***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!

 

[jsol]

AAMC 9: 12ps, 9v, 12bs (33)

Verbal went a lot better than the past aamcs. Somewhat satisfied with the score but hoping to bump it a few points before the big day.

 

[Nomemory]

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. 😳

I made the same adjustments and went from 9's on 3R and 5R to an 11 on 4R. I was amazed when I graded it because I had been dreading 4R thinking my score would go down a lot.

The key for me was just bailing questions when I didn't know the answer. I circle it and tell myself I'll come back later. Obviously I never actually have time to come back later but it really kept me from wasting time on questions I would probably get wrong anyway at the expense of easy questions near the end of the test. This was the first time I've finished ahead of schedule and I'm a super SLOW reader. 🙄

 

[4success]

I made the same adjustments and went from 9's on 3R and 5R to an 11 on 4R. I was amazed when I graded it because I had been dreading 4R thinking my score would go down a lot.

The key for me was just bailing questions when I didn't know the answer. I circle it and tell myself I'll come back later. Obviously I never actually have time to come back later but it really kept me from wasting time on questions I would probably get wrong anyway at the expense of easy questions near the end of the test. This was the first time I've finished ahead of schedule and I'm a super SLOW reader. 🙄

i'm having a lot of prob with the verbal to.. but i felt liek when i didnt' focus on details, i alwas missed those tricky questions that depended on that one sentence the author mentioned... or that one word/ detail he put in the passage... and how woudl u tackle those RN questions taht ask for "what did the author not provide support?"

 

[Kikaku21]

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.

Good job dude. That is supposedly the hard one. Your improvement is quite linear... that is interesting.

 

[supafield]

6R done... PS, 11 VR, 12 BS, 10
Thoughts... bio was tough
And although I thought that there was a little more orgo and it would be the end of me it saved me in the end.....


TPR 4911: 6,8,3 : 17
TPR 4921: 5,7,6 : 18
TPR 4931: 8,10,6: 24
AAMC 7 : 12,10,9: 31
AAMC 8 : 10,11,10: 31
AAMC 6R: 11,12,10: 33

Doing 9 and hoping to heck that I keep improving : ) or at least don't start falling, I'd be estatic with my current scores as I was pretty sure in July I didn't have it in me to break 30...

 

[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
AAMC 7 - 34 (P11, V11, B12) 8/9

AAMC 7 physical and biological questions were a bit harder. Some of the answers were less obvious. I almost ran out of time on the verbal and got the last couple of questions wrong. I'm wondering if it's better to start w/the 10 questions passages first and move onto the rest since it takes less time to read 1 passage and answer 10 q's than reading 2 separate passages to answer 5 q's each.

 

[UMP]

Just took 7r... tried to simulate the conditions of an 8 o'clock test... except it was pm 🙄

But it went well: 13 PS, 11 VR, 13 BS

Thought I messed up VR pretty bad, but it turned out alright, 11 is my usual, 12 is a good day.

Hope this holds up 👍

 

[Nomemory]

i'm having a lot of prob with the verbal to.. but i felt liek when i didnt' focus on details, i alwas missed those tricky questions that depended on that one sentence the author mentioned... or that one word/ detail he put in the passage... and how woudl u tackle those RN questions taht ask for "what did the author not provide support?"

Those are the ones that I just wing it on and come back to if I have time left. But honestly, I have no clue about anything anymore. 😡 The more practice tests I take the more arbitrary my scores seem. As soon as I find a method that seems to work, it stops working. 😱 I think maybe the best method is just glancing over questions real quick to try and get a feel for how you should approach the passage. Who knows. 😕 🙁

 

[supafield]

Just took 7r... tried to simulate the conditions of an 8 o'clock test... except it was pm 🙄

But it went well: 13 PS, 11 VR, 13 BS

Thought I messed up VR pretty bad, but it turned out alright, 11 is my usual, 12 is a good day.

Hope this holds up 👍

I agree with you

I thought 7 verbal went terrible... like a 6 or a 7 kinda terrible... and I walked away with a 10....

 

[deleted106503]

Just finished AAMC 8. The BS and PS seemed harder. A lot of the answers came from the understanding of the passage and little background info. Similar to 7, but even less background info needed for 8. This is what made it a little more difficult for me. I finished the BS with about 25 minutes left and I didn't feel like going back since I knew I couldn't really improve any of my answers. A lot of the answers I got wrong were just asking about how other experiments could be set to prove/disprove something. I'm definitely not complaining about my score for it, but I would like to feel a little more comfortable for PS and BS so hopefully the real test won't be as much like this. Very little orgo was on it, too.

