August 26 MCAT Club!

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I didn't see a post for the 8/26 MCAT, so I'm wondering if anyone is taking it on August 26? Have you started taking practice exams? Are you still reviewing the material? Is this your first MCAT?

I just started reviewing and will be taking my first practice MCAT tomorrow. Good luck everyone!! 🙂

 

[cornpops21]

so i just came back from my first ever mcat. after sacrificing an entire summer studying my ass off and scoring 30-33 on each aamc i felt really confident going into today's exam.all i have to say is....WHAT THE FREAKING F**K.

Physics-not terribly bad..i loved the chem. physics was ok except for 2 passages about eletricity/capacitance. im pretty dumb and ran out of time (which never happens) so basically had to guess on like 6 questions.GREAT. ughhh.

verbal-really dont remember. okiguess?

writing-whateves

bio-ok now here's the REAL WTF. what was thepoint of studying everything when nothing was on the test???? there was a TON of molecular/cancer stuff and lots of random **** ididnt know. omg this just sucked hardcore.

i left the place basically crying (which is what i normally do regardless of how i did) but honestly, i really dont know what to think right now.
im only going into my junior year so i know i have more chances, but the mcats put me through hell once i really dont wanna have to do it again.
this was ALOT harder than any aamc..they put you into a false sense of security.
some encouragement would be nice...
predicted score??
uhhhh 20?????? jfdkhlsk;dfkfgh!!!
and i know its not nerves...because i wassoexcited going into it, so confident. meehhhh

to thatgirl413,

I'm sorry to hear about that. It's always tough coming right out of the exam b/c you tend to think the absolute worst about your performance. I thought the exact same way when I came out of my Aug 7 exam. Hopefully with time, you'll gain some more confidence in how you did. Of course, there's nothing you can do about it now, so the best advice is to do anything and everything to take your mind off it. The next month will be a drag, but you can surely get through it.

I understand your feeling of studying the entire summer. I spent about 3 months doing hardcore studying about 8 hours a day...only to get slapped in the face with the real thing. But the great thing about this test is....you can take it again. I know it doesn't sound appetizing, but you do get another chance if you need it. These tests ARE harder than the aamc ones you've taken, but if you went into the test feeling confident and performed on the same level you did on the practice exams, then don't stress too terribly much. Everything will take care of itself in the end, and if you have the heart and determination to become a doctor, then I think you'll find a way to get it done.

Keep your head up!

 

[thatgirl413]

to thatgirl413,

I'm sorry to hear about that. It's always tough coming right out of the exam b/c you tend to think the absolute worst about your performance. I thought the exact same way when I came out of my Aug 7 exam. Hopefully with time, you'll gain some more confidence in how you did. Of course, there's nothing you can do about it now, so the best advice is to do anything and everything to take your mind off it. The next month will be a drag, but you can surely get through it.

I understand your feeling of studying the entire summer. I spent about 3 months doing hardcore studying about 8 hours a day...only to get slapped in the face with the real thing. But the great thing about this test is....you can take it again. I know it doesn't sound appetizing, but you do get another chance if you need it. These tests ARE harder than the aamc ones you've taken, but if you went into the test feeling confident and performed on the same level you did on the practice exams, then don't stress too terribly much. Everything will take care of itself in the end, and if you have the heart and determination to become a doctor, then I think you'll find a way to get it done.

Keep your head up!

hey- thanks alot for the encouragement...its true, we tend to over react. but its really hard when something youve worked so hard for doesnt come out theway you'd hope : / of course if i must, i will retake. i know i just need to suck it up...no use worrying about an outcome i dont even know, right! thanks again...here's to smiling

 

[mosquitoman]

i thought physics was harder than aamc practice

verbal was fairly easy

writing was great

bio .. one hard passage on the utis.. but you could figure it out from the text

overall i thought physics was the hardest.. and i usually love the first section
i think it was the nervousness which hit during the first section and then went away

the wait is terrible!
i want my scores!

