August 6th Exam Feedback

[Ankaboot]

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Hey Guys, I was registered for today's exam but was too sick to take it.🙁

Hope you don't mind letting me know:

Which section was the hardest?
&
Was it like the AAMC CBTs online?
(I've been hearing that the new exam passages are much longer)

Any other comments?

Thanks and best of luck on your scores.

 

[Jwalker9]

Phys was not bad...Verbal was long and had some troublesome passages but i think Bio was the hardest. Writing prompts were easy. I dont have an excellent feeling about it, but dont care enough to worry about it right now. Wasnt really like CBT in my opinion. I was short on time on all 3 sections today where as i usually wasnt on practices. Overall, I'm just hoping for the best.

 

[andexterouss]

Hey Guys, I was registered for today's exam but was too sick to take it.🙁

Hope you don't mind letting me know:

Which section was the hardest?
&
Was it like the AAMC CBTs online?
(I've been hearing that the new exam passages are much longer)

Any other comments?

Thanks and best of luck on your scores.

It was a very unusual test. I just back from the exam so it's still fresh in my mind. First off, let me say that i've never taken a full-length exam in one sitting before .I usually tend to take them section by section with a couple of hours in btw each section. Therefore, i was worried going into the test that i may burn out from exhaustion. In fact, it was quite the opposite. The test was so calm and peaceful that i was amazed at whole process. it was very much less tiring than aamc, tpr or kaplan.

PS: One 2 physics passages. It was very much chemistry---5 passages. Not hard, not easy...just yuck. May one or two calculation. It was very much concept heavy.

VR: Didn't finish. Never do anyway. I heard it was longer but thats not the case. The fonts are just bigger. It can be compared to aamc.

BS: 2 hard organic passages. The rest was biology.Had lots of table and graphs. All in all....yuck!

I'm not sure how i did. I hope break a 10 on the VR.

 

[gujusnike]

that was pretty tough:


PS: got very text heavy in the middle.

VR: ok. expected.

WS: not bad at all.

BS: was a bit tougher than AAMC. Less conceptual, more graphical and passage-based.

Overall: It was a bit tough. The heavy texts surprised me and was def harder than aamc practice tests.

 

[andexterouss]

that was pretty tough:


PS: got very text heavy in the middle.

VR: ok. expected.

WS: not bad at all.

BS: was a bit tougher than AAMC. Less conceptual, more graphical and passage-based.

Overall: It was a bit tough. The heavy texts surprised me and was def harder than aamc practice tests.

Was yours more physics or chem? The BS was definitely had some wtf questions. Luckily, i finished. Mine had something about HP proteins.

 

[Despina]

Damn I wish I had scheduled my retake today and not for September. I really, really want a gen chem heavy exam. That would make my year! On practice exams I usually get about 98-100% of gen chem questions right (I was a general chemistry TA), but only about 65-70% of physics questions right.

 

[gujusnike]

Was yours more physics or chem? The BS was definitely had some wtf questions. Luckily, i finished. Mine had something about HP proteins.

I dont remember that.

The physics and gen chem was evenly mixed. Although one passage seemed like it was a huge deviation from both. lol

 

[hferdjal]

Physics was eh eh. It still violated me, but it didn't completely rape me. I'll be happy with a 8 or 9. It was harder than AAMC though, but not by much.

Verbal was smooth, at least to me. No economics **** that I absolutely abhor. Comparable to AAMC, but not as difficult as Kaplan.

Biology - in the middle about this. Some passages I completely understood, others I was like wtf. Pretty similar to Kaplan and AAMC.

Overall, it was an average experience. I didn't come out thinking I owned the test, but I didn't come out in tears either.

 

[drizzt3117]

Damn I wish I had scheduled my retake today and not for September. I really, really want a gen chem heavy exam. That would make my year! On practice exams I usually get about 98-100% of gen chem questions right (I was a general chemistry TA), but only about 65-70% of physics questions right.

Seriously. My exam (8/06) had 9/11 passages of physics including some just ridiculous ones. Nice curve, though.

