How many points did you add to your MCAT ?

[WisconsinDoc2Be]

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How many points did you improve your MCAT by after studying ? practice testing ? Can you improve your score dramatically ? incrementally ? not much at all ? Please tell your stories !

 

[Pinkertinkle]

9

 

[Uegis]

9

Wow nine points? So you went from a 31 to a 40? 😱

 

[Pinkertinkle]

I'll admit, my first practice test was halfarsed. But my actual score after a summer of studying was the high 20's.

 

[WisconsinDoc2Be]

What was the score after the 9 points ?

 

[Childe]

I went up at least 10 points. Not exactly sure since I only took a test after significant study..

 

[velo]

from practice exam 1? i think about 14

 

[SC Alex]

I went from my first practice test of 24 (no studying at all) to a 35-37 on the actual MCAT

 

[sunUCB]

i started with a 19 and went up 14 points in a couple of months (the 19 was when i knew nothing though, i bubbled randomly for many of the passages)

 

[riven5]

My score went up nine points from 30 on Kaplan's diagnostic (33s and 34s on practice tests) to 39 on the actual test. Studying does help 🙂

 

[Fermata]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=31

 

[IndyZX]

AAMC 3R-->Real Thing

5pts

 

[Medikit]

How many points did you improve your MCAT by after studying ? practice testing ? Can you improve your score dramatically ? incrementally ? not much at all ? Please tell your stories !

40

 

[Tofurkey]

I started with a 21 on the Kaplan diag and my last practice test was just a 24 though. 🙁

We'll see what happens in three weeks with the real thing. And I studied all summer.

 

[Haybrant]

i went up 13 pts; started in low 20's

 

[stoic]

kaplan diagnostic = 20
april '04 = 35

as you may be able to tell, practice tests are not the end all of score prediction.

 

[boilerbeast]

Kaplan Diagnostic: 24
(without physics II)

Actual April 2004: 31

so +7 points.

my tip: study genetics like it's your job. Being an O-chem beast didn't really help me at all.

 

[chopper]

14 points with TPR

 

[An Yong]

10 points

 

[MsEvolution]

I'll tell you in three weeks!

 

[dnelsen]

I increased by 10 points by taking the Kaplan course (26 diagnostic -> 36 MCAT)

 

[freaker]

I completely reviewed all my material before I took a practice test. After taking that first practice test, I spent the remainder of my time going over what I was a little fuzzy on and taking more practice tests.

Bottomline: a 5 point improvement from my first practice test to the actual exam. To be fair, I took AAMC I as my first practice test, and I got a 14 on the verbal (b/c it was incredibly easy).

 

[Hersey]

I took Kaplan and ended up 6 points above the diagnostic and 7 points above the first practice test.

 

[SpiderBill]

Started at 12, 10, 10 on the diag 🙂 , got up to 14, 14, 12 on AAMC tests 😀 , and plummeted back to 14, 9, 10 on the real thing 🙄 . Never made lower than a 10 on verbal until the real thing (~6 practice tests). Good reason for that though...

 

[vcatz]

I increased 8 points from diagnostic to real MCAT with Kaplan (and a ton of studying).

 

[Treg]

I went from 26R (7-PS, 10-VR, 9-BS, R) in August 2003 to 37R (12-PS, 11-VR, 14-BS, R). I get asked "how?" all the time via PM, and here is what I say:

I took my first MCAT last year (August), 5 years since I took any of the PS courses. I studied for about 2.5 weeks, PS only, and it went badly. I was getting 27-30 on practice tests, however they were never completed in a single session.

This time (April), I studied 5-6 hours a day, 6 days a week, for 10 weeks. I used the EK set and 1001 questions in physics and ochem, my weakest subjects. Two weeks before the exam, I did AAMC practice tests every other day, in single sittings. The last week, I spent a little time here and there covering my notes, but mostly tried to relax. I think the experience helps the second time around with knowing what to expect and boosting confidence.

🙂 Treg

 

[CaMD]

I went from 26R (7-PS, 10-VR, 9-BS, R) in August 2003 to 37R (12-PS, 11-VR, 14-BS, R). I get asked "how?" all the time via PM, and here is what I say:

I took my first MCAT last year (August), 5 years since I took any of the PS courses. I studied for about 2.5 weeks, PS only, and it went badly. I was getting 27-30 on practice tests, however they were never completed in a single session.

This time (April), I studied 5-6 hours a day, 6 days a week, for 10 weeks. I used the EK set and 1001 questions in physics and ochem, my weakest subjects. Two weeks before the exam, I did AAMC practice tests every other day, in single sittings. The last week, I spent a little time here and there covering my notes, but mostly tried to relax. I think the experience helps the second time around with knowing what to expect and boosting confidence.

🙂 Treg

Treg, you rule!

 

[dr_stinky]

This thread has suddenly made me realize just how overrated the MCAT is.

 

[neoncandle]

I added 6 points to mine, but I started rather high.. so I am happy with that. This is a good group of test takers, though.

 

[dnelsen]

This thread has suddenly made me realize just how overrated the MCAT is.

😕