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
8/10/06 88 - 32 - 12PS 9VR 11BS

 

[nutster]

Just finished up AAMC 7: scored 12s across the board for a total of 36.

Probably won't take AAMC 8 until this weekend, and 9 until early to mid next week. Might try to squeeze EK #1g in there at some point as well.

Keep crackin' people. Good luck to all!!

 

[estairella]

Just finished up AAMC 7: scored 12s across the board for a total of 36.

Probably won't take AAMC 8 until this weekend, and 9 until early to mid next week. Might try to squeeze EK #1g in there at some point as well.

Keep crackin' people. Good luck to all!!

EK #1g might be a blow to your ego, so take it at your own risk. It's not a bad test but it IS harder than the AAMC ones, and the scales are just as tough as the AAMC ones.

 

[nutster]

EK #1g might be a blow to your ego, so take it at your own risk. It's not a bad test but it IS harder than the AAMC ones, and the scales are just as tough as the AAMC ones.

Maybe I'll pass then....or save it for before AAMC 9 so I get that last-minute boost

 

[akinf]

I took 6R today and the scores are...

11PS 11VR 12BS

I am not at all happy about this score, I went down in PS from 5R. I knew it was harder, but I wasn't expecting to go down (I made a total of 6 careless mistakes - the rest were legitimate mistakes - due to laziness of not double checking answers, not giving enough thought to a question, or just putting down things I now know were just dumb 👎 👎 )

I barely got an 11 in VR (i once again got raped on one of the 10-question passages...i got 4/10...but i was going against my hunch and gut, so i now know not to do that...as I was reviewing...I noticed that I went against my hunch on 4 of the questions in the 10-question passage I would have otherwise gotten right 😡 )

The 12 in bio is not surprising. I'm getting better at abstracting information from the passage, but I am still getting beat-down on questions that could double as free-standing just because I haven't spent enough time on BS. Also, I got a couple organic chemistry questions wrong (i was pretty surprised by this...but they were just ******ed 👎 👎 )

So, my 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
AAMC 6R 11PS 11VR 12BS -> 34

My target score is 14PS 12VR 13BS.....39

I'm reviewing this test and studying all day tomorrow and the next, then I will write 7 on Sunday.

EDIT: Some of you may notice that my 6R verbal score recently increased, I was looking over the test and realized that I in fact did get an 11 in VR, however, it was only by 1 question.

 

[Broccoli]

I took AAMC 7 today.

3R: 10PS, 11VR, 9BS = 30
4R: 11PS, 10VR, 10BS = 31
5R: 12PS, 10VR, 11BS = 33
6R: 12PS, 10VR, 12BS = 34
7 : 13PS, 9VR, 11BS = 33

I'm surprised with the 13 in PS, I was guessing on so many, it would be so nice to score a 13 on the real deal! I can't believe I got a 13!! the 9 in VR is disappointing, especially since it doesn't look like I'm improving. I'm not surprised though because I thought it was difficult. Of course I wish I improved in BS, but I'm not going to complain with an 11 right now. I thought I did better in BS than PS actually...

Today was terrible. I just felt awful and getting through the test was SO HARD, I was pretty much pissed off the whole day, especially while taking VR, don't really know why but I guess I just feel like crap on some days. I haven't been reviewing lately but that must and WILL change this weekend and next week.

I also haven't been in the mood to practice the writing sample at all...

AAMC 8 on Sunday, and then AAMC 9 on... Thursday? Is that a little bit too close to test day? I can't take it on Tuesday or Wednesday bc I have work. Is it better to divide it up over a few days or take the whole thing on Thursday then?

Good luck everyone, the MCAT is so soon!

 

[superwillis]

I took 4R PS and BS this morning...didnt take the verbal cuz I didn't have proper solutions. I guess I can just assume I scored between a 9-11 on it.

Got a 13 in each, although since the solutions were kinda crazy and some questions/passages were different, its hard to say for sure. So I'm just going to assume I did decent on it (35-37, depending on verbal and/or science score variations)

I really really just want to maintain a 13 in each of the science sections, and hopefully an 11 in verbal (although the 14 I got in PS on 8 was pretty exciting, but likely unrepeatable).

Taking 9 tomorrow!

 

[supafield]

Superwillis.....

