Am I the only one who feels this way?

[brood910]

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I feel like AAMC FLs do not even require that much recalling specific details compared to other FLs.
While I was doing TBR passages, I felt like I couldnt solve some problems because I couldnt remember some specific stuff, but when I was doing AAMC FLs, I felt like I could find all the information needed in the passages and had to apply only a bit of my own knowledge.. All the questions seemed to be testing my test-taking + critical thinking skills..

Overall, I think AAMC FLs are wayyyyyy easier..

 

[phunky]

I found the AAMC FLs easier than all other FLs I took (GS and TBR).

Non-aamcs are useful for finding your knowledge gaps and building endurance, but they're usually not that representative of the real test. MCAT is not a knowledge test, and people who think it is inevitably do not do very well. I'd say on my real MCAT, only ~1/3 of questions required any outside knowledge.

 

[brood910]

You said that you read a lot and memorized vocabs but was it before you started preparing for the mcat or during? Seeking advice. Thanks!

I would score higher on verbal if I started reading convoluted journals a few years ago.
But, I started reading + memorizing vocab when I started studying for MCAT.

I am still memorizing 30 words everyday.

 

[nonamechemist]

I would score higher on verbal if I started reading convoluted journals a few years ago.
But, I started reading + memorizing vocab when I started studying for MCAT.

I am still memorizing 30 words everyday.

You memorize the words you pick out from the practice passages?

 

[brood910]

You memorize the words you pick out from the practice passages?

Sometimes passages have words that even native English speakers dont know, so I do not take every single word out of the passages. Rather, I usually make my own list of words that I often see everywhere.
Also, if I miss a question because I couldnt understand an important sentence, then I check if the words in the sentence are common or not.

 

[aspiring20]

Sometimes passages have words that even native English speakers dont know, so I do not take every single word out of the passages. Rather, I usually make my own list of words that I often see everywhere.
Also, if I miss a question because I couldnt understand an important sentence, then I check if the words in the sentence are common or not.

now this seems like a novel way to prep for VR...

 

[Gauss44]

I feel like AAMC FLs do not even require that much recalling specific details compared to other FLs.
While I was doing TBR passages, I felt like I couldnt solve some problems because I couldnt remember some specific stuff, but when I was doing AAMC FLs, I felt like I could find all the information needed in the passages and had to apply only a bit of my own knowledge.. All the questions seemed to be testing my test-taking + critical thinking skills..

Overall, I think AAMC FLs are wayyyyyy easier..

Hush! AAMC is on this forum!! I don't want them to make it harder!

 

[Uafl112]

I learned that the earlier AAMC exams (3-7) require outside knowledge but are really easy. 8 and 9 is when i felt the jump between a content driven test and a critical thinking test. All my friends have said that the test is more so like the higher up AAmC exams, and hence critical thinking. That being said, I still think they are very doable. I am personally pleased with myself when I can read an AAMC passage about a # of patients having a certain disease and am then asked to diagnose the situation. I feel like a badass

 

[brood910]

I learned that the earlier AAMC exams (3-7) require outside knowledge but are really easy. 8 and 9 is when i felt the jump between a content driven test and a critical thinking test. All my friends have said that the test is more so like the higher up AAmC exams, and hence critical thinking. That being said, I still think they are very doable. I am personally pleased with myself when I can read an AAMC passage about a # of patients having a certain disease and am then asked to diagnose the situation. I feel like a badass

And those outside knowledge is really basic.

 

[Francouer]

What year/edition of TBR books are you using?

 

[brood910]

What year/edition of TBR books are you using?

Doesnt matter as long as it is 2011+.
But they have wrong answers to some questions for orgo (They changed them in 2013 edition rofl).

 

[Idrinkwater]

I feel like AAMC FLs do not even require that much recalling specific details compared to other FLs.
While I was doing TBR passages, I felt like I couldnt solve some problems because I couldnt remember some specific stuff, but when I was doing AAMC FLs, I felt like I could find all the information needed in the passages and had to apply only a bit of my own knowledge.. All the questions seemed to be testing my test-taking + critical thinking skills..

Overall, I think AAMC FLs are wayyyyyy easier..

You definitely need to know specific information for the 12-13 stand alone questions, and getting those questions right or wrong can be the difference between an 8 and a 12 on BS and PS. In other words, one cant brush aside content review.

Passage related questions are easier imo since the answers are all there in the passage and graphs.

 

[brood910]

You definitely need to know specific information for the 12-13 stand alone questions, and getting those questions right or wrong can be the difference between an 8 and a 12 on BS and PS. In other words, one cant brush aside content review.

Passage related questions are easier imo since the answers are all there in the passage and graphs.

And those "specific" questions do not even go into so much detail as TBR questions do.
They all are very basic stuff.