***Official Practice Score Thread August 2006***

[UMP]

Might as well start things rolling, I know there are a few of you that backed out of April's test that can post here too
Post any AAMC, Kaplan, PR or EK full length test scores here, let's see how we progress: (PS,VR,BS)


Let's get the August excitement rolling!

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[WestTexasRambler]

Practice Test Progress through the Summer:
5/10/06: AAMC 3R - 8PS, 8BS, 12VR (28)
6/3/06: TPR diagnostic 4911 (proctored) - 8PS, 8BS, 11VR (27)
6/10/06: AAMC 6R - 9PS, 12BS, 11VR (32)
6/13/06: AAMC 4R - 10VR, 9BS, 9PS (28)
6/25/06: TPR 4921 (proctored) - 7PS, 10VR, 10BS (27)
7/15/06: TPR 4931 (proctored)- 10PS, 11VR, 10BS (31)
7/23/06: AAMC 9 - 10PS, 11VR, 11BS (32)
7/29/06: AAMC 5R - 10PS, 11BS (didn't take verbal)
8/5/06: AAMC 8 (proctored) - 12PS, 11VR, 10BS (33) *Taken with a cold including having sniffles that probably annoyed everyone in the test center. By the second written essay, I was wiped!*

Hoping to increase my score by a few more points on the real thing...pretty please?

Nothing wrong with that AAMC 8 score. Looks goooooood.

 

[WestTexasRambler]

Here is my update...

3R: 27---> 9/8/10
4R: 26---> 9/8/9
5R: 28---> 9/9/10 (was 1 point away from 10 on both PS and VR)

I am going to break 30 next week...I feel it!

Do you have all the required formulas memorized? That helped me considerably on PS.

 

[AWhitehair]

Do you have all the required formulas memorized? That helped me considerably on PS.

Well, I still have two more chapters to cover in EK. One in chem and one in physics, but all the others I have memorized. My biggest issue is timing. I ran out of time on the last few questions for 5R and sometimes I do things the long way because it is the first way I think of. I am trying to improve this by doing tons of practice problems in the 1001 books. We'll see how my next PT goes after I have covered the rest of the material.

 

[deleted106503]

Well, I still have two more chapters to cover in EK. One in chem and one in physics, but all the others I have memorized. My biggest issue is timing. I ran out of time on the last few questions for 5R and sometimes I do things the long way because it is the first way I think of. I am trying to improve this by doing tons of practice problems in the 1001 books. We'll see how my next PT goes after I have covered the rest of the material.

Nice job and you still have chapters left! I definitely agree with practice makes perfect for PS. What's your next AAMC exam, was it 7? I'll be taking that Monday. Maybe we can be AAMC 7 buddies this time.

 

[AWhitehair]

Nice job and you still have chapters left! I definitely agree with practice makes perfect for PS. What's your next AAMC exam, was it 7? I'll be taking that Monday. Maybe we can be AAMC 7 buddies this time.

Ha, I was suppose to take 7 today but I overslept and they started without me. I decided to stay in today and read and finish the AAMC 5R (hadn't done PS yet) and just relax tonight. I will probably take 7 on Tuesday because I work on Monday.

 

[stiffany]

Do you have all the required formulas memorized? That helped me considerably on PS.

Yea, likewise. I still need to review some formulas (sound and simple harmonics anyone???) but what helped me the most on PS was learning the main concepts and doing tons of practice problems to A. increase my confidence and B. increase my experience with answering all of those pesky questions where calculations/proportionality are involved. So, I've gone from a 7-8 to a consistent 10-11 (with that odd 12 today).