Anyone that gets above 30 on TPR 4911, 4922 is capable of a 17 in any given section as far as I'm concerned.... lol good work

Giver hell next saturday

 

[bball25]

Wow!!! Hi guys I just joined SDN!!! I'm a little late in the game but here are my practice scores so far...Not as good as some, but I have been improving so I'm definately excited!!

5r: PS5, VR7, BS7 (19) no studying/ early June
1g: PS7, VR7, BS7 (21)
2f: PS7, VR7, BS8 (22)
3g: PS7, VR7, BS7 (21)
6r: PS7, VR10,BS11 (28) done studying/ late July ...just when I was going to throw in the towel 🙂
8r: PS8, VR7, BS8 (23) not sure what happened here? but PS is improving
3r: PS8,VR9,BS10 (27) so 6r wasnt a fluke!! 😛 (1pt away from a 9 in PS and a 10 in VR!!!!)
9r:tomorrow

So that's the run down. Did anyone else think 8r was a beast? I spent the bulk of my summer studying PS and it has definately paid off. 9r is the last test I'm taking. Should I try to do anymore tests next week or just review old tests? If you think I should do one or two more tests...which one/two would you recommend? By the way you guys have definately kept me motivated and inspired this summer with all the great scores!!! Good luck to all next Saturday!!!

 

[RisingSun]

Just finished 3R. PS11/VR11/BS13 (although I took the BS about a month ago).

Faulty reasoning lead me to the 11 in PS. I know that I have it in me to do better (although I haven't broken an 11 in PS yet). I realize now that the MCAT is a reasoning test, and I finally understand that it is a damn good test for assessing someone's ability to reason through a situation given a basic foundation of knowledge. Although I haven't had a breakthrough score yet, I know that I have it in me to out-reason the test makers.

Guys, we all have it in us to slay this beast!

Score breakdown so far (in order taken): PS/VR/BS
5R: 10/8/11 (29)
4R: 9/9/11 (29)
6R: 11/11/11 (33)
Kaplan #1: 9/10/11 (30)
8R: 10/10/11 (31)
9R: 11/9/12 (32)
3R: 11/11/13 (35)

I plan on taking 7R on Sunday, then next week redoing the verbal and PS sections of as many of the tests as I can get to (but definately 8 and 9).

RisingSun

 

[4s4]

Kaplan PS 6 was CRAZY...I got a 9, and I usually get 10's (yea I know, not much better, but still....argh), but I was one point away from a 10. Then there was a test mix-up so I ended up doing EK Verbal 9, which I got 10 (barely) and then Kaplan 7 BS which I got 11 (yay! but only by 1 point), so I guess the 30 is about right, a huge mix bag of everything.

This sucks though since I really liked my 33 from 5R and now I know it was probably a fluke =S

 

[halekulani]

aamc 7
ps - 9
v - 8
bs - 11

wtf?

i get 10's on kaplan's much harder ps sections, i went from 11 kaplan v to an 8, and went from 8 kaplan bs to 11 (well i studied bs pretty much all week)....

this is not comforting. PS on aamc is easier, but i guess i made too many careless errors...BS is MUCH MUCH easier...either because i know it really well now or kaplan's questions were just way different.

i find aamc's verbal to be so drastically different that i have no idea what book i should use to practice at this point. i guess i'll just take more aamc verbal tests or something.

 

[amoheban]

Just did 6R yesterday and scored my highest so far...12/10/12 (34) 😀

I kind of feel these past tests are too easy. I dont think the real MCAT can be like this, so Im not going to give myself a false sense of security.

 

[Knickerbocker]

Just did 6R yesterday and scored my highest so far...12/10/12 (34) 😀

I kind of feel these past tests are too easy. I dont think the real MCAT can be like this, so Im not going to give myself a false sense of security.

I got the same on 6R (but with the biology and verbal scores switched). I fell to a 31 for 7, but I think my testing conditions had a big part in it. I still got a 12 in PS (was one away from a 13), panicked in verbal because I fell five minutes behind (and botched the second half), and made a bunch of dumb mistakes in the BS section. 7 was strange in that it felt easier than 6R, but I still managed to screw up.

8 and 9 are supposed to be harder, but, going by the statistics of other practice test takers, you'll probably do fine in those.

 

[AWhitehair]

Wow!!! Hi guys I just joined SDN!!! I'm a little late in the game but here are my practice scores so far...Not as good as some, but I have been improving so I'm definately excited!!

