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

[UMP]

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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!

 

[UMP]

AAMC 6R 13PS, 12 VR, 11 BS
PS and BS one point away from the next score up 🙁

BS seems organic heavy... or that's what was giving me trouble anyways. I need to do some reviewing of that... very happy with the 12 VR score. I've gotten 12s before but they were barely 12s, this one had a two question padding so that's nice 😀

AAMC 3R 13, 11, 12
AAMC 5R 13, 12, 13
AAMC 6R 13, 12, 11

settling in to that range that I want... 36 is my target

 

[dr. game]

I'm sorry dude, I did not mean to make u feel bad, i'm just applying for MD/PhD, so a high score is almost a must for me

not you, just in general every1 seems to be gettin near 30 in their first attempts.
seems like me being a math major puts me at a disadvantage already. GOSH i hate this stupid test

 

[gujuDoc]

not you, just in general every1 seems to be gettin near 30 in their first attempts.
seems like me being a math major puts me at a disadvantage already. GOSH i hate this stupid test

Funny you should say this because a good friend of mine was a math major before he switched his major to either chemistry or biomedical sciences. At any rate, he got a 36R of which his breakdown was 14PS 11 VR and 11 BS and R for writing.

I found that those who were engineers and math majors tend to be very logical and critical thinkers overall so they generally did better. But then again, if you don't also read a lot you might find verbal a bit of a challenge. So who knows. Maybe its just those that I've met always tended to be the brighter bunch.

 

[bunnybear]

not you, just in general every1 seems to be gettin near 30 in their first attempts.
seems like me being a math major puts me at a disadvantage already. GOSH i hate this stupid test

no true man, not at all, you have to work your way to a 30, at least that's how I am

 

[gujuDoc]

Can anyone tell me what the deal is with taking the MCAT on Sunday instead of Saturday? Are there not as many people there? Why is it an extra 10 bucks?

I think probably because most people take it on Saturday and they probably offer it on Sunday because some people have religious reasons for not being able to take it on Saturday. At least that's what I heard. I would think they charge extra money because most people have already taken it on Saturday and so they probably feel justified that if someone isn't going to take it with the regular scheduled day then they should charge extra.

 

[gujuDoc]

None of those really are close. AAMC 7-9 are closest. But I would say Kaplan 6 and 8 would prepare you the best out of those three.

In regards to test 3 from Kaplan, I'd say it was farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr from reality.

The Verbal was nothing like the Verbal on the real deal, which more resembled AAMC tests or the EK style of thinking although the passages were more history and humanities based then normal when I took it last time.

The science sections were actually easier although one of the Kaplan tests 3 or 2 (I forget), they had a pedigree and that was on my real deal.

But the science sections were a bit tougher then the AAMC tests but not quite as tough as the Kaplan test 3 science sections which were just near impossible to finish on time.

I'd say AAMC's test 8 was probably the closest thing to what my August 2004 test was like and AAMC test 5R or 6R was about as close to what I got on April 2005. Verbal was pretty similar in all tests but I couldn't focus due to tiredness during that section on test day last April which is why I'm retaking.


But and I caps lock this for Emphasis:

IN SUMMARY: AAMC TESTS = BETTER REPRESENTATION THEN KAPLAN.

KAPLAN TESTS = BETTER REINFORCEMENT OF CONCEPTS TO MAKE THE REAL TEST EASIER TO COPE WITH.

 

[estairella]

BS seems organic heavy... or that's what was giving me trouble anyways. I need to do some reviewing of that... very happy with the 12 VR score. I've gotten 12s before but they were barely 12s, this one had a two question padding so that's nice 😀

Very organic heavy... that's where I lost most of my marks. I was like "wow 2 orgo passages already... 3.. aghh." And how was I supposed to know they expect you to hand-count the you-know-what on those two beasty molecules. (Maybe people who've taken 6R will know what I'm referring to...)

In other news, slowing down on VR is starting to give me better scores. Hurrah.

