***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!

 

[Kikaku21]

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.

It is generally agreed upon that 8 is the hardest AAMC test. The curve on the test is almost exactly the same as 7, too. Go figure.

 

[sotired]

a lot of people seem to consistently be getting 12's and 13's on the science sections...any tips on how to go from the 9-10 level to that?

 

[AWhitehair]

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. 🙂

That is great improvement Broccoli.

 

[AWhitehair]

a lot of people seem to consistently be getting 12's and 13's on the science sections...any tips on how to go from the 9-10 level to that?

I'm sure they will say "practice, practice, practice"... my problem is that I take to long on problems and cut my time short in the end.

 

[superwillis]

Do most people score better on 3R than on other AAMC tests? Thats what I originally thought, but I'm seeing scores that say the opposite...thoughts?

I ask because I did my highest on 3R recently, and I'm hoping it wasnt cuz the test was super easy (I didn't think it was easier than 5 or 6, except maybe the verbal) 😀

Also, I'm thinking of taking a Kaplan test tomorrow. Which one is a good one to take (as in, representative to aamc ones, etc.)?

 

[nutster]

Figured I'd take a minute and add my stats to the list. Will throw these in a signature as well. Quite happy with these results so far, as I scored a 23P on the real deal in April 🙁 .

7/05: AAMC 3R: 24 (PS 8, VR 8, BS 8)
7/13: AAMC 4R: 30 (PS 9, VR 11, BS 10)
7/23: AAMC 5R: 35 (PS 12, VR 10, BS 12)
7/31: AAMC 6R: 12 VR (in progress)

Studied for about 8 hours total for the April exam, probably why I didn't do so well. Now, I'm completing as many practices as I find time for and listed to EK Audio Osmosis during the day.

Good luck everyone 😀

 

[Noeljan]

wow nuster
thats really good progress🙂 keep up the good work!
j

 

[lakerlovin]

Just took my first AAMC for this time around today (I took the April test but voided my score)....

7/3 Kaplan #5 PS 11 VR 10 BS 8 29
7/11 Kaplan #8 PS 10 VR 10 BS 10 30
7/18 Kaplan #6 PS 10 VR 10 BS 9 29
7/31 AAMC 5R PS 10 VR 10 BS 10 30

I was 1 question away from each sciene and 2 away in verbal from the 11s (4 questions from a 33!) I guess I can be a little happy about that, it's just a little frustrating though because I've been getting 10-11's on the 1001 EK verbal, and just feel like i'm good for a 32 right now, but just haven't put it together on a test. My target score is a 33, but really anything 31+ and i'd be happy. I've seen some really nice progressions on this board! Any words of encouragement or wisdom would be appreciated. Planning on taking AAMC 8 sometime at the end of this week. Less than 3 weeks left!!!

 

[ctgxant]

i took 5R on 7/26.. 13 PS/ 11 VR/ 12 BS 36
7R today... 10 PS/ 10 VR/ 11 BS.. 31

ahh disappointment... less than 3 weeks left and im getting quite worried... ive done kaplan FLs 1-8... dont remember the exact scores but they usually flucuate around the low 30s... planning to take 8R on wednesday or thursday... anyone have tips on working more efficiently in PS? i always seem to run out fo time..

lol... hope i wont make silly addition errors like that on the test..

 

[nutster]

i took 5R on 7/26.. 13 PS/ 11 VR/ 12 BS 37
7R today... 10 PS/ 10 VR/ 11 BS.. 31

ahh disappointment... less than 3 weeks left and im getting quite worried... ive done kaplan FLs 1-8... dont remember the exact scores but they usually flucuate around the low 30s... planning to take 8R on wednesday or thursday... anyone have tips on working more efficiently in PS? i always seem to run out fo time..

First of all, I wouldn't be too upset with low 30s. Had I received that score in April, I wouldn't be retaking the exam 😛

I've read somewhere in the forums (credit the person who posted this, if I can remember who it was), not to allow more than about 9 minutes per passage (with questions) on the PS section. Once you hit 9 minutes, make best guesses and move on. I've found the PS passages to vary a lot when it comes to difficulty, and there's no point in spending excessive amounts of time on a hard passage at the risk of spending little to no time on an easy one. Each question is worth the same, anyway.

Hope this helps; good luck studying!

 

[Broccoli]

Do most people score better on 3R than on other AAMC tests? Thats what I originally thought, but I'm seeing scores that say the opposite...thoughts?

I ask because I did my highest on 3R recently, and I'm hoping it wasnt cuz the test was super easy (I didn't think it was easier than 5 or 6, except maybe the verbal) 😀

Also, I'm thinking of taking a Kaplan test tomorrow. Which one is a good one to take (as in, representative to aamc ones, etc.)?