5r: PS5, VR7, BS7 (19) no studying/ early June
1g: PS7, VR7, BS7 (21)
2f: PS7, VR7, BS8 (22)
3g: PS7, VR7, BS7 (21)
6r: PS7, VR10,BS11 (28) done studying/ late July ...just when I was going to throw in the towel 🙂
8r: PS8, VR7, BS8 (23) not sure what happened here? but PS is improving
3r: PS8,VR9,BS10 (27) so 6r wasnt a fluke!! 😛 (1pt away from a 9 in PS and a 10 in VR!!!!)
9r:tomorrow

So that's the run down. Did anyone else think 8r was a beast? I spent the bulk of my summer studying PS and it has definately paid off. 9r is the last test I'm taking. Should I try to do anymore tests next week or just review old tests? If you think I should do one or two more tests...which one/two would you recommend? By the way you guys have definately kept me motivated and inspired this summer with all the great scores!!! Good luck to all next Saturday!!!

Your scores are very similar to mine. It's nice to have a break from seeing the "38, 36, damn I got a 34" scores. Good luck to you!

 

[entranced]

hey guys, everyone on this forum seems to be getting like 36-38, damnnn. well my scores have not been so hot. there are as follows:

(verbal, ps, then bs)
TPR 4911 (6/2) 6,8,6 =20
TPR 4921 (6/23) 6,7,6 =19 (i thot i was gonna die after my score dropped)
TPR 4931 (7/29) 9,8,9 =26
AAMC 3R (8/5) 8,12,11 =31
EK 1 g (8/7) 7,10,10= 27
AAMC 8R (8/9) 7,11,11=29
AAMC 5R (8/11) 10,12, 11=33

im gonna blame my terrible scores at the beginning on the fact that i hadnt looked at gchem or bio since high school (ap bio sr yr and ap chem jr yr), and orgo i sorta forgot after taking it freshman yr. (but maybe thats just to make myself feel better)

nonetheless, i am concerned bc i need a 35/36...and i still am not making it at this late point in the game. what do u guys think? any comments, opinions, tips would be greatly appreciated!

 

[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
AAMC 7 - 34 (P11, V11, B12) 8/9
AAMC 8 - 31 (P10, V9, B12) 8/11 🙁

My goodness, I really struggled through the physical sciences section on AAMC 8 for some reason. I usually finish 10 minutes before on non-Kaplan tests and I almost ran out of time on this one. Some questions were unexpected and really need to stretch and guess based on passage type of questions. For verbal, I think I really had the physical section affect me in terms of confidence and I couldn't focus. In addition, the curve was brutal. I just hope I do decent on the AAMC 9 b/c I don't want to lose confidence right before the exam.

 

[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
AAMC 7 - 34 (P11, V11, B12) 8/9
AAMC 8 - 31 (P10, V9, B12) 8/11 🙁

My goodness, I really struggled through the physical sciences section on AAMC 8 for some reason. I usually finish 10 minutes before on non-Kaplan tests and I almost ran out of time on this one. Some questions were unexpected and really need to stretch and guess based on passage type of questions. For verbal, I think I really had the physical section affect me in terms of confidence and I couldn't focus. In addition, the curve was brutal. I just hope I do decent on the AAMC 9 b/c I don't want to lose confidence right before the exam.

What's up mongmong?

FWIW, I did the same thing last spring. Scored a 30 on 8 then a 33 on 7....don't sweat it too much, you seem pretty prepared to me. He!!, you might just be a little burnt out from taking all those practice tests.....General Sherman. 😉 Either way I would imagine you are about as prepared today as you will in be in one week and I would expect a very good score out of you right now on the real thing. I scored higher on the sciences on the real thing by 1 point apiece and I was having an off day....take that and all the other anecdotal stuff here for what it's worth, not much. You have done what it takes to prepare now just enjoy the fruits of your labor and don't fret too much, that could hurt you more than anything.


'Rambler


PS I've said it before but I admire your grit. It isn't easy to grind through all of those full length's but there's no better way to earn it/be proud of it than doing it that way....even if you score a little below what you know you are capable of.

 

[RAD11]

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
AAMC 7 - 34 (P11, V11, B12) 8/9
AAMC 8 - 31 (P10, V9, B12) 8/11 🙁

My goodness, I really struggled through the physical sciences section on AAMC 8 for some reason. I usually finish 10 minutes before on non-Kaplan tests and I almost ran out of time on this one. Some questions were unexpected and really need to stretch and guess based on passage type of questions. For verbal, I think I really had the physical section affect me in terms of confidence and I couldn't focus. In addition, the curve was brutal. I just hope I do decent on the AAMC 9 b/c I don't want to lose confidence right before the exam.

