Experimental Passage Misconception

[JDAD]

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It seems like everyone is justifying themselves by thinking the "most difficult" passages are experimental passages. It is just as plausible that the "easiest" passage was experimental. When you are taking the test you have no idea which is which. So please don't think to yourself, "This is really hard, it must be experimental" You would screw yourself over.

 

[brynn7]

you think that they put in easy ones just to mess with our heads? so all that crap about doing the easy ones first blah blah blah is actually going to hurt? that is pure evil. is this really true?

 

[JDAD]

By nature, an experimental passage is one they are putting in to determine its level of difficulty. Therefore, it could be an easy passage or it could be a difficult passage. My point was, pretend the experimental one doesn't exist. Work every question as though it is real.

 

[brynn7]

it makes me feel warm and fuzzy to imagine that they are just joking with the really really ridiculously hard questions! 😍

 

[willthatsall]

or it could be a regular passage...

 

[MoosePilot]

The idea of experimental passages doesn't mean a thing to me. I am always so focused on whatever question I'm on that I brain dump most of the past questions. I'm way too focused to wonder whether a passage is experimental.

The concept is just not useful except maybe after the test to make you worry less while waiting for results.

 

[JDAD]

The idea of experimental passages doesn't mean a thing to me. I am always so focused on whatever question I'm on that I brain dump most of the past questions. I'm way too focused to wonder whether a passage is experimental.

The concept is just not useful except maybe after the test to make you worry less while waiting for results.

Now were getting it. Good stuff moose

 

[DieselPetrolGrl]

are there exp sections on each portion or just VR?

 

[JDAD]

It doesn't matter. DON'T THINK ABOUT IT - that's the whole point of this thread. There isn't anything you can do to determine which passage is real, and which is experimental.

The answer to your question in nobody knows. There are experimental passages in every section but you don't know where, PS, BS, VR or all three.

 

[LUBDUBB]

jdad makes a good point...Dont' think about it.

But he's right, because all the passages on the MCAT were once "field tested" as an experimenal passage, experiemtals are of all difficulty levels.

 

[PRamos]

Where did all of you hear about "experimental" passages? I don't see it anywhere on the AAMC web site. When I asked my chemistry teacher about it, he said that they do a massive statistical analysis on the responses of students and will throw out questions for various reasons, but he did not say that they intentionally put experimental passages on a given test.

With that in mind, it seems all questions could in fact be real, so the "experimental" stuff is a meaningless diversion.