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We got too specific about one of the passages. But fear not! We are back and I will post the crap out of this thread in these next 2 weeks.
13 days and ~14 hours left. I WANNA KNOWWWW
Okay I caved and made an account. On July 3rd, I will post my scores from the diagnostic tests, practice tests, and the real thing.
We got too specific about one of the passages. But fear not! We are back and I will post the crap out of this thread in these next 2 weeks.
13 days and ~14 hours left. I WANNA KNOWWWW
Not sure why alpha was banned with 1 post, but I thought the tentative release date was July 3rd. Is it possible they will be out sooner? It seems like most scores are out on a Tuesday which would be the 3rd. What leads you to believe it might be out before that weekend?
Okay I caved and made an account. On July 3rd, I will post my scores from the diagnostic tests, practice tests, and the real thing.
glad to be back and hope they release scores by June 29th rather than waiting that looooong weekend for July 3rd
LOL @ alpha finally making an account and then getting banned the same day.
do you have any reason to believe they would release it early, or is it just that slim hope we all have but try to bury deep down?
Wow longest week of my life.. until the week before our scores.
Did anyone/everyone see what someone from 5/19 posted about how they score the mcat? I knew they didn't curve it based on our testers but I thought it was based off of a preset curve. I guess there is still some sort of cut-off that determines where a 13 ends and 14 starts but I didn't know that harder questions were worth more than easier questions. I'm actually kind of happy about that, I feel like I messed up several easy discretes, but who knows.
T minus 2 weeks.. hasn't really hit me yet that we're getting our scores soon and will hopefully be done with this monster... heavy anxiety should kick in by next weekend.
I've had 2 dreams now where I hit my dream score... very sad to wake up and realize it didn't happen.
Uhh, what the HELL did he do wrong?
Not true duderoni.
The score ranges are predetermined. It's like the AAMC's. The scaled score values are set before you take the test. The difficulty isn't factored in.
Just slim hope.
What I don't understand is - if it's true that the MCAT isnt curved or fixed - why does it take so long to release scores? Every other test that prometric proctors calculates and releases scores instantly.
If some questions are weighed more heavily - wouldn't that be determined in advance? And each question's value/# points just be inputted as such?
Why does it take them so long to generate scores then if scores aren't adjusted?
MCAT mystery.
According to the person who called the AAMC directly, he said they told him that the raw scores are based on difficulty. Harder questions are worth more than easier questions and then this raw score is converted into a score on the 1-15 scale based on a pre-set curve.
I've never heard that. I mean, it doesn't really matter to me, but their documents don't suggest that.
I can see how this happens in that the upper bound score is graduated by smaller increments to account for difficult questions. That's the only way I can see it making sense but... oh well.
I hope I don't have to... but getting mentally prepared for a retake.
I hope I don't have to... but getting mentally prepared for a retake.
lol me too I had a nightmare in which I got a 21 with a breakdown of 8/2/9 which doesn't even add up to 21 thus freaking me out even more lolJuly 3rd release date is too long!!!!!! I'm having nightmares about this. I want to know my score so I know what my plan of action will be!! This is frustrating
Back from a ban here - Can't believe it's a week away. I took Kaplan FLs 1-4 and AAMCs 4,5,7,8,9,10 and 11 and had a avg of 34 and my scores were all between 33 and 37. I still felt underprepared by Kaplan on site and a bunch of TBR on the side. Did anyone in this score range / study regimen feel the same? Wondering what my next move could be and if this can be considered what is meant by 'burning through all the review material.'? Any seasoned pros with some wisdom on here?
And yes I would retake with a lower than average VR, unless it was something like 14-9-15.
A retake would suck. I feel like we got really lucky with the easy PS and BS sections.
Did we take the same BS section? Averaged 12-13 on AAMCs in BS but I might have dipped to an 11 here because I thought it was the hardest BS section I've seen.
what if you get your scores back and get a 13-8-15 (36)
retook a month later and got a 10-12-14 (36) (due to a really unlucky PS and a normal BS or something?) Pushed back secondary application timeline and EVERYTHING!
The risk of something like this happening is not very low... you would have the same total score, but VR would be up, but they would also interpret it as a PS score that was a fluke before... the second score is obviously a better and more balanced score, but the total score is the same and think of how much work and stress it would take to re-take the MCAT. is this worth it in your eyes? If so, why? I need someone who understands the workings of this stuff and just how much of a commitment a re-take would be to comment... my friends and family cannot give me sound advice... they just keep saying "don't worry, I am sure you will do fine" ... ack how annoying! Stop telling me that I did fine!! lol anyone else getting this?
Best,
C
Idk, BS has always been a strong section for me. I thought the 5/31/12 test was pretty easy and fair...I think it felt the same as AAMC/Kaplan tests The dog one was fine for me, and the other really hard one was still not too bad... I think there were like 2 questions that I made educated guesses on after POE for that passage (no random guessing due to complete confusion).
Although, I know that I got 2 "easy" questions wrong because I over think things too much....
But, it is possible that we had different tests. Or, possibly, different weaknesses. I am very strong in experimental-research type passages and questions because my scientific reasoning is top notch. I have been working in research for 6 years now (3 years full time). But, I tend to get several of the silly questions wrong sometimes because I studied for bio for maybe 30 hours total... so I didn't get to really brush up on all of the small details and I didn't memorize anything extensively.
the orgo for my test was definitely a cinch... way easier than even many of the practice tests IMO.
what do you think based on what I said? Same test?
Yeah, BS felt not bad for me, the hard passage took me a while to finally understand it but I think I got most of them right, whereas I also messed up several easy questions. Was so happy about the orgo. Could be anywhere from 11-14.
PS I was left really unsure of a few questions, slightly unsure of several more questions, overall I felt it was very fair, but I tend to make simple mistakes from reading too quickly, probably 11-13 here.
Verbal felt tough, but fair. Really unsure of this section. My average was about 13, I'll be ecstatic with an 11 or 12, probably between 10-13.
I found verbal to be pretty smooth. There were some difficult questions but I guess I just happened to like the topics of the passages. It was my first time finishing with time to spare.
P.S. this wait is killing me...
Catz, we did have the same test...I think BS may have seemed harder for me because it was the actual test. I remember breezing through the dog passage in <5 min, but for some reason I keep thinking I did bad on it - I just need to trust myself that I got the experiment passages right since I did on the AAMCs.
I've established the probability of getting each score:
PS: 15 (10%), 14 (50%), 13 (40%)
VR: 9 (50%), 10 (40%), 11 (10%)
BS 11 (45%), 12 (40%), 13 (15%)
PS 13.7 VR 9.6 BS 11.7 = 35.0
I'd take that 35 in heartbeat. I just really don't want a 33, which would just really be frustrating because I can't retake a 33 but it's not enough to be competitive at mid-tiers I want to go, much less top 20 schools.
lol why? cGPA is 3.83 and sGPA is 3.74 as verified by AMCAS