I think most people would say that 3R is the easiest. I did worse on 3R than 4R and 5R because I took 3R right after I started studying the stuff. I took 4R in the middle and 5R after I finished studying about 80-90% of the stuff, so I expected to do better. By the way, I didn't think 3R was MUCH easier than 4R and 5R, so if you did really well on 3R it doesn't necessarily mean it was a fluke. Keep it up!!

And thanks AWhiteHair!

 

[UMP]

Figured I'd take a minute and add my stats to the list. Will throw these in a signature as well. Quite happy with these results so far, as I scored a 23P on the real deal in April 🙁 .

7/05: AAMC 3R: 24 (PS 8, VR 8, BS 8)
7/13: AAMC 4R: 30 (PS 9, VR 11, BS 10)
7/23: AAMC 5R: 35 (PS 12, VR 10, BS 12)
7/31: AAMC 6R: 12 VR (in progress)

Studied for about 8 hours total for the April exam, probably why I didn't do so well. Now, I'm completing as many practices as I find time for and listed to EK Audio Osmosis during the day.

Good luck everyone 😀

😱 👍 I hope you take some of the practice tests all at once so you can simulate the whole thing, but nice work...

 

[pslee]

in progress for aamc 7, but I am so happy with ps! I finally got a 15!! I got one definition question wrong. I took PS and BS, and I did really horribly in BS with 12 again, but I made stupid mistakes that lowered my score which could have been a 13. Finally seeing some improvements! VR tomorrow and I wish I could get a 12.

 

[DrBowtie]

in progress for aamc 7, but I am so happy with ps! I finally got a 15!! I got one definition question wrong. I took PS and BS, and I did really horribly in BS with 12 again, but I made stupid mistakes that lowered my score which could have been a 13. Finally seeing some improvements! VR tomorrow and I wish I could get a 12.

Congrats on the 15! I made a lot of stupid gen chem mistakes on that one.

 

[jmed6182]

AAMC 3R BS 11, VR 8 , PS 9
AAMC 6R BS 12, VR 8, PS 11
AAMC 8 BS 11, VR 11, PS 12

I don't now I shot up so much in the VR, but I hope it keeps happening like that....that was my first time to break the 10 barrier in that section...it felt oooh soooo goood!.....I really want 13s in the science sections, but I end up missing some of the easiest questions...i guess just stupid mistakes

 

[luckycharms08]

in progress for aamc 7, but I am so happy with ps! I finally got a 15!! I got one definition question wrong. I took PS and BS, and I did really horribly in BS with 12 again, but I made stupid mistakes that lowered my score which could have been a 13. Finally seeing some improvements! VR tomorrow and I wish I could get a 12.

"really horribly" in BS is a 12?

wow.

 

[rs76]

"really horribly" in BS is a 12?

wow.

I wouldn't take it if you keep getting that horrible 12! you might end up getting only a 36 (12,12,12) if you keep it up. Off to the carribbeans you go!

 

[estairella]

7/05: AAMC 3R: 24 (PS 8, VR 8, BS 8)
7/13: AAMC 4R: 30 (PS 9, VR 11, BS 10)
7/23: AAMC 5R: 35 (PS 12, VR 10, BS 12)
7/31: AAMC 6R: 12V (in progress)

i took 5R on 7/26.. 13 PS/ 11 VR/ 12 BS 37
7R today... 10 PS/ 10 VR/ 11 BS.. 31

Basic math, people, basic math... 😛

I wouldn't take it if you keep getting that horrible 12! you might end up getting only a 36 (12,12,12) if you keep it up. Off to the carribbeans you go!

Carribbeans? You WISH! You might as well accept the fact that you'll be panhandling the rest of your life. Well, if you're lucky you'll have some marketable "street skills"....

(I keed I keed... )

 

[Jwax]

Hmm here's my super-exciting scores:

4/16/2005 (real m-fing deal): PS- 8, VR-11, BS- 9 (WS-O)
7/09/2006 (5R): PS-7, VR-10, BS-8
7/30/2006 (6R): PS-9, VR-9, BS-11!!!!

I don't know what the deal is with the downward trend for verbal... maybe b/c I haven't been practicing for it at all since I'm working on the sciences. I guess it is paying off?!?! I was thrilled with the 11 on bio. That is the best I've ever done on any practices. Woohoo... I may make it the second time around after all!

Currently reviewing the answers to the 6R. Anyone have suggestions on whether I should buy the AAMC 8 & 9 tests to practice on or use the Princeton Review A-D tests that I didn't take during the course?