 

[mongmong]

Kaplan Diag- 23 (P8, V8, B7) (end of May)
Kaplan FL #1- 28 (P10, V8, B10) 7/9
AAMC 3R - 30 (P12, V8, B10) 7/15
Kaplan FL #6 33 (P11, V11, B11) 7/17
Kaplan FL #7 30 (P11, V8, B11) 7/19
Kaplan FL #8 31 (P11, V10, B10) 7/21
Kaplan FL #2 33 (P11, V10, B12), 7/23
EK #1g - 29 (P12, V8, B9) 7/26
EK #2f - 31 (P13, V8, B10) 7/28
Kaplan FL #3 33 (P12, V8, B13) 7/30
EK #3g - 32 (P11, V11, B10) 7/31
Kaplan FL #9 31 (P12, V9, B10) 8/1

AAMC 4R - 29 (P11, V8, B10) 8/2
AAMC 5R - 35 (P13, V11, B11) 8/4

I drank the large size Dunkin Donuts ice coffee right before starting the 4R and it was a bad mistake. My mind could not focus on the verbal passages. So everyone, make sure you don't overload yourself w/the coffee on the actual test day. For me, it was out of the norm so I'm sure that didn't help.

I do think after doing all the EK practice tests that they are actually a good representation of the AAMC (especially the physical sciences section) tests. Very similar type of questions and the time consumed to do the section was on the dot w/the AAMC ones for me. But Kaplan tests really did help me in timing and it makes it seem like AAMC is much easier in the physical section.

 

[jsol]

3r-31
AAMC 8-31

So my scores have gone down as I have studied more. Yeah tell me about it. So I am gonna start studying less now. Its kinda funny, I get a 33 on 4r but a 31 on 3r. I guess that shows how tired i must be or something. It just doesnt make sense any other way.

 

[Jwax]

Here it goes:

Real MCAT April 2005: 8 PS 11 VR 9 BS (WS O)
5R (7/9/06): 7 PS 10 VR 8 BS
6R (7/30/06): 9 PS 9 VR 11 BS
3R (8/4/06): 8 PS 12 VR 9 BS

What the F? How do I go from an 11 in bio back to a 9? I know how I ended up with the 12 in verbal... I was always just a question or two away from it in the practice tests for the 05 season... but still.

I read someone else say that having all the PS formula's memorized really helped get them from the 8-9 to 10-12 region. I feel that will have to be my next goal. I really want my break down on the actual thing to be:
10 PS 12 VR 10 BS... and something around an O or whatever for the WS. Can I do it? Only God knows.

Also, I ran out of time on the PS for the second time ever... the first time it happened was on test day in 2005 (which sucked a bunch of you know what). As someone else has said, it seems like the more I study, the worse I do. Blah.

Sorry this is so long, but I've still got more to say... I'm going to take probably two more practice tests between now & the big day... one will be from the princeton review, tests A-D, one will be either 8 or 9 aamc. Any suggestions on which of these (the A, B, C, or D... 8 or 9) I should get? I don't want to buy both 8 & 9... $40 is not worth it when I've got unused tests at home. I get the impression that 8 is supposed to be harder than 9....Comments?

 

[stiffany]

I get the impression that 8 is supposed to be harder than 9....Comments?

I didn't really think 8 was harder than 9 and I actually did a smidge better (well, sort of a score flip flip really) on 8. Instead, I think they just focus on different things. I found 8 to be much more about reading comprehension in every single section than just solid facts. In addition, there seemed to be more nuance questions (i.e. the kind where if you don't really know your stuff you're in trouble).

 

[UMP]

Sure, why not? Be careful with those or you might end up assuming a position on all fours with your face smashed into urinal and the BEAST behind, steady wearin' your a$$ out. j/k

Score looks good to me, take 9 for the heck of it and see what happens.

g'luck.

woah, interesting analogy

 

[Jacks Mannequin]

Kaplan #1- (11PS, 10VR, 12BS =33)
Kaplan #2- (11PS, 10VR, 11BS= 32)
AAMC 5R- (12PS, 10VR, 11BS= 33)
AAMC 6R- (12PS, 10VR, 12BS= 34)
Kaplan #3- (11PS, 9VR, 13BS= 33) (the part I spend the most time practicing (VR) goes down? arrrghhh...)



Edit-
Btw, anyone know which of the extra Kaplan FLs (6-11) are good to do?