Week 13 - Kaplan MCAT #6 (13PS, 13VR, 13BS = 39)
Week 13 - AAMC MCAT #6R (13PS, 12VR, 13BS = 38)

Oh yea and Kaplan #6 was a terrible MCAT, FULL of mistakes (I posted about them in the Kaplan FL thread).

Will finish TPR reading by Sunday. Next week is (fortunately the only) 3-MCAT week... Mon: Kap7 , Thur: EK3, Sun: Kap8.

 

[UMP]

Very organic heavy... that's where I lost most of my marks. I was like "wow 2 orgo passages already... 3.. aghh." And how was I supposed to know they expect you to hand-count the you-know-what on those two beasty molecules. (Maybe people who've taken 6R will know what I'm referring to...)

In other news, slowing down on VR is starting to give me better scores. Hurrah.

Week 13 - Kaplan MCAT #6 (13PS, 13VR, 13BS = 39)
Week 13 - AAMC MCAT #6R (13PS, 12VR, 13BS = 38)

Oh yea and Kaplan #6 was a terrible MCAT, FULL of mistakes (I posted about them in the Kaplan FL thread).

Will finish TPR reading by Sunday. Next week is (fortunately the only) 3-MCAT week... Mon: Kap7 , Thur: EK3, Sun: Kap8.

39 on a Kaplan? 😱 Did you take it timed ? If you did, all I got to say is
Don't overwork yourself, you're making everyone else look bad 😉

 

[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)

Update:

AAMC 5R.....................31 (10 PS, 10 VR, 11 BS)

I would settle for this score on the real test, but I'm still not where I want to be. Kaplan 3 is tomorrow.

 

[estairella]

39 on a Kaplan? 😱 Did you take it timed ? If you did, all I got to say is
Don't overwork yourself, you're making everyone else look bad 😉

Yep it was "timed", but I went over on PS by 6 minutes. The 13 in VR on Kaplan was a fluke really.. VR is still somewhat of a crapshoot for me. At least I'm consistent on the sciences... need to keep that up. 😉

Gawd my friends are out right now watching fireworks, and I'm headed off to bed to keep my sleep schedule intact. Just wish this damn test was over already. 😴

 

[UMP]

Yep it was "timed", but I went over on PS by 6 minutes. The 13 in VR on Kaplan was a fluke really.. VR is still somewhat of a crapshoot for me. At least I'm consistent on the sciences... need to keep that up. 😉

Gawd my friends are out right now watching fireworks, and I'm headed off to bed to keep my sleep schedule intact. Just wish this damn test was over already. 😴

you shooting for a 46 or something ? 😉 have some fun...

 

[dr. game]

Funny you should say this because a good friend of mine was a math major before he switched his major to either chemistry or biomedical sciences. At any rate, he got a 36R of which his breakdown was 14PS 11 VR and 11 BS and R for writing.

I found that those who were engineers and math majors tend to be very logical and critical thinkers overall so they generally did better. But then again, if you don't also read a lot you might find verbal a bit of a challenge. So who knows. Maybe its just those that I've met always tended to be the brighter bunch.

LOL, i could take offense to that...

 

[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)

Update:

Kaplan 3......................28 (9 PS, 8 VR, 11 BS)

 

[gujuDoc]

LOL, i could take offense to that...

I didn't mean it that way. I'm just saying I always found all the engineers and math majors to be smarter when compared to say us bio majors or biomedical science majors or people in the typical premed majors.

 

[supafield]

Sooo
I think I am an example of a learning curve.
Despite what I read on these blogs I decided I would take the MCAT without Chem, Physics or Orgo.... just some first year bio and physiology for my Kinesiology degree. A few of the med schools in Ontario have nixed pre req's under the mindset that if you can do it on the MCAT you know it....

PS,VR,BS
TPR 4911: 6, 8, 3 , 17
TPR 4921: 5, 7, 6 , 18
TPR 4931: 8, 10, 6 , 24
AAMC 7: 12, 10, 9 , 31

Funny enough the bio and the physiology I have taken is my weakest subject by far but I'm hoping to get 10's across the board come the real deal... And hoping AAMC 7 wasn't a fluke lol...