Wow, you took a lot of practice tests. Maybe you should take it easy before you take AAMC 9. You don't want to burnt yourself out now.

 

[instigata]

Test - Total (PS, V, BS)

TPR 4911 - 20 (7, 4, 9)
TPR 4921 - 20 (6, 5, 9)
TPR 4931 - 28 (11, 7, 10)
TPR 4941 - 28 (10, 8, 10)
AAMC 3r - 31 (12, 10, 9)
TPR 4951 - 30 (11, 9, 10) I was sick 🙁
AAMC 8 - 27 (10, 8, 9) still sick 🙁
TPR 4961 - 32 (12, 10, 10)
TPR 4902 - 27 (12, 6, 9) 🙁
AAMC 6r - 31 (12, 9, 10)

Shooting for the 34, would be happy with a 33 🙂

 

[Broccoli]

hey guys, everyone on this forum seems to be getting like 36-38, damnnn. well my scores have not been so hot. there are as follows:

(verbal, ps, then bs)
TPR 4911 (6/2) 6,8,6 =20
TPR 4921 (6/23) 6,7,6 =19 (i thot i was gonna die after my score dropped)
TPR 4931 (7/29) 9,8,9 =26
AAMC 3R (8/5) 8,12,11 =31
EK 1 g (8/7) 7,10,10= 27
AAMC 8R (8/9) 7,11,11=29
AAMC 5R (8/11) 10,12, 11=33

im gonna blame my terrible scores at the beginning on the fact that i hadnt looked at gchem or bio since high school (ap bio sr yr and ap chem jr yr), and orgo i sorta forgot after taking it freshman yr. (but maybe thats just to make myself feel better)

nonetheless, i am concerned bc i need a 35/36...and i still am not making it at this late point in the game. what do u guys think? any comments, opinions, tips would be greatly appreciated!

entranced, buddy, that's some great improvement. I definitely think you can score a 35/36 on the real deal, just keep it up. Also, don't let other peoples' scores intimidate you at all; many people here have been studying for quite some time, and this forum in general only represents the top few percent of pre-meds. With all that said, your scores are spectacular. Good luck!

 

[whateva07]

I have issues with timing. BS I actually was able to finish it comfortably, but PS and VS I am always rushing at the end and VS i didnt even get a chance to look at the very last passage. So about how much time should I be giving to each of these passages and any tips to speed myself up!??? ...I'm stuck at the 26/27 scores and havent been able to move up, but I think if I could speed up on the timing it could lift my score up 1 to 2 points and thats what I desperately neeeed. So please any suggestions would be awesome. 😀

 

[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
AAMC 7R.....................33 (12 PS, 10 VR, 11 BS)

Update:

Kaplan 5......................27 (9 PS, 8 VR, 10 BS)

This score is very irritating, I'm not happy at all. Kaplan sucks. It didn't even seem like that bad of a test.

 

[WestTexasRambler]

6R update Cumulative score (so far) 21
PS 68/77 12
VR 43/60 9

PS - 5 "dumb" mistakes, shooting for a 13, didn't happen

VR......Shooting for an 11......missed 13 of 17 in last 19 questions Why you ask, because I can't keep from getting off of my timing. HOw freaking hard is it to answer a set of questions in a reasonable amount of time? You mean to tell me I can score in the 90+ percentiles in both sciences yet I can't get out of the 60's with verbal? There are few things in this world that are better at flustering me than VR. I seem to regress in my ability with every attempt to do better.....I just don't know. Sorry for the rant but.......it is better than breaking my desk in half. This is what I get for refusing to take "soft" classes that made me read dense material for interpretation.

 

[Jwax]

Stupid MCAT....

Current list: (In PS / VR / BS order)

April 2005 Exam: 8 / 11 / 9
5R 7/9/06: 7 / 10 / 8
6R 7/30/06: 9 / 9 / 11
3R 8/5/06: 8 / 12 / 9
AAMC 9: 8 / 12 / 9

F&!%^#*#* I guess I'm maxing out on the sciences?? And apparently the verbal... not that I'm complaining about where I'm maxing on verbal... Just if I could get up by one point on the PS / BS sections... hell, I'd take just one more point on the PS and I'd be okay. I'm frustrated, as I'm sure many of you all are....