Woo, my verbal finally went up!!!
Kaplan #4 - (13PS, 11VR, 12BS = 36)

 

[Jwax]

Here it goes:

Real MCAT April 2005: 8 PS 11 VR 9 BS (WS O)
5R (7/9/06): 7 PS 10 VR 8 BS
6R (7/30/06): 9 PS 9 VR 11 BS
3R (8/4/06): 8 PS 12 VR 9 BS

So, random thing happened... I was reviewing my answers for the bio, and found 2 questions which I selected the correct answer on the exam, transfered the correct answer to the bubble sheet, but when I went back to put my answers into the computer for my score, I typed in the wrong letter (which is a step that wouldn't occur on the real deal). So, these two correct answers boosted me from a 9 bs to a 10!!!! Seeing as how I said that is what I am aiming for on the real deal, woohoo!! Anyways....

Also, I managed to get my hands on an AAMC 9, so that is what I'll be taking. I think I am going to take all of the PR physical sciences exams, since that is my weak point and practice makes perfect, right? Or maybe practice leads to stabbing your eyes out with a pencil....

 

[luckycharms08]

EK 3g: 10P/9V/8B = 27

 

[Jwax]

I would trade you my PS score for your Verbal one...

I think I'd probably take you up on that... since medical schools actually care more about your PS score than your verbal... even though they always say the verbal is the best predictor of how well you'll do in med school... all the school's have lower stats for the VR section of their accepted students than the BS and PS sections....

Thanks for the comments about 8 vs 9, stiffany.

 

[whateva07]

I need to score a 30...stuck in the above 25 range. Taken 2 aamc exams. I find I make so many stupid mistakes. Its hard to eliminate stupid mistakes, this is a weird question but how can I eliminate these dumb mistakes??

 

[pufferfish]

i'd like to know the answer to that too...or even worse, based on my annotations i have written the notes to the right answer, but STILL CIRCLED the wrong one... i must be tired... i will never get above 25 at this rate in 2 weeks...

 

[Jwax]

I need to score a 30...stuck in the above 25 range. Taken 2 aamc exams. I find I make so many stupid mistakes. Its hard to eliminate stupid mistakes, this is a weird question but how can I eliminate these dumb mistakes??

My advice, slow down.

Next best thing is to concentrate harder / focus more. The more you actually pay attention to what you are reading in the questions / passages, the less likely I imagine you will be to make dumb mistakes.

Oh, and if your mistakes include mis-bubbling answers... the easy solution is to make sure after every passage that you are putting the right answers to the right questions... I usually do a thing in my head of "Okay, 66 A... 66A; 67 C .... 67 C" so I don't lose the answer in-between... make sense?

Buena suerta!

 

[pslee]

I am going to take the aamc 8 tomorrow or the next after. People are saying it's hard, so it is really exciting to see how my score will turn out. Target score PS:14-15(bad curve), VR11-12, and BS 13-14. 38-41 is my target.

 

[Iceageheatwave]

aamc 5r (8,10,7)
aamc 6r (9,10,9)

i fail at organic chemistry

 

[gujuDoc]

aamc 5r (8,10,7)
aamc 6r (9,10,9)

i fail at organic chemistry

Try to spend a couple days reviewing it and it will do wonders. Use the EK book maybe or TPR ochm chapters from the biological sciences book.

Congrats on the improvement from your previous score.

 

[gujuDoc]

I am going to take the aamc 8 tomorrow or the next after. People are saying it's hard, so it is really exciting to see how my score will turn out. Target score PS:14-15(bad curve), VR11-12, and BS 13-14. 38-41 is my target.

I didn't think it was as bad as people made it out to be. I did better on 8 then 7 in some aspects like Verbal. I think you'll be fine. There are a lot more conceptual passages on the PS and a few difficult passages on bio, but I still managed to do pretty well for me so I think you'll be fine.

