Question about Self Assessments

[makingthejump]

If the AAMC SAs can identify where one is deficient in content knowledge, does this effectively indicate that the SAs actually cover any and all possible content that would be tested on the actual MCAT? Otherwise, how would it be able to determine all weak content areas? So maybe we should be using the SAs as a guide of topics to study for the actual MCAT.

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[khronos]

No. When you complete it, it actually gives you disclosures that some sections aren't representative of your understanding because there aren't enough questions for that topic.

 

[Sammy1024]

I don't like the SA's because most of their questions are easy difficulty whereas the MCAT is more difficult to hard. They also have sections that are under-represented and when you get the score it's a shaded bar with lines in it saying that you got lets say 50% because you got 1/2 correct for the section.

The best way is to take 2 practice tests and go from there.

 

[Amateur Observer]

As khronos mentioned, there will be 1-3 topics that the SA hasn't completely covered enough to give you adequate data (1-5ish questions). That being said, it's still a good resource to go to in addition to your primary ones (Practice tests)