 

[Tutmos]

Big old void on mine 😀. Physics wasn't bad, verbal wasn't bad with a few very iffy answers but Bio nailed me. I got caught up in a few of the earlier passages and took too long then thought I needed to speed up for the rest of it and just kind of skimmed the hard passage assuming half the questions would be generic but then found it's almost all about details that you can't know unless getting it from the passage. So I had to go back and read most of it over again and got really annoyed by then since I was a little slow as well. In the end I voided after 4:55 of thinking about it because those were pretty stupid mistakes on my part no matter what the curve is like. I'm just not willing to risk a crappy score when I know I could have done far better.

The real question is how quickly can I get in to take it again. I can't seem to do anything today on MCAT site as it shows me still registerred for today.

Bleh. Grats to others that finally got it over with.

 

[shnuffles]

So what is the deal with the curve, anyway? I mean, on most practice tests (i.e. EK Verbal 101), the scores are set. Does anyone know what kind of a range can be what kind of a score? Like, can a 12 on ps be anything from a 30-45?? lksdfjl good to hear that others thought it was a hard test, too! I definitely can relate to the frustration some of you are feeling! After working so hard, then performing wayy below how you normally perform is a terrible feeling. Especially since for this round of apps, there is no time to retest! Okay, I need to stop obsessing and go open a bottle of wine. Hang in there everyone!

 

[Tutmos]

This kind of sucks, I can't check to see what dates are still open at what testing centers for the day. Would it be unethical to create a second account with AAMC to be able to see that info?

and I'm really second guessing that void the more I think about it : (

 

[stn1983]

oh man that was one of the hardest test I've taken. Going into the exam I had average 12-13's in BS and PS on the AAMC exams. I took the AAMC 7-10. Going out, I would be happy if I even got a 10 in those section. I usually finish the practice exam with 20 minutes in PS and 30 minutes in BS to spare, but today I used up all of the allotted time. Some of those passages were just brutal. It was very discouraging because I had all the confident in the world going into this exam. I also took all 10 of the golden standard CBT exams and also average 12's-13s. Today's exam I thought was harder than all of the exams above. On a positive note... the verbal section was not all that bad. This is the only section where I can say the difficulty level is about the same as the AAMC ones.

 

[DJ303]

OMG that test was hard.

PS This section was heavily calcuation based for me. I was struggling with the time. I barely finished but had to guess on 3 questions ack! There were lots of weird calculations that required manipulation. I noticed there were a handful of questions that didnt need an exact number, but asked which answer calculation is setup properly. I cannot emphasize how much calculation there was on this section.

VR This was my weakest section going in, but I felt like I actually did well on this. It was very straight foward, but I know they say they have a work max for each passage. Well each passage was at its MAX. A lot of my passges had 4 BIG long paragraphs

WS- easy. I actually finished one early so I sat there and enjoyed my extra time

BS This section was ok. I think I messed up on the UTI passage which sucked, but if I had to give a word of advice, make sure to know how to synthesize data. The passage was crazy full of details and graphs, hopefully I got some of them right!

All im asking for is a 10/10/10

 

[athelas314]

This test seemed much more time-crunch-y than most practice tests. Hopefully I didn't make any stupid errors. I agree that the WS was nice and juicy.

 

[Kanjab]

Holy cow... I took a ton of practice tests and honestly didn't study a TON, but that test today was RIDICULOUS.
PS - It was ok I lost track of time and stressed a bit, but still problems were much tougher than practice 10 etc (aamc)
VR - whatev...ok
Essay - well.. its essay....
BS - WHAT THE? Serious I got lost so many times that the principles were cake, but the way it was written etc was jacked.

How much can a curve effect scores etc? Does anyone know if other MCAT administrations have this many people saying WTFreak?

 

[DrDre2001]

I just took it.

PS Section: I agree with the comments about this having WAY more calculations than any of the practice exams. So these questions took up a lot of time and i was left with 3 minutes for last passage...which never would happen to me on the practice AAMC 4-8.