 

[mongmong]

Kaplan Diag- 23 (P8, V8, B7) (end of May)
Kaplan FL #1- 28 (P10, V8, B10) 7/9
AAMC 3R - 30 (P12, V8, B10) 7/15
Kaplan FL #6 33 (P11, V11, B11) 7/17
Kaplan FL #7 30 (P11, V8, B11) 7/19
Kaplan FL #8 31 (P11, V10, B10) 7/21
Kaplan FL #2 33 (P11, V10, B12), 7/23
EK #1g - 29 (P12, V8, B9) 7/26
EK #2f - 31 (P13, V8, B10) 7/28
Kaplan FL #3 33 (P12, V8, B13) 7/30
EK #3g - 32 (P11, V11, B10) 7/31
Kaplan FL #9 31 (P12, V9, B10) 8/1

AAMC 4R - 29 (P11, V8, B10) 8/2
AAMC 5R - 35 (P13, V11, B11) 8/4

Kaplan FL #4 - 33 (P11, V11, B11) 8/6

Woah! FL #4 was hard, but the generous curve made up for it. A lot of hard bio and physical sciences questions where it just went over my head.

 

[Broccoli]

I just took 6R today.

3R: 10PS, 11VR, 9BS = 30
4R: 11PS, 10VR, 10BS = 31
5R: 12PS, 10VR, 11BS = 33
6R: 12PS, 10VR, 12BS = 34

I thought I did worse on PS and BS and better on verbal. I'm glad I'm going up, even though it's very, very gradual. I was guessing so much on PS and BS, heck even VR. I hope I keep going up, especially in VR, it hasn't increased at all!

My brain is tired, I'm pretty sure it's a few MCAT problems away from melting.

Hey how does 6R compare to 7,8,9? It would be really sweet if someone could tell me. It would be pretty demoralizing if my scores start going down...

 

[Mr. Tee]

Hey how does 6R compare to 7,8,9? It would be really sweet if someone could tell me. It would be pretty demoralizing if my scores start going down...

7, 8, and 9 really have a different style and feel than the 3R-6R. So it's hard to say if you would do better or worse on 7, 8, and 9.

 

[letitgo]

I've never posted my scores here, but I need some encouragement. I took my first practice test on July 1st, took one yesterday, and got the same exact score (33) - same breakdown (11,11,11) and everything. I've taken a few inbetween and also, same exact score. I'm thinking about backing out of the August test.

Yes, I have been studying as much as I can - I'm taking Orgo II right now, so I've been trying to balance things. Mainly I've just been making stupid mistakes on the more recent tests, but my confidence is down.

I know 33 isn't a bad score, but I'm in a situation in which I need a great MCAT. Does anyone have any advice?

 

[Omyss]

well first of all you can't really back out of the mcat now... i think the deadline has passed. So you might aswell just right it... and if you don;t feel confident just viod it.

 

[estairella]

Week 14 - Kaplan MCAT #7 (14PS, 13VR, 13BS = 40)
Week 14 - EK MCAT #3 (13PS, 11VR, 13BS = 37)
Week 15 - Kaplan MCAT #8 (14PS, 13VR, 12BS = 39)

Comments:
Kap FL 7 - I went over by 15 minutes on the PS, way too many calculations, nothing conceptually hard.. first 40!

EK 3 - I took a 2 day break before it, and I think I kind of suffered because of it... I made about 3 careless mistakes on the PS; also, EK's scaled scores are really strict it seems (about as strict as AAMC); finally I hate EK's VR.. AAMC is much less twisted imo

Kap FL 8 - PS felt good, VR felt crappy (but turned out okay), BS was like "wtf wtf wtf".. way too much orgo that required outside knowledge, and a bunch of typos, really makes me not want to do Kap FL 9... I got 61/77 on BS, the last time I scored so low was 8 weeks ago! ... I didn't even bother reviewing the BS answers, because all the orgo stuff was way over my head... orgo is obviously NOT my forte.

Gonna do AAMC 7 on Wed or Thurs... depending on how self-abusive I am, Kap 9, and then AAMC 9 next Tuesday (earlier if I don't do Kap 9).

