FL Practice

[thehab1193]

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Hey everyone!

I’ve been using Kaplan for FL practice, but I want to try different companies. What would you guys say is the best source for FLs (besides AAMC)? I was thinking NextStep. What do you think?

Also, as a general study strategy, I’ve been doing 20 questions of C/P, 4-5 CARS passages, 20 B/B, and 20 P/S a day of UWorld. Is this effective or overkill or too little? Not sure how to gauge it. Thanks!

 

[Lawpy]

NextStep and ExamKrackers are good sources of practice FLs. Your UWorld strategy looks reasonable but feel free to change it based on how well you're prepared, when's your test date and how much review on a certain subject needs to be done.

 

[thehab1193]

NextStep and ExamKrackers are good sources of practice FLs. Your UWorld strategy looks reasonable but feel free to change it based on how well you're prepared, when's your test date and how much review on a certain subject needs to be done.

Okay, thanks!

I heard NextStep CARS is pretty bad, which makes me hesitate to use them because CARS is actually my weakest section. I’m scoring around 130 on the other sections but around 126-127 on CARS, so I definitely need to figure out how to get that up. And my test is June 1

 

[Lawpy]

Okay, thanks!

I heard NextStep CARS is pretty bad, which makes me hesitate to use them because CARS is actually my weakest section. I’m scoring around 130 on the other sections but around 126-127 on CARS, so I definitely need to figure out how to get that up. And my test is June 1

NS CARS isn't the best but it's better than many of the 3rd party FL CARS so i'd work with them and try your best.

Also this could help with CARS: TestingSolution's 30 Day Guide to MCAT CARS Success

 

[thehab1193]

NS CARS isn't the best but it's better than many of the 3rd party FL CARS so i'd work with them and try your best.

Also this could help with CARS: TestingSolution's 30 Day Guide to MCAT CARS Success

Thank you!!

Why does it say 30 day guide if the whole plan is 90 days lol

 

[Lawpy]

Thank you!!

Why does it say 30 day guide if the whole plan is 90 days lol

First 30 days are to understand the strategy. The remaining 60 days are for additional practice. But i'd just use the guide for understanding CARS strategy in detail since their approach is good

 

[thehab1193]

First 30 days are to understand the strategy. The remaining 60 days are for additional practice. But i'd just use the guide for understanding CARS strategy in detail since their approach is good

Yeah I'm looking at their website now, there's a ton of different resources (videos and tutoring and stuff) available. Thank you for suggesting this! I'll try it out.

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

I mixed and matched companies and found this really helped me look at things from different perspectives. I highly recommend doing it. Any unused sections can serve as problem sets, especially for CARS where everyone runs out of passages.

Test 1 (early June, before doing much review) AAMC sample: C/P 70%, CARS 68%, B/B 74%, P/S 80%
FL1 (8/1): TBR1 C/P 130, EK1 CARS 123 (ouch), ******1 B/B 127, EK1 P/S 128 = 508 total
FL2 (8/7): TBR2 C/P 129, EK2 CARS 122 (starting to stress), TBR1 B/B 129, ******1 P/S 129 = 509 total
FL3 (8/10): ******1 C/P 131, ******1 CARS 125, EK1 B/B 127, TBR1 P/S 128 = 511 total
FL4 (8/15): EK1 C/P 129, EK3 CARS 124, ******2 B/B 128, EK2 P/S 129 = 510 total
FL5 (8/20): TBR3 C/P 131, ******2 CARS 126, TBR2 B/B 129, Altius2 P/S 128 = 514 total
FL6 (8/23): AAMC 1 C/P 131, CARS 126, B/B 131, P/S 130 = 518 total
FL7 (8/30): AAMC 2 C/P 131, CARS 124, B/B 131, P/S 129 = 515 total
FL8 (9/5): EK3 C/P 127, ******3 CARS 124, TBR3 B/B 129, ******3 P/S 128 = 508 total
FL9 (9/13): AAMC 3 C/P 131, CARS 123, B/B 130, P/S 128 = 512 total
Actual (9/18): C/P 132, CARS 122, B/B 132, P/S 130 = 516 total

You can probably mix any combination of exams you want, but definitely mix different exam sources each sitting.