Official 7/27 Exam Thread!!

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Camy99 said:
I'm not a morning person which is why I took it at 1pm the first time. I realized this was a bad idea because 1) it's half way through the day, so your mind is not as fresh (even if tired) and 2) idk about you but I get hungry more often around that time than in the morning.
Hungry me<<<<<<<<<<<Tired me lol

Welp, three days. I just want to break 30 ): What is this madness?! I know I can do it because I've gotten 10+ in each section, but never at the same time. -__-"
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I'm retaking it too and I took it at 1pm the first time as well 🙂

I'm definitely an afternoon person but I remember the day of the exam I started to lose steam after the writing section just before the bio section so I know what you mean 🙁

Hopefully it all works out. Good luck!
 
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woodside9: Have you taken any of the other AAMC's? For me, except for AAMC 4 (which I scored two points lower on than AAMC 3) I have scored higher on all the other AAMC's than I did on AAMC 3. Granted, AAMC 3 was my very first full length so one might expect an bit of a boost as I got more accustomedto the exam length and timing. But still, you MAY score even better on some of the others (including 9, 10, and 11.) Obviously it will probably vary from person to person, though.

Hope everyone does well! I'll be praying for you guys! 🙂
 
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What the heck! I bumped down from two 31's in a row on AAMC 9 & 10 to a 8/10/10 on AAMC 11.

Completely ran out of time on PS.

Someone PLEASE tell me AAMC 11 is very accurate within a point or 2 of predicting your real score!
 
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^Unless I read that incorrectly, don't you mean isn't? I've heard average is a good predictor.

Anyways, today was my last study day. Tomorrow I will go out and about and relax. Maybe look at some flashcards... maybe. Then... dun dun dun. XD
 
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JoshuaGuit said:
Unless you do that every 3 days, that does not sound like a very smart plan. Notsureifsrs 🙁
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Yeah you do need to have some experience pulling all-nighters, and being able to manage the lack of a normal 24-hour circadian rhythm. I stay up late and am not a morning person AT ALL, I feel like my brain works below 75% normal efficiency in the first two hours of the day. Getting less than 8 hours of sleep is completely detrimental to brain function as well. So all-nighters are my remedy.

(To avoid confusion, I don't mean doing an all-nighter and taking a test after being up 24+ hours. Worst idea. Trust. Ideally, I try to be awake and alert and in the test-taking mindset for at least 6 hours before a test, no matter what time it is. Have been using this method for over two years now)
 
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I haven't posted very frequently in this thread (if at all?), but good luck to everyone taking it tomorrow!
The best piece of advice I heard for the MCAT was something along the lines of "don't let your nerves get to you, and trust your training". My plan is to treat it like another practice exam, so I won't panic about everything that is riding on this exam.

Here's to everyone getting the score they want, and then enjoying the tiny bit of summer we have left 😎
 
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Just finished. Do not know how many other 7-26ers there were, but I thought that was a little tough. Bio def had some goofy stand alone questions and some tough O chem questions. Hoping for a little leniency on the scoring. Didn't think verbal was too bad except for one passage which I skipped and didn't have too much time on at the end. Physical science section was a lot of chemistry I thought. I got a 28 on AAMC 11 so my goal was a 28-29. I hope I can get a 26-27. Anybody else take it today and have opinions?
 
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I took my practice exams and had an upwards trend...until AAMC 11 that is.

Kaplan Diagnostic-20
Kaplan FL 1- 23
AAMC 8- 24
AAMC 9- 26
AAMC 10- 28
AAMC 11 (took today) - 27

I got hung up on some of the PS passages and completed guessed (chose C) for two full passages. Anyone else had that same problem?
 
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Cuongoff said:
I took my practice exams and had an upwards trend...until AAMC 11 that is.

Kaplan Diagnostic-20
Kaplan FL 1- 23
AAMC 8- 24
AAMC 9- 26
AAMC 10- 28
AAMC 11 (took today) - 27

I got hung up on some of the PS passages and completed guessed (chose C) for two full passages. Anyone else had that same problem?
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Yes! Aamc 11 was my worst score for ps and verbal, although I think I took it when I was really tired. Don't worry about it! Rest up for tomorrow!
 
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Just took the one that was today. Bio seemed very difficult for me, verbal wasn't that bad, and the two essays were fun to write about.

Hoping for a 30, but with some of the guessing I had to do it could go either way 🙁
 
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JoshuaGuit said:
Just took the one that was today. Bio seemed very difficult for me, verbal wasn't that bad, and the two essays were fun to write about.

Hoping for a 30, but with some of the guessing I had to do it could go either way 🙁
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Really? My friend had his test today (re-take) and said that it was significantly easier than his first. I'm hoping tomorrow's exam would be easy too.
 
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Cuongoff said:
Really? My friend had his test today (re-take) and said that it was significantly easier than his first. I'm hoping tomorrow's exam would be easy too.
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Well, thanks for making me feel like crap, but on the flip side, maybe he was just much more prepared than I was. I have studied for the last 3 months, usually around 8 hours a day. I had to teach myself the entirety of physiology though, so most of the time was reading bio information.
 