 

[whateva07]

AAMC exams I have taken:

8R -PS8/VR5/BS7 - 20 ---yea I hope this was a fluke.
6R - 8/9/10 -27 (1 question away from 10 on verbal in both 6R and 4R, go figure)
4R - 9/9/8 -26
5R - 10/8/9 -27 (took today)

Weird how one subject always goes down while one goes up...wish I could get straight 10s in every subject. Hoping to break 30, I dont know if thats possible but whatever all I can do is keep trying.

 

[deleted106503]

Just finished AAMC 7. PS and BS were a lot more passage based than background info like mentioned. I'm somewhat angry at myself for VR. I got a raw score of 42/60, which isn't that bad imo, but I missed EIGHT questions in the second 10 question passage, wow. Half of those were missed because I narrowed it down to 2 and picked the wrong one. I could've had a 10 if I got 2 of those right. I actually finished with very little time left, as usual, pressed for time. BS was really passage based and I missed some questions that EK didn't really talk about. Raw score was 68/77 and half of those missed were the discretes (that EK didn't teach us). Now I'm actually not looking forward to discretes. I also need to learn how to concentrate more on VR, I keep losing attention when reading. Hopefully during the real MCAT I'll be a little more focused.

7/24/06 1g - 27 - 10PS 7VR 10BS
7/26/06 3R - 29 - 12PS 8VR 9BS
7/29/06 4R - 28 - 11PS 6VR 11BS
8/01/06 5R - 32 - 12PS 10VR 10BS
8/04/06 6R - 34 - 13PS 8VR 13BS
8/07/06 77 - 34 - 13PS 9VR 12BS

 

[akinf]

I just took AAMC 5R today.

I got 12PS 10VR 12BS

I'm upset about the 10VR because I've been working really hard for the past couple months to bring it up. I haven't been studying PS and BS as much as I should because of verbal, but I am going pretty hardcore these next couple weeks in those subjects. I especially need to go hardcore in BS because I have a feeling if I get a couple hard passages, I could get seriously screwed over.

So, test history is...
Kaplan Diagnostic 8PS 9VR 10BS -> 27
Kaplan #1 10PS 7VR 11BS -> 28
Kaplan #2 10PS 8VR 11BS -> 29
Kaplan #3 11PS 10VR 11BS -> 32
Kaplan #4 11PS 11VR 10BS -> 32
AAMC 4R 10PS 10VR 10BS -> 30
Kaplan #5 10PS 7VR 11BS -> 28<--- still shocked by this score
AAMC 5R 12PS 10VR 12BS -> 34

Target: 14PS 12VR 13BS...39

 

[mongmong]

Kaplan Diag- 23 (P8, V8, B7) (end of May)
Kaplan FL #1- 28 (P10, V8, B10) 7/9
AAMC 3R - 30 (P12, V8, B10) 7/15
Kaplan FL #6 33 (P11, V11, B11) 7/17
Kaplan FL #7 30 (P11, V8, B11) 7/19
Kaplan FL #8 31 (P11, V10, B10) 7/21
Kaplan FL #2 33 (P11, V10, B12), 7/23
EK #1g - 29 (P12, V8, B9) 7/26
EK #2f - 31 (P13, V8, B10) 7/28
Kaplan FL #3 - 33 (P12, V8, B13) 7/30
EK #3g - 32 (P11, V11, B10) 7/31
Kaplan FL #9 - 31 (P12, V9, B10) 8/1
AAMC 4R - 29 (P11, V8, B10) 8/2
AAMC 5R - 35 (P13, V11, B11) 8/4
Kaplan FL #4 - 33 (P11, V11, B11) 8/6
AAMC 6R - 35 (P12, V11, B12) 8/7

I hope my last three verbal scores are an indication on my verbal improvement. I really did put a lot of effort on trying to increase the verbal but didn't see any improvement up til the past couple of days. Don't give up people, you many see an improvement in the near future!

