What's the most realistic practice FL (besides) AAMC's. I have done all of those and I need more practice tests???
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After a while you might forget the questions. I kept retaking the AAMC ones until I got everything right.
Went from a 28Q to a 33 with mostly AAMC practice tests and minimal subject area specific study. (First time around was more subject based study).
Any practice tests help but the AAMC ones are pretty darn good. Go back to them after you do whichever other ones the other people recommend.
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when is your test date? how did you score on all those FL practice tests?
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Your actual MCAT should be in that range then. How far away is your MCAT? If it is soon, I would almost be tempted to tell you to avoid any non-AAMC tests, as they will change your expectations toward the test itself and might actually hurt your performance.
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Your best bet is to just retake the AAMC practice tests again, IMO, since your MCAT is coming up soon. The tests from the AAMC are invaluable and will provide you with the most realistic MCAT score range.
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review concepts that you had trouble with. I dont know what materials you have available, but TPR workbook and TBR passages are really helpful to practice concepts that you had trouble with
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do practice passages in your weak areas. Im studying for MCAT now and they really help me with confusing subjects.
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With less than a month left, don't use more than 1 practice test from prep companies. Take the free Kaplan exam (make an account with them and they'll let you take one practice MCAT for free), pretty sure Princeton has a free one as well. Buy like 1 test from Gold Standard / Berkeley. And then re-do all the AAMC self-assessment passages and re-do at least a couple of the AAMC tests.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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That's probably the best summary I've ever seen of the mindset that leads good students to getting bad performance on the MCAT.
Sorry, I don't mean that as a knock on you - after all, just "knowing the answer" was what it takes to get a 4.0 GPA in school so it's understandable that you'd carry that with you into the MCAT. Doing the AAMC passages is about learning and reinforcing the HOW and WHY of the question, not the answer to that particular question. It's not enough to know the answer - you have to be able to give a thorough analysis such that you could teach that problem to someone else. *That's* the level of mastery you need of the AAMC material, and for most students it takes a couple of passes to learn it that well.
Good luck!
