Gold Standard Practice Tests (CBTs)

[DocDrakeRamoray]

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Hi, I was searching around and did not really find lots of info on what people think of Gold Standards CBTs.

I know their curve is weird, but still I'm getting like 27-28 on those tests.

If you took them, how do they compare ( if you can please share your scores) to AAMC practice tests or to your actual MCAT?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Forkit]

Hi, I was searching around and did not really find lots of info on what people think of Gold Standards CBTs.

I know their curve is weird, but still I'm getting like 27-28 on those tests.

If you took them, how do they compare ( if you can please share your scores) to AAMC practice tests or to your actual MCAT?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

They're really good. Good investment. They're a little harder than the AAMC according to some people on this board. Hope that helps 🙂

 

[FuSoYa]

I took all 10 GS CBT's, here's my take. The bio sections I felt were comparable, except for that one test with the two pages of pedigree charts, that one passage alone was time-consuming and a bit confusing. Physical science tests 1-6 I felt were very good, but 7-10 are for content review and not meant to be taken in 70-minutes (on their forums one of the mods even says this, so don't freak out.) The verbal sections I felt were an utter waste of time b/c they're too easy. Do not become overly confident with verbal after taking GS practices, go get the ExamKrackers verbal book or just rely on the AAMC ones.

 

[DocDrakeRamoray]

thanks

 

[JJMrK]

I bought them about a month ago, I've used them more as practice problems than predictors. They seem hard to me, and the PS sections seem particularly tricky.

 

[docbrill]

I did GS 5 the bio section and got a 4! I also did the PS section and got 6! It is kind of weird because I consistently get 11' and sometimes 12's on BR physics and chemistry. I think the GS requires much more calculations and therefore it is harder for me because I don't know many formulas. Anyone else feels the same way?

 

[FuSoYa]

yea, i agree the GS exams may require more calculations than the real MCAT. but i think that was a good thing for me, it helped me prepare and the real MCAT didn't seem so bad.

 

[millepora]

I have taken all of Kaplan tests, but only AAMC 3 so far. I took GS-1 today, and thought the PS was a lot easier than Kaplan, I still ended up making the same PS score with no curve. VR was FREAKING easy, there was no reasoning, the answers were as clear as day in the passages. I ended up making a 31/40 on that. The BS was comparable, but I did get a lot lower score than I have been getting on the Kaplan. I usually make 9-10 on BS, and made a 7 on GS-1.

 

[LeftyUM]

So would you say to go ahead and do the verbal on those tests anyways? or just do the PS and BS sections timed?

 

[millepora]

The passages are identical, so it is good reading practice. But the questions are similar to something you would see on the DAT or GRE (you can pick a lot of them out of the passage, without any logic).