am i the only one that thinks PS has a "right" answer and BS has a "best" answer

[knooch]

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usually with PS, i feel like you know if you got the answer right or wrong.
but with BS, I feel like there is a ton of questions where I have no idea if I got it right/wrong.

Don't know if this because I spent 75-80% of my prep time on PS or if that's how most of you guys feel.

 

[DocMC]

usually with PS, i feel like you know if you got the answer right or wrong.
but with BS, I feel like there is a ton of questions where I have no idea if I got it right/wrong.

Don't know if this because I spent 75-80% of my prep time on PS or if that's how most of you guys feel.

Pretty much. Although in BS, there still is only one best answer. There is a reason why one is better than the other, and that is what the MCAT writers want students to decide using critical thinking. It can actually be kind of fun, and frustrating, obviously.

 

[DoctorSynthesis]

Pretty much. Although in BS, there still is only one best answer. There is a reason why one is better than the other, and that is what the MCAT writers want students to decide using critical thinking. It can actually be kind of fun, and frustrating, obviously.

Most of the times in biological there is 3 wrong answers and one correct. I guess you can make an argument in orgo they could put a minor product and major product and therefore the major product is best but if they ask for the major product then the minor one is obviously wrong. Alot of bio is experiments and interpreting graphs that is very black and white.

 

[DocMC]

Most of the times in biological there is 3 wrong answers and one correct. I guess you can make an argument in orgo they could put a minor product and major product and therefore the major product is best but if they ask for the major product then the minor one is obviously wrong. Alot of bio is experiments and interpreting graphs that is very black and white.

Yeah. The more experiment-based passages you do, the more black and white the answers become. I took AAMC 8 today, and the BS was much different than the other AAMC's (3, 4, 5, and 7). It was definitely more critical thinking. It had me scared for a bit but it was my highest BS score

 

[khrisskhoras]

usually with PS, i feel like you know if you got the answer right or wrong.
but with BS, I feel like there is a ton of questions where I have no idea if I got it right/wrong.

Don't know if this because I spent 75-80% of my prep time on PS or if that's how most of you guys feel.

That how the BS is mostly for those annoying molecular bio questions. Alot of them are questions related specifically to certain lab techniques of which I have no background knowledge. F molecular bio, stupid thing made up 85% of my BS section and screwed me over...(rant).

 

[wjs010]

Yeah. The more experiment-based passages you do, the more black and white the answers become. I took AAMC 8 today, and the BS was much different than the other AAMC's (3, 4, 5, and 7). It was definitely more critical thinking. It had me scared for a bit but it was my highest BS score

I scored an 8 on that bio. It crushed me. Those passages were killer. 10 bio was hard too

 

[inycepoo]

I scored an 8 on that bio. It crushed me. Those passages were killer. 10 bio was hard too

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[inycepoo]

am i the only one that thinks PS has a "right" answer and BS has a "best" answer

No, there is only ever one right answer. The AAMC decides what that is. Sorry, bro.