Verbal: This section was descent.

BS Section: I am SOO damn happy that i see that a few people in this thread already mentioned the "UTI/ UTEP, E coli" passage. That was a very detailed passage...Im pretty sure I missed a few in this passage.

 

[Y88]

Lol I came in here expecting these exact comments...I guess we all know how that test went...

 

[Kanjab]

above post. . . on PS did it seem much more difficult to "estimate" the calculations to everyone else? Practice aamc tests made it SO easy to just pull ratios out etc to solve, but the test today had a lot lot lot lot of actual calcs that threw me off.

 

[Ninjaface]

Phew... OVER!

My assessment:

Physical sciences was brutal for me. Seemed to be a lot of passages, including one that was like 3 paragraphs long for only 2 questions..? I just made educated guesses based on questions stems for those 2. i finished with 0 time left, and about 20 marked questions, half of which were 50-50 guesses and the other half were 75-25 (meaning I was fairly confident I made the correct guess of 2 choices, but would have liked to check them over if I could have). I think it was mostly nerves keeping me down but not having kicked in enough to make up for lack of sleep that really screwed me. There were enough I was sure of that I don't think I totally bombed it though. Did seem like half of it was elecrochem and electrostatics, which is my worst area. Hardest phys sciences I have seen from AAMC.

My prediction 9 or 10. Possibly an 8 if I guessed bad. My practice averages were 11 or 12s.

Verbal: Nothing too hard, nor too easy. It was a fair verbal. Lots of art crap which I usually hate, but the passages were not to complicated. too bad the scale is so hard on verbal. Who the hell is it out there that does so well on this section to raise the curve so high? Seems the lowest average amongst people here anyways.

My prediction: on par with practice tests. 11 or 12. a 13 wouldn't surprise me too much (though I would be VERY happy), I doubt I did as bad as a 10.

Writing: Was writing. first essay was just so so, I would think a 4 is very likely. The second one I nailed. 5 or 6.

Bio: The heavy neurosci weighting saved my ass. I have a Master's in neurosci. I never even read a word of the passage on it, and am sure I nailed every one plus the stand-alones. Freaking needed it for that cancer passage, and the other one that sucked. I think I spent 15 minutes on that cancer business, and I needed it, I only just started understanding it by the end. I also had time to check all my other marked questions. Thank God for all the neuro, if not for that I would have said it was a very hard bio. As it is it was probably average for my strengths.

Prediction: 12. An 11 would surprise me. a 13 wouldn't.

Predicted range overall: between a 29 low and 37 high. Would be extremely happy with something in the middle. Shouldn't have to re-write either way, but I could still get hammered, You never know till you get the marks. I was pretty tired. My sympathies to the voiders and re-writers (esp. if I am one) - you'll get it next time! COngrats to the others who may have got what they wanted.

Time to get inebriated!

edit: and to the above post, yes, I had about 4 times the amount of stuff written down during the phys as I usually do.

 

[DJ303]

One thing that threw me off on my exam was that I am use to 3 big sets of discretes, so when I finished my last passage I was so happy only to realize then when I clicked next there were 2 discretes left. The number of Questions (52 for physics and bio) remained the same but it was just a slight difference with the way that the practice aamc have their discrete setup. Did anyone else have an exam like this?

 

[Justforfun]

After taking the June 13th MCAT in which I made a LOT of careless errors, I decided to give it another go in August....bad choice.

June 13th MCAT was really hard...I had a friend who voided it and got a 37 taking it in July. So although I got a 32 (which was about 4 points lower than what I averaged on AAMC), I took it again.

This test was EVEN harder. The worst part about this test was the physics...so much calculations that I, like so many others, could not finish! I had to guess on atleast 4-5 questions.

Here's my concise review of the test:

Physics - Too much calculation, too little time. The result...too much guessing.

Verbal - I didn't pay attention to time at all because Physics pissed me off so much. I did finish, however, only because my last two passages were easy reads.

