Doing so incredibly bad on EK full lengths

[Tallia1]

So i've gotten between a 60%-70% on all 4 EK full length tests i've taken. I've actually done worse on the last two. I'm incredibly frustrated because I know all the material. I'm so upset because I put in so much work, learned all the content, have done thousands of practice questions, and yet my scores are decreasing. I've studied for 3 months and is this some indication i'm not right for the medical field? I'm sorry i'm being so negative i'm just BEYOND frustrated at this point. Should I just cancel my MCAT? It's in a month. Thanks.

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[ridethecliche]

Have you done any of the AAMC practice exams?

If you've finished your first pass of studying, it might be a good idea to see how you do on an official exam. Take only one though. If your score is lower than you would hope for it to be given you're a month out, you might be best off pushing it back.

Also, use TBR and TPR.

 

[Tallia1]

I haven't done any of the official exams. I tried TPR and it was so saturated with information, that I used EK as my primary study guide. Do you know if EK exams are harder than the real one? Do people that get 60-70% on the EK exams do well on the real exams? Thanks!

 

[kamakazi5]

If you are a month out take one of the AAMC full exams under real conditions and see how you do. If you aren't anywhere close to your goal then reschedule.

 

[Tallia1]

Okay i'll do that. But do you know if EK is harder than the real thing? My goal is a 510, but on EK i'm getting a lot worse. Thanks!!

 

[piii]

I scored 60-70% on 3 EK FLs and scored >90th %ile on the 2015 MCAT. Even got a 54% in Chem on one of them and score 99% on the real section. They're just hard tests, don't worry about it. 60+ % is good.

 

[Tallia1]

@piii you have no idea how much that made me feel better. I'm so stressed right now and that reassured me. I wasn't sure if EK was similar in difficulty to AAMC

 

[rocklobstr]

The prep company practice tests give notoriously low scores. I was scoring around 70-80th percentile on TPR practice exams and scored 95% overall on the actual test. Use the AAMC practice material to most accurately gauge your score.

 

[Ryuichi]

dude, they are meant to be really hard. I got 67% on the first, then 70% on the subsequent three exams and scored a 517 on the real thing. You'll be fine. Scoring 60-70% is actually good for EK

 

[jahcat]

I scored 60-70% on 3 EK FLs and scored >90th %ile on the 2015 MCAT. Even got a 54% in Chem on one of them and score 99% on the real section. They're just hard tests, don't worry about it. 60+ % is good.

I'll be taking my first EK exam tomorrow and actually taking the mcat August 4 - what exactly do you think makes them so much harder than the real thing?