Retake...... :(

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I studied hard for three months for the retake. did all of kaplan problems, dat destroyer, princeton review, topscore. I felt more confident than the first exam. I was consistently scoring deep into the 20's on PAT, Math and around ~19 for all the other sections on topscore....... walked into the test for a retake expecting to get at least a 20 but this test is just SOMETHING ELSE..

Last year This year

BIO 21 17
Gchem 19 18
Ochem 18 19
PAT 20 20
RC 15 16
QR 16 15


I felt like I nailed PAT and Ochem. the PAT was easier than all the practices I did and i ended up getting a lower score. I counted 30/40 on math that I was pretty sure of. Even a 27 is still far from 15........I really dont know what to say or think anymore......
 
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i did not feel pressured and nothing really went wrong on the exam.

i admit that i immediatly knew i wouldnt get as high of a bio score as last year right when i was half way through the bio section but i felt like i did very well on O chem and PAT. i would get 22+ on all practice problems on PAT and they are all much much harder than the DAT PAT. i honestly felt like i was going to get over 24 on PAT section as the questions seemed a lot easier than practice problems. but then again a 20? how so???

im surprised i got a 16 on reading cuz i did really bad, im the weakest in that section...... the math, its really really unfair. i never score so low in math and i didnt even feel like the questions were hard... maybe 5-6 of them were hard but thats far from a 15... last year i was being stubborn and wouldnt move on untill i answered a math question so i ran out of time. this year i was confident i would get a much higher score. i saved all the word problems for last and nailed all the easier ones... yet again, a 15?? wow

im not even sure if its worth sending these scores in... i did not get a interview last year even though i applied to over 20 schools. it was my first year applying so i understand the chances are lower, specially since i had a lower GPA. now i have a 3.2 cGPA overall at a CSU system. 3.6cGPA at my UNI, excluding community college....

from a 21 to a 17 on bio:'( TS 19 AA 18 to a TS 18 AA 17..... wow.........


everyone tells me there are people that score 14's 13's and 12's so i shouldnt be that sad. i personally know few people that have scored under 15 on either math or reading. I have yet to meet someone in person that has gotten multiple scores over 20.... yet when you come online, everyone has 24's and 26's across the board like its a walk in the park........ how could that be?

35-36 out of 40 on bio is ONLY a 21.... wow.......... just think about how broad the field is and how unfairly it is scored (at least IMO).
16 reading is 16.6% amazing low....

there is no way, absolutly no way i missed 24 math questions..... i easily did 25 them right, easy
 
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