 

[WestTexasRambler]

Kaplan Diag- 23 (P8, V8, B7) (end of May)
Kaplan FL #1- 28 (P10, V8, B10) 7/9
AAMC 3R - 30 (P12, V8, B10) 7/15
Kaplan FL #6 33 (P11, V11, B11) 7/17
Kaplan FL #7 30 (P11, V8, B11) 7/19
Kaplan FL #8 31 (P11, V10, B10) 7/21
Kaplan FL #2 33 (P11, V10, B12), 7/23
EK #1g - 29 (P12, V8, B9) 7/26
EK #2f - 31 (P13, V8, B10) 7/28
Kaplan FL #3 - 33 (P12, V8, B13) 7/30
EK #3g - 32 (P11, V11, B10) 7/31
Kaplan FL #9 - 31 (P12, V9, B10) 8/1
AAMC 4R - 29 (P11, V8, B10) 8/2
AAMC 5R - 35 (P13, V11, B11) 8/4
Kaplan FL #4 - 33 (P11, V11, B11) 8/6
AAMC 6R - 35 (P12, V11, B12) 8/7

I hope my last three verbal scores are an indication on my verbal improvement. I really did put a lot of effort on trying to increase the verbal but didn't see any improvement up til the past couple of days. Don't give up people, you many see an improvement in the near future!

Dammmmm!!! You have done a ton of tests, which I think is a good thing.

Pretty much one every 2 days or so.........I don't have that kind of focus but it looks like it is paying dividends in AAMC verbal. Congrats.

 

[gujuDoc]

Dammmmm!!! You have done a ton of tests, which I think is a good thing.

Pretty much one every 2 days or so.........I don't have that kind of focus but it looks like it is paying dividends in AAMC verbal. Congrats.

I still have a ton of Kaplan tests left but I don't think I'm going to do them cuz they tend to be unrealistic in terms of their Verbal section and I don't want it screwing me up this close to the test. I might take 4921 by TPR though, and then take test 9 for sure on Saturday. Other then that, I'm just reviewing at this point.

What about you??

 

[gujuDoc]

7, 8, and 9 really have a different style and feel than the 3R-6R. So it's hard to say if you would do better or worse on 7, 8, and 9.

Yeah agreed. Although ironically enough there was one question from 5R and from 6R respectively that was the same as on test 8. But I know what you mean. I however think I prefer another test 8 sort of test then 6R. I hated 6R cuz the Verbal screwed me over due to the fact that I was running out of time. Lets hope I can manage time during the real deal.

 

[WestTexasRambler]

Yeah agreed. Although ironically enough there was one question from 5R and from 6R respectively that was the same as on test 8. But I know what you mean. I however think I prefer another test 8 sort of test then 6R. I hated 6R cuz the Verbal screwed me over due to the fact that I was running out of time. Lets hope I can manage time during the real deal.

I plan on taking 6R Saturday.
Sciences from 7,8 and 9 the rest of the week and verbal from TPR A-D.

My last EK101, #11, is today.

I have crammed all of my preparation this time into about three weeks so I am running behind on material review. I am pretty much going through 8 TPR chapters in 4 days.....which is he!! Concentrated on G-chem and Physics as that has been my weakness and now I am scRambling to get through all of the Bio and O-chem, this week.

Good luck.

 

[Noeljan]

I am finally starting my AAMC tests I took AAMC test 4, PS 11, VR 11, BS 13.
I am really behind on physics and have not completed all the material yet I feel like there are wayy too many electrostatic eqns from Kaplan. Also, I have the whole pipe things bc I dont want to really study it. I was away for 4 days in a wedding out of town so I didnt get to stdy much Though I did so flashcards at the salon. I might wait until the January mcat, I feel like there is not enough time and I have not taken enough practice tests compared to other people. Any advice?

 

[WestTexasRambler]

I am finally starting my AAMC tests I took AAMC test 4, PS 11, VR 11, BS 13.
I am really behind on physics and have not completed all the material yet I feel like there are wayy too many electrostatic eqns from Kaplan. Also, I have the whole pipe things bc I dont want to really study it. I was away for 4 days in a wedding out of town so I didnt get to stdy much Though I did so flashcards at the salon. I might wait until the January mcat, I feel like there is not enough time and I have not taken enough practice tests compared to other people. Any advice?

