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+1Those Psych answers... I usually finish that section with 30 minutes to spare. I took every last second today. I was rereading things so many times I swear I spent like 15 minutes on one passage
I pulled the buzzer beater on CARS too! I hope it doesn't mean overtime... lolFor reference...AAMC full length:
Physical: 88%
CARS: 83%
Bio:81%
Behavioral:86%
Took today:
Physical: felt the best about this section. Far more physics than I expected or studied for but I've always been good at physics so I think I pulled most of them out of my ass.
Cars: ****. ****. ****. I though my AAMC sample test cars score was a fluke and the real thing confirmed this. I ran out of time and had to skim 2 passages and answers 12 questions in 11 min. I'm really worried about this and if I have to retake because of this....idk what I will do. Reading is for losers anyways jk lol
Bio: thought it went better than the practice test but who knows. Feel decent about this section.
Behavioral: I'm convinced the AAMC hired a bunch of salty psychologists who didn't get in to med school to write this section. It wasn't awful but after reading Kaplan and tpr psych books I expected to know all the terms. This was not the case.
Overall I feel ok about the exam with the exception of cars, I know that's going to kill my score . To everyone studying, the exam is definently beatable, timing was the biggest issue for me. Went down to the wire on every section. Pulled out a buzzer beater on cars with like 2 seconds left lol
Took it this morning. First time taking the MCAT and didn't prepare for that long (roughly 2 months and a week, but when I was studying I was studying pretty hard.) The only FL's I took were Kaplans and my scores really ranged Diagnostic- 490.... embarrassing I know.... but I scored a 503 on the last 2 I took.
Chem Phys: Not sure if I was dreaming or not, but I really didn't find this section near as imposing as I was expecting. That being said there were some that I was iffy about, and I'm sure I made some stupid mistakes, hopefully not though.
CARS: What in the actual s****. Passages were undoubtedly longer than any of the passages on the AAMC FL. I'm literally terrified to get this score back. It's been consistently my worst section, and I really don't feel good about it.
Bio/Biochem: I'm a biology major, and still found some of these passages rather challenging and pretty dense. Not sure how I did.
Soc/ Psych: Literally retweet what everyone has said before me what in the actual **** AAMC. That was a load of crap. I memorized the entire Kaplan Psych/Soc book and I still had at least 5 terms I'd never seen before.
Praying to God my score turns out alright, I would really love to apply this cycle. I didn't even think about voiding, there's a positive I guess. Regardless, we all studied hard and we should just be happy that were done. Enjoy yourselves.
Can people post what they scored on the sample test when they comment on how they felt about today's exam?
IT WOULD HELP ME END MY ANXIETY (MAYBE).
I'm ESPECIALLY worried about Bio (and obviously psych/soc which was just impossible).
Can people post what they scored on the sample test when they comment on how they felt about today's exam?
IT WOULD HELP ME END MY ANXIETY (MAYBE).
I'm ESPECIALLY worried about Bio (and obviously psych/soc which was just impossible).
I got 90% overall on the sample test and I felt like the real thing was easier. (of course this is subjective, bc they could have simply asked about things that I know better)
Behavioral: I'm convinced the AAMC hired a bunch of salty psychologists who didn't get in to med school to write this section.
Can people post what they scored on the sample test when they comment on how they felt about today's exam?
IT WOULD HELP ME END MY ANXIETY (MAYBE).
I'm ESPECIALLY worried about Bio (and obviously psych/soc which was just impossible).
Stop doubting yourself. You did great. Happy vibes.Im really starting to fear my CARS score, maybe I should have voided..........,,
Can people post what they scored on the sample test when they comment on how they felt about today's exam?
IT WOULD HELP ME END MY ANXIETY (MAYBE).
I'm ESPECIALLY worried about Bio (and obviously psych/soc which was just impossible).
Idk, I honestly remember thinking "wow this is an mcat question?" At some points. Maybe it was harder as a whole but some of the discrete questions in chem and bio were a joke. Also, I'm probably not the best n=1 because the aamc fl was the only practice test I took (2 days before real test) so I guess that practice could have instantly improved my aptitude significantlyLols no way today was easier than the sample ...
Idk, I honestly remember thinking "wow this is an mcat question?" At some points. Maybe it was harder as a whole but some of the discrete questions in chem and bio were a joke. Also, I'm probably not the best n=1 because the aamc fl was the only practice test I took (2 days before real test) so I guess that practice could have instantly improved my aptitude significantly
Inb4 all the "blindingly easy" questions were experimental.
It's so frustrating how a lot of times I end up narrowing down to 2 answer choices and guessing.
Well just got back from the testing center. Thank god I'm finally done!
P/S: Historically been my weakest section always. Not as bad as I was expecting. Not super easy either. There was a decent mix of biochem/physics/chem. As others have said, there were some physics passages I was not expecting that didn't have anything to do with the human body. Also there were a lot more questions regarding calculations then I was expecting. However, a lot of times, with calculations, I usually get some sort of answer that isn't even close to any of the listed answers which makes me freaked out. At least this time, all of the answers I got from my calculations corresponded with an answer choice so hoping for the best here. Felt a bit rushed for time in this section and kinda had to rush the last passage a bit.
Verbal: Not the easiest verbal I've taken, but also not the hardest. Passages were quite fair imo. I think I did all right here. Passages definitely felt long, but I finished with like 5 minutes left so I didn't really feel too rushed.
Bio/Biochem: I don't really know how I feel about this. There were some pretty difficult questions that I had a bit of trouble with. However, there were a number of questions I felt were just way too easy and I had to double check them to make sure I wasn't missing something. This section could go either way.
Psych: Mother of God this section was hard as heck! Like a bunch of people are saying, there were terms I had never seen before. The passages were pretty convoluted and especially with the fact that this was the last section, I had trouble focusing. Quite a few answer choices I narrowed down to 2 and then kinda had to guess. I remember one passage had me like
Anyways, hoping for the best and congrats to all of us for surviving!
I scored an 81% on Bio in the Sample Test but ended up running out of time (had to guess on 3 questions). I do agree the discretes were easy for the most part but I definitely missed those guess the structure questions in addition to the above 3......(you know what I'm talking about). I think psych/soc will be curved quite a bit seeing how no one seems to have anything positive to say about this section.
Anybody have a similar experience? I'm so worriedddddd.
I had an interesting experience. C/P was wonderful, felt great about it. CARS even went well, and I expected it to be my worst section. Then Biology came, and it was a lot more difficult than I expected. Then the power went out. Sadly, I wasn't able to complete the exam and have to retake in August.
I know we get our scores back on the July 21st, but does anyone know when our percentiles are released?
Can people post what they scored on the sample test when they comment on how they felt about today's exam?
IT WOULD HELP ME END MY ANXIETY (MAYBE).
I'm ESPECIALLY worried about Bio (and obviously psych/soc which was just impossible).
I scored an 81% on Bio in the Sample Test but ended up running out of time (had to guess on 3 questions). I do agree the discretes were easy for the most part but I definitely missed those guess the structure questions in addition to the above 3......(you know what I'm talking about). I think psych/soc will be curved quite a bit seeing how no one seems to have anything positive to say about this section.
Anybody have a similar experience? I'm so worriedddddd.
I think I know which specific questions you are talking about and glad I found someone else who had the same thing. THOSE DAMN STRUCTURES!!!
PSYCH- Apply lube. Insert in rectum, just a continuation of what people have been saying. It was the most difficult section. And least similar to any practice exam I'd taken and an overall ******* way to leave the exam room but what can you do? Kaplan helped, but not nearly enough. Projected Score: 125/126 (generous curves?)