So I just got my score and my PS/Verbal were 7/9.... My BS was absolute garbage. I may as well have guessed. (Which shocked me since I was getting a 9 usually)
Either way I'm going to do the SDN study plan (Any tips/ stories about the plan?) .... However I've used up all the AAMC except 7... What would you do in this situation.`
You HAVE TO save AAMC 7 to do last (a week or so before your exam), so that you get at least one legitimate score.
Just because you've done the other AAMC exams already, doesn't mean they can't prove useful. The scores you get will be biased, so they can't be used for diagnostic purposes. But they can be used for review.
I'd suggest that once a week you take an AAMC exam without worrying about the time and evaluate how you answer the question (background knowledge, POE, extraction from the passage, etc...). Find out how you answer their questions best. Then build your test strategies around that.
If you can, write down everything you recall from your actual MCAT and compare that to the the AAMC practice exams. This will only help if you can recall some things from your first exam. Figuring out what makes you struggle on the AAMC exams should help you to get an idea of what hurt you on your actual MCAT, which is the starting point to doing better this next time.
The good news is that the second time sitting requires less tedious review and more application. It's all about doing passages and working through answer explanations, which you'll be doing plenty of. Reviewing information and doing free standing questions can give you a false sense of security. Make sure you do plenty of passage-based questions this time.
