harder, calculation heavy if anything.

But people are saying their MCAT was easier than the BS on 11, or at least equal. So i'm expecting a 14-15 here haha. PS is a gamble.

Originally Posted by evolvex (Post 12441878)

I didn't think it was harder. I thought it required me to think harder. But all the answers for BS were in the passages. Lots of research based exe. What did they find? I did a lot worse on the other BS sections like 10's and 11's where they would ask for stupid facts. For PS is was a little harder, calculation heavy if anything.

But people are saying their MCAT was easier than the BS on 11, or at least equal. So i'm expecting a 14-15 here haha. PS is a gamble.

Originally Posted by folktale (Post 12441693)

I agree.

Please let this misery end already. I am now just looking forward to the part when I have to answer that last BS question. I am now just looking forward to post-MCAT. I am going to go to the theatre and watch so many movies. Omg. I feel like I'm in limbo. At the same time, I'm feeling so many other different emotions. :idea::laugh::love::eek::scared::confused: :cool: :luck:

Originally Posted by kryptonian (Post 12441943)

I think the post-test emotion and anxiety will kill our moods, i.e. "OMG should I start studying right now in case I have to retake ?"

Originally Posted by kryptonian (Post 12441943)

I think the post-test emotion and anxiety will kill our moods for the entire month of May until the score comes out, i.e. "OMG should I start studying right now in case I have to retake ?"

Originally Posted by typicalindian (Post 12441952)

haha not me...I need to instantly forget everything about the test after I take it and start studying for finals :scared: . Then after finals are over I'll probably just review concepts and do verbal practice just in case...you can never be too prepared for verbal...(unless you're name is nicknaylor, then you just go in and get a 15 on the verbal section like a boss)

Originally Posted by evolvex (Post 12441878)

I didn't think it was harder. I thought it required me to think harder. But all the answers for BS were in the passages. Lots of research based exe. What did they find? I did a lot worse on the other BS sections like 10's and 11's where they would ask for stupid facts. For PS is was a little harder, calculation heavy if anything.

But people are saying their MCAT was easier than the BS on 11, or at least equal. So i'm expecting a 14-15 here haha. PS is a gamble.

Originally Posted by rowjimmy (Post 12442014)

Who's going to continue studying after taking the exam on Sat? I've heard that's the smart thing to do unless you're really confident you got a great score.

Originally Posted by rowjimmy (Post 12442014)

Who's going to continue studying after taking the exam on Sat? I've heard that's the smart thing to do unless you're really confident you got a great score.

Originally Posted by maxb229 (Post 12441934)

Not so. 4/13 was much more difficult than AAMC 11. Just sayin'.

Originally Posted by kryptonian (Post 12442051)

I will probably continue practicing the Verbal because I know for sure it will ruin my score ! This test will be haunting us forever man. :mad:

Originally Posted by MrNeuro (Post 12441230)

AAMC 11
PS: WHAT THE FUUUUCKKKKK I WAS TAKING MY TIME THEN THE 35 MINUTE **** SHOWED UP AND I WAS STILL ON THE 3/4TH PASSAGE!!! USUALLY IM ONL IKE 5/6 WTFFFFF WAS IT ME OR DID EVERYONE RUN SHORT ON TIME...**** MAN i had to go to the bathroom too ****tttt...**** that was easy it was just timing that 1 2 and that terminal velocity passage slowed me down like crazzyy and wtf is up w/ showing me a single slit exp and then not even asking one question about ****ED UP MAN ****kkeeed up making me read **** i don't need to ****....im hoping for a 10/11 **** THIS SCORE IS GONNA BE LOWWWWWW will update after VR

Edit:
VR: ****ttt i dunno what happened marked so many questions this was the first time in verbal that i couldn't confidently answer at least 2-3 questions in each passage...my guess for this section is an 8 my overall is gonna be SUPER LOW this is so disappointing i hate this

Edit
Writing: wrote a lot more than last time as i got an N and they said i should write more, but at what cost?....i wasn't able to really proofread my last essay...

