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[believe <3]

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Should I take the new AAMC scored test as my "diagnostic?"

I'm registered for the April 1 MCAT but don't feel "up to my potential" ready. I basically still have content review to finish (organic and Biochem) and I haven't really practiced passages with the other subjects that much. I know my Physics and Gen. Chem formulas but am not sure how it will translate application-wise because I haven't taken any practice tests.

March 1st is the deadline to reschedule, and I'm considering taking the AAMC scored practice test before then to see where I stand. If its a low score I want to push my date to May 6th, so I get two months to practice and review.

Is this a good idea to use the one and only AAMC scored test? Should I just not take any test and directly postpone my date, considering my knowledge gaps in Biochem?

 

[Goro]

Outright stupid to take a career-deciding, high stakes exam for practice. What if you do poorly? Adcoms are allergic to poor choice makers.

You should NOT take the MCAT until you are 100% ready for it.

 

[believe <3]

Outright stupid to take a career-deciding, high stakes exam for practice. What if you do poorly? Adcoms are allergic to poor choice makers.

You should NOT take the MCAT until you are 100% ready for it.

No, I'm not taking the real thing as practice…of course not. I was wondering if I should take the AAMC scored practice test to see where I am at before I decide to reschedule. This is the only exam that I believe will give me a true indicator of my abilities, but unfortunately, there is only one so I'm debating whether it is wise to take it and potentially ruin objectivity.

 

[Goro]

My apologies for not understanding! Yes, take the diagnostic. it's important to see where you stand.

 

[ifnotnowwren]

No, I'm not taking the real thing as practice…of course not. I was wondering if I should take the AAMC scored practice test to see where I am at before I decide to reschedule. This is the only exam that I believe will give me a true indicator of my abilities, but unfortunately, there is only one so I'm debating whether it is wise to take it and potentially ruin objectivity.

I found that test far easier than the actual thing and did better on it than the actual thing, just a heads up. You may want to see if others felt the same way. So maybe that makes it a good place to start? I'm not really sure. It may be a good place to see how things are applied so you can alter the way you are studying.

 

[j387780]

I found that test far easier than the actual thing and did better on it than the actual thing, just a heads up. You may want to see if others felt the same way. So maybe that makes it a good place to start? I'm not really sure. It may be a good place to see how things are applied so you can alter the way you are studying.

I scored a 499 on my diagnostic and a 496 on the real thing.

 

[njtrimed]

Can't you buy practice tests from test prep companies? I'd take the AAMC practice test right before the real thing. Personally, I took a bunch of Kaplan practice tests and they were much harder than the real exam, but helped me highlight my weaknesses so I could focus on them. I took the AAMC practice test about a week or two before the the real thing and scored two points lower than what I ended up scoring. I think it should be used as an indicator of where you actually stand, and I wouldn't use that until I thought I was ready. Check the MCAT forum here-I know people said other companies offered practice tests for reasonable prices.

 

[Doctor Dream]

I took the NS diagnostic and then the 2015 AAMC FL a week later (only AAMC exam out at the time) and thought that worked well. I didn't want my very first taste of the exam to be with my most valuable material because I felt it'd be wasted. I felt "prepped" for my more accurate diagnostic I guess you could say.

 

[raiderette]

Have you tried the question packs? I would save that test until the last week. I took a May test last year and was so glad I had a couple of weeks just dedicated to taking every sample test I could get my hands on.

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[whatever5]

Practice tests just give you a general idea of where you are, not a whole picture - to be safe, you'd want to score at least a couple points above what you're aiming for on the practice test.

 

[kb1900]

Why wouldn't you just do every practice test that you can get your hands on??? And then review every question?

 

[medic86]

Why wouldn't you just do every practice test that you can get your hands on??? And then review every question?

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