tbr and june 16th test...

TBR PS is considerably harder than the real thing I took.

TBR BS is very comparable to the real thing. Some of the questions were really out of the blue.

Everybody on the 6/16 thread said PS was killer more so than BS. So what would be better prep for PS?

kehlsh said:

TBR PS is considerably harder than the real thing I took.

TBR BS is very comparable to the real thing. Some of the questions were really out of the blue.

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kehlsh said:

TBR PS is considerably harder than the real thing I took.

TBR BS is very comparable to the real thing. Some of the questions were really out of the blue.

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i think you mentioned earlier that you took the 2pm test

the one that people have been complaining about was the 8 am test in which the PS was BRUTAL. I did tbr passages from phys+chem+aamc exams+ek+kaplan and honestly... tbr is the closest to what we experienced this morning but still nothing could have prepared us... it was a curveball section...

Was BR bio pretty good prep? Would you recommend kaplan stuff at all? Im limited on time, so wondering if focus should just be BR passages for content, then AAMCs.

runrunrudolph1 said:

i think you mentioned earlier that you took the 2pm test

the one that people have been complaining about was the 8 am test in which the PS was BRUTAL. I did tbr passages from phys+chem+aamc exams+ek+kaplan and honestly... tbr is the closest to what we experienced this morning but still nothing could have prepared us... it was a curveball section...

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Dr Dazzle said:

Was BR bio pretty good prep? Would you recommend kaplan stuff at all? Im limited on time, so wondering if focus should just be BR passages for content, then AAMCs.

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BR bio is plenty for the BS, in fact they are a little harder than AAMC, which is a pleasant surprise on the real deal. if you are limited on time, i would def stick with BR

Everyone is saying that the PS on 6/16 was difficult. I felt that the PS and the BS were not too bad and I'm sure TBR had a lot to do with it. I voided the test only because I have trouble with verbal.

yo what up? lol i wouldn't worry about knowing all that detail in BR passages. the reason BR gives you these crazy-WTF passages are to train you for what you're gonna see on the real thing. they do it so you get used to seeing really complex concepts that are way way way out of your comfort zone.

don't beat yourself up if you didn't know which substrate inhibited what enzyme. the important thing is that when you're confronted with these difficult, weird passages, you stay calm and use what you know to rationally deduce the right answer as well as definitively cross out the wrong ones. having just taken it, i felt that was the most important thing you should take away from prepping. situate yourself with uncomfortable passages with complex data so you can learn to effectively interpret quickly using your fundamentals.

imapremed said:

****t... really? cuz i definetly feel like some of the passages in br bio like bring out some crazy background info that i never knew... like an intermediate from glycolysis lowers the ability of hemoglobin to hold onto oxygen.. really?!? wtf no where in the passage does it say that and i never knew that either. so scared for this bs.

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Yeah, 2-3 BPG... we learned about it in AnP. 2-3 BPG, H+, CO2 and CO can displace O2 from hemoglobin.

EK Bio wasn't a very good prep for what showed up on the 2PM. Any source that has heavy research-laden passages that stress comprehension over raw knowledge would have been better prep. I got my **** rocked.

imapremed said:

****t... really? cuz i definetly feel like some of the passages in br bio like bring out some crazy background info that i never knew... like an intermediate from glycolysis lowers the ability of hemoglobin to hold onto oxygen.. really?!? wtf no where in the passage does it say that and i never knew that either. so scared for this bs.

and does ps give bizzare numbers or are they pretty good for the most part?

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1,3 bisphosphoglycerate comes to mind. LOL but that is TOTALLY obscure and LOLCATZ. seriously, i had to think about that for a long second. and i'm not even 100% sure its in the glycolysis pathway.

edit: after reading salim's post, its 2,3-BPG. and it does reduce hemoglobin affinity for O2.

runrunrudolph1 said:

i think you mentioned earlier that you took the 2pm test

the one that people have been complaining about was the 8 am test in which the PS was BRUTAL. I did tbr passages from phys+chem+aamc exams+ek+kaplan and honestly... tbr is the closest to what we experienced this morning but still nothing could have prepared us... it was a curveball section...

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Why would AAMC make such a hard PS section? Isn't this unfair, especially for first time writers who go in to the exam room expecting a normal mcat?

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OP, I think it might be a little early to be asking those of us who took the test yesterday if TBR helped. Since I used it, I hope to God I can come here in a month and say TBR helped me get a 35+ score, but right now it is hard to judge.

Donald Juan said:

OP, I think it might be a little early to be asking those of us who took the test yesterday if TBR helped. Since I used it, I hope to God I can come here in a month and say TBR helped me get a 35+ score, but right now it is hard to judge.

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^^ I am in the same boat... hope to God...

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