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I just took the AAMC practice test #6 and ochem destroyed me. There was 2 whole passages dedicated to ochem. Is this still typical of the real Mcats or have they reduced Ochem more?
Brutal ochem on an MCAT? WTF is going on...?
What could you have done to prepare for that level of difficulty?I don't know...but I was not expecting it at all
What could you have done to prepare for that level of difficulty?
I just don't understand how the discrete's could be so difficult... It just doesn't make sense.
threads like this make me want to give up and become a nurse...
and no offense to the nurses out there--my mom is a nurse, so are two of my aunts as well as my late grandmother.
I agree....nobody would understand yesterday's test unless they had taken it. It was unlike anything I have ever seen.
he got a 41.I used my friend's 2005 materials. In fact, they may have even been 2004 materials. A lot of the material doesn't really change, so it's definitely a good starting point. I do have a hunch, however, that the AAMC plays a subtle game of cat and mouse with the test prep companies. In other words, the AAMC may be trying to put more new material-based passages on the test to see how well test-takers do with information that's not covered in a test prep course.
I have a feeling that part of the reason the test seems harder is because the AAMC is playing a game of cat and mouse with the test prep companies. If the test doesn't evolve, you're really just testing people's test prep companies. So, you put in unexpected passages about new material and then ask questions to test the student's ability to apply novel information.
I'm pretty happy.....
PS: 13
VR: 14
BS: 14
WS: S
41S
That matches my highest practice test, CBT 3. It's higher than I expected, but I always try to be conservative in my estimates. I find it makes me happier, sort of like having the clock run 5 minutes fast.
And congrats everybody! The loooong wait is over. Now the next long wait begins.....actually applying to med school.
yea, well everyone seems to say that. The Aug 20 test was thought to be a massacre. The July 24 was thought to be brutal and so was the Sept 7 test. The Jan 26 was killer as well. the reality is that you guys all think you did much worse than what you'll actually get. If you keep calm, nearly every question can be simplified as mterp said. I honestly believe too many people treat it as a knowledge test and not a reasoning test. Consequently, they get questions right on practice exams more for their knowledge than actually reasoning their way through it. It's official, the BS section has evolved. It's now passage based and unless you actually relied on passages during practices you will get smoked on the exam. I think this post summarizes it well;
Yes, I completely agree.
What did you guys get on the MCAT?
I noticed that none of you used TBR. So even with the less amount of OChem on MCAT CBT, isn't it still a better idea to use the more comprehensive TBR rather than EK for OChem to avoid situations like the one you had?