Is there any point in repeating a FL for practice?

[Chromatic543]

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If I didn't do as well as I liked on a FL, is it bad to repeat the FL for practice? If so, should I do it under full MCAT conditions or just do the passages timed for practice as if I was just practicing passages?

 

[Palmyra]

Re doing the questions won't necessarily hurt you, but it's not going to mean anything to re-do the test. Your score will not be representative of what you would get without the previous exposure. My personal opinion is that your time would be better spent reviewing every question on that test, then moving on. Either doing Q-banks, section banks, studying, or other practice tests. You have a limited amount of time, don't waste it by just re-doing what you have already done.

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[theonlytycrane]

You can if you think you'll learn from it. But the already meaningless score from it will be even more meaningless.

 

[Chromatic543]

Re doing the questions won't necessarily hurt you, but it's not going to mean anything to re-do the test. Your score will not be representative of what you would get without the previous exposure. My personal opinion is that your time would be better spent reviewing every question on that test, then moving on. Either doing Q-banks, section banks, studying, or other practice tests. You have a limited amount of time, don't waste it by just re-doing what you have already done.

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Do you think the Science question packs and section banks are equally good, or is one better than the other for the new MCAT?

 

[Palmyra]

Section banks are wayyyyyy better than the Q packs for the new MCAT.

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[Bumblenest]

repeating FLs, especially the real AAMC ones, can be super helpful. Yes, they won't reflect your potential actual score, since you've seen it before. But it's great review in making sure you actually learned from mistakes in the past, and also getting used to the AAMC question style.

 

[alpha-GTP]

I think its pretty useless in terms of testing your progress. You are answering questions that you knew the correct answers to at some point. Even if you think you forgot the answers/details, you are probably remembering more than what you are consciously aware of. Besides, once you look at a question, the whole spreading activation think will start to happen.

I did redo questions, but only on the day before my MCAT to check for careless mistakes (misreading question, missing key info, etc.). Once I was made a ware of these possible pitfalls the day before the exam, I was more careful on the actual test.