Congrats on 4R, that is a good score on that test. Take a page from mongmong's book and hit it hard for the next 10 days and you could likely see some good improvement.

 

[whateva07]

the aamc tests I have left are 3, 7 and 9.....what order should I do them in?

 

[AWhitehair]

the aamc tests I have left are 3, 7 and 9.....what order should I do them in?

This is what I think: Do 9, 7 then 3. Many people say 3 is your confidence booster. I, however, did not do great on that one. 9 is a good predictor of where your at...what your weaknesses are and what you need to really work on. Taking it first will give you more time to work on those areas before you take 7. Just my opinion though.

 

[Dr.D-man]

Kaplan diagnostic..........21 (6 PS, 7 VR, 8 BS)
AAMC 3R.....................30 (8 PS, 11 VR, 11 BS)
Kaplan 1......................27 (9 PS, 7 VR, 11 BS)
AAMC 4R.....................27 (10 PS, 8 VR, 9 BS)
Kaplan 2......................27 (10 PS, 8 VR, 9 BS)
AAMC 5R.....................31 (10 PS, 10 VR, 11 BS)
Kaplan 3......................28 (9 PS, 8 VR, 11 BS)
AAMC 6R.....................31 (11 PS, 8 VR, 12 BS)
Kaplan 4......................30 (9 PS, 10 VR, 11 BS)

Update:

AAMC 7R......................33 (12 PS, 10 VR, 11 BS) Highest score so far!!

 

[06cadapplicant]

are you doing anything different for verbal this time around..i have also done tons of practice and am sort of stuck at the 8 mark?!

Kaplan Diag- 23 (P8, V8, B7) (end of May)
Kaplan FL #1- 28 (P10, V8, B10) 7/9
AAMC 3R - 30 (P12, V8, B10) 7/15
Kaplan FL #6 33 (P11, V11, B11) 7/17
Kaplan FL #7 30 (P11, V8, B11) 7/19
Kaplan FL #8 31 (P11, V10, B10) 7/21
Kaplan FL #2 33 (P11, V10, B12), 7/23
EK #1g - 29 (P12, V8, B9) 7/26
EK #2f - 31 (P13, V8, B10) 7/28
Kaplan FL #3 - 33 (P12, V8, B13) 7/30
EK #3g - 32 (P11, V11, B10) 7/31
Kaplan FL #9 - 31 (P12, V9, B10) 8/1
AAMC 4R - 29 (P11, V8, B10) 8/2
AAMC 5R - 35 (P13, V11, B11) 8/4
Kaplan FL #4 - 33 (P11, V11, B11) 8/6
AAMC 6R - 35 (P12, V11, B12) 8/7

I hope my last three verbal scores are an indication on my verbal improvement. I really did put a lot of effort on trying to increase the verbal but didn't see any improvement up til the past couple of days. Don't give up people, you many see an improvement in the near future!

 

[TauPathology]

Sigh dropped a point in verbal.. I was one point away from a 12...

3R 8, 13, 11
4R, 11, 10, 12
5R 12, 12, 12
6R 12, 11, 12


Hopefully I'll make a gain on 7R

 

[bananaboat]

in order taken and PS/VR/BS

aamc 8: 9, 11, 10
aamc 7: 11, 10, 11
aamc 4: 11 PS, couldn't really mark the others.
aamc 6: 11, 7 , 11
aamc 5 (today): 12, 11, 11

fixing my timing on PS is what has given me this fairly consistent improvement. i wish my verbal could be more consistent, AAMC 6 really threw off my confidence. but maybe it was a fluke.

keep in mind i'm a retaker, so i took all these last august. i'm not sure how much thats affecting how predictive these scores are. i don't remember any of the sicence passages. some verbal topics may look familar, but its not like i remember the main idea, or certainly not the questions.

 

[mongmong]

are you doing anything different for verbal this time around..i have also done tons of practice and am sort of stuck at the 8 mark?!

