Form AG

[Cooolguy]

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talk about form AG Here, i thought PS was hard, vr was hard, bs was ok

 

[j-med]

wow... that bio section was pretty tough... everyone was complaining at my testing site! I thought verbal was pretty tough as well. It's been such a long day I don't even remember how I felt on PS! lol

lol same here!.. we got out at 6 and we were already the earliest group at my center!

 

[j-med]

4. Bio.
Again... WOW!!! Very reading comprehension heavy... I felt that outside knowledge was not really needed... which made it even harder. I actually started smiling when I saw that last o-chem passage. It looked like a different language.

I know! a lot of them don't require much studying at all!... too many experiments... now the people who took a lot of higher level bio courses are going to be better at them without much studying!

 

[nekrogg]

i made so many stupid mistakes on my stupid test. i hope i dont have to take that test again. 🙁

 

[j-med]

i took the mcat form AG last aug but i'm curious to know why u thought BS was ridiculous - ie, if its 4 the same reasons ppl that took it when i did thought so...i'm just wondering if the mcat BS is changing and whether a new trend is afoot. last aug, ppl were really upset with the BS section on form AG b/c there was hardly any orgo and it was heavy on mol bio/genetics/immuno and hardly any physio (Qs on the systems of the body). most of the questions were passages on experimental stuff and understanding it which wasn't bad 4 me since i'm a researcher but i remember alot of grumbling from other ppl i knew. i'm just wondering if the AAMC r changing the BS section so that ppl have questions asking if they understand the critical aspects of scientific experiments - like we had questions basically asking what the controls in an experiment were, etc and if u're not a researcher, this can be hard when u've spent the better half of the day already on other passages, r brain fried, and have a time limit to understand the passage

very well said.. i think this AG just had too much research experiment like questions on them that made it hard for me who didn't take much Bio..

btw, so you took AG last year and it's similar again this year, would there be any likelihood that if I take it in August again and get an A_ form again? Or do they computer arrange everyone to specific rooms so they don't have the same test forms? Cos if I'm getting AG again in August, that'd be sweet... how does these many forms work anyways? cos an earlier poster in this thread says all the As are same questions and different order?

 

[Alex1803]

... we got out at 6 and we were already the earliest group at my center!

I got that time beat...we didn't get out until after 8:00!!!
Long story short, we were behind from the start because of slow administrators and "slower" 😉 test takers (people not following directions). That plus an evacuation for an electrical fire right in between writing sample 1 and 2. Maybe others from D.C. Holiday Inn can chime in about this ridiculous day.

 

[ty5353]

I got that time beat...we didn't get out until after 8:00!!!
Long story short, we were behind from the start because of slow administrators and "slower" 😉 test takers (people not following directions). That plus an evacuation for an electrical fire right in between writing sample 1 and 2. Maybe others from D.C. Holiday Inn can chime in about this ridiculous day.

yup i was there too. the only thing worst that could have happened was if the fire happened during verbal!

 

[NYSnitch]

very well said.. i think this AG just had too much research experiment like questions on them that made it hard for me who didn't take much Bio..

btw, so you took AG last year and it's similar again this year, would there be any likelihood that if I take it in August again and get an A_ form again? Or do they computer arrange everyone to specific rooms so they don't have the same test forms? Cos if I'm getting AG again in August, that'd be sweet... how does these many forms work anyways? cos an earlier poster in this thread says all the As are same questions and different order?

I took the MCAT last August. My test form was AG. Today, same test center, totally different seat in the room. Guess what my test form was...
AG
Wierd, huh?

 

[Anastasis]

Are all the A_ forms similar? Some of the questions sound familar. Like the discrete in the last section with the word I'd never seen before and had to look up on Wikipedia and the alcoholism & drugs passage.

 

[freakingoutkid]

I got that time beat...we didn't get out until after 8:00!!!
Long story short, we were behind from the start because of slow administrators and "slower" 😉 test takers (people not following directions). That plus an evacuation for an electrical fire right in between writing sample 1 and 2. Maybe others from D.C. Holiday Inn can chime in about this ridiculous day.

