AAMC self assessment: time to complete

[kimicurtis]

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About how long does it take to complete one of the sectional assessments?

 

[1032]

About how long does it take to complete one of the sectional assessments?

I am really interested in this. I have seen people finish each section in a day, so I am hoping to do the same. But any input would be great for me also.

 

[PanRoasted]

Theoretically, it shouldn't take more than 3 hours per test. However, it's incredibly grueling to have to do so many problems in the same subject, to the point where I couldn't finish more than half of any single assessment in one day. I suppose it wouldn't be nearly as bad if you started one, did like a third of it, then went to a different subject and did a third of THAT one, and so on, until you finished. It took me about 5 days to finish all of them.

 

[NuttyEngDude]

I did all but verbal in ~2.5 days. I'll save verbal for later.

The longest to do for me was bio with 128 questions and AAMC recommends 3-4 hours.
Then Organic chem is 80 questions 2-2.5 hours recommended
Then Physics was 109 questions and 2-3 recommended hours
Then Chem was 104 questions and 2-3 recommended

I took breaks every 30-40 questions, and took a little more time on each test. I generally dont run into time problems on tests so I didnt worry about that.

Note the subjects that I do worst on I tended to take the most time on.

 

[argama]

is there a way to print the answers/analysis after you complete it? I haven't started yet but was wondering if it's possible to print answers & explainations after taking it for future references?

I know the questions without answers are in pdf form and can be printed & saved

 

[djkoush]

I seem to be taking around the same time as the AAMC recommends, give or take a few minutes.

Is it just me or did the AAMC pick some of the harder questions from old MCATs?