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Just wondering how many people on here have scored a 29+ without taking any kind of prep course. If you did, please let me know what kind of self study you did.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Just wondering how many people on here have scored a 29+ without taking any kind of prep course. If you did, please let me know what kind of self study you did.
Thanks!
First attempt with just doing AAMC practice exams and reading part of one of the MCAT books (I don't remember):
29: 9P, 10V, 10B (written exam)
Second attempt after SMP at Tufts, including the TPR program they offered:
34: 12P, 10V, 12B (computer based exam)
I'm not sure how much the difference between a 10-11 hour and 4-5 hour exam played into this, so YMMV.
The MCAT seriously used to be 10-11 hours? LOL. When was this?
April 2005, second to last written exam. It used to be where every single exam was passed out and collected one at a time. Throw on fingerprinting and checking in everyone in the exam room both at the start of the day and after lunch (which was an hour long break in the middle of the day), and you have a lot of time spent doing administrative/security related work instead of test taking. IIRC, one center in NY City had the power go out and it took them around 12 hours to complete the exam.
April 2005, second to last written exam. It used to be where every single exam was passed out and collected one at a time. Throw on fingerprinting and checking in everyone in the exam room both at the start of the day and after lunch (which was an hour long break in the middle of the day), and you have a lot of time spent doing administrative/security related work instead of test taking. IIRC, one center in NY City had the power go out and it took them around 12 hours to complete the exam.
You forgot to mention when they picked up every exam they "thumbed" through each test booklet to make sure all the pages were still there. It was the worst test taking experience ever.