2 weeks out scored 124 on C/P enough to improve to 128?

[milnila]

Help please. I"m freaking out. Is 2 weeks enough to increase to 128? If so how and what to do? much appreciate

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[Davidfromcali]

You’re asking if it’s possible to jump from the 43rd to 85th percentile in two weeks? Possible but very, very unlikely to happen.

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

IMHO, it's the easiest section to improve. But that's a hefty jump in a short time. If you focus on DETAILED answer explanations and learn from your mistakes, then you can improve. It all comes down to you using the best resource for C/P.

 

[milnila]

IMHO, it's the easiest section to improve. But that's a hefty jump in a short time. If you focus on DETAILED answer explanations and learn from your mistakes, then you can improve. It all comes down to you using the best resource for C/P.

I'VE NOTICED RISE IN MY SCORE JUST FROM THOROUGHLY REVIEWING AAMC ANSWER EXPLANATIONS AND APPROACHING WITH THEIR MINDSET.

 

[Cornfed101]

I agree with above posters that it will be difficult. Why are you specifically aiming for a 128? That seems like an arbitrary number

 

[milnila]

I agree with above posters that it will be difficult. Why are you specifically aiming for a 128? That seems like an arbitrary number

WELL AT LEAST 128

 

[Cornfed101]

WELL AT LEAST 128

What is your total MCAT goal score and what are you currently getting in each subsection? It may be more efficient to just work on MCAT strategy and improve each section by 1 point than C/P by 4 points. That is why I was asking about the 128

 

[Corali]

Definitely! n=1, but I went from a 512 practice score to a 518 in 10 days (granted, I only gave myself a little over a month to study for the MCAT so 10 days was proportionally a decent amount of my overall study time). My C/P, which I knew going in would be my weakest section, went from a 125 to a 127.

 

[milnila]

Definitely! n=1, but I went from a 512 practice score to a 518 in 10 days (granted, I only gave myself a little over a month to study for the MCAT so 10 days was proportionally a decent amount of my overall study time). My C/P, which I knew going in would be my weakest section, went from a 125 to a 127.

THANK YOU VERY ENCOURAGING. I think my problem is just not panicking during the section and learning to stay calm.

 

[milnila]

Definitely! n=1, but I went from a 512 practice score to a 518 in 10 days (granted, I only gave myself a little over a month to study for the MCAT so 10 days was proportionally a decent amount of my overall study time). My C/P, which I knew going in would be my weakest section, went from a 125 to a 127.

in the 10 days?

 

[Corali]

in the 10 days?

Yep! I used those 10 days to reread the Kaplan books for the subjects I was weakest in (mostly physics) and memorize a bunch of formulas. Set aside a good few hours each day to study and if you do it effectively, you can definitely improve your subsections by at least a couple points each. I went up 1-2 points in all my subsections over those 10 days just by laser-focusing my studying on the areas I knew I needed to work on and keeping a consistent study schedule. You'll be fine 🙂

 

[milnila]

Yep! I used those 10 days to reread the Kaplan books for the subjects I was weakest in (mostly physics) and memorize a bunch of formulas. Set aside a good few hours each day to study and if you do it effectively, you can definitely improve your subsections by at least a couple points each. I went up 1-2 points in all my subsections over those 10 days just by laser-focusing my studying on the areas I knew I needed to work on and keeping a consistent study schedule. You'll be fine 🙂

I"m just going to grind out a lot of problems to do more active rather passive. I've noticed increases best this way and I learn why I got a question wrong and next time around don't make the same mistake again. Thanks for your response very encouraging! Awesome job!

 

[Seihai]

Have you considered delaying your exam? I don't see a good reason as to why you have to take it soon - if you're seeing marked improvement from reviewing, then you'd be best off delaying so that you can improve even more with more time.

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

I'VE NOTICED RISE IN MY SCORE JUST FROM THOROUGHLY REVIEWING AAMC ANSWER EXPLANATIONS AND APPROACHING WITH THEIR MINDSET.

Thoroughly reviewing AAMC questions is one of the best things you can do. But their answer explanations suck. You can find some helpful insights into AAMC materials in the Q and A forum here at SDN. That proved to be really helpful for me, more so than Reddit or Youtube.