Took the AAMC unscored sample test today, and scored a 522! Feeling great! 🙂
My percentages were 92/91/85/95 for a total of 90.75%; all 3 conversion systems/formulas I found on SDN calculated 522 based on that percentage, so it's good to see that there's some consistency between the various conversion methods.
I still haven't touched the official guide or q-packs yet, so I'm planning to go through those before I take the scored AAMC FL during the week before June 18th. I feel like I may have gotten a bit lucky with this score, so I'm hoping that those extra ~1,500 practice questions in AAMC's MCAT prep bundle will make me less prone to a lot of variation when it's time for the real deal. Unfortunately, I'm on the quarter system, so I still have to worry about finals until June 9th haha
Yeah, I'm applying this cycle. I took it this early because I saw that I was doing better on the practice sections (EK). So I just went ahead and took it to see where I stand AAMC-wise... I rescheduled because I was scoring so low and didn't think I'd be able to improve as much as I want to for the real thing. I hope this makes any sense lol
Took the AAMC unscored sample test today, and scored a 522! Feeling great! 🙂
My percentages were 92/91/85/95 for a total of 90.75%; all 3 conversion systems/formulas I found on SDN calculated 522 based on that percentage, so it's good to see that there's some consistency between the various conversion methods.
I still haven't touched the official guide or q-packs yet, so I'm planning to go through those before I take the scored AAMC FL during the week before June 18th. I feel like I may have gotten a bit lucky with this score, so I'm hoping that those extra ~1,500 practice questions in AAMC's MCAT prep bundle will make me less prone to a lot of variation when it's time for the real deal. Unfortunately, I'm on the quarter system, so I still have to worry about finals until June 9th haha
Nah it stands for Notre Dame. I wanted to go there for college really badly, but then didn't even end up applying 😛
Well since each section on the real thing is only 59 questions, you should be okay. Did you simulate test conditions and take a break?
I didn't exactly simulate test conditions, but I definitely missed more towards the end. On both B/B and P/S I found myself trying to figure out how much more I had left around question 55, and things kind of went downhill from there.
My hope is that AAMC somehow forgets to put C/P on the exam haha.
Wait really?...how did you calculate that?
You'd be surprised at how you do, I felt the same after finishing C/P and CARS and was dreading the second half of the test, and ended up with 127s all across the board - not great, not horrible... but good practice regardless.
SPOILER FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T TAKEN NS FL2- I got kind of angry at the question on circular acceleration because EK explicitly said it's not on the new MCAT, so I was really thrown by that and wasted a ton of time trying to remember any equation that could help me. I also found that on multiple calculations that I did where I felt pretty confident in what I was doing, I ended up with a totally wrong number and had to go based solely on units which made me feel pretty nervous. :/ But yeah, on the first one I was thinking "if i feel this way on the real thing, i'll void it" and then ended up doing well, so hopefully this will be another instance of that (but I doubt it!). Nice job with your score, that's a solid score for the NS tests.
Took the AAMC unscored sample test today, and scored a 522! Feeling great! 🙂
My percentages were 92/91/85/95 for a total of 90.75%; all 3 conversion systems/formulas I found on SDN calculated 522 based on that percentage, so it's good to see that there's some consistency between the various conversion methods.
I still haven't touched the official guide or q-packs yet, so I'm planning to go through those before I take the scored AAMC FL during the week before June 18th. I feel like I may have gotten a bit lucky with this score, so I'm hoping that those extra ~1,500 practice questions in AAMC's MCAT prep bundle will make me less prone to a lot of variation when it's time for the real deal. Unfortunately, I'm on the quarter system, so I still have to worry about finals until June 9th haha
What did you get on the scored FL?
I feel very meh about my scored, just finished. Hoping I can raise it up a bit, I have no idea how I did the best in P/S because I've always done poorly with those terms.
Updated scored:
Kap diag: 487
Kap 1: 497
Kap 2: 502
Kap 3: 502
Kap 4: 506
AAMC unscored: 64% /87%/ 75% / 76%
Calculated to 511(?¿)
AAMC scored: 126(69%ouch)/126(75%ouchhh)/128(80%)/129(86%)
509
Hoping to bump those C/P and CARS sections up a point each by test day
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Haven't taken it yet! So far my EK tests were both around 65% (hard to scale), NS FL1 was 512, and unscored translated to around a 508. Was considering using the scored today, but since I'm testing June 18th I want to review high yield stuff this week before taking it! Thanks for the cheers. 🙂
I Think that's a pretty solid score. C/P is a section that you can probably increase by at least 1 pt just by reviewing high yield stuff, and the CARS is just a crap shoot IMO based on the passages and your interests. I wouldn't get too down about it, just focus on what you missed and have confidence that if you get a 509 that's still a really good score. 🙂I feel very meh about my scored, just finished. Hoping I can raise it up a bit, I have no idea how I did the best in P/S because I've always done poorly with those terms.
Updated scored:
Kap diag: 487
Kap 1: 497
Kap 2: 502
Kap 3: 502
Kap 4: 506
AAMC unscored: 64% /87%/ 75% / 76%
Calculated to 511(?¿)
AAMC scored: 126(69%ouch)/126(75%ouchhh)/128(80%)/129(86%)
509
Hoping to bump those C/P and CARS sections up a point each by test day
Sent from my iPhone using SDN mobile
