How did Kaplan ppl do today on their 2nd fulllenght??

[HussainGQ]

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I have been making a lot of progress.....went from a 14 on my 1/2 lenght diagnostic, to a 18 on my first full lenght to a 21 today......just gotta work on physical science sect. thought got a 6 on that but I made an 8 in Bio and 7 in verbal

 

[docjolly]

I have been making a lot of progress.....went from a 14 on my 1/2 lenght diagnostic, to a 18 on my first full lenght to a 21 today......just gotta work on physical science sect. thought got a 6 on that but I made an 8 in Bio and 7 in verbal

Wonderful improvement, HussainGQ!!! That's awesome!

I took FL #2 today, but my scores have not been posted as of yet...When I get my score, I'll post it..But anyhow, keep up the progress! We've got less than one month to go...

 

[Dr. N]

I have been making a lot of progress.....went from a 14 on my 1/2 lenght diagnostic, to a 18 on my first full lenght to a 21 today......just gotta work on physical science sect. thought got a 6 on that but I made an 8 in Bio and 7 in verbal

I am grading mine right now. But I surprised that you are so optimistic about your scores. I have almost same numbers as you are -- and I think that there is nothing to be happy about.

 

[MoosePilot]

I am grading mine right now. But I surprised that you are so optimistic about your scores. I have almost same numbers as you are -- and I think that there is nothing to be happy about.

Yeah, but if it's an improvement from a 14, it's a lot to be excited about.

 

[MEG@COOL]

I am grading mine right now. But I surprised that you are so optimistic about your scores. I have almost same numbers as you are -- and I think that there is nothing to be happy about.

Wtf they make you grade your own ****? Why are you paying them all that money....

 

[willthatsall]

Wtf they make you grade your own ****? Why are you paying them all that money....

You can wait for them to score it and post it on the internet or you can grade it yourself and get it right away.

 

[Mistress S]

I just saw my scores from FL2 today...I went from a 30 on the last one to a 34 on this one, which of course I am happy about. BUT, some of the passages looked familiar to me! I asked if they ever reuse passages and the instructor said no, then he said they might on the "test drives" (free half-lengths they offer, I have taken 2 of these). So I don't know how much that woul have affected my score, I never went over the answers to the half-lengths I took from Kaplan but just having seen some of the passages/questions before probably boosted my score artificially a bit. So I don't really trust this score, I'm going to do the PS and maybe BS sections from an EK test I have to get another evaluation of how well I'm doing (not concerned about the VR section). Hopefully I won't do a lot worse on the EK test... 😕 That would be a real confidence killer at this point!

 

[Howard Roark]

good job.

 

[silkworm]

I had the same feeling! On the verbal section two of the passages was awfully familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on where I had seen them before. But Kaplan definitely repeat material from their non-course published stuff.

I also had a 4 point improvement from FL1. While I am glad, I am definitely taking this with a grain of salt. FL2 is easier then FL1. And I didnt' do too hot on EK 1e test, which people say are more realistic.

I just saw my scores from FL2 today...I went from a 30 on the last one to a 34 on this one, which of course I am happy about. BUT, some of the passages looked familiar to me! I asked if they ever reuse passages and the instructor said no, then he said they might on the "test drives" (free half-lengths they offer, I have taken 2 of these). So I don't know how much that woul have affected my score, I never went over the answers to the half-lengths I took from Kaplan but just having seen some of the passages/questions before probably boosted my score artificially a bit. So I don't really trust this score, I'm going to do the PS and maybe BS sections from an EK test I have to get another evaluation of how well I'm doing (not concerned about the VR section). Hopefully I won't do a lot worse on the EK test... 😕 That would be a real confidence killer at this point!

 

[45408]

I'm pretty pumped. I went from 27 diagnostic to 29 FL1 to 31 FL2. I was only shooting for a 32, so I think I'm in good shape.

 

[fahimaz7]

Hmm.. I scored a 26 on the diagnostic.. a 29 on the FL1 and havn't recieved my scores for FL2. I thought the passages on Verbal reasoning were more difficult than FL1.

scott

 

[premedgeek]

Science sections on FL2 seemed much easier than anything I have seen so far. I can't really comment on verbal, since I suck at it.

I had 12PS 10VR 12BS.

And what's up with not being able to get 15 on PS? If you look at the scale, you will see that if you get them all right on PS, you only get 14.

I am guessing that FL2 is not really good indicator of real MCAT.

 

[willthatsall]

Science sections on FL2 seemed much easier than anything I have seen so far. I can't really comment on verbal, since I suck at it.

I had 12PS 10VR 12BS.

And what's up with not being able to get 15 on PS? If you look at the scale, you will see that if you get them all right on PS, you only get 14.

I am guessing that FL2 is not really good indicator of real MCAT.

I guess the PS was too easy to allow 15's.

 

[bonez318ti]

I just went through reviewing the PS for FL2..

Its so frustrating because when I go through it the test, because I am realizing that most of the ones I get wrong (80%) are due to careless mistakes or overthinking the problem. The ones that I actually don't know, i just guess, and i usually guess correctly (luck?).

Any recommendations on how to improve my accuracy? If I recall, I finished with a couple of minutes left for the FL2 PS section (had bad memories from FL1 😛). I may just take my sweet time with the questions on FL3 this weekend to see if my accuracy improves..

Going to go over the bio section now.. not even sure if it is worth it going over verbal. I am all over the place.. i got 6x on FL1 (for a 11) and got 15x on FL2 (for a 9). I just pray i dont get any killer passages, or if i do, i recognize it early enough to triage.

 

[freesolo]

im bombing the pedigree questions on full lengths, is their a topical or a subject test on genetics?