Stupid MCAT...

 

[Knickerbocker]

6R update Cumulative score (so far) 21
PS 68/77 12
VR 43/60 9

PS - 5 "dumb" mistakes, shooting for a 13, didn't happen

VR......Shooting for an 11......missed 13 of 17 in last 19 questions Why you ask, because I can't keep from getting off of my timing. HOw freaking hard is it to answer a set of questions in a reasonable amount of time? You mean to tell me I can score in the 90+ percentiles in both sciences yet I can't get out of the 60's with verbal? There are few things in this world that are better at flustering me than VR. I seem to regress in my ability with every attempt to do better.....I just don't know. Sorry for the rant but.......it is better than breaking my desk in half. This is what I get for refusing to take "soft" classes that made me read dense material for interpretation.

I also keep just missing the 13 on PS because of very dumb mistakes.

Verbal is brutal when your timing gets off. I normally do ok, but if I am five minutes behind half way through, I will miss a ton in the second half in a desperate attempt to catch up.

I decided that if that happens that I'll just skip over to the next passage so that I have the time I need to properly do the rest. Odds are that, after calming down and being comfortable to finish the rest, I might come out ahead on time and be able to finish the forsaken one.

 

[stiffany]

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-O)
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-N)
7/15/06: TPR 4931 (proctored)- 10PS, 11VR, 10BS (31-O)
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-N) *Taken with a cold including having sniffles that probably annoyed everyone in the test center.*
8/12/06: AAMC 7 (proctored) - 13PS, 12VR, 11BS (one pt away from a 12 in BS - Had I not made one of two ridiculously careless mistakes, I would have had it! 😳 ) But, only 1 point away from going down to an 11 in VR so I need to keep working on that...(36)

Hoping to reduce silly math mistakes/careless reasoning errors on the real thing. Still, if I can mimic today's performance next week I'll be really really happy! Also thinking that maybe I should start worrying about the writing section of the test given my N-O score range... 😎

 

[redd82]

I also keep just missing the 13 on PS because of very dumb mistakes.

Verbal is brutal when your timing gets off. I normally do ok, but if I am five minutes behind half way through, I will miss a ton in the second half in a desperate attempt to catch up.

I decided that if that happens that I'll just skip over to the next passage so that I have the time I need to properly do the rest. Odds are that, after calming down and being comfortable to finish the rest, I might come out ahead on time and be able to finish the forsaken one.

Yeah, you have to be careful with verbal. I was having time issues as well. I kept going back and rereading parts of the passage over and over again to find the answers. But now I actually spend more time reading the passages on the first try, especially on the 10 question passages. This has helped me absorb some of the details so I don't go back as much. However I'm still stuck on 10-11 on the verbal section.

Great forum here by the way. I will finish aamc 9 on Monday and post all my scores.

 

[supafield]

Soooo encouraging/discouraging

Did 9.... 12,9,11

I don't know what happened on the verbal... I was a single question away from getting a 10.... the med school I'm applying requires a 10,10,10 for an interview so as nice as the 12 and 11 are I'd turn either one into a 10 to get a 10 in verbal lol...

AAMC 9, didn't set up well for me... going to do VR from 5 tommorrow...hopefully reassure my self

TPR 4911: 6,8,3 17
TPR 4921: 5,7,6 18
TPR 4931: 8,10,6 24
AAMC 7: 12,10,9 31
AAMC 8 10,11,10 31
AAMC6R 11,12,10 33
AAMC 9 12,9,11 32


I'm very happy about the bio and physical... The 12 in aamc 7 felt a little more like luck where this one I was really confident on.... so... despite the verbal.... I'm very pleased and will do my best to get VR up too..

Goood luck everyone

 

[Psychotropic]

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
AAMC 3R 8/9: PS: 14 V:11 BS: 12---->37
Kaplan FL 5 8/12: PS:13 V:10 BS: 11---->34


I'm taking AAMC 7,8,9 this week. Sure hoping for improved BS and especially VR scores. VR really scares me-I just can't get to 12. Advice anyone? 😕

 

[RisingSun]

Soooo encouraging/discouraging

Did 9.... 12,9,11

I don't know what happened on the verbal... I was a single question away from getting a 10.... the med school I'm applying requires a 10,10,10 for an interview so as nice as the 12 and 11 are I'd turn either one into a 10 to get a 10 in verbal lol