mcat difficulty theory

[Laxmi]

it seems like everyone thought the real mcat was harder than the practice tests? why cant aamc make them on a similar level? why not provide harder aamc tests so that test takers aren't misled. i dont understand at all

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[bornguitar]

I agree, the last practice one I took, in regards to verbal and bio, was quite apparingly easier

 

[Chronotropic]

I didn't think anything was harder, just the whole situation made it seem that way.

Perhaps the Fruit fly vision passage was too hard but that was about it.

 

[zinjanthropus]

i think the actual test was very comparable to AAMC 5R and 6R

the perception of overall difficulty is just from an emotionally charged post-test environment

 

[dookbloo]

thanks, mr orsay, i mean zinjanthropus

 

[NotShorty]

"i think the actual test was very comparable to AAMC 5R "

Word.

 

[bornguitar]

hopefully thats the case notshorty, seeing how I got a 35 on the V

 

[dookbloo]

i rocked aamc 5. i did not rock the real exam.

 

[blackopal]

I think it depends on the form you got. I feel like the bio on my form (EH) was, without a doubt, much harder than the bio on 5R or 6R. The bio questions people are talking about from other forms seem a lot easier (but by the same token, some of the physical qs people are talking about for other forms sound harder than what I saw on the practices OR the real thing).
I don't think it was just nerves or pressure that made it seem harder. I was pretty calm and happy up until I was halfway through the bio section and realized the questions weren't getting any easier.