Biology - I loved it...until that goddamn kidney infection passage...i was too tired to speedily synthesize the myriad of acronyms. I did, but grudgingly. Guessed on atleast 2.

Score Predictions

Physics
June 12
August 11

Verbal
June 10
August 11

Biology
June 10
August 13


My August Predictions are a bit optimistic, but, heh, its better to be that way.

 

[BitingPlates]

PS OH man, ****ing anxiety got me, usually a strong section. My timing was off, and I had to guess on entire last passage. WTF...why do I do this to myself?

Verbal I thought it was fair and similar to AAMC.

Bio Very easy, except for 2 passages. One on antibodies, and the other on genes involving cancer BRCAA1 -2 and some others.

I am a retaker from last year, and I think the anxiety in the PS section is going to ruin my whole score. The other sections weren't too bad.....I am disappointed in myself even though I know the anxiety issue is unpredictable when taking an exam. Tomorrow is another day.

 

[BitingPlates]

I second that about using a ton of paper for PS.

 

[rayden001]

It looks like the curve would work in you guy's favor. If it felt hard for you (over-achieving SDNers), imagine how others felt.
From what I gather, it seems that BIO is becoming the next verbal in terms of being ambiguous. Good luck.

 

[doctorbuddh]

PS- Harder than usual...guessed on ~4 questions. Calculation based, so Kaplan was pretty good practice for that.
VR- I thought all passages were very reasonable. One of them was pretty hard, but that was compensated by the easy questions (no details, just variations about main idea).
WS- Interesting topics (I don't know whether I can tell you guys what they were about). To know send me a PM.

BS-This was my weaker science section coming in and I had 21 mins left with 2 of the hardest passages to go. Trust me, they WERE hard! And I kept trying to understand them by reading them over and over. Moreover, combined both the passages prolly had just 1 pseudo-discrete.

**TIP: If you don't understand a passage (which will probably be on the case on your MCAT) make the freaking map...no matter how much you hate mapping....it will help you consolidate the idea in your head **

As soon as I made the map for one of the last 2 passages, the answers started falling into place. Too bad I realized that late that I should have mapped for both the passages.

 

[wrathofgod64]

wrathofgod's objective assessment of today's MCAT exam

Physics: WTF?
Verbal: OK
Writing: as long as i get above a J I'm happy
Bio: WTF?

 

[domani]

Done son!!

my take:

PS: yea. i usually get 14 or 15 on AAMC practice tests, but definitely not this time...lots of calcs...almost ran out of time and had to guess on 3 q's =( don't know, maybe it was the nerves of it being my first MCAT, i dunno. just a lot of weird calcs i guess

VR: pretty similar to AAMC practice tests, not too crazy, not easy

WS: hot and spicy. jk, it was whatever

BS: ehh. the neuro was nice since i'm a neuro concentrator. but it had two, not-so-trill (i've always wanted to use that word!) passages on cancer genetics and i had the antibody passage, everyone else seems to have the utis...did anyone have all three of these passages, did i miss something?!?

 

[cornpops21]

Big old void on mine 😀. Physics wasn't bad, verbal wasn't bad with a few very iffy answers but Bio nailed me. I got caught up in a few of the earlier passages and took too long then thought I needed to speed up for the rest of it and just kind of skimmed the hard passage assuming half the questions would be generic but then found it's almost all about details that you can't know unless getting it from the passage. So I had to go back and read most of it over again and got really annoyed by then since I was a little slow as well. In the end I voided after 4:55 of thinking about it because those were pretty stupid mistakes on my part no matter what the curve is like. I'm just not willing to risk a crappy score when I know I could have done far better.

The real question is how quickly can I get in to take it again. I can't seem to do anything today on MCAT site as it shows me still registerred for today.

Bleh. Grats to others that finally got it over with.

Tutmos,

I believe there's a 2-3 day lag period in which you can't register for another test date. After that, you can.

