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Registration opens up sometime today so I thought I'd go ahead and make this thread. Anyone else taking it in August?
Is there any consensus on how to calculate the # of ATPs in cellular respiration??? There is like a range from 30-38, but I always thought it was 32....
Also why do the KA videos describe FADH2 as a donor to the electron transport chain??? I thought it was succinate that donates to complex II (as my friend taught me)
Decided to sit for August 6th. Averaging only a point lower (on the old scale, 26-27 on AAMC stuff, I want a 27+ which is apparently a 503+ although I would be ecstatic with a 506+) than where I want to be, I think I will take my chances. Void it if it goes bad and just take it again in September.
Thanks! My day didn't start great and I haven't been feeling well. I also need more content review and more passages. As others have said, being good at verbal helps with the other sections. English is my third language and I'm still working on comprehension, but I'm glad about my scores. I think I just need 510-512 to be competitive in my school. My classmate got in with a 505 (28) and 3.8GPA even though she was waitlisted for months.@Hatfield0429 I felt out of all the NS exams, the fourth one probably the most representative and fair. You might have just had an off day. Be sure to look over your exam thoroughly and try to notice any one thing that is causing you trouble. If it's an issue of not knowing material then just content review hard for a couple days or if its an issue of interpreting experiments I would look at khan academy.
Good call dude. Just remember that anything can happen on the real thing, and you could potentially just get all topics that are tailored to your strengths. Looking at that Xenith/Mcatjelly compilation, a lot of the high scorers ended up scoring way higher than their practice FL's especially in the sciences (C/P especially), which definitely gives me hope. Just have a strong internal locus of control and I'm sure you'll be perfectly fine!
I apologize if you already posted about it before but did you take the AAMC FL yet? If so look at which content categories you most often got incorrect and hammer those down. If not try to review some content and take it pretty soon. Another thing if you have taken it, you can try to do NS5 which is very similar to the AAMC FL and try to see if you learned from your mistakes. 510 is certainly within reach. During the actual exam you will be alert and focused bc you know it's real, I found that sometimes I would catch myself drifting in the middle of a passage during a practice test which I know won't happen on the actual thing, that should help to avoid any stupid mistakes too.Thanks! My day didn't start great and I haven't been feeling well. I also need more content review and more passages. As others have said, being good at verbal helps with the other sections. English is my third language and I'm still working on comprehension, but I'm glad about my scores. I think I just need 510-512 to be competitive in my school. My classmate got in with a 505 (28) and 3.8GPA even though she was waitlisted for months.
Haven't taken the AAMC FL yet. Took the OG and got 71%. I plan to do all of the qpacks in the next few days, and then take the AAMC FL (would be about 10 days before my actual test). Or should I do the FL first and then the qpacks? I also have EK4 and NS5 before the actual test.I apologize if you already posted about it before but did you take the AAMC FL yet? If so look at which content categories you most often got incorrect and hammer those down. If not try to review some content and take it pretty soon. Another thing if you have taken it, you can try to do NS5 which is very similar to the AAMC FL and try to see if you learned from your mistakes. 510 is certainly within reach. During the actual exam you will be alert and focused bc you know it's real, I found that sometimes I would catch myself drifting in the middle of a passage during a practice test which I know won't happen on the actual thing, that should help to avoid any stupid mistakes too.
Saw my test center this morning with a friend. We didn't walk into the room because people may be testing and the proctor was talking to someone. Might have been someone taking a Step exam because I think I saw a white coat being hung up and only seemingly one test taker there talking to the proctor.
Great location. Arguably considered the best location in my area due to convenience and the fact we couldn't even hear these two having a conversation across the room despite standing right outside of it. It was in the basement of a small office building and took only 2-3 minutes to find after taking the elevator down. Only downside is, it's in an area where it's quite easy to get lost so going there today to find it was a good choice. Took longer than it should have. Finding the location, parking, the correct doors to go through etc.
Only downside is... I might be running into old high school classmates on test day. Hopefully I can zone that out and just focus on taking the test rather than get distracted by their presence.
Hopefully I won't run into former classmates either. I'll go see my test center in a few days.Saw my test center this morning with a friend. We didn't walk into the room because people may be testing and the proctor was talking to someone. Might have been someone taking a Step exam because I think I saw a white coat being hung up and only seemingly one test taker there talking to the proctor.
Great location. Arguably considered the best location in my area due to convenience and the fact we couldn't even hear these two having a conversation across the room despite standing right outside of it. It was in the basement of a small office building and took only 2-3 minutes to find after taking the elevator down. Only downside is, it's in an area where it's quite easy to get lost so going there today to find it was a good choice. Took longer than it should have. Finding the location, parking, the correct doors to go through etc.
Only downside is... I might be running into old high school classmates on test day. Hopefully I can zone that out and just focus on taking the test rather than get distracted by their presence.