Hi,

One habit I changed for verbal strategy on the last three exams was the fact that I stopped underlining and circling. I think by doing so, I geared towards trying to focus too much on the detail. When I stopped doing that and really tried to get the main idea, it helped. And also, I used to keep reading the questions and parts of the passages over and over again, but I forced myself to move on and just look at the answer choices. By doing so, I didn't feel as rushed on the last two passages where I was always running out of time (and where I get a bulk of my answers wrong). By looking at the answer choices, you can automatically eliminate 2 choices usually. It's always the leftover two that are somewhat ambiguous and tricky. I've improved on not falling into the 'stated in the passaged, but distorted' type of questions. That was my main weakness.

Also, I think doing all the EK practices tests before the AAMC helped because the question types are similar. And reading over the correct and the wrong answer explanations for all tests I've done have helped putting my brain into the MCAT verbal reasoning mode.

I'm just hoping that this isn't a temporary improvement for me.

 

[mongmong]

Dammmmm!!! You have done a ton of tests, which I think is a good thing.

Pretty much one every 2 days or so.........I don't have that kind of focus but it looks like it is paying dividends in AAMC verbal. Congrats.

Thank you. I'm hoping that it'll help the future MCATers see how the different test companies' practices tests compare in terms of correlation in the scores. So far, it seems like Kaplan, EK and AAMC have been fairly consistent in terms of their scaled scores. I think EK tests are really good practice (but answer explanations are a bit adequate) and representative of the AAMC tests on all three sections. I don't think I could deny that Kaplan test didn't help. If anything, doing all #1-9 have helped (will be doing #5 this Sunday). Honestly, after going through all Kaplan topicals, EK study guide questions (lecture, 30 min in-class), EK 1001 (all subjects) and EK Mini-Mcat, in addition to the practice tests mentioned above, I feel like 80% (leave 20% for passaged based knowledge) of the questions dealt on AAMC tests all have been touched upon before. There were no new questions. It was a matter of if I recalled or didn't recall the exact problems I had previously solved. It's the same thing over and over again. Only if I could remember everythin I did.

 

[DrCurious]

TPR 4911 9PS/ 8VR / 10BS = 27
AAMC 3R 12PS/ 7VR/ 11BS = 30
AAMC 4R 12PS/ 8VR/ 8BS = 28
AAMC 5R 12PS/ 10VR/ 10BS (1 away from 11 in BS) = 32
AAMC 6R 12PS/ 8VR / 11BS = 31
AAMC 7 11PS/ 9VR/ 13BS = 33
AAMC 8 13PS/ 9VR/ 13BS = 35 (1 away from 14 in both PS and BS) Wow, didnt think I was even capable of a score that high. Although it may give me a false sense of security since I have taken 8 before, but didnt really remember anything, so its hard to tell.

Will take 9 sunday, which I havent taken before, so I will truly know where I stand before the beast on Sat. Good luck all.

 

[pencap2003]

AAMC 8 13/11/12...still can't break the 11 point on verbal -_-;; I've done all the passages from princeton review, and all the EK passages but there's still no change. Very, very frustrating.

 

[supafield]

6R tommorrow,

Will update, hopefully a good one

 

[Psychotropic]

I was kind of late taking full lengths this summer due to an internship but there they are:

Diagnositc 6/15: PS: 10, V:8 BS:9--->27
Kaplan FL 1 7/15: PS:11 V: 10 BS: 11---->32
Kaplan FL 4 8/5: PS: 11 V: 11 BS: 11---->33

I'm finally done with work and I am going all out. Here are section tests results so far:

Kaplan PS Section Test 6: 12
Kaplan PS Section Test 7: 12
Kaplan VR Section Test 3: 11
Kaplan VR Section Test 4: 12

Will be focusing especially on BS and VR the rest of this week.

I plan on taking AAMC 7, 8, 9 and Kaplan FL 5 before 8/19.

I really really want to nail the PS section and bust out a 13+. I am though very concerned about AAMC verbal since I haven't taken any of those tests yet. Hopefully I'll stay up there. Otherwise I really am shooting for somewhere in the vicinity of 34-36. Best of luck everyone, keep up the momentum. You'll all do great!