Can anyone list their TBR practice scores vs. real mcat?

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I have been using berkeley review practice scores, and im curious to see how other people have been doing on these to see where i stand. also, i wanted to see how these TBR scores can correlate to an actual mcat test. thanks!
 
I have been using berkeley review practice scores, and im curious to see how other people have been doing on these to see where i stand. also, i wanted to see how these TBR scores can correlate to an actual mcat test. thanks!

I think they're good for practice but are really off when it comes to scoring.

I took the PS and BS of BR1-3 last year and keep in mind I wasn't adequately prepared for the MCAT last year when I took it, but...

BR1: PS: 8, BS: 8
BR2: PS: 8, BS: 9
BR3: PS: 11, BS: 8
Real July MCAT: PS: 8, BS: 9

I know those #s make it seem BR was a good indicator for the real one, but honestly, it wasn't because I completely messed up on the real test day.

On the PS sections of BR, I always finished them on time. I froze up on the test day and had to guess on the entire last passage, resulting in an 8. That last 11 you see on my BR test is NOT because I made dramatic improvement. It was because BR3 for some reason had a ridiculously friendly PS curve while the first 2 did not. So, in other words, I finished all the PS tests under time and essentially got 8s everytime. On the real thing, if I had not folded to pressure, I know I should have gotten ~10 on the PS. Guessing on an entire passage will definitely drop your scores a few points.

For BS, I suppose BR BS was an okay indicator. the BR bio has a lot of WTF passages, so it at least makes good practice. I think BR tests may have way too much ochem on them, though?

I never tested out the BR verbal because I heard it was really off from the real VR feeling.

So, in conclusion, I would say they are good for practice but the scoring is off. You can tell by looking at their top scores. Their 13-15 range on tests is all blurred together. And, yes, I know there is little difference between a 13 and 15 so it's maybe permissible to make a range of scores, but still... They are no more than a year old, so they have not been tested by many MCAT studiers yet. Thus, they obviously can't have too accurate of scales yet. So anyways, it's definitely good practice. Only consider your AAMC practice scores as predictable for your real score.
 
I think they're good for practice but are really off when it comes to scoring.

I took the PS and BS of BR1-3 last year and keep in mind I wasn't adequately prepared for the MCAT last year when I took it, but...

BR1: PS: 8, BS: 8
BR2: PS: 8, BS: 9
BR3: PS: 11, BS: 8
Real July MCAT: PS: 8, BS: 9

I know those #s make it seem BR was a good indicator for the real one, but honestly, it wasn't because I completely messed up on the real test day.

On the PS sections of BR, I always finished them on time. I froze up on the test day and had to guess on the entire last passage, resulting in an 8. That last 11 you see on my BR test is NOT because I made dramatic improvement. It was because BR3 for some reason had a ridiculously friendly PS curve while the first 2 did not. So, in other words, I finished all the PS tests under time and essentially got 8s everytime. On the real thing, if I had not folded to pressure, I know I should have gotten ~10 on the PS. Guessing on an entire passage will definitely drop your scores a few points.

For BS, I suppose BR BS was an okay indicator. the BR bio has a lot of WTF passages, so it at least makes good practice. I think BR tests may have way too much ochem on them, though?

I never tested out the BR verbal because I heard it was really off from the real VR feeling.

So, in conclusion, I would say they are good for practice but the scoring is off. You can tell by looking at their top scores. Their 13-15 range on tests is all blurred together. And, yes, I know there is little difference between a 13 and 15 so it's maybe permissible to make a range of scores, but still... They are no more than a year old, so they have not been tested by many MCAT studiers yet. Thus, they obviously can't have too accurate of scales yet. So anyways, it's definitely good practice. Only consider your AAMC practice scores as predictable for your real score.

i have already taken the mcat as well last sept so i already used up my aamc's...what are you using now to predict your scores? i have just been using TBR this time bc i used aamc and kaplan last time.
 
i have already taken the mcat as well last sept so i already used up my aamc's...what are you using now to predict your scores? i have just been using TBR this time bc i used aamc and kaplan last time.

i'm using the 10 Gold Standard tests because I found way more comments on them than BR about how they compared to the real MCAT.
 
anyone else used TBR practice exams that took the mcat?

I did years ago. It was a paper test back then, but I think it's still applicable. My average BR exam (after throwing out exams 1 and 7, I think) were almost right on with my real MCAT. I might have been one higher in PS on the real thing, but it's been a while so I don't recall exactly what I got on each TBR exam. I thought they did an excellent job at simulating the range of difficulties for the physical science passages and verbal passages. The BS section seemed a bit over the top on some exams and then really easy on others. By the time I did all of the exams it was a good range for the BS section, but on each individual test I felt like they were either too rich in o chem, too rich in physio, too rich in easy passages, or too rich in hard passages. They just needed to shuffle the passages between exams. Maybe they've done that with the CBTs, but I've never really looked to hard at the exam content besides the PS questions that get asked repeatedly.
 
oh wow. Congrats on your score! thanks for sharing. I just took TBR 3 and made a 27. I now just focusing on my mistakes today.... I will take TBR 4 tomorrow with hopes that I don't make those silly mistakes again.
 
I never took any of TBR full length exams, but I can list my average scores for the end of chapter passages.

In Bio, I was getting in the 8-12 range (I believe it was either 8-9 or 10-12, I got those on everything), I don't think I ever got the highest range on any bio sections. Actual MCAT BS: 13.

Gen chem I always got the highest range (I think 13-15). In physics I would get either the highest range or the second highest range on all of the passages. Actual PS: 13.
 
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