Meaning of Raw Score on AAMC Practice Tests

[dochoov]

I just finished an AAMC Practice test and my raw score was 35. Is that 35 of of 45? or is this an unscaled, inaccurate score?

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[Stolenspatulas]

I just finished an AAMC Practice test and my raw score was 35. Is that 35 of of 45? or is this an unscaled, inaccurate score?

all that you have to know is that there's an 80% chance you'll score between a 33-37 on the real thing.

actually, its probably higher than 80%.

what im trying to say is it doesnt matter. its a practice. you have a ballpark understanding that you're sort of solid at this point. less speculation, more studying. shoo!

(ps, I was scoring 37s consistently..., on my last AAMC practice (5 days before the real thing) I scored a 34. I flipped. Then on the real thing I bombed out a 40. Kazaam! speculation is useless. go study.)

 

[dochoov]

Kazaam! speculation is useless. go study.)

good advice. thank you. one more thing i need to understand: i ended each section with about an hour more than I needed. did my raw score account for only the time that I actually used? for example, if i spent an extra 30mins on each of the sections, and got the same number of questions right, would my raw score be lower?

 

[GT2]

good advice. thank you. one more thing i need to understand: i ended each section with about an hour more than I needed. did my raw score account for only the time that I actually used? for example, if i spent an extra 30mins on each of the sections, and got the same number of questions right, would my raw score be lower?

no. if you finish early good for you. if you finish within the alloted time good for you.

your score is only on amount of questions you got right within the alloted time

 

[wisguy]

good advice. thank you. one more thing i need to understand: i ended each section with about an hour more than I needed. did my raw score account for only the time that I actually used? for example, if i spent an extra 30mins on each of the sections, and got the same number of questions right, would my raw score be lower?

Wow...you finished the hour-long verbal section with an hour to spare? And the science sections took you ten minutes apiece? Either you read all of the passages, questions and answer choices in less than one second or you might be exaggerating.

 

[dochoov]

Wow...you finished the hour-long verbal section with an hour to spare? And the science sections took you ten minutes apiece? Either you read all of the passages, questions and answer choices in less than one second or you might be exaggerating.

no exaggeration my friend. I was taking the test with only the difficult questions, as I now understand. On the 3R the "diffucult" science questions aren't so difficult, in fact, they're probobly un representatively easy. but those verbal ones.... oh man, I got slapped around. I don't want to talk in detail about them (as to not violate the AAMC's rules), but take the free 3R test with only the difficult questions. (I'm assuming that everyone gets the exact same test).

 

[smuwillobrien]

no exaggeration my friend. I was taking the test with only the difficult questions, as I now understand. On the 3R the "diffucult" science questions aren't so difficult, in fact, they're probobly un representatively easy. but those verbal ones.... oh man, I got slapped around. I don't want to talk in detail about them (as to not violate the AAMC's rules), but take the free 3R test with only the difficult questions. (I'm assuming that everyone gets the exact same test).

If it makes you feel any better I got a 35 on 3R and a 36 on the real thing. From my experience though, 7, 8 and 9 are much more representative of the types of questions, but they're slightly easier.

 

[DrBowtie]

If it makes you feel any better I got a 35 on 3R and a 36 on the real thing. From my experience though, 7, 8 and 9 are much more representative of the types of questions, but they're slightly easier.

I had a very similar experience, scoring 1 point higher than 3r.

 

[BigRedPremed]

no exaggeration my friend. I was taking the test with only the difficult questions, as I now understand. On the 3R the "diffucult" science questions aren't so difficult, in fact, they're probobly un representatively easy. but those verbal ones.... oh man, I got slapped around. I don't want to talk in detail about them (as to not violate the AAMC's rules), but take the free 3R test with only the difficult questions. (I'm assuming that everyone gets the exact same test).

How do you know which ones are "difficult?" I'm quite confused about your initial post and this one.

 

[dochoov]

How do you know which ones are "difficult?" I'm quite confused about your initial post and this one.

Once you gain access to the test, you have the option of taking it with all questions, only the easy, only the intermediate, or only the difficult. I selected "difficult," because I was initially ignorant to the fact that I would be getting ONLY the difficult questions as opposed to a more difficult version of the test with ALL the questions. So I ended up with 100 minutes to complete 22 questions/section. Does this make sense?

 

[BigRedPremed]

Once you gain access to the test, you have the option of taking it with all questions, only the easy, only the intermediate, or only the difficult. I selected "difficult," because I was initially ignorant to the fact that I would be getting ONLY the difficult questions as opposed to a more difficult version of the test with ALL the questions. So I ended up with 100 minutes to complete 22 questions/section. Does this make sense?

Then wouldn't that invalidate your 35 score since you apparently only took a fraction of the test?

 

[dochoov]

Sure, whatever makes ya feel good )