SMFH IM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT MY SCORES GONNA BE on this test here goes nothing for BS

BS: uhhh wow my brain was so shot by the time i got to bio i spent 10 min trying to figure out what their minus and plus signs denoted (thel lysosome essay) fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu and i still misunderstood it and missed 2 questions b/c of that smfh...some of these bio questions have like 3 choices that incorporate the passage info and then 1 thats outside knowledge SMFH ****ed me over

Conclusion:
**** man i should have done better on bio but i lack small little tidbits of info like the phosphodiester bond i know what it is but i totally forgot what connects to what

Verbal is gonna be low b/c i got distracted and just wasn't in the zone and i always seem to do bad on the "factual" science passages....

physics man the last two passages and 2 discretes at the end (weird) were easy but i was running SUPER short on time hopefully i got them right.

Predicted 11/ 9 / 11 31

Actual http://i.imgur.com/rIzlA.png

SMH AFTER LOOKING AT MY MISTAKES BIO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 13 fml and verbal an 11 AT LEAST FUUUCKK MAN

Wwooowwwwwww b/c i was rushed i missed 2 mistakes shoulda been a 14 **** man i guess timing is the issue for me ALSO FOR the quesiton about theta i put pi/2 to pi/4 b/c it looks like its from pi/4 to pi/2 which is the same in magnitude proportionally ohhh s****tt nvm **** i over thought that question

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12442393)

Yeah, same. I'm going to take a week or two off, party like crazy, drink 20 shots of Goose every night, and then after that i'm going to start doing about 2-3 verbal passages a day until the may 30th. If i'm not happy with my score, i'll retake in june

Originally Posted by Whomp (Post 12442599)

What are you guys going to do during breaks?

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12442605)

Snort cocaine.

Originally Posted by rowjimmy (Post 12442004)

I took it last May and it was probably 60% calculations with numbers that didn't work out relatively neatly. I'm not trying to be an alarmist but it was tough and I voided. I'm praying that I feel confident enough to at least submit it on Sat.

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12442393)

Yeah, same. I'm going to take a week or two off, party like crazy, drink 20 shots of Goose every night, and then after that i'm going to start doing about 2-3 verbal passages a day until the may 30th. If i'm not happy with my score, i'll retake in june

Originally Posted by typicalindian (Post 12442743)

Should I take AAMC 10 tonight or just not bother?

edit: **** it, I'm taking it then reviewing it early tomorrow, I honestly can't force myself to do anymore of these damn passages from princeton review...

Originally Posted by pfaction (Post 12442797)

It's easy. Take it.

Originally Posted by pfaction (Post 12442797)

It's easy. Take it.

Originally Posted by sglec (Post 12442867)

soooo i think that i have a stomach virus!! >.< Could the timing be anymore perfect?!:bang:

Originally Posted by wanderedtoolong (Post 12442948)

There's a crazy stomach thing going around on our campus- wash your hands frequently! Or just avoid contact with all others if possible. I almost lost it when a guy coughed all over me in the ER yesterday.

Originally Posted by iMEDatUCI (Post 12442885)

I think that's relative. It was my lowest score.

Originally Posted by typicalindian (Post 12443036)

damn...upon reviewing AAMC 11...some of the PS questions I got wrong were dumbbbbbb >_< If I wasn't so busy panicking about time I might have gotten them right. And for BS there were a few that I flip flopped on and just ended up picking the wrong answer..except for one question where I even wrote the answer down in my notebook as I was taking the test but then picked the opposite option for some reason haha. Oh well..live and learn?

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12443222)

what are you guys doing tonight/tomorrow?

i'm trying to review my physics/gencehm notes but can't focus worth sh.it

Originally Posted by fas376 (Post 12443222)

what are you guys doing tonight/tomorrow?

i'm trying to review my physics/gencehm notes but can't focus worth sh.it

Originally Posted by MrNeuro (Post 12443202)

Did u end up taking aamc 10?