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leaveit2rani

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Are the passages similar to any of the AAMCs anymore? I heard 11 and 10 are somewhat similar. Are they harder?

I am asking because the AAMCs seem pretty easy (when compared to the PR Science workbook passages).
 
I took the MCAT's in January and 10 and 11 are the most similar but the actual MCAT was harder imo, particularly the physical sciences section. Verbal seemed easy but it was harder than it seemed based on my score. The BS section was comparable.
 
4/4 taker here. Honestly it's hard for me to differentiate between any of the exams. I did the worst on AAMC 11 in part because of dumb mistakes and in part because it unfortunately targeted most of my weaknesses, but I never came out of any of the tests feeling "omg that was disproportionately harder than any of the other 7 tests." People have different strengths and weaknesses. I know people have said that the real tests this year were much harder than aamc 10 and 11 but I really did not feel that way. The biggest thing is getting a handle of your nerves, because when your heart is pounding out of your chest on the real thing, simple things seem more difficult than they actually are. Overall I think the mcat is fair in difficulty and I think if you treat each practice test like the real think you will score very close to your average if you control that initial panic of "WTH" am I reading. Then again, we will see when scores actually come out...
 
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