 

[Tutmos]

Tutmos,

I believe there's a 2-3 day lag period in which you can't register for another test date. After that, you can.

Thanks, I just found that on the AAMC faq. Now the real question will be if there are any open seats left after that 2 days is up. There were only 2 days with open seats left this year within 100 miles of me. I had my wife make an account to check.

 

[BlueElmo]

Oh God, my test is on 9/6, and reading these posts makes me so scared. I'm getting low 30s on my practice AAMCS, what does this mean? Does this mean I should expect 20s on the real thing?🙁

 

[jesed_s]

ACK...
PS: harder than any AAMC practice EVER. Did anyone understand the passage about torque and the twisting fiber that turns a certain number of radians? WTH?

Verbal: Easier than what I've seen, but not completely easy.

WS: blah.

BS: omg.. hardest ever. Did everyone get the BRCA passage and the one with adiponectin and insulin? I didn't see any UTI's... i really hope i didn't skip over that.

 

[Ninjaface]

BS: ehh. the neuro was nice since i'm a neuro concentrator. but it had two, not-so-trill (i've always wanted to use that word!) passages on cancer genetics and i had the antibody passage, everyone else seems to have the utis...did anyone have all three of these passages, did i miss something?!?

Yeah, I had the same Bio. I've seen at least one or two others did as well that I've read here. BRC-2 or whatever the heck blew. Antibodies, no UTIs, no adiponectin.

 

[JasonE]

i did not have an insulin passage nor a twisting thread one.

im guessing that the curve will be more forgiving that the aamc practice tests. for example, i got 3 wrong on physical science on aamc 7 (i think it was 7), and it ended up being a 13. i highly doubt a curve for a test like todays would be that tough.

 

[thatgirl413]

ACK...
PS: harder than any AAMC practice EVER. Did anyone understand the passage about torque and the twisting fiber that turns a certain number of radians? WTH?

Verbal: Easier than what I've seen, but not completely easy.

WS: blah.

BS: omg.. hardest ever. Did everyone get the BRCA passage and the one with adiponectin and insulin? I didn't see any UTI's... i really hope i didn't skip over that.

that physics passage...uhh NO CLUE!! I think i guessed on half those questions.
bio was honestly insane, ive never seen anything like it. i got the brca1 and another one on calcitonin/insulin thing..RIDIC!! i dont know howi could have prepared for that...i was scoring 10-11 on each bio section and have taken molec bio, but still could not get it together at all.
i really should stop complaining and worrying...im saving that for 29 days 🙂

 

[allen5055]

I wish I'd seen this website before I took the MCAT. I had no idea that the real MCATs were harder than the AAMC practice ones. Anyways, my impressions were the same as those of everyone else. I went in thinking it'd be as easy as the AAMC practice ones, and at first the physics section was, but then I started running out of time in the last half of the physical science section. I finished it all and went back to check my marked questions, but I feel like I spent way too much time on the first half relaxing which resulted in me rushing on the back half. I'm worried that so much was calculation based; usually I check all of my calculations afterwards but I didn't have time which probably means I made a mistake or two on them.

Physical - difficult - it would have been easier if I'd known this would be a harder test than the practice AAMC tests

Verbal - pretty standard

Writing - easy

Bio - hard, but I took a class last semester in which all of the test questions were exactly like the cancer and crn gene passages.

I've averaged a 42 (14-15 physical, 12-13 verbal, 15 bio) on all of my MCATs, AAMC and Kaplan alike, but I think I'll suffer a bit on the physical since I misjudged the time I'd have to check everything. I also know for a fact that I missed two on my physical science. I'm also worried that the curve will be as strict as the practice AAMC tests even though this test was more comparable to the Kaplan tests. I read the posts for one of the previous tests and it sounded like those guys actually thought they did well when they finished but they got scores that were substantially worse than their practice scores.

Prediction:

Physical: 12-14

Verbal: 12-13

Bio: 15

 

[DrDre2001]

Hmmm..I had the UTI's passage and the BRCAA/PAPTI passage as two of the hard ones i can remember. I dont recall anything on calcitonin and insulin though....

