Are Next step exams still score deflated? I keep on getting around 127 on each section..... Should I be worried or am I just doing the usual pre-mcat freakout? Its really starting to drive me crazy
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From what I've heard, the EK and NS are generally harder and lower scoring than the real thing. Now, this is primarily based of one guy who scored about 4-5 points higher on the actual from his average NS scores.
The main consensus, and what I agree with is that you mainly focus on improving your percentages. The NS scores are the icing on the cake, but by no means definitive
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If you look at the raw NS score, I think it might be even a tad generous. A 127 will get you an 80%tile(508), and my raw NS scores are roughly 70% for any 127s I get. I know raw and percentile aren't the same, but I think it's fair that you get a 10% bump after converting. Each test is a bit different in scale though, and I think NS psych is way too generous compared to the scored aamc mcat.