Everyone hang in there, eventually things look up

 

[superwillis]

Just took 3R this morning.

Got a 37!!! (B: 12 P: 13 V: 12) 😀

I know that 3R isnt really representative and all that, but I like the confidence boost hehe.

 

[gujuDoc]

Sooo
I think I am an example of a learning curve.
Despite what I read on these blogs I decided I would take the MCAT without Chem, Physics or Orgo.... just some first year bio and physiology for my Kinesiology degree. A few of the med schools in Ontario have nixed pre req's under the mindset that if you can do it on the MCAT you know it....

PS,VR,BS
TPR 4911: 6, 8, 3 , 17
TPR 4921: 5, 7, 6 , 18
TPR 4931: 8, 10, 6 , 24
AAMC 7: 12, 10, 9 , 31

Funny enough the bio and the physiology I have taken is my weakest subject by far but I'm hoping to get 10's across the board come the real deal... And hoping AAMC 7 wasn't a fluke lol...

Everyone hang in there, eventually things look up

Take more AAMC tests and make sure that's not just a fluke. However, that does sound about right because traditionally its been shown with TPR students that most students max out at a 12-14 point increase. At least that has been true at my TPR center and of a lot of SDN TPR students. THe only case of someone going more then that has been of a girl who had a 19 point increase. But traditionally most people do 12-14 points higher if they've been studying a lot and practicing alot.

 

[jsol]

from today

Kaplan 3: 11ps, 9v, 12bs (32)

I woke up with a headache and still have one so I was distracted but ill take it. I cant wait for the next test. Its kinda like a competition against myself, i just wanna keep outdoing my old score.

 

[deleted106503]

I just finished 4R and checked the answers. I dropped 1 point to a 28 🙁 I did fine in PS and BS, it was the verbal that killed me. I have no idea how I messed up so bad on that. I will have to check my answers, but the detailed solutions have 65 VR questions???

7/24/06 1g - 27 - 10PS 7VR 10BS
7/26/06 3R - 29 - 12PS 8VR 9BS
7/29/06 4R - 28 - 11PS 6VR 11BS

 

[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

Although I think the questions for EK practice exams are good, I feel that their answer explanations are rather inadequate in all sections. And for those of you who might be interested, these verbal sections are slightly more ambiguous (as if they weren't enough in EK101) than the EK 101 passages.

 

[akinf]

So yea....I just finished marking Kaplan #4 and once again, a 32.

So, from my test history

Kaplan Diagnostic: 8PS 9VR 10BS (27)
Kaplan #1: 10PS 7VR 11BS WS P (28P)
Kaplan #2: 10PS 8VR 11BS WS R (29R)
Kaplan #3: 11PS 10VR 11BS WS Q (32Q)
Kaplan #4: 11PS 11VR 10BS (I can't believe I went down in this) (32)

Kaplan #4 has probably been my most abysmal science performance. I haven't been studying the sciences as much and its starting to show from the lack of improvement from my diagnostic. I think I am going to start pumping out science questions during my down time at work for the next week or so. Maybe I can get through all of the EK books.

I haven't done any AAMC full lengths yet, but I am doing #5 tomorrow, so I'll let you know how that goes. Yes, two in one weekend is probably a little much, but I don't have any other time.

 

[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 (highest I have ever gotten)
AAMC 6R 12PS/ 8VR 🙁/ 11BS = 31 (ok verbal sort of got me on this one)

 

[bananaboat]

2nd time witing...

AAMC 8: 9, 10, 11 (30, which is 5 points higher than what i had last year on this mock)

AAMC 7 (today with TPR): 10, 11, 11 (32, which is also 5 points higher than what i got last year on this mock)

overall, very happy to have broken 30. 32+ is my target score, i hope i can get it. was just one point off from a 12 in bio (which is what i got on the real deal august 05).

hoping i can continue to get solid 10's in PS.

also, hoping that redoing these AAMC verbal passages isn't giving me too much false security.