 

[scdocusc]

sounds like so far that I wish I had taken the MCAT today as opposed to the 24th of july

 

[andexterouss]

Damn I wish I had scheduled my retake today and not for September. I really, really want a gen chem heavy exam. That would make my year! On practice exams I usually get about 98-100% of gen chem questions right (I was a general chemistry TA), but only about 65-70% of physics questions right.

Yea it was! Which was conundrum for me because i was weak in physics and decided to forgo chemistry and focus on physics. All in all ,it wasn't that bad. Only basic chemistry was tested and a passage on solubility. I wished i reviewed chem more though......oh well!

 

[SpartanBlueJay2]

Okay, so I have some basis for comparison since this is my 2nd MCAT in 2.5 months. However, I got no sleep last night and took this thing entirely on caffeine and adrenaline, so I guess we'll see how well that worked out.

PS: kind of a blur, I don't remember much. Caffeine hadn't quite kicked in yet. I can never tell how I do on PS, last time I thought I totally rocked it (like 13+ rocked it), and got an 11, so who knows. I did finish with a decent amount of time left though.

VR: much more focused than last time, and I overall feel better about it. Finished w/ 8 min. to spare (ran out of time last time), thought the passages were much more readable this time, and only a couple were really long (last time I swear every single one was super long)

WS: prompts were pretty easy, but I really didn't care about the section.

BS: I didn't think it was too bad. I finished w/ 20 minutes left, and checked all my answers twice. That worries me b/c last time I thought it was harder and finished w/ alot less time left, but did really well, so I'm afraid the curve may be tighter on this one.

Overall, I do feel better about this one than the last one, but who knows. The variability of subject matter, difficulty, and curve issues could throw everyone for a loop.

 

[DiscoDoc]

PS: Way harder than AAMC. I concur with the July 24th guys. Hoping for a nice curve. Closer to Kaplan than AAMC.
VR: About the same the practice tests. Who knows with VR anyways?
WS: I hate this section. Major writer's block. One of the prompts was the same as last year.
BS: Not bad, about the same as the practice tests. Pretty light on Orgo.

 

[J ROD]

Okay, so I have some basis for comparison since this is my 2nd MCAT in 2.5 months. However, I got no sleep last night and took this thing entirely on caffeine and adrenaline, so I guess we'll see how well that worked out.

PS: kind of a blur, I don't remember much. I can never tell how I do on PS, last time I thought I totally rocked it (like 13+ rocked it), and got an 11, so who knows.

VR: much more focused than last time, and I overall feel better about it. Finished w/ 8 min. to spare (ran out of time last time), thought the passages were much more readable this time, and only a couple were really long (last time I swear every single one was super long)

WS: prompts were pretty easy, but I really didn't care about the section.

BS: I didn't think it was too bad. I finished w/ 20 minutes left, and checked all my answers twice. That worries me b/c last time I thought it was harder and finished w/ alot less time left, but did really well, so I'm afraid the curve may be tighter on this one.

Overall, I do feel better about this one than the last one, but who knows. The variability of subject matter, difficulty, and curve issues could throw everyone for a loop.

Hope that verbal score works out for you. I know you have been putting in the time. Sit back and relax!!!

 

[SpartanBlueJay2]

Hope that verbal score works out for you. I know you have been putting in the time. Sit back and relax!!!

Thanks, J DUB! Me, too... I don't want to go a round 3!

And, as of about 5 seconds after post this, it is nap time. Relaxation starts... now!

 

[drizzt3117]

My thoughts from the whole MCAT process is that the curve tends to equalize out any differences in difficulty fairly well.

On my administration (8/2006)

PS was very hard, VR was very easy, and BS was about average. I thought my performance was poor on PS, very good on VR, and about average on BS, and I got the same score on each section. Other people have had similar thoughts from different administrations so I guess I feel that if you feel fairly comfortable with the test and finished all the questions without rushing, then the curve will take care of the rest.

 

[olemissbabydoc]

Don't know why I always comb these "feedback" threads, makes me nervous.

