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I believe they are selling actual physical cards, not online ones.

"Each 5.5” x 4.25” card includes the question, correct solution, and explanation. You also get a card with the periodic table and a card outlining the exam’s foundational concepts and skills."
 
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Leumas8 said:
I believe they are selling actual physical cards, not online ones.

"Each 5.5” x 4.25” card includes the question, correct solution, and explanation. You also get a card with the periodic table and a card outlining the exam’s foundational concepts and skills."
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what a rip! $10 for 15o lousy questions I will never see again, and they are not even digital? 25 questions per area. I could pay this for passages, but discrete questions? is 25 questions even enough to determine high yield anything?

AAMC, spend less time on crap like this and more time on practice tests, please
 
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GetMyMD2022 said:
what a rip! $10 for 15o lousy questions I will never see again, and they are not even digital? 25 questions per area. I could pay this for passages, but discrete questions? is 25 questions even enough to determine high yield anything?

AAMC, spend less time on crap like this and more time on practice tests, please
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It is a rip, but it's out of stock already so you know AAMC knows exactly what their business plan is lol.
 
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GetMyMD2022 said:
what a rip! $10 for 15o lousy questions I will never see again, and they are not even digital? 25 questions per area. I could pay this for passages, but discrete questions? is 25 questions even enough to determine high yield anything?

AAMC, spend less time on crap like this and more time on practice tests, please
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Thats the first thing that came to my mind. Im like 25 questions that probably would never see on the mcat 😀 I thought they are going to release a new practice test soon
 
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medprospect22 said:
my take: most useful after your review all the material just to shed light on anything you might have missed. Not that useful a week or 2 before the exam
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I disagree with them not being useful a week or two before the exam. I have them now (taking the test on saturday) and have found them quite useful as a last minute, less stressful form of review. It highlights topics they are likely to test on. I'll be googling the topics of the cards I missed tomorrow just to brush up on them.
 
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banana_phone said:
I disagree with them not being useful a week or two before the exam. I have them now (taking the test on saturday) and have found them quite useful as a last minute, less stressful form of review. It highlights topics they are likely to test on. I'll be googling the topics of the cards I missed tomorrow just to brush up on them.
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You're probably right. More material can always be helpful, but if I was recommending them to someone who is taking them exam in 3 months, I would recommend getting them almost immediately along with Q-Packs and Section Banks. Review the material on them excessively, then use the last 3 weeks to use the unscored and scored for timing. But again, it's great to hilight materials that you haven't touched upon. But that's just my 2 cents.
 
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AWolfman said:
Anyone putting these bad boys up somewhere on the interweb? Would love to drive before I buy.
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Someone did and they got immediately taken down. AAMC isn't messing around. Sorry dude 🙁

For what its worth, they're cheap, they're AAMC material (which is a hot commodity) and the answer explanations are good. I highly recommend getting them.
 
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@700003 If you are in the early stages of content review and you have $20 to spare, then I would say yes. If you are transitioning to practice tests or have already started full lengths, I would say no. Hope that helps!
 
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700003 said:
Do you think they are worth buying? I'm debating on whether I need to spend $20 on them…esp since I heard some of the cards were too easy
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IMO the flash cards are a no-brainer must-buy regardless of how far along you are in your studying. It's brand new official AAMC content, of which there is very little available right now. You'd have to be crazy to pass that up?
 
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The shipping cost on this is outrageous. When the product itself is cheaper then the actual shipping cost, you have a problem

I really want to buy these but c'mon, something has to be done about that shipping cost

Looked elsewhere online and can only find them for purchase through AAMC
 
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So I folded and bought the bundle today. Shipping was $6

If the other materials, such as the section bank, are as helpful as some claim then it's a purchase that I won't regret
 
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Gurby said:
Section Bank is, without question, the #1 most important resource for MCAT prep.
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please, I beg you, tell me the entire MCAT is not like the section bank... oh. for. the love of God.

Those graphs, and tables and charts and graphs and then @#$S2 as234 y1123K signals the @#$ gh3 5p dot to the Y12367 D and then the GPS @#4 s8 signals the KDKPIDGAFNEMORE to some bar chart.
 
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χmaverickχ said:
What is the level of difficulty of the corresponding sections of the test compared to the section bank?
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Ad2b said:
Did you hear that????

It was hope slamming the door in my face 🙁

Will.

Conquer.

This.

😀
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There are easy passages and hard passages on the MCAT, and it will vary test-to-test as to how many hard/easy passages there are. I think you are very likely to get at least 2 or 3 section bank difficulty passages in each section of the real test. Overall, I think my test was a little bit less difficult than the SB but not by a whole lot. The real test was definitely much harder than the AAMC unscored/scored FL's, although those did still predict my score fairly well.
 
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Gurby said:
There are easy passages and hard passages on the MCAT, and it will vary test-to-test as to how many hard/easy passages there are. I think you are very likely to get at least 2 or 3 section bank difficulty passages in each section of the real test. Overall, I think my test was a little bit less difficult than the SB but not by a whole lot. The real test was definitely much harder than the AAMC unscored/scored FL's, although those did still predict my score fairly well.
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Good to know. I plan on taking some Next Step FL's in preparation so hopefully the actual thing will feel like a breeze
 
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Gurby said:
I think you are very likely to get at least 2 or 3 section bank difficulty passages in each section of the real test.
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Thank you 🙂 that I can handle but 6 hours of all SB type passages??? I'd have been doomed. Seriously, crushed. I can handle a randomized easy/moderate/hard section... it's like exercising for fat burn 😀
 
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