I am in the same boat as it seems like everyone on here.
May 19th was a retake for me. I took the MCAT for the first time last year and scored a 28. I had prepared with Kaplan, but looking back I know that I was not as prepared as I could have or should have been. I partially believe that this was because the Kaplan course was not a good fit for me and partially my own doing, but that is another story. I am currently waitlisted at my state school, but retook the MCAT in case I have to reapply.
This year, I did not take a course leading up to the MCAT. I studied on my own, but worked very hard, taking every AAMC practice test. I scored a 35 on my last practice test (10) so I felt confident going into the exam.
I hated this exam. It was so vastly different from the AAMC tests. I am so frustrated that they sell each of those tests and then they give us something so incredibly different. I felt that there were many more detail oriented questions on the real exam versus the practice tests.
I felt that the discretes were much more difficult in the PS section. This threw me off a bit because I do those questions first. It got me behind on time early. I was able to make up that time over the course of the section, but I did not like starting off that way.
VR seemed okay to me. I am usually strong in that section and did not have any major complaints.
BS could be described using another a more popular meaning of the acronym, it truly was BS. I read the cranberry passage and then sat there for just a moment before I realized that I did not digest anything I had just read. I have a strong research background, having done research for 2 years in undergrad and now as a full-time job. I did not feel like this provided me any significant help at all.
I really, really hope that I pulled off a 30 so I do not have to go through this process yet again. It was so discouraging to go into the exam feeling prepared and walk out feeling so terrible. I am glad to see here that I am not the only one in this position, so I guess we can only hope that AAMC anticipated this and was gracious with the scaling that they set for the exam.
Good luck to everyone. I personally feel more stressed than I did before I even took the exam. Is it time for the scores to be posted yet???