2 days, 18 hours til i pwn the beast!!

 

[trifry]

Here is what I thought about this morning's exam:

PS- pretty equal as far as physics vs. chemistry. More calculations than most of the practice tests I took (Kaplan FL 1-4 and AAMC 3). Finished just in time, and in the practices I always had like 10 mins left.

VR- Easier than Kaplan, harder than AAMC. Most of the passages I thought were straightforward, but 2 were more difficult and gave me some trouble. Had time to review all my marked questions.

WS- Easy...finished with like 10 mins left on each one.

BS- Litte more bio than organic. A lot of the questions were just straight from the passage, no outside knowledge needed. Def. easier than Kaplan, and maybe a little harder than the AAMC I took. Finished with 10 mins left.

Overall- I feel pretty good about it! I just hope the curve isn't totally skewed. I just want a 30 please!!

 

[MamadP]

Just got back from the exam...

I took the May 25th exam previously and scored a 13/6/10 (PS/VR/BS)

My practice scores this time were very high....13s consistently in PS and BS. Maxed out at 14 in PS and 15 in BS.


Today....HAHA

PS: Didnt even finish...i dont know how this happened. I didnt even have time to blindly guess on the last two discretes. I mean...how the hell can i got from a 13---> below 10 😱. Thats what i keep telling myself, but its not helping. I seriously wouldnt be suprised to get an "8". Even though i have never gotten below a 10 on any practice. That being said, i felt the exact same way after May 25th and landed a 13, but at least i finished that day.

VR: Wasnt bad at all. I think i did better than last time.

BS: wasnt bad, felt more like my other practices...hoping for similar results.


Am I the only idiot who thought PS was weird or difficult? *Kills self*

 

[PseudomonasPAO1]

Just got back from the exam...

I took the May 25th exam previously and scored a 13/6/10 (PS/VR/BS)

My practice scores this time were very high....13s consistently in PS and BS. Maxed out at 14 in PS and 15 in BS.


Today....HAHA

PS: Didnt even finish...i dont know how this happened. I didnt even have time to blindly guess on the last two discretes. I mean...how the hell can i got from a 13---> below 10 😱. Thats what i keep telling myself, but its not helping. I seriously wouldnt be suprised to get an "8". Even though i have never gotten below a 10 on any practice. That being said, i felt the exact same way after May 25th and landed a 13, but at least i finished that day.

Am I the only idiot who thought PS was weird or difficult? *Kills self*

If you pulled off a 13 on the May 25th PS (and had the ridiculously hard version), I wouldn't worry about your PS score. Unless you had a a major meltdown, you will likely fall in the same "bracket." Relax and focus on apps 🙂

 

[nursejessy]

PS: Hard!!! A lot of stuff I was hoping wouldn't be on there was, like torques. I feel like I was guessing a lot. It's hard to say how I did though because PS always seems hard to me, even when I score well. I think an even split of chem and physics though.
VR: A few passages were really hard to read and stay focused on. Overall I think I did better than the first time I took the test. Not too hard to get better than a 5. 🙁
WR: Easy. I finsished with 15min to spare with the first prompt and 10min extra with the 2nd prompt. Not worried about this section at all.
BS: ehh...it's hard to say how I did on this. I thought the discreets were especially difficult. Both Bio and OChem discreets were tough. I think I did decent with the passages. I think there were more Bio passages than OChem.

 

[gujusnike]

Just got back from the exam...

I took the May 25th exam previously and scored a 13/6/10 (PS/VR/BS)

My practice scores this time were very high....13s consistently in PS and BS. Maxed out at 14 in PS and 15 in BS.


Today....HAHA

PS: Didnt even finish...i dont know how this happened. I didnt even have time to blindly guess on the last two discretes. I mean...how the hell can i got from a 13---> below 10 😱. Thats what i keep telling myself, but its not helping. I seriously wouldnt be suprised to get an "8". Even though i have never gotten below a 10 on any practice. That being said, i felt the exact same way after May 25th and landed a 13, but at least i finished that day.

