Higher than you thought?

[specialk]

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Did anyone make higher than expected on the April MCAT? I mean, I know some of you were pleasantly surprised, but were there some of you who couldn't believe that they did so well? Just trying to make myself feel a little better before the scores come out.

 

[surge]

me 😀

I almost did not return from the lunch break, that's how bad I thought I was doing...

 

[mws99]

I magically did 5 points better on the real thing than I did on AAMC VI, which I took one week earlier. Anything's possible.

 

[athena21]

Originally posted by mws99
I magically did 5 points better on the real thing than I did on AAMC VI, which I took one week earlier. Anything's possible.

yeah, but did u find the real test easier when u were taking it? or did u leave the center worried? or what? sorry, just wondering...

 

[jot]

when i left the test i had in mind a range of possible scores, all equally tenable to me (5 point range) - and i got a score that was a point higher than my upper guess. i thought the test was a bit harder than the aamc ones i took, so i didn't know what to think - but i knew the curve would help. just wait and see - closer closer closer goodluck

-jot

 

[mws99]

Originally posted by athena21
yeah, but did u find the real test easier when u were taking it? or did u leave the center worried? or what? sorry, just wondering...

I thought I bombed it. When I took all my practice tests, I graded them within 5 minutes of finishing so I had no time to really reflect on the test without any idea of my score. But after the real thing, I could think of nothing but the questions that were difficult and assumed the worst.

 

[Neuronix]

lol, I magically went up 6 points from AAMC V (controlled, timed, full-effort) one week before the MCAT to the actual MCAT. 2 point increase in each sub-section. On practice exams I was consistantly around 30. I thought I bombed the VR section. Dude, it was 2 easy, 2 moderate, and 5 HARD passages. The hardest passage had 10 questions with it too! I ended up bubbling about 5 in on that passage in the last minute. Maybe that was the experimental section...

Blah, in any case, don't drive yourself nuts worrying about it!