Haven't taken the AAMC FL yet. Took the OG and got 71%. I plan to do all of the qpacks in the next few days, and then take the AAMC FL (would be about 10 days before my actual test). Or should I do the FL first and then the qpacks? I also have EK4 and NS5 before the actual test.
I'm curious - where are y'all getting practice passages??? Only FLs/AAMC material/KA passages??? Is there anything that's been worthwhile/good practice other than those???
I just want to be productive in between my FLs (other than reviewing the FLs)! Any responses appreciated~~!
You're not alone on that..Nextstep FL 2 was brutal. I got owned!Is it me or is NS FL2 impossible? IMO it's worse than TPR tests. I've never had such an awful CARS section in Kaplan and TPR.
I would do the FL first and instead of doing the qpacks you should content review then take the FL. Then afterwards you should review the FL and then do even more content review based on your results and while you're content reviewing maybe do a few problems from each q pack each day leading up to your exam. I think this would be the most efficient way to go.Haven't taken the AAMC FL yet. Took the OG and got 71%. I plan to do all of the qpacks in the next few days, and then take the AAMC FL (would be about 10 days before my actual test). Or should I do the FL first and then the qpacks? I also have EK4 and NS5 before the actual test.
What did you score, if you don't mind?Is it me or is NS FL2 impossible? IMO it's worse than TPR tests. I've never had such an awful CARS section in Kaplan and TPR.
I felt as if NS 4 was tough as well. I took it yesterday and didn't do as well as I had hoped (though I was having sort of a rough morning and had little motivation to take the exam). I thought the P/S section was dumb. There were quite a few terms that I have never seen before and I felt as if a few of the tested topics weren't on the AAMC outline. I'll have to go back and double check, but it just felt off.I just took NS4 and got a 502 with their more generous new scale. Using their old scale, that would be 494. I was lost most of the time that I felt so defeated!
Didn't even consider the possibility of running into old high school classmates on test day...wouldn't be surprised since my testing center is in my town. Don't wanna be distracted by that...Saw my test center this morning with a friend. We didn't walk into the room because people may be testing and the proctor was talking to someone. Might have been someone taking a Step exam because I think I saw a white coat being hung up and only seemingly one test taker there talking to the proctor.
Great location. Arguably considered the best location in my area due to convenience and the fact we couldn't even hear these two having a conversation across the room despite standing right outside of it. It was in the basement of a small office building and took only 2-3 minutes to find after taking the elevator down. Only downside is, it's in an area where it's quite easy to get lost so going there today to find it was a good choice. Took longer than it should have. Finding the location, parking, the correct doors to go through etc.
Only downside is... I might be running into old high school classmates on test day. Hopefully I can zone that out and just focus on taking the test rather than get distracted by their presence.
CARS pack 1 was pretty challenging. CARS 2 is way more straightforward!Just scored 66% on CARS 1 pack after scoring 87% in the AAMC FL.... lol so much for a confidence boost, just gotta do physics and CARS pack 2 over the weekend
Man, the anxiety is real. But I think it's just the right amount to get me wired for the exam. But I'm also kind of concerned as to how well my brain will function after waking up a 6:30am since I'm not really a morning person.
That's what I've been doing! Each day I wake up like 20 mins earlier hahaI'm trying to practice waking up earlier. First 8Am, then 7 and hopefully 6 on the day of. I think I'm going to a practice passage that morning and flashcards.
Lol that's so real. I spend like an hour on my phone. At least we're awake though.I've been waking up around 6:40 am in bed lol but I don't get out of until like 8 am. Been sleeping about 6.5 hours last few nights. Just had my lunch break outside in the park next to the library I study at. Watched NBA highlights of some games from the early 2000s and had pasta and gatorade . Got to love when you take time for yourself after studying for 3 hours in a row (with a few intermittent breaks).
Could someone help breakdown my scores into the real AAMC breakdown? PLEASEEEE?????
Chem/Physics: 69% right
CARS: 75%
Bio/Biochem: 75%
Psych/Soci: 68%
506 (125,128,127,126)
Never mind change C/P to 126. 507 overallThankkk youuuuuu!!! guess i need to study some more the next couple of days -_-
BTW could u share what u used to convert the scores?
hmm thanks, the test window for me doesnt have a back button tho@Pusheen I had the same thing its so annoying. Just click the back button, thats the fastest way instead of exiting out and clicking again.
What did you score, if you don't mind?
Never mind change C/P to 126. 507 overall
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/tentative-aamc-sample-fl-score-conversion-sheet.1149516/
Not bad! I got a 502, but my impression wasn't that is was particularly hard. Idk.
Does anyone think that TBR FL 1 is too easy? Or are the other TBR FL's supposed to be much harder? According to the next step scale, I am at ~ 510-512, but I think thats a bit far from the truth?