VR: Wasnt bad at all. I think i did better than last time.

BS: wasnt bad, felt more like my other practices...hoping for similar results.


Am I the only idiot who thought PS was weird or difficult? *Kills self*

NO NO! I thought PS was the hardest thing on there and it was tough.

 

[Tussis]

Just got back.

I started 50 minutes late due to, apparently, some national testing issue. They had us write our names down once we got to the testing center, and of course, assigned computers based upon who got there first. I was 25 min. early and the next to last person to get there. Then whatever fiasco they had with verifying our identities made me start 50 min late. (Took like 5-10 min to get a single person registered.)

PS: Harder than the AAMC practice tests. Are they simply in love with blackbody radiation? That passage wasn't hard, but it seems like they've had that a couple times recently now. Definitely more concept based; very few real calculations.

VR: It's pretty sad when you walk out and think VR was slightly easier than the other sections. Passage length? Perhaps a tad bit longer, but not by much. Questions 'seemed' easier though.

WS: hah... I care?

BS: wtf? I didn't mind at all any of the passages except for the heart one - I thought it was ok, right up until I started reading the questions. The general concepts were easy enough, but then they started pulling some weird extrapolations out of there. Like, I could read a question, and know a solid answer; yet, none of the answer choices were remotely similar.
There were, simply put, some really random questions that you'd have to of read your study book like eight times to finally pick up on. Like, there's broad concepts, the details behind the concept, then there's the detail of the detail of the detail. Stupid question if you ask me.

 

[queenofjungle14]

PS was tough, but VR and BS were easier than the ones on May 31st...overall, I feel much better walking out of this test than I did last time!

 

[andexterouss]

I'm I the only who didn't finish the VR??

 

[DiscoDoc]

NO NO! I thought PS was the hardest thing on there and it was tough.

Thank you! 😳

 

[Jericho]

Just got back from the exam...

I took the May 25th exam previously and scored a 13/6/10 (PS/VR/BS)

My practice scores this time were very high....13s consistently in PS and BS. Maxed out at 14 in PS and 15 in BS.


Today....HAHA

PS: Didnt even finish...i dont know how this happened. I didnt even have time to blindly guess on the last two discretes. I mean...how the hell can i got from a 13---> below 10 😱. Thats what i keep telling myself, but its not helping. I seriously wouldnt be suprised to get an "8". Even though i have never gotten below a 10 on any practice. That being said, i felt the exact same way after May 25th and landed a 13, but at least i finished that day.

VR: Wasnt bad at all. I think i did better than last time.

BS: wasnt bad, felt more like my other practices...hoping for similar results.


Am I the only idiot who thought PS was weird or difficult? *Kills self*

Seriously!! I just bent over on the PS...I did pretty well on PS last time -- even though my strength is Verbal/Writing (Journalism major) I minored in Physics and Chemistry and so I have a decent understanding. I absolutely BOMBED last time in BS, but this time...not so bad. VR -- aced it, no worries. I had an S last time on the writing.

I think we must have had the same test because WHAT THE EFFF with that PS????? AND I didn't finish either...was FLYING through the last few...guessing really! (A is for the apple I had this morning....B is for Bombing this section....C is for the Chemistry I've never seen...D is for the DAMN PS section!!)

 

[waterlilly]

wow. I think I must be the only one who came out crying. I thought it was all hard. I don't even remember how hard because I was so shocked by it all.

 

[KG86]

I thought PS was pretty tough, a lot harder than the AAMC practice exams. I always did well on the PS sections too, oh well.

VR wasn't bad, about the same as the AAMC exams I'd say.

BS was also pretty similar to AAMC, maybe a bit tougher. There were 4-5 tricky questions on there I thought.

 

[mmcnam]

PS - Very strange with that passage on meteorites and the earth forming? What science concept did I study to help me out with that? Very chemistry heavy, which is strange because shouldn't it always be half and half?

VR - Grr... I'd been doing verbal tests all week and I always had extra time. Not on this one. They were definitely readable, but some of the questions were tricky. I just hope the curve isn't steep. If they stick to the 10 wrong = 10 thing I've noticed from the AAMC, I might be ok. That one about political structure in central Europe was tough.