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no such thing as easy really. only easy if you've put in the time and effort to learn the concept/ done passages similar during review.
 
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Cuongoff said:
Really? My friend had his test today (re-take) and said that it was significantly easier than his first. I'm hoping tomorrow's exam would be easy too.
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I took it today as well and IMO the PS was pretty fair and tbh if I had managed my time well it was a potential 12-13 easy and this is coming from a person that hates physics. However, the BS was definitely not "easy". There were several brutal discretes and a lot more Ochem than I expected.I'm sure by now every one knows that memorizing Bio stuff aint gonna cut it...a lot more analytical thinking is required....they actually provided a lot the stuff I memorized in the passages ( what a waste of time😡). VR is a crap shoot ...

good luck everyone
 
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habeshalij said:
I took it today as well and IMO the PS was pretty fair and tbh if I had managed my time well it was a potential 12-13 easy and this is coming from a person that hates physics. However, the BS was definitely not "easy". There were several brutal discretes and a lot more Ochem than I expected.I'm sure by now every one knows that memorizing Bio stuff aint gonna cut it...a lot more analytical thinking is required....they actually provided a lot the stuff I memorized in the passages ( what a waste of time😡). VR is a crap shoot ...

good luck everyone
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Ugh! This sounds like the perfect MCAT for me.. unfortunately I took it 7/14 and it was the opposite (really hard PS, easier BS).

Good luck tomorrow everyone
 
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Officially giving up. Took AAMC 11 and got 27. Been getting consistently 30+ and nearing 13 for PS. Bombed big time, just before the test. Fml.
 
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I hate mornings,

So far my scores have been.

AAMC 3: 33 (13/10/10)
AAMC 4 - 8, ranging from 32-36
AAMC 9: 35 (14/12/9)
AAMC 11: 34 (12/12/10)

I always make such silly mistakes!!!
 
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I was thinking of not showing up. It's 8 am and I was supposed to be sitting in there BUT my government issued ID was deemed a no-match.

Now I have to register again. 🙁

Guess it is called divine intervention.
 
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I lucked out with my testing center. It was at my school and the guy running it was pretty relaxed and friendly which helped me calm down. Everything worked as it should, but earmuff headphones+glasses=soreness on the sides of my head where they squeezed my glasses against my skull.

I knew I would not be able to sleep last night, so I took some cough medicine and slept yesterday afternoon until ~12:30 in the morning. I also know that I get many calls from nature during exams, so I did not eat past 2am. I didn't bring any food and it definitely made me feel a bit off, but the benefit of not feeling the call of nature all exam was worth it.

As far as the exam, I am feeling pretty good. BS was definitely the hardest for me, but I won't be giving out any specifics (yes, AAMC, I know you are watching us like a hawk)

AAMC average ~35
Prediction
PS: 12-14
VR: 10-12
BS: 9-11
Overall prediction 34P
Actual score: 35P
 
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I agree... the PS wasn't bad at all but the BS was CRAZY! So much orgo.... oh well. Hopefully I did well enough to pull at least an 11 on BS. I wasn't a huge fan of the prompts, took me a minute to think of examples and rules. Overall, though, that wasn't a terrible test.

Now that I've said that, I'll end up with a 5J.

Good job to everyone who took it today! Now to settle in for the month long wait!
 
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I thought PS was fairly straight forward from what I can remember, verbal was iffy - could go either way, didn't think the passages were really hard, BS was fairly tough. Lot of Orgo which I really didn't mind but I was not a fan of some of those discrete(s).

Prediction is unfortunately somewhere between 26-30. Would be happily surprised if >30 because I know I got like 3 wrong alone on BS (from looking them up).
 
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I wish I didn't look too. Although I dunno, I felt reasonably strong in orgo while it seems everyone hates it. Therefore I feel like I could make up a couple points there. I felt strong in PS but to be honest I can't remember really any questions except one tricky one I think I got right. Its out of my hands now.
 
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Good luck today guys.

A good friend of mine took the 8am test today. He said the sciences were very fair but the verbal ruined his day.
 
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So initial thoughts. Orgo heavy yet again, this myth that Orgo is being phased needs to end! Bio otherwise was very straight forward. Physics seemed a bit harder than the other sections and verbal was lame per usual!

AMCAS Average 29.25
Kaplan Average 1-5 30.00

Predicted 28-33
 
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Holy Orgo!!! Yikes!
Bio is the only section I'm worried about.. I really, really should've studied more orgo! With that being said, I feel like you can miss a bunch on bio and still end up with a decent score.
PS was not nearly as bad as my previous MCAT. Pretty standard stuff.
Verbal was verbal. I feel that same afterwards whether I get an 8 or a 13. I had to guess on one passage, but I felt good on all the others.
It's such a crapshoot! I mean, I feel like I did really good, but maybe I didn't?
Previous MCAT: 27
Predicted: 29-31

As for checking answers, I only remembered one question.. I checked it and I got it right! 🙂
 
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I did get to test, one hour late.

