AAMC Practice Tests?

[jadisMD]

Are the AAMC practice tests actually good indicators of what you will actually make on the MCAT? According to the medical school I am primarily interested in, I will need a 30 on the MCAT with my GPA to basically be guaranteed acceptance.

So far, I've made a 32, 31, 32, 34, and 32 on the AAMC tests. Basically, are my chances of making a 30 on the actual test fairly high?

Thanks!

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[Onres]

Yeah.

 

[vin5cent0]

Don't fall into the illusion that you're guaranteed an acceptance. Ever. A friend of mine with stats that I'm guessing are far higher than yours got rejected from several schools that surprised the hell out of me, and it really reminded me that stats alone account for part of the applicant.

 

[centrigeugle]

Seriously?

You seriously made a new account, and new thread, and went through the whole registration process to post this question. And you didn't think that maybe, somewhere, somebody had asked this before?

Like, say, a thousand times. Yesterday.

Unbelievable.

 

[ghostman]

Are the AAMC practice tests actually good indicators of what you will actually make on the MCAT? According to the medical school I am primarily interested in, I will need a 30 on the MCAT with my GPA to basically be guaranteed acceptance.

So far, I've made a 32, 31, 32, 34, and 32 on the AAMC tests. Basically, are my chances of making a 30 on the actual test fairly high?

Thanks!

I'd say, yes, the AAMC practice is a fairly good indicator of how you'll do. I got about 2 points below my running average though, so don't get too comfortable. The actual exam was quite a bit harder for me, which kinda shook my confidence. But the curve usually makes up for part of it. But practice on harder material to get a better sense of how the real exam will be like.

 

[music2doc]

I'd say, yes, the AAMC practice is a fairly good indicator of how you'll do. I got about 2 points below my running average though, so don't get too comfortable. The actual exam was quite a bit harder for me, which kinda shook my confidence. But the curve usually makes up for part of it. But practice on harder material to get a better sense of how the real exam will be like.

👍

Seconded.

Don't get too comfortable. I was consistently scoring 36+ (both Kaplan and AAMC exams) and I ended up with a 32. Test day can psych you out. Aim for the mid 30s on your practice exams if you need a 30 to be competitive.

 

[tkp]

The AAMC was very accurate for me. My actual score was equal to my average score on the AAMC tests.

However, I believe a couple of the AAMC tests are a bit wacky in terms of difficulty (I think one of them even has an irregular number of Bio passages). Don't let this throw you off. Overall, these tests are pretty good at estimating your performance.

 

[Myuu]

Moving to MCAT.

 

[eptp]

Seriously?

You seriously made a new account, and new thread, and went through the whole registration process to post this question. And you didn't think that maybe, somewhere, somebody had asked this before?

Like, say, a thousand times. Yesterday.

Unbelievable.

Seriously?

A noob asking a noob question? That IS unbelievable!!!

Unbelievable. 🙄

 

[Donald Juan]

Seriously?

You seriously made a new account, and new thread, and went through the whole registration process to post this question. And you didn't think that maybe, somewhere, somebody had asked this before?

Like, say, a thousand times. Yesterday.

Unbelievable.

Seriously?

You seriously saw the topic of this post, clicked on it even though you already knew what the OP was going to ask, and went through the whole responding process to post a jerkoff response. And you didn't think that maybe this was counterproductive, as it would only allow the thread that you hate so much to live on?

Unbelievable.

OP: yes, AAMC tests are predictive. Some people do bad on the MCAT and will tell you that they are not and that they are way too easy, but for the majority of us they are predictive.