WS - whatever

BS - Definitely tough, and I didn't like the lizard thing at all. Otherwise ok. Some of the discretes were detail oriented and I thought it was highly passage based.

 

[Creightonite]

PS - Very strange with that passage on meteorites and the earth forming? What science concept did I study to help me out with that? Very chemistry heavy, which is strange because shouldn't it always be half and half?

VR - Grr... I'd been doing verbal tests all week and I always had extra time. Not on this one. They were definitely readable, but some of the questions were tricky. I just hope the curve isn't steep. If they stick to the 10 wrong = 10 thing I've noticed from the AAMC, I might be ok. That one about political structure in central Europe was tough.

WS - whatever

BS - Definitely tough, and I didn't like the lizard thing at all. Otherwise ok. Some of the discretes were detail oriented and I thought it was highly passage based.

hey, we had the same passages. I h8'ed lizzard passage, at least one question made no sense in that passage

My impression:

Overall: I h8 CRT screen so much. Nobody uses 800x600 resolution on 17" screens anymore. Every time I had to pull the periodic table, it would occupy the whole screen and I could not see the question anymore. That was annoying. Plus, I was getting tired of scrolling through passages. The test center was HOT, I was sweating through WS and BS. Also, who in the hell solves any problems on dry-erase board. Never used and will never use it again.

PS: did not like the earth-meteorite passage, had at least one question that I had to guess because i could not find the answer in the passage for whatever reason. Did not like the torque passage, my weakest link. Transition metal passage... hm, it took me forever to balance the equation which did not come out well. I am sure I could balance it, but it just did not work so I had to take a guess. Plus I had to write with huge letters on this dry erase board... never used it, that thing is so ******ed. What's wrong with paper and pen? I guess it is easy to sneak the notes out of the test center.

VR: ok, had hard passages.

WS: nah

BS. Poor chipmonks and dogs. Had quite a bit of Physeo. Had a few genetics questions, but not that many. I would've liked to see more molecular bio passages. I had a couple ambigious questions that could give a couple answers. Most of it was passage-based which was ok. It was definitely challelnging, but it could be worth. During last years MCAT we had a non-Mendelian genetics passage was was terrible.

 

[_T_]

PS - This absolutely killed me. I don't know if I had a different test or what compared to what most are saying because I had so many calculations and I ended up randomly guessing on at least 6 questions..🙁..a lot of stoichiometry which I'm usually good at but for some reason couldn't do at all during the exam
VR - Very much like typical AAMC style, reminded me a lot of CBT 9
WS - I blanked out for about 10 minutes cause I started stressing about failing the PS so I think I did very bad on the first one..haaa
BS - Once again very much like AAMC, light on Orgo which I was happy about

Now I'm stuck in a weird spot..I don't know if I should continue studying or wait it out till the score comes back..

 

[WonderBoy]

What kind of topics did you guys encounter in the science sections? I realize we can't talk about specific Q's but topics were ok.

Good luck with scores guys

 

[Jericho]

PS - Very strange with that passage on meteorites and the earth forming? What science concept did I study to help me out with that? Very chemistry heavy, which is strange because shouldn't it always be half and half?

VR - Grr... I'd been doing verbal tests all week and I always had extra time. Not on this one. They were definitely readable, but some of the questions were tricky. I just hope the curve isn't steep. If they stick to the 10 wrong = 10 thing I've noticed from the AAMC, I might be ok. That one about political structure in central Europe was tough.

WS - whatever

BS - Definitely tough, and I didn't like the lizard thing at all. Otherwise ok. Some of the discretes were detail oriented and I thought it was highly passage based.

You and I had the same exam....and I'm with you -- there was what 1 physics passage and a couple of random phys questions but a TON of weird chem questions...I didnt like the lizard questions either.