 

[UofT_475]

TPR 1 - 21
TPR 2 - 25
TPR 3 - 26?
AAMC 8 - 29
Note: max 5 hrs of sleep (sometimes 2) for all of the above, didn't know it made such a diff

AAMC 7 - 35
(6 hrs of sleep baby...the verbal is damn hard, and physics, ran out of time)

so many orgo rxn not covered by TPR.

 

[DrBowtie]

AAMC 7: 11,10,12

I feel stuck in the 32-35 region. My timing was jacked up in PS since I did stupid calculations a few times to confirm. Haven't had time to go through and see what I missed though.

 

[UMP]

I took 4r today, I have regular 4 answer key... BS is all jacked up with new questions, and VR is a pain in the butt to go through... someone want to send me an answer key to this thing, pleeaaase?!? 😀

 

[UMP]

alright... well, I sifted through the solutions I had for 4r and came to the conclusion that the scores were 12, 11, 12 ... the curve for this verbal was pretty viscious... only 6 wrong gives you an 11? I think that kind of raw score would give you at least a 12-13 on the other AAMC's... this test would have been a definite downer if I weren't forewarned by my fellow forumites that this test was harder than usual... timing went great, I finished everything with minutes to spare, I think I'll go through the EK books along with the Audio Osmosis stuff one more time. Start hitting the orgo II material more in my class since I'm dropping a lot of points on the advanced orgo crap... other than that, everything is right on track 👍 🙂

Also, good luck to everyone these last 3 weeks, lets try to keep our heads on straight and make sure no one has a breakdown

 

[alesdu1]

I left today feeling awful after taking AAMC 8. I thought it was my worst one by far. I was a little surprised, althought I was hoping for a big jump. Im taking 7 with TPR and was going to take 9 on my own. Not feeling totally great because I was hoping to be scoreing a little higher, but it'll have to do for now....

4911 7 8 10
4921 7 6 10
4931 9 10 10
AAMC 8 10 10 10

any tips on going up in bio :-(

I got really thrown by the format on the biology. I had only been practicing with TPR diags + A-D tests and i dont know...the passages just seemed shorter, more to the point with TPR. I'll try to get a hold of 5r and 6r, maybe if i just practice enough with the new format itll catch. ideally, id like to be shooting in the 33-35 range.

 

[shantster]

any tips on going up in bio :-(

I got really thrown by the format on the biology. I had only been practicing with TPR diags + A-D tests and i dont know...the passages just seemed shorter, more to the point with TPR. I'll try to get a hold of 5r and 6r, maybe if i just practice enough with the new format itll catch. ideally, id like to be shooting in the 33-35 range.

The April test focused a lot on reading comprehension for the bio section. There were quite a few experimental passages that you had to answer questions about it.

What are your particular problems with bio? Is it just the format, or are you having problems with particular subjects?

 

[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

I'm feeling very frustrated about verbal. No matter how much I study and review the material, it doesn't seem like it'll go up. And I feel like it's holding back my overall score. Perhaps it's the frustration and loss of confidence that I'm doing worse and worse on verbal. 🙁

 

[halekulani]

kaplan FL 8

wow, bs raped me. only got 30% of the organic chem questions right. THIRTY PERCENT :[[[

10ps/11v/8 bs

 

[bunnybear]

kaplan FL 8

wow, bs raped me. only got 30% of the organic chem questions right. THIRTY PERCENT :[[[

10ps/11v/8 bs

I took FL#4 yesterday, that **** has a lot of O-chem as well, and PS is pretty damn hard. At lease it was for me

 

[premedbruin]

AAMC 3R: 11, 8, 10 (29)
AAMC 4R: 12, 10, 10 (32)
AAMC 5R: 13, 10, 11 (34)
AAMC 6R: 13, 11, 12 (36)
AAMC 7R: 14, 10, 12 (36)

Goal: 38

 

[Iceageheatwave]

aamc 5r (8,10,7) :: cries ::

i was a point away from both the ps and the bs. a part of me wanted to give myself the extra point due to losing my mind but id only be cheating myself.

sigh, less than three weeks to hopefully move a few points up.

as a side note - fuk you, picasso passage.

