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[Iceageheatwave]

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alrgiht, heres the thing. Im not sure about taking the mcat this saturday. I think almost everyone on the mcat board is headed for an md school so i would appreciate some advice from the do's over here. I have a 3.3 cum and about a 3.4 sgpa. My practice scores range in the 20-25 range. Ive already taken the stupid beast in april and i did awful (i got an 18) but the thought of pushing it back until next april is almost sickening to me. Is there any chance i could get a 22 or 23 and still be considered by ad-coms. i have decent shadowing experience/research/ec's and all that good stuff.
Thanks for the help.

 

[medhacker]

alrgiht, heres the thing. Im not sure about taking the mcat this saturday. I think almost everyone on the mcat board is headed for an md school so i would appreciate some advice from the do's over here. I have a 3.3 cum and about a 3.4 sgpa. My practice scores range in the 20-25 range. Ive already taken the stupid beast in april and i did awful (i got an 18) but the thought of pushing it back until next april is almost sickening to me. Is there any chance i could get a 22 or 23 and still be considered by ad-coms. i have decent shadowing experience/research/ec's and all that good stuff.
Thanks for the help.

Homie, most people score a little lower on the actual test compared to the practice ones. Of the exams you took, how many were towards the 20 count and how many towards the 25 count?

 

[Iceageheatwave]

Homie, most people score a little lower on the actual test compared to the practice ones. Of the exams you took, how many were towards the 20 count and how many towards the 25 count?

1-20
2-22
2-24
2-25

 

[SOUNDMAN]

I disagree that most people score lower on the real thing. I would say that most people score right at what they were practicing and plus or minus 2-3 points. Some people really make a nice jump for the real thing.

 

[Sundarban1]

Homie, most people score a little lower on the actual test compared to the practice ones. Of the exams you took, how many were towards the 20 count and how many towards the 25 count?

To the contrary, homie, many of the practice tests for TPR, EK, Kaplan omit a lot of the "easier" questions on their tests and therefore people in general score higher on the actual exam. The AAMC tests seem to be the most predictive (+/- 1-2pts) of ones actual score. Take a look at the MCAT forum to confirm that.

 

[Mike MacKinnon]

To the contrary, homie, many of the practice tests for TPR, EK, Kaplan omit a lot of the "easier" questions on their tests and therefore people in general score higher on the actual exam. The AAMC tests seem to be the most predictive (+/- 1-2pts) of ones actual score. Take a look at the MCAT forum to confirm that.

Just to backup what sunabarn said, I too have seen this mentioned multiple times for people who actually took the MCAT. Its all through the MCAT threads.