Umm, what the heck though. I thought we all had the same test?

 

[JasonE]

I wish I'd seen this website before I took the MCAT. I had no idea that the real MCATs were harder than the AAMC practice ones. Anyways, my impressions were the same as those of everyone else. I went in thinking it'd be as easy as the AAMC practice ones, and at first the physics section was, but then I started running out of time in the last half of the physical science section. I finished it all and went back to check my marked questions, but I feel like I spent way too much time on the first half relaxing which resulted in me rushing on the back half. I'm worried that so much was calculation based; usually I check all of my calculations afterwards but I didn't have time which probably means I made a mistake or two on them.

Physical - difficult - it would have been easier if I'd known this would be a harder test than the practice AAMC tests

Verbal - pretty standard

Writing - easy

Bio - hard, but I took a class last semester in which all of the test questions were exactly like the cancer and crn gene passages.

I've averaged a 42 on all of my MCATs, AAMC and Kaplan alike, but I think I'll suffer a bit on the physical since I misjudged the time I'd have to check everything. I also know for a fact that I missed two on my physical science. I'm also worried that the curve will be as strict as the practice AAMC tests even though this test was more comparable to the Kaplan tests.

Prediction:

Physical: 12-14

Verbal: 12-13

Bio: 15

with your predictions, what exactly are you ****ting about?

 

[ChairmanMao]

This was a tough test, no one could have seen it coming. I don't think there was anything that we could have done about it, we were totally blindsided by the Bio section (and for some, the Physical section). There were some things that were simply beyond what we could have studied for.

Hopefully a lot of you will be applying next year, if not, don't feel so bad about, I'm sure the curve will be more generous.

 

[allen5055]

Has anyone ever heard of AAMC tests with a Kaplan-like curve?

 

[ChairmanMao]

I wish I'd seen this website before I took the MCAT. I had no idea that the real MCATs were harder than the AAMC practice ones. Anyways, my impressions were the same as those of everyone else. I went in thinking it'd be as easy as the AAMC practice ones, and at first the physics section was, but then I started running out of time in the last half of the physical science section. I finished it all and went back to check my marked questions, but I feel like I spent way too much time on the first half relaxing which resulted in me rushing on the back half. I'm worried that so much was calculation based; usually I check all of my calculations afterwards but I didn't have time which probably means I made a mistake or two on them.

Physical - difficult - it would have been easier if I'd known this would be a harder test than the practice AAMC tests

Verbal - pretty standard

Writing - easy

Bio - hard, but I took a class last semester in which all of the test questions were exactly like the cancer and crn gene passages.

I've averaged a 42 (14-15 physical, 12-13 verbal, 15 bio) on all of my MCATs, AAMC and Kaplan alike, but I think I'll suffer a bit on the physical since I misjudged the time I'd have to check everything. I also know for a fact that I missed two on my physical science. I'm also worried that the curve will be as strict as the practice AAMC tests even though this test was more comparable to the Kaplan tests. I read the posts for one of the previous tests and it sounded like those guys actually thought they did well when they finished but they got scores that were substantially worse than their practice scores.

Prediction:

Physical: 12-14

Verbal: 12-13

Bio: 15

I think you'll be fine, you don't need a 45 to get accepted to some top schools

 

[Bingo87]

Has anyone ever heard of AAMC tests with a Kaplan-like curve?

Ya, that's what I'm hoping for too. I totally blew the physical sci 👎 Had to rush through the last 1/3 of the section. I've never gotten below 12 on any of the AAMC or Kaplan phys sci section, but I'm going to guess I got below a 10 on this one...

 

[allen5055]

Ya, that's what I'm hoping for too. I totally blew the physical sci 👎 Had to rush through the last 1/3 of the section. I've never gotten below 12 on any of the AAMC or Kaplan phys sci section, but I'm going to guess I got below a 10 on this one...

