How much is it possible to improve score in 3 months?

[patrickd223]

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Counting down to may 10th MCAT. I am scoring 26s on practice AAMC tests, is it possible to get my score up to 30 before the big day? Anybody who already took MCAT care to share hwo their scores increased?

 

[halekulani]

answer: yes.

 

[Scean]

is that a serious question?

No, you cant, just chill for three months and DO NOTHING, your case is hopeless.

To be serious of course you can improve in THREE MONTHS. Would you do better on a test if you even had an extra DAY? what makes the MCAT so different?

I would advise you to hold off on taking any more aamc's, seeing as I found them the most realistic practice, save them for the last few weeks when you really have no time left to improve your scores through knowledge and instead you need to practice test stamina and poise. Its all about how much you put into it, if you put in alot of time and effort well above 30 is a completely reasonable possibility.

 

[supafield]

May 05 - August 05 - 17 O to 31 R

My improvement was sigmoidal I think would be the correct term.
The first few sucked because I knew very little, then a quick exponential increase with big jumps which leveled off at 33 tops leading to the real thing.

Bottom line 4 pts is achievable in 10 days if you study certain concepts your were missing correctly so it is definitely doable in 3 months.

 

[BigRedder]

You can learn all the material for the MCAT in 3 months, from scratch, if you study a couple hours a day.

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

Counting down to may 10th MCAT. I am scoring 26s on practice AAMC tests, is it possible to get my score up to 30 before the big day? Anybody who already took MCAT care to share hwo their scores increased?

Supafield is right on the mark. Improvement for most people is sigmoidal. Every now and then, we see a diprotic student who gets a second climb. The first few exams teach you how to take the test. The more you learn about your test-taking approach, the better you will do. Review questions, learn from your mistakes, identify and eliminate as many careless errors as possible, and develop a good glossary. If you do this, you should see a score over 30.

 

[StarTrack]

DEFINITELY possible. I scored a 26 on an AAMC about a month before the exam. Got a 37 on the last one I took. Took MCAT Jan. 25. We'll see how it goes. Signed up for the May 10th just in case 😀

 

[Blade28]

Please remember that practice tests are just that - practice.

 

[MSTPbound]

Not only is it possible, I think it's typical for many, although the amount you improve is dependent upon several factors that hopefully get hammered out during your test prep. I went from 25 to 30 in three months; I think larger improvements than this are more typical.

Good !

-Mbound

 

[netminder]

Wow, Supafield. That rocks. Want a tutoring job?

 

[armymt]

You can learn all the material for the MCAT in 3 months, from scratch, if you study a couple hours a day.

Yes, I agree. You can learn all the science material in 3 months. All MCAT questions are based on basic science; 1st year physics, gen chem, o-chem, etc... It's just the passages are hard to figure out sometimes. I think the hardest part is figuring out what the question is asking and getting the information you need from the passage. But anways, yes, the material can be learned in 3 months, easy. Gosh, if you put in the time, you can learn all the material in a month, and spend the other 2 months working on your MCAT passage-related questions skills.

 

[MossPoh]

3 months is a ton of time. If you can put in 2-4 hours a day on average studying for the MCAT that results in a minimum of 180 hours put in. Not that much, but plenty if you are current in your material. I had a 6 point jump in 2 weeks....so it is doable.

 

[AmjedatKaplan]

Without knowing your section breakdowns its hard to give you an accurate estimate, but if you're scoring 9's on the sections, and were looking to score 10's on the sections, you're talking about an improvement of roughly 3-4 raw score points (extra questions correct).

This kind of an improvement can come from studying more/harder, but can also come from consistency. I bet if you look at your AAMC score reports, you'll notice that sometimes you get topic A questions right, and sometimes you don't. Well just by making sure that always get topic A questions right, you won't necessarily have to learn a new topic, topic B, in order to get those extra 3 questions right in each section.

Good luck.

 

[Vihsadas]

3 months is all the time you really need to study for the MCAT as long as you can put in full time hours.

28 (8 12 8) ==> 40 (15 11 14)

 

[meowkat444]

3 months, weirdly enough the same jump as the last poster. 28-->40. definitely possible, but i worked my butt off.