 

[Mr. Tee]

Get the AAMC 8 and 9. I've heard that TPR A-D are insanely unrealistic.

 

[pslee]

Basic math, people, basic math... 😛



Carribbeans? You WISH! You might as well accept the fact that you'll be panhandling the rest of your life. Well, if you're lucky you'll have some marketable "street skills"....

(I keed I keed... )

LOL

 

[pslee]

"really horribly" in BS is a 12?

wow.

I am really sorry if I offended anyone with that arrogant comment. But the thing is, I really tried hard to raise score from 35 to 40, and spent most of my time studying bio and orgo. But look at my score, it is just SAME. It is a big disappointment, and I am really working toward getting that 13-14 range in BS.

 

[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

Teehee 😛 I don't know how the verbal 11 snuck in there. I have to really enjoy this moment b/c I know it's an anomaly. All the passages on the #3g were fairly entertaining and the questions were more straight forward. Overall, I found EK practice tests to be consistent w/my Kaplan scores. Kaplan physical sciences were more intense, however the EK biology sections were harder. I'll see how these test scores compare to the AAMC tests once I start this week.

 

[RisingSun]

7/19 5R 29 10/8/11
7/26 4R 29 9/9/11
7/31 6R 33 11/11/11

Took 6R today and broke 30 for the first time! Maybe I should write in the 30+ virginity thread... Shooting for 30+ so I am right about there now. Hope that I can solidify my scores in this range for the real deal.

I've been working real hard on verbal and it is paying off, finally. I was getting 7-9 consistently for about two months, then just in the last few weeks I have been able to complete entire verbal passges on time and answer the questions accurately. Today I finished with 10 minutes to go and just called it quits to see what my score was for the pace that I was at. So I am really happy about that.

I can also see where I am making mistakes in the PS (not so much the BS, though ...) and think that I definately can improve my test taking in that section at least.

Keep up the good work guys! It's great to have a community of people who are serious about this test and doing well on the practice tests - it is encouraging and gives me hope that I can do the same!

RisingSun

 

[pslee]

AAMC 7 has the most boring, LONG verbal passages. Almost fall asleep on it. God, I am tired.

 

[nutster]

I think I'm going to finish 6R today and take a shot at a full-length EK 1g. I'll keep you posted on how it goes

 

[pslee]

I think I'm going to finish 6R today and take a shot at a full-length EK 1g. I'll keep you posted on how it goes

I've never seen such a big improvement! Keep up the good work!

 

[nutster]

I've never seen such a big improvement! Keep up the good work!

Thanks, you too. Nice 15 😱 👍

 

[bunnybear]

If you have the option between taking Kaplan 6 or 2 or one of PR tests, which one would you take at this point, why, and if PR, which one do you recommend??

 

[superwillis]

Took Kaplan FL #2 this morning... B: 12 P: 12 V: 10 = 34.

Kinda disappointed. Are the Kaplans representative as like the AAMC's?
What should be my "gauge" as to where I stand, my combined practice average or just the AAMC averages?

 

[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:

AAMC 6R.....................31 (11 PS, 8 VR, 12 BS)

I'm going to be doing lots of VR practice to fix this. I thought the bio was kind of hard on this one.

 

[WestTexasRambler]

4R - PS11 67/77 VR9 45/60 BS12 67/77 Composite 32T
Here are my aamc scores so far this time around.....

A member of the A-team, who will remain unidentified, graded the writing section for me.

Verbal ate my lunch and I feel pretty lucky to have made a 9 (barely). PS is coming up nicely Bio is about the same as last time. I have been hitting the PS pretty hard this last week and it is paying some dividends. I hope I have time to study O-chem and Bio before the 19th.

 

[AWhitehair]

AAMC 7 has the most boring, LONG verbal passages. Almost fall asleep on it. God, I am tired.

Damn, you kicked ass on PS. That would be awesome to pull off on test day,

 

[whateva07]

My kaplan scores suck, but my aamc score was a bit better. Is that normal and more indicative of what I will likely get on test day?

 

[deleted106503]

Woohoo! I broke 30!!! 12 PS 10VR 10BS!!! I was actually stressed a lot for time in PS, which hasn't been the case. For those taking 5R, when you get to the phase diagram of water, the temperatue they're stating is NEGATIVE 1 degree centigrade. The minus sign wasn't carried over on the next line typed so I kept reading it as positve 1 degree, confused the hell out of me for a good 3 minutes (I know, leave it and come back later).

