Offical PCAT practice test

[Falokis]

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I would necro an old thread, but it seems they have all expired. Ok, so the deal is I took the PCAT 6 years ago and got a 94% (or was it 92?). The school I would like to get in only accepts them from the past 5 years. Sweet, huh? So, I've been studying the $150 worth of books I got and took the offical practice PCAT under timed conditions with out a calculator. I only missed 1 or 2 per section. I can't really remember the questions from 6 years ago, but they seemed harder. So, is it the fact that I've taken 20+ credit hours in more high level bio and chem since then or is the practice test a bad comparison? I understand this is a small sample size of questions and no matter what I'm going to keep studying, but do you think I can gauge anything from the practice test at all?

Thanks

 

[Dr.Hafeza]

I would necro an old thread, but it seems they have all expired. Ok, so the deal is I took the PCAT 6 years ago and got a 94% (or was it 92?). The school I would like to get in only accepts them from the past 5 years. Sweet, huh? So, I've been studying the $150 worth of books I got and took the offical practice PCAT under timed conditions with out a calculator. I only missed 1 or 2 per section. I can't really remember the questions from 6 years ago, but they seemed harder. So, is it the fact that I've taken 20+ credit hours in more high level bio and chem since then or is the practice test a bad comparison? I understand this is a small sample size of questions and no matter what I'm going to keep studying, but do you think I can gauge anything from the practice test at all?

Thanks

I think your performance is because of your smarts, not because the practice tests are a bad comparison....RATHER, the practice tests are very close to the real thing, especially the reading and vocab part.
I'm sure you'll do even better than you did the first time this time around.
Good luck!

 

[omnione]

After looking at enough PCAT "practice tests" from those test-prep companies, the official Harcourt tests will help you the most even though its a short test.

Granted, the practice tests' predictions aren't very bold when it only predicts which quarter of the percentiles you'll fall in, but the questions are reflective of the difficulty of the true PCAT.

 

[acetyl]

After looking at enough PCAT "practice tests" from those test-prep companies, the official Harcourt tests will help you the most even though its a short test.

Granted, the practice tests' predictions aren't very bold when it only predicts which quarter of the percentiles you'll fall in, but the questions are reflective of the difficulty of the true PCAT.

I agree 100% with this statement.