 

[DaveinDallas]

Well, shoot....

I went from 18 on the diag to 24 on FL1 (7PS/10VR/7PS) to a 23 on FL2 (7PS/11VR/5BS). I guess I need to start banging away on those topicals. I'm trying to get to a 35, so with a month left, I figure I'll finish up the content review and start banging away on the Q Bank and topicals (I've only done a few).....any other suggestions on how to drill in the content or just do better?

 

[Clemson Doc]

Strange story regarding FL#2...

I took FL#2 yesterday...or so I thought. Strangely enough, the three of us at my table and one other person were given FL#3 by mistake. How they were included with a huge stack of FL#2 tests is beyond me. We didn't notice until after the PS section, when it was too late to do anything. So I can't comment on FL#2 (I suppose I will take it next week), but I can comment on FL#3.

I made a 31 (10 PS, 11 VR, 10 BS). I thought it was really hard. I made a 28 on FL#1 (9 PS, 9 VR, 10 BS), and was hoping for a 30 yesterday. I got bogged down on early passages in PS and VR, and really had to hurry to finish on time. After the test, I was just hoping that I didn't go down.

I was excited to see that I made a 31, and noticed something interesting: the grading scale is much different than FL#1. For example, I missed 10 questions in VR on FL#1, and made a 9. I missed 14 questions on FL#3, and made an 11. It was definitely a harder test, so I am going to have to trust Kaplan that their scales are accurate and I can be excited about doing better even though my percentage of correct answers went down.

My goal on the real deal is a 34. Here's where I stand so far:

Diagnostic: 23 (8 PS, 7 VR, 8 BS)
FL#1: 28 (9 PS, 9 VR, 10 BS)
FL#3: 31 (10 PS, 11 VR, 10 BS)

I hope I am learning this stuff well enough to reach my goal. This will be the fourth time I've sat for the MCAT, so I need to do it!

 

[strangelight]

I got a 24 on FL2...3 up from FL1. I could've done so much better had I answered JUST 1 more question right on both verbal & bio, and not made so many careless mistakes on physical. I hate how that can make such a big difference.

I'm a bit skeptical on the verbal scale though. I got the same amount of questions wrong as I did on FL1, yet I scored 2 points higher. Granted it was harder than before (thus the more lenient scale), I'm always hearing that Kaplan isn't the best predictor when it comes to verbal, so I'm not jumping for joy on my 'improvement' there.

I think I need to do a AAMC test to see where I -really- stand right now. Kaplan is a little discouraging sometimes, but good training nonetheless.

 

[silkworm]

Yeah, if I had done one more physical science question right, and one more bio question right, I would've improved 2 more points. Especially infuriating since I mis-bubbled on two physics questions.

But it evens out after all, since I guessed on a few questions and got them right.

I feel the verbal is the same difficulty as FL1, perhaps the scale is a "feel-good" scale.

My theory is that the difficulty of the tests and the scale are designed to alternate through the tests, so as to keep us on our toes, yet not completely shatter our confidences. I guess we will see when we take FL3.

I got a 24 on FL2...3 up from FL1. I could've done so much better had I answered JUST 1 more question right on both verbal & bio, and not made so many careless mistakes on physical. I hate how that can make such a big difference.

I'm a bit skeptical on the verbal scale though. I got the same amount of questions wrong as I did on FL1, yet I scored 2 points higher. Granted it was harder than before (thus the more lenient scale), I'm always hearing that Kaplan isn't the best predictor when it comes to verbal, so I'm not jumping for joy on my 'improvement' there.

I think I need to do a AAMC test to see where I -really- stand right now. Kaplan is a little discouraging sometimes, but good training nonetheless.

 

[thegenius]

I guess the PS was too easy to allow 15's.

Full Length #2 is messed up (or Full Lenght #1 is).

For instance, I got a VR9 on both tests, yet on the second one I got 7 more wrong than then first one.

I got a PS10 on Full Length #2 (PS9 on Full Length #1), and I got 16 more right!

The verbal for test #2 was hard, but I bet the MCAT will be similar to that one. I used to think that Kaplan tests were slightly harder than the MCAT but the more work I do comparing MCAT tests and Kaplan, and based on what individuals say, I'm not convinced of that.

 

[Nyphool]

I thought that full length 2 was more difficult than full length 1. For some reason i have a really difficult time finishing the biology section. In matter of fact i could not even concentrate. I ended up just randomly bublling and getting out early. The physcial sci section i managed to answer more questions. It seemed easier than fl1. The verbal i thought was a little bit harder and longer. I didnt get the grade yet but overall i bet i didd a bit worse.

 

[fahimaz7]

The damn test is graded on a Bell curve. If the section is hard.. and people miss a lot of questions then the curve reflects that.

 

[willthatsall]

The damn test is graded on a Bell curve. If the section is hard.. and people miss a lot of questions then the curve reflects that.

Yeah, I'm not sure if everyone realizes this. That is why FL2 PS was so much easier but your score didn't necessarily go up.

 

[willthatsall]

Full Length #2 is messed up (or Full Lenght #1 is).

For instance, I got a VR9 on both tests, yet on the second one I got 7 more wrong than then first one.

I got a PS10 on Full Length #2 (PS9 on Full Length #1), and I got 16 more right!

The verbal for test #2 was hard, but I bet the MCAT will be similar to that one. I used to think that Kaplan tests were slightly harder than the MCAT but the more work I do comparing MCAT tests and Kaplan, and based on what individuals say, I'm not convinced of that.

If you look at the thread I had about Practice Tests vs. the Real MCAT for April you will see quite a few people who took Kaplan and you can see how their scores progressed and what they got on the real thing. I'll look for the thread and link it.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=128666