Does the current PS section have more calculations than a Gold Standard exam?

[229141]

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So I keep seeing people complain about how the new PS has all these extra calculations etc. Is it about as tedious as a Gold Standard exam in terms of calculations. Ugh I need to stop reading all this hype about the PS and just crush it...😎

 

[rotatedline]

So I keep seeing people complain about how the new PS has all these extra calculations etc. Is it about as tedious as a Gold Standard exam in terms of calculations. Ugh I need to stop reading all this hype about the PS and just crush it...😎

I hope it's nothing like the Gold Standard exams. I took the free one last week and got a 12 on verbal, but a 5 on PS. I nearly died.

 

[AdemTD]

So I keep seeing people complain about how the new PS has all these extra calculations etc. Is it about as tedious as a Gold Standard exam in terms of calculations. Ugh I need to stop reading all this hype about the PS and just crush it...😎

When I took the MCAT, I didn't feel like there were a ton of calculations at all on PS. Infact, I finished it with about 15 minutes to kill.

 

[0Complications]

My impression from people discussing calculations in the PS section is multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting decimals. The easy fix for this is scientific notation.

I haven't heard of a lot of intense calculations.

 

[229141]

All I know is I took GS#4 and on that PS there were over 25 calculations...some quite a few steps.

I was able to get 42/52 for a 10 though..so I'm hoping that is good enough for a 10 on the real PS. Nothing left to it but to do it!

 

[mkracker]

All I know is I took GS#4 and on that PS there were over 25 calculations...some quite a few steps.

I was able to get 42/52 for a 10 though..so I'm hoping that is good enough for a 10 on the real PS. Nothing left to it but to do it!

If you're scoring that on GS, you will not get less than a 12 on the real thing. A 10 is pretty good for GS.

 

[229141]

Just got PS 11 and BS 11 on Gold Standard 4...seemed like the bio had some obscure crap on it and the PS had a laughable amount of calcs...enough to prepare me for thursday I hope👍

 

[Lesli Barker]

How did you find the GS cbt's
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