I'm glad with my VR score of 10, but I hope I can repeat these results. I really didn't change my way of reading questions. I think it went up because 1) I've had more practice, but more importantly 2) I was really familiar with most of the passages. As usual, there's a passage on something like economics (the degree I have from UF), psychology (my favorite class in high school), etc. The ones I always did bad on were the art/history/literature crap. As in 5R, I missed 5 out of 10 questions on the Picasso part. Hopefully I will get passages on economics and law on the real MCAT! 😀

Biology was much harder for me on 5R than 4R, it stressed a lot more on genetics, which EK didn't go over that much. This is something that a lot here have said the MCAT is focusing more on. Looks like I need to work on genetics more.

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

 

[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

It's so nice to see some of you make upward trends on your practice exams. I think I'm stuck in the 30-33 range and really hope to move it up by a bit. We'll see how the Kaplan and EK tests compare to the AAMC ones.

 

[nutster]

Finally finished AAMC 6R. Thought the BS section was a little unfriendly with the Orgo. Anyway, got a 35 (PS 12, VR 12, BS 11).

Keep crackin' everyone! 👍

 

[gujuDoc]

I think I'm going to finish 6R today and take a shot at a full-length EK 1g. I'll keep you posted on how it goes

Hey I just wanted to say that maybe that 23 wasn't really representative of your full potential. I know that the first time my friend took it she got a 23, then a 27 on the second time she took the beast, and finally a 35R on the last and 3rd time that she took the actual MCAT. for her it came down to the fact that she didn't put her full potential forward the first 2 times. Congrats on getting your scores up. I'm sure you'll do well come test day.

 

[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?

 

[nutster]

Hey I just wanted to say that maybe that 23 wasn't really representative of your full potential. I know that the first time my friend took it she got a 23, then a 27 on the second time she took the beast, and finally a 35R on the last and 3rd time that she took the actual MCAT. for her it came down to the fact that she didn't put her full potential forward the first 2 times. Congrats on getting your scores up. I'm sure you'll do well come test day.

Thanks for the words of wisdom. I would love to walk away from the August exam with a 35R. Going to throw everything I've got at the beast this 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
AAMC 6R 12PS/ 8VR / 11BS = 31 (ok verbal sort of got me on this one)
AAMC 7 11PS/ 9VR/ 13BS = 33 😀 😀 (ummm sort of happy about the bio, but angry about the physical, overall happy with progress though, hopefully I can actually get this score on test day)

How are tests going for all of you guys?

 

[pencap2003]

AAMC 3R-10/9/10
4911-11/9/10
4921-8/10/10
4931-13/11/10
AAMC 9-12/11/13

Did AAMC 9 at home, the 49xx tests with the rest of the study people for TPR class. AAMC 7 this saturday ^_^;; we'll see how it goes (trying for a 15 on PS and hopefully break 11 on verbal...bio=meh for now).

 

[RisingSun]

Just took Kaplan FL#1. That was one crazy hard mo-fo! I've never seen a PS section like that before and it was really tough. Ended up with _37_ out of 77, but somehow that is still a 9, so that is also the biggest curve I've ever seen on a test so far.

Overall test score: 9/10/11 30

Anyone else have any experience with this test? Please don't tell me that the real AAMC mcat will have a PS section like that. (I've done 4R, 5R, and 6R - 29, 29, and 33, respectively, but none of their PS was anything remotely as wicked as FL#1).

 

[deleted106503]

Just took Kaplan FL#1. That was one crazy hard mo-fo! I've never seen a PS section like that before and it was really tough. Ended up with _37_ out of 77, but somehow that is still a 9, so that is also the biggest curve I've ever seen on a test so far.

Overall test score: 9/10/11 30

Anyone else have any experience with this test? Please don't tell me that the real AAMC mcat will have a PS section like that. (I've done 4R, 5R, and 6R - 29, 29, and 33, respectively, but none of their PS was anything remotely as wicked as FL#1).

Considering your raw and curve scores for the PS section, I just decided 100% I will not take any Kaplan exams. I dont' see how they will help.

 

[RisingSun]

Considering your raw and curve scores for the PS section, I just decided 100% I will not take any Kaplan exams. I dont' see how they will help.

I'm going to review the answer key real closely. I think that if I can handle a Kaplan PS I should be able to handle anything, no? I really blow in physics, so anything that pushes me to the limit like this test is probably a good thing. Obviously with a 37/77 I am weak everywhere! It makes it hard to pinpoint weaknesses.

 

[da_donut]

Just took Kaplan FL#1. That was one crazy hard mo-fo! I've never seen a PS section like that before and it was really tough. Ended up with _37_ out of 77, but somehow that is still a 9, so that is also the biggest curve I've ever seen on a test so far.