 

[AWhitehair]

Took 4R today...blah. Got a 26: 9/8/9. I am going to try and keep my head up and not let this affect my performance on 5R. Need to break a 30 here soon. 🙁

Well, I took 3R today. A little disappointed in my score, but I will keep my head up because I still have a lot more review in EK.

3R: 9/8/10---> I had some timing issues on verbal again 🙄 I thought I was over that, but apparently not.

 

[pslee]

AAMC 7 tomorrow! Target score PS15, VR12, and BS13 = 40. Wish me luck people!

 

[AWhitehair]

AAMC 7 tomorrow! Target score PS15, VR12, and BS13 = 40. Wish me luck people!

Did you skip 4R on purpose?

 

[pslee]

Did you skip 4R on purpose?

Well, I took it, but didn't finish verbal after getting really mad. I've got 13 and 11 on ps and bs, but didn't get to finish the verbal. I really don't recommend 4R before anything.

 

[AWhitehair]

Well, I took it, but didn't finish verbal after getting really mad. I've got 13 and 11 on ps and bs, but didn't get to finish the verbal. I really don't recommend 4R before anything.

Yeah, I took it today.

 

[deleted106503]

Yeah, I took it today.

You didn't do bad at all. You haven't even finished the EK material yet so you will definitely go up after you're done with that. Hopefully 4R is the hardest for us because I'd like to move up. 😀

 

[AWhitehair]

You didn't do bad at all. You haven't even finished the EK material yet so you will definitely go up after you're done with that. Hopefully 4R is the hardest for us because I'd like to move up. 😀

I hope so too. I was like 1 question from a 10 is PS. I am waiting to break double digits in PS. I think I need to get used to do more problems in a shorter period of time. I don't time myself when I do the 1001 q's.

 

[akinf]

Kaplan Diagnostic: 8PS 9VR 10BS (27)
Kaplan #1: 10PS 7VR 11BS WS P (28P)
Kaplan #2: 10PS 8VR 11BS WS R (29R)
Kaplan #3: 11PS 10VR 11BS WS Q (32Q)
Kaplan #4: 11PS 11VR 10BS (I can't believe I went down in this) (32)
AAMC 4R: 10PS 10VR 10BS

I just took 4R today and I'm not really all that happy about the score.

AAMC 4R: 10PS 10VR 10BS (30)

As you can see, I've hit 11s at some point in all three. I was 1 question away from the next score up in PS and VR, if that's any consolation. I really have to get back to the sciences, I'm getting questions wrong I shouldn't be.

Target: 14PS 12VR 13BS....39 ( i hope its still possible)

 

[zissouintern]

Well, I didn't do any studying Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. I figured I'd take a four day break before the final 3 weeks of studying. Well, right now I don't think that was the best idea ever. I took AAMC 8 today. My score was lower than the previous three practice exams I'd taken, so I'm now at:

EK 1G: PS 12, VR 8, BS 12 = 32
AAMC 3R: PS 12, VR 11, BS 12 = 35
4R: PS 13, VR 9, BS 11 = 33
5R: PS 13, VR 11, BS 13 = 37
6R: PS 13, VR 12, BS 13 = 38
7: PS 14, VR 10, BS 14 = 38
8: PS 13, VR 11, BS 12 = 36

Don't get me wrong, I'd be thrilled with a 36, but it's disappointing falling a couple points. It might've been that I only got 6 hours of sleep last night, but really, the test just seemed harder than all the rest. Has anyone else found AAMC 8 to be tougher than expected?

Well, I think I'll take 9 next weekend (or the one after that) and hopefully I'll get the score back up. Good luck everyone.