 

[Jericho]

hey, we had the same passages. I h8'ed lizzard passage, at least one question made no sense in that passage

My impression:

Overall: I h8 CRT screen so much. Nobody uses 800x600 resolution on 17" screens anymore. Every time I had to pull the periodic table, it would occupy the whole screen and I could not see the question anymore. That was annoying. Plus, I was getting tired of scrolling through passages. The test center was HOT, I was sweating through WS and BS. Also, who in the hell solves any problems on dry-erase board. Never used and will never use it again.

PS: did not like the earth-meteorite passage, had at least one question that I had to guess because i could not find the answer in the passage for whatever reason. Did not like the torque passage, my weakest link. Transition metal passage... hm, it took me forever to balance the equation which did not come out well. I am sure I could balance it, but it just did not work so I had to take a guess. Plus I had to write with huge letters on this dry erase board... never used it, that thing is so ******ed. What's wrong with paper and pen? I guess it is easy to sneak the notes out of the test center.

VR: ok, had hard passages.

WS: nah

BS. Poor chipmonks and dogs. Had quite a bit of Physeo. Had a few genetics questions, but not that many. I would've liked to see more molecular bio passages. I had a couple ambigious questions that could give a couple answers. Most of it was passage-based which was ok. It was definitely challelnging, but it could be worth. During last years MCAT we had a non-Mendelian genetics passage was was terrible.

yeah that equation was a genuine bugger wasn't it? I'm going to try and solve it now....we had paper/pencils at our test center...white board is WEIRD. Monitors SUCKED at my testing center -- hurt my eyes reading for long periods

 

[Tussis]

Lizard passage was... bleh

 

[Pancheros]

first off, test over. great feeling, huh? (until a month from now...aiiiiiii)

This probably isn't a good thing, but im going the other way on this test...

PS: decent. the cloud passage was weird, not sure how much science i needed to answer those questions. could have been better, but definitely could have been worse. liked the electricity one...


VR: good passages except the one on ecologists or what not. definitely saved that for last.

WR: cakewalk

BS: im feeling that this bio was the toughest ive ever seen. definitely 3-4 good passages, but orgo was tough and 1-2 bios didnt feel great on. most of all though, what was up with those discretes?!?!? i can just imagine those mongers making the test and saying "let's screw with them. turn to page 1004 and pick out the most random fact on the page." come on...

overall, so hard to predict.

 

[trifry]

yeah that equation was a genuine bugger wasn't it? I'm going to try and solve it now....we had paper/pencils at our test center...white board is WEIRD. Monitors SUCKED at my testing center -- hurt my eyes reading for long periods

Yeah I could NOT balance that equation for the life of me!! I don't know if it was just the pressure or what, but I had to guess in the end.

 

[DiscoDoc]

PS: I hated that effin' greenhouse gas/planet question, and that stupid medicine dropper question. WTF? 😕

 

[Pancheros]

Yeah I could NOT balance that equation for the life of me!! I don't know if it was just the pressure or what, but I had to guess in the end.

might be breaking rules here, but point was that you didnt have to balance it to answer the question. but i hear ya man, this test was one tough cookie.

 

[utahjazz]

PS- Terrible. Just terrible. I felt as confused after this as I did after my diagnostic exam. I had the meteor passage that several people have described... other than the fact that meteors were mentioned, I have no idea what it was about. Also the BB radiation gave me problems along with the torque passage and the medicine dropper passage. Basically all of the physics was AWFUL. Chem (all 2 passages) was pretty much like the AAMC exams.

VR- I was feeling awful after PS and it carried into VR. I got it together 1/2 way through... still too late. Like people have said before, the passages are longer (~6-7 paragraphs total) than the AAMC. And yes, several were about the same boring general topics that appeared repeatedly in the AAMC exams. Two of the passages (about forests and centeral European politics) completely threw me.

WS- Super easy prompts. Very fortunate since I didn't practice this.

BS- Like people said after the July 24th exam, very heavily based on the passages. If you didn't get rattled they were pretty simple. The discretes on the other hand... 2/7 passages were Ochem.

Good luck all. I'll be retaking...