Overall test score: 9/10/11 30

Anyone else have any experience with this test? Please don't tell me that the real AAMC mcat will have a PS section like that. (I've done 4R, 5R, and 6R - 29, 29, and 33, respectively, but none of their PS was anything remotely as wicked as FL#1).

If its any concilation I've heard kaplan fl1 is the hardest. The ones near the end are supposed to be "ok" but i don't know I havn't done them. I took a look at FL5 PS, they're questions are very detailed and it seems to me like you have to remember alot of little things from your studying. I dunno though, I had troubles remembering formulas and stuff, and little things like molality vs mole fraction ect. so that doesnt help me regardless, but i definately find aamc more reasonable. Plus they hit you with fromulas you almost never have to use (i had forgotten the freezing point depression one. as well you needed to know the thermal expansion formula...one EK says you don't have to know and that I've never met a question about before so it was kinda weird that in the first 20questions so many non high yield type stuff was coming up) (they even have the stupid cracker in a cartoon playing jeapordy asking for "formulas not used on the MCAT for 500 please"....stupid cracker).

Also the calculation type questions on the kaplan ones are pretty long i find (ie lots of steps so it eats up time even if you do know what you're doing). I guess if you can do the kaplan's and do ok/well you're set for the exam. I think if you have a really really strong grasp of the material you'll find kaplan ok. But when i got bogged down on that PS section I had started it kinda shook my confidence. But maybe its a good thing.....it made me realize I need to make sure I know the formulas for sure because those are easy marks + time savers when you're not trying to remember it and second guessing yourself.

Also i've heard their verbal kinda sucks so maybe stick to aamc for verbal.

 

[DrCurious]

Woohoo! I broke 30!!! 12 PS 10VR 10BS!!! I was actually stressed a lot for time in PS, which hasn't been the case. For those taking 5R, when you get to the phase diagram of water, the temperatue they're stating is NEGATIVE 1 degree centigrade. The minus sign wasn't carried over on the next line typed so I kept reading it as positve 1 degree, confused the hell out of me for a good 3 minutes (I know, leave it and come back later).

I'm glad with my VR score of 10, but I hope I can repeat these results. I really didn't change my way of reading questions. I think it went up because 1) I've had more practice, but more importantly 2) I was really familiar with most of the passages. As usual, there's a passage on something like economics (the degree I have from UF), psychology (my favorite class in high school), etc. The ones I always did bad on were the art/history/literature crap. As in 5R, I missed 5 out of 10 questions on the Picasso part. Hopefully I will get passages on economics and law on the real MCAT! 😀

Biology was much harder for me on 5R than 4R, it stressed a lot more on genetics, which EK didn't go over that much. This is something that a lot here have said the MCAT is focusing more on. Looks like I need to work on genetics more.

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

Nice job, I got the same score on 5R 😀 Hopefully we get at least that on test day....

 

[whateva07]

If its any concilation I've heard kaplan fl1 is the hardest. The ones near the end are supposed to be "ok" but i don't know I havn't done them. I took a look at FL5 PS, they're questions are very detailed and it seems to me like you have to remember alot of little things from your studying. I dunno though, I had troubles remembering formulas and stuff, and little things like molality vs mole fraction ect. so that doesnt help me regardless, but i definately find aamc more reasonable. Plus they hit you with fromulas you almost never have to use (i had forgotten the freezing point depression one. as well you needed to know the thermal expansion formula...one EK says you don't have to know and that I've never met a question about before so it was kinda weird that in the first 20questions so many non high yield type stuff was coming up) (they even have the stupid cracker in a cartoon playing jeapordy asking for "formulas not used on the MCAT for 500 please"....stupid cracker).

Also the calculation type questions on the kaplan ones are pretty long i find (ie lots of steps so it eats up time even if you do know what you're doing). I guess if you can do the kaplan's and do ok/well you're set for the exam. I think if you have a really really strong grasp of the material you'll find kaplan ok. But when i got bogged down on that PS section I had started it kinda shook my confidence. But maybe its a good thing.....it made me realize I need to make sure I know the formulas for sure because those are easy marks + time savers when you're not trying to remember it and second guessing yourself.

Also i've heard their verbal kinda sucks so maybe stick to aamc for verbal.

how does kaplan's verbal suck?

 

[geno2568]

to all those that say u will score lower on the actual mcat.....
3r-37
4r-35
5r-36
6r-35

april 22, 2006......39🙂

 

[pslee]

to all those that say u will score lower on the actual mcat.....
3r-37
4r-35
5r-36
6r-35

april 22, 2006......39🙂

There are some people who are weak on the real one. I've seen numerous people with high practice exam scores but not one the real one.