Do they really grade on a different curve for each individual exam though? If we all were surprised on the time we'd have left, the curve should reflect that.

 

[wandashmeik]

ACK...
PS: harder than any AAMC practice EVER. Did anyone understand the passage about torque and the twisting fiber that turns a certain number of radians? WTH?

Verbal: Easier than what I've seen, but not completely easy.

WS: blah.

BS: omg.. hardest ever. Did everyone get the BRCA passage and the one with adiponectin and insulin? I didn't see any UTI's... i really hope i didn't skip over that.

I had both the BRCA passage and the adiponectin--I was like WHAT THE?? I think I spent about 15 min on the BRCA one and still guessed on half of them. I was amazed at the material, no amount of studying could have prepared me for today.

Has anyone heard though about "experimental" passages that don't get graded??

 

[JasonE]

Do they really grade on a different curve for each individual exam though? If we all were surprised on the time we'd have left, the curve should reflect that.

yes of course they do. notice that on the aamc practice tests?

 

[allen5055]

yes of course they do. notice that on the aamc practice tests?

Yeah, but the curve difference is like a question or two. Pretty much non-existent.

 

[JasonE]

Yeah, but the curve difference is like a question or two. Pretty much non-existent.

i agree but the difficulty of PS and BS on exams say 7-10 were all pretty similar. i would say some of the stuff on todays PS and BS were harder than anything on any of the practice tests. even the discrete questions were not as easy.

 

[StayingSteady]

Predicted range overall: between a 29 low and 37 high. Would be extremely happy with something in the middle.

LOL ok bro, I don't think you needed to take the mcat to guesstimate that range.

 

[zombiegirl1979]

Yeah that test was killer!! I totally got my timing messed in PS. I actually didn't find it hard until i started running out of time. Then I had to rush and I'm sure my last passage was a crap shoot.

Verbal was easy.

The Bio wasn't bad except of course THOSE 2 passages. I guessed on most of those.

I really hope the curve is nice for this one. Imagine how everyone in the country did if the overachievers who score high 30s on this forum found it hard?

 

[jesed_s]

So did anyone get the twisting fiber that dealt with torque in the PS section? I totally blanked on it!

 

[JC2]

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[ilikekiwis]

Dude WTF was with this test??

PS: I usually finish with 5-10 minutes....but this I actually ran out of time and had to guess on the a couple questions...and SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS AFTER PASSAGE 7 or else I fail

I usually get 11-12 on AAMC
Prediction: 9

Verbal: Not bad, standard stuff just a little longer

AAMC: 11-12
Prediction:10-11

Writing: meh

Bio: dude the microbio passage killed me. i wish i had gotten the neuro passages some of you got cuz i'm a neurosci major...but no now i fail . seriously, wtf is up with these? it involved like very little of what you actually study in EK or even Berkeley

AAMC: 10
Prediction: 8-9


January...here I come

 

[ImNotBritish]

ACK...
PS: harder than any AAMC practice EVER. Did anyone understand the passage about torque and the twisting fiber that turns a certain number of radians? WTH?

Verbal: Easier than what I've seen, but not completely easy.

WS: blah.

BS: omg.. hardest ever. Did everyone get the BRCA passage and the one with adiponectin and insulin? I didn't see any UTI's... i really hope i didn't skip over that.

Yep, I had all 3 passages that you had. I got totally rocked. I even had a cancer class last semester that focused a lot on BRCA1/BRCA2, and I still had no idea where that passage was going. Also, I didn't have the UTI thing either, so I don't think both of us somehow managed to skip it. I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that got blindsided, though. Here's to hoping for a strong curve!

 

[Justforfun]

Anyone up for a MCAT chat? I'm on aim...subzer01337. Perhaps, hearing how others felt will help cheer me up :/.

 

[ilikekiwis]

so, really , were there any standalone questions after passage 7 in PS?

 

[jcodyhedge]

Im not sure if sections change from test to test but I'm pretty sure there were a couple of questions after passage 7...