 

[WestTexasRambler]

Well, I didn't do any studying Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. I figured I'd take a four day break before the final 3 weeks of studying. Well, right now I don't think that was the best idea ever. I took AAMC 8 today. My score was lower than the previous three practice exams I'd taken, so I'm now at:

EK 1G: PS 12, VR 8, BS 12 = 32
AAMC 3R: PS 12, VR 11, BS 12 = 35
4R: PS 13, VR 9, BS 11 = 33
5R: PS 13, VR 11, BS 13 = 37
6R: PS 13, VR 12, BS 13 = 38
7: PS 14, VR 10, BS 14 = 38
8: PS 13, VR 11, BS 12 = 36

Don't get me wrong, I'd be thrilled with a 36, but it's disappointing falling a couple points. It might've been that I only got 6 hours of sleep last night, but really, the test just seemed harder than all the rest. Has anyone else found AAMC 8 to be tougher than expected?

Well, I think I'll take 9 next weekend (or the one after that) and hopefully I'll get the score back up. Good luck everyone.

IMO, yes, it was the lowest of any of my aamc's by 3 points. 3,7 and 9 were all the same score for me. I scored better on the April MCAT sciences than 8 as well (1 point in each).

 

[mcatcrazy]

Hey guys,
I'm taking this test for the third time and I need help. I haven't gotten better than a 25 on the practice test and I am struggling at physics. I read the study question Q & A thread, but could anyone recommend someone on this site that can answer physics questions--someone who is a student and is real good at physics. Thanks

 

[deleted106503]

Hey guys,
I'm taking this test for the third time and I need help. I haven't gotten better than a 25 on the practice test and I am struggling at physics. I read the study question Q & A thread, but could anyone recommend someone on this site that can answer physics questions--someone who is a student and is real good at physics. Thanks

Have you posted any questions in the Physics help thread? I'm sure the mods will help you out with any questions.

 

[mcatcrazy]

Have you posted any questions in the Physics help thread? I'm sure the mods will help you out with any questions.

I could do that....but I would prefer maybe a student who I can message PM back and forth---if they wouldn't mind!

 

[Broccoli]

3R: 10PS, 11VR, 9BS (30)
4R: 11PS, 10VR, 10BS (31)
5R: 12PS, 10VR, 11BS (33)

I just took 5R today and I'm about 90% done with EK stuff. I'm glad I'm improving and I hope I can still improve some more before the 19th. I'm so happy I got a 10 on 5R verbal, I thought it was really boring and hard. Actually, I'm happy with all my scores for now. 🙂

 

[Kikaku21]

Another one down.

AAMC 7r: 35 (12PS, 11VR, 12 BS)

If I can pull this off on test day... I couldn't be happier.

Add another one to the mix.

AAMC 8: 37 (13PS, 11VR, 13BS)

Can't seem to hit anything other than 11 on verbal. Dah... whatever.

 

[estairella]

Well, I didn't do any studying Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. I figured I'd take a four day break before the final 3 weeks of studying. Well, right now I don't think that was the best idea ever. I took AAMC 8 today. My score was lower than the previous three practice exams I'd taken, so I'm now at:

EK 1G: PS 12, VR 8, BS 12 = 32
AAMC 3R: PS 12, VR 11, BS 12 = 35
4R: PS 13, VR 9, BS 11 = 33
5R: PS 13, VR 11, BS 13 = 37
6R: PS 13, VR 12, BS 13 = 38
7: PS 14, VR 10, BS 14 = 38
8: PS 13, VR 11, BS 12 = 36

Don't get me wrong, I'd be thrilled with a 36, but it's disappointing falling a couple points. It might've been that I only got 6 hours of sleep last night, but really, the test just seemed harder than all the rest. Has anyone else found AAMC 8 to be tougher than expected?

Well, I think I'll take 9 next weekend (or the one after that) and hopefully I'll get the score back up. Good luck everyone.

AAMC 8 is actually my highest so far. But anyways, I wouldn't be worried about falling 2 points, it's just fluctuating around the mean so to speak (I don't want to say you've reached your limit, but it's a possibility... you'll find out as you do more practices). My last 6 practices have ranged by 2 points (a fair indication that I've reached mine 😛 )... gonna take another one in 4 minutes, but as long as its within that range, I'm not gonna be worried.