I have nothing to say. Too many questions I'm not sure about! And a lot of orgo. Feel like less than 30.
 
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Test was great. Easy physical sciences. Verbal had fair passages but difficult questions. Bio was easy and orgo was alright.
 
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Aghhhhh I feel like total crap after that... Looks like I'm the only one here who found PS really difficult. At the halfway point I still more than half to do, and starting panicking and rushing 🙁 I definitely felt waaaay worse about it than any other AAMC practice tests, and ended up guessing much more than usual. Verbal I actually felt was ok, but it's verbal so my prediction of it is almost always off. So I got to BS and was thinking "ok, usually this doesn't go too badly for me, maybe I can make up for the crappy PS section" WRONG! What was with all the orgo?! The actual bio stuff was ok, but those orgo passages were just killer.

Man I feel like I've just wasted these last 3 months studying and all that $ on prep materials 🙁 Still rather shell-shocked that an exam I prepared for that extensively could go THAT badly.
 
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7ec13 said:
Aghhhhh I feel like total crap after that... Looks like I'm the only one here who found PS really difficult. At the halfway point I still more than half to do, and starting panicking and rushing 🙁 I definitely felt waaaay worse about it than any other AAMC practice tests, and ended up guessing much more than usual. Verbal I actually felt was ok, but it's verbal so my prediction of it is almost always off. So I got to BS and was thinking "ok, usually this doesn't go too badly for me, maybe I can make up for the crappy PS section" WRONG! What was with all the orgo?! The actual bio stuff was ok, but those orgo passages were just killer.

Man I feel like I've just wasted these last 3 months studying and all that $ on prep materials 🙁 Still rather shell-shocked that an exam I prepared for that extensively could go THAT badly.
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The odds are that people who feel like they did really well are more likely to post than those that didn't, so take the majority opinion with a grain of salt.

That said, what materials did you use to prep and how were your AAMC averages?
 
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V5RED said:
The odds are that people who feel like they did really well are more likely to post than those that didn't, so take the majority opinion with a grain of salt.

That said, what materials did you use to prep and how were your AAMC averages?
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I took the TPR course, took practice tests TPR 1-5 and AAMC 4,5,7,8,9,11. AAMC average 31-32. It just felt so much worse than any of those tests. But I mean, there's nothing I can do about it now, so I guess it's time to move on with life!
 
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Overall, the last time I took the MCAT I was rushing through the end of PS and rushing through VR in general, so I feel much better coming out of today's exam. I'm hoping for at least a 31 (high is always nicer 🙂 ) and I only took two practice AAMC's and got a 33 and 36...so I guess I'll predict a 31 or 32. My timing was good, but there was so much that I studied/memorized that wasn't on the exam. Ugh.

Best of luck to everyone. In the end, I'm sure we all did fine :xf:
 
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I thought PS was pretty easy although I went way too slow. They were so easy, I didn't want to miss them because of silly mistakes. VR was OK, except for that one passage. You know what I'm talking. BS was a lot of ochem, but still pretty easy. I thought I would feel better after taking it because I just wanted to get it over with so badly, but I just feel really strange right now, not happy not sad. I'm not sure what to do with myself...
 
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So glad to be done!

PS wasn't too bad, a couple questions that felt really random, but overall it was okay...thinking back on it now, I feel better about that section than when I left the test center

VR was also super doable, passages were easy to understand and most of the questions weren't too tough to figure out if you looked at all the answer choices

BS was for sure the toughest section on the test, the bio parts were pretty straightforward, a couple iffy discretes but the difficulty was very much like the AAMC practice tests...the orgo was definitely the worst part of the test, a lot more of it than I saw in the practice tests...I tried the best I could to just narrow down the choices, a lot of working backwards and going with what made the most sense

Writing was chill!

AAMC average was around a 35-36, so I'm hoping it all works out

Time to enjoy the summer!!!
 
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Personally I think the hardest section was verbal. The passages were not bad, but there were a lot of questions were I felt like I was split 50/50 and both answers seemed equally good. Hopefully we get a good verbal curve
 
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^Exactly how I feel.

PS was ridiculously easy. There was maybe 1 or 2 questions that I couldn't figure out, but I still pwned it (I hope).
Verbal was verbal. Lonnnnng passages (I started getting glazy in the last passages lol) but straightforward questions. A few I had to narrow down to two responses, so fingers crossed about those.
Writing omg.. One of those prompts I had already done very recently! So I already had examples and everything. I was super surprised. Finished it in 15mn and spent the last 15mn making it perfect. But yeah, the other one I may have reached really far with my examples lol
DAT BIO THO. I'll just say, I have no problem with the whole thing being OChem for all I care AS LONG AS I can tell what you're talking about. The way they displayed the molecules took me forever to figure out >.< Ugh.

Got a 11/8/6 the first time because I had to pee during bio XD Didn't drink anything this time, so it hopefully all ends better. Hopefully.

8am is the just the opposite of 1pm. I started out tired while the other time I had finished tired. No big advantage.

When are the results out again? So I could mark it in my calendar...
 
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