 

[mmcnam]

PS: I hated that effin' greenhouse gas/planet question, and that stupid medicine dropper question. WTF? 😕

I FORGOT ABOUT THOSE!!!!! I had to read that passage so many times. Stupid droppers...

 

[J ROD]

Are the PS passages on the real one harder to understand and ask some wild crap one can not figure out?

That's my one fear. I can do Kaplan and AAMC.

That much different!!!

 

[Creightonite]

PS: I hated that effin' greenhouse gas/planet question, and that stupid medicine dropper question. WTF? 😕

yeah, I did not like that passage as well... What is the system we are working with? Me: hhhmmm... everything....

 

[Jericho]

when do we get our scores again?

 

[UCDavisdude]

PS - Very strange with that passage on meteorites and the earth forming? What science concept did I study to help me out with that? Very chemistry heavy, which is strange because shouldn't it always be half and half?

VR - Grr... I'd been doing verbal tests all week and I always had extra time. Not on this one. They were definitely readable, but some of the questions were tricky. I just hope the curve isn't steep. If they stick to the 10 wrong = 10 thing I've noticed from the AAMC, I might be ok. That one about political structure in central Europe was tough.

WS - whatever

BS - Definitely tough, and I didn't like the lizard thing at all. Otherwise ok. Some of the discretes were detail oriented and I thought it was highly passage based.

i had that one to, i was like...wtf give me a break.

 

[tideleonheart]

PS: Honestly, it just seemed like a normal PS section to me... But it was still tough. Barely finished with enough time (i had to rush)

VR: According to the practice tests, my verbal is my strongest section (10ish). Unfortunately, on this exam, the first 5 passages were SO BORING to me! I couldn't get my mind around them. Especially that one about the "humanity being cruel" one in the middle. Yuck. I barely finished with this one, too and I usually have plenty of time.

WS: Easy.

BS: I thought it had a lot of tough passages on topics I wasn't the greatest on... And I was rushed.

Overall: Tough. I hope there's a big big curve and I'll be happy with a 26. It seemed to take me longer than any of my AAMC tests.

 

[UCDavisdude]

i pretty much felt like the whole exam was VR.

 

[kushballah]

First off, just want to say that be wary if anyone is taking a test at the Coral Springs location in South Florida. We didn't start for an hour and a half after schedule today, and it SUCKED. really threw off the mental preparation, etc.

As for the test...

PS: Difficult, but not unmanagable. Ran out of time, was forced to rush 2 passages.
To J DUB, i had the same fear about PS, and no the material on this test atleast was not foreign. Just required a substantial amount of time in comparision to the AAMCs.

VR: My strongest, averaged 10-11 on the AAMCs, and these are definitely overall a little longer than the AAMC passages. I heard this previously and practiced finishing faster on the AAMCs, so i finished with a few mins to spare. Difficulty wise, about the same.

WS: Easy. A really good tip for these is to look at alot of samples.

BS: Less organic, and NOT BAD. I barely review organic and this was not too difficult for me. Bio was difficult, i must say. I would say equally passage based vs. prior knowledge. This was more difficult for me than normal (and a little more difficult bio than in the AAMC's, but again doable).

Overall a fair test in my opinion. I just didn't perform as well as I'd hoped... Just hoping for a lenient curve in PS.

 

[LadyDoc2]

Just finished the exam. Hope this helps people who are still studying:

Physical: It was harder than any of the practice exams. More conceptual, very very few calculations! There were two passages that were crazy--especially the meteor passage. There wasnt a lot of physics, but there did seem to be a little more on mechanics than any of the AAMC CBTs.

Verbal: Two passages were horrible. Lots of readings and the questions were really weird. Did anyone else have the forest passage and the European cities passage? Hated these. Other than that it was like the other tests. Slightly longer passages.

Biology:
I thought it was MUCH easier than the CBT 8,9,10 bio sections. Only 2 ochem passages which didnt require much knowledge of ochem.
The bio questions were passaged based for the most part. If you take your time reading the passage, interpreting the results isnt bad. Overall, not too hard.

Writing was easier than other prompts.