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Uworld has some pretty great bchem passages for practice. Altius also has good research passages for practice. Those are your best bet besides aamc.
 
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Watch this video. Really understand the strategy. Practice applying it over and over again. Made a huge difference for me. I scored 130-132 on my AAMC fl’s and 130 on the real thing because of this strategy.

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This is very common, so don't feel like you're lesser than or incapable because this is difficult material! You're going to get through it and get better over time 🙂

Can i ask what material you have finished so far and how you review questions afterwards?
 
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Blueprint MCAT Tutor said:
This is very common, so don't feel like you're lesser than or incapable because this is difficult material! You're going to get through it and get better over time 🙂

Can i ask what material you have finished so far and how you review questions afterwards?
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I have been doing Khan Academy passages to get acquainted with the process before I delve into serious MCAT prep.
 
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Thank you for the information! This might be cliche, but it sounds like you're still early in your prep, so I think it's just going to be a matter of doing more passages and that's how you'll improve. You want to make sure that you thoroughly review every question that you do, especially the ones that you miss and really make sure you understand your mistakes and how to avoid them in the future.

If your mistakes are more passage analysis related, then make sure to review the answer explanation and pin down exactly how they found the information they needed from the passage and then how they used it to answer the question. Even if you initially couldn't recognize this on your own, just seeing how you were supposed to do it is very helpful and will make it easier for you in the future.

If your mistakes are more concept based, then make sure to go back and throughly review the concepts from your content material. I hope that helps and if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!
 
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Davidfromcali said:
Watch this video. Really understand the strategy. Practice applying it over and over again. Made a huge difference for me. I scored 130-132 on my AAMC fl’s and 130 on the real thing because of this strategy.
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I watched this and other similar videos several times when preparing for the science sections, so I can't agree with this more. I also found the examkrakers reasoning skills book to be a great help as well.
 
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Btw only about 5 of the bio passages will require analysis. The other 5 are usually old style passages like the qpack passages. The same applies for c/p
 
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