I agree. I had form BG, but it is VERY similar to AG from the sound of it. I was starving towards the end of the exam...and started to get headaches from my hunger pains. Sounds like an excuse, but i honestly feel i would do better had it not taking so ****ING long. I'm gonna write to the AAMC on monday, and I encourage all tho was at the Holiday inn to as well!!!!

 

[SeanTaylor #21]

I got that time beat...we didn't get out until after 8:00!!!
Long story short, we were behind from the start because of slow administrators and "slower" 😉 test takers (people not following directions). That plus an evacuation for an electrical fire right in between writing sample 1 and 2. Maybe others from D.C. Holiday Inn can chime in about this ridiculous day.

Right there with ya... 8 PM...that was complete BULL****...worst Proctor's

 

[Mr. Tee]

Are all the A_ forms similar? Some of the questions sound familar. Like the discrete in the last section with the word I'd never seen before and had to look up on Wikipedia and the alcoholism & drugs passage.

I think so.

 

[snowkhat]

It was a competitive inhibitor, not a noncompetitive one.

WORD!

 

[venomshockx]

edit

whatcha'll think?

 

[Mr. Tee]

what about them?

 

[DoctorSaab]

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whatcha'll think?

I had AQ. Exact same stuff.

 

[Dafertilizer]

I took the MCAT last August. My test form was AG. Today, same test center, totally different seat in the room. Guess what my test form was...
AG
Wierd, huh?

How do you think you did?

 

[Dakotawolf]

I had form AS, which it sounds like we had the same passages. What was the answer for that gluconeogenesis in the liver question? - email me at [email protected]
Dakotawolf

I dont know if we can talk about it in here. Can we make a chat somewhere else. Maybe AIM I am dlazar21. Were you asking about Gluconeogenesis in the liver...........via pancreas.

 

[Mr. Tee]

Dakotawolf can you PM me with the exact question?

 

[j-med]

I took the MCAT last August. My test form was AG. Today, same test center, totally different seat in the room. Guess what my test form was...
AG
Wierd, huh?

wow.. so that can happen!?!..
that means... same exact questions you had too?

 

[coralfangs]

well, im not sure about this,

....

?

 

[kevin86]

there two questions asking the same answers right in that passage with the alcohol.

 

[tennisguy896]

edit

 

[Dakotawolf]

I couldn't decide if those two questions had the same answer or if they were different.

there two questions asking the same answers right in that passage with the alcohol.

 

[Neuro27]

i think the two questions had different answers

 

[j-med]

I'm noticing that interestingly, the AG form seems to have disproportionally large number of responses. Where are you guys all from? Or somehow the AG form just ended up to be mostly taken by most SDNers? hmm~

 

[Lilah]

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whatcha'll think?

I had all those passages as well, but I had test form BS.
It seems like all the questions are the same.

 

[SeminoleFan3]

I had to bubble in most of the last passage for verbal (~6 questions) because I ran out of time. I think it had something to do with art or whatever. However, it was nice to see a lot of social science on it, with only like 2 humanities passages.
For the bio, I second the opinion that it was too experimentally based. It's like every time I turned the freakin' page it was either "Experiment 1" or "Hypothesis 1."
edited

 

[Jacqui3932]

So what about -edit

 

[NYSnitch]

I'm noticing that interestingly, the AG form seems to have disproportionally large number of responses. Where are you guys all from? Or somehow the AG form just ended up to be mostly taken by most SDNers? hmm~

You're right, form AG is the most popular one! Wow...
NYC here

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

On the PS discrete at the end....the acid-base neutralization question....did anyone get an answer that wasn't an answer choice?

I didn't have AG, but I think I had that question on my form (it involved ....?)

I got an answer that wasn't an answer choice, and ended up guessing.

 

[brotherbu]

I didn't have AG, but I think I had that question on my form (it involved ....?)

I got an answer that wasn't an answer choice, and ended up guessing.

Yeah, I thought it was a very easy problem that I just couldn't get the answer to match one of the choices. Does anyone else feel the same way, or am I just an idiot for plug-and-chug???

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

Yeah, I thought it was a very easy problem that I just couldn't get the answer to match one of the choices. Does anyone else feel the same way, or am I just an idiot for plug-and-chug???

So, I saw that a lot of people had an answer that was a power-of-10 off. I think that's what I wound up putting in the end. Should we challenge this question? I mean, I never thought of challenging a question, but it seems wierd that we ALL got it "wrong."

 

[dlazar]

EDIT or something was what i got. I tried M1V1 formula but it was taking too long to start doing those calcs at the end. What did everyone else put.

I didn't have AG, but I think I had that question on my form (it involved ....?)

I got an answer that wasn't an answer choice, and ended up guessing.

 

[Anastasis]

well, im not sure about this,
edited

?

This was pretty close to my logic - but that doesn't mean anything.

 

[coralfangs]

ya, lots of ppl here in my test center got EDIT for that question as well
theres no way it cant be EDIT


so i randomly decided between EDIT

 

[Anastasis]

edited

 

[Anastasis]

ya, lots of ppl here in my test center got EDIT for that question as well
theres no way it cant be EDIT


so i randomly decided between EDIT

Whoa - okay I remember this question now. That was totally bizarre. We should protest it because it was so far off.

 

[DrVanNostran]

--No use to compare Verbal answers, we all know it ends up being a crapshoot at the end of the day🙂

 

[sit down lucy]

So, I saw that a lot of people had an answer that was a power-of-10 off. I think that's what I wound up putting in the end. Should we challenge this question? I mean, I never thought of challenging a question, but it seems wierd that we ALL got it "wrong."

After the section, I mentioned to the proctor that I thought there was a typo in the question. She said I'd need the question number to write to the AAMC... so... clearly I don't remember that b/c the whole day is a blur. At that point I thought I'd just have to hope someone else challenged it. Does anyone remember the question number? It was on BG as well as AG (I took BG).

I ended up putting down edit

 

[Medicineman20]

yeah,

I thought this test, was hard though the PS section is easy, on acid base neutr. ? assume equal base and equal acid is added then you will get your answer

 

[coralfangs]

whats this... and .... thingy u guys are talking about

 

[Anastasis]

Well can't be too specific or the A-man will kill me - but it had to do with mixing different strengths of acids and finding the final molarity of the unknown

 

[75969]

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whatcha'll think?

If u are trying to find out which was experimental....for PS, I had the same topics (form AJ) EXCEPT the bruise/force one....so maybe thats the experimental?

 

[Anastasis]

If u are trying to find out which was experimental....for PS, I had the same topics (form AJ) EXCEPT the bruise/force one....so maybe thats the experimental?

I had AP - no bruise/force and no bone passage.

 

[RB69]

I had AP - no bruise/force and no bone passage.

Yeah, the answer HAD to be EDIT for that acid/base question. I like spent 3 minutes on that q! I think it was a typo...

RB

 

[in4mant]

I'm noticing that interestingly, the AG form seems to have disproportionally large number of responses. Where are you guys all from? Or somehow the AG form just ended up to be mostly taken by most SDNers? hmm~

The first character of the test form code i.e. A in this case
designates the question set.
The second character of the code i.e. G in this case
corresponds to the order of the passages or whatever.

So, test forms A-something have the exact same questions.

 

[Mr. Tee]

After the section, I mentioned to the proctor that I thought there was a typo in the question. She said I'd need the question number to write to the AAMC... so... clearly I don't remember that b/c the whole day is a blur. At that point I thought I'd just have to hope someone else challenged it. Does anyone remember the question number? It was on BG as well as AG (I took BG).

I ended up putting down .... also, I think. Or maybe .....- I have no idea.

Question #75 on form AG.

 

[RB69]

Question #75 on form AG.

**edit**

 

[Jacqui3932]

I didn't have AG, but I think I had that question on my form (it involved ....?)

I got an answer that wasn't an answer choice, and ended up guessing.

Me too. I was off by a factor of 10 or something. I think that I just picked anything because I didn't want to spend too long on it

 

[Anastasis]

The first character of the test form code i.e. A in this case
designates the question set.
The second character of the code i.e. G in this case
corresponds to the order of the passages or whatever.

So, test forms A-something have the exact same questions.

Hmmm - I don't think so. I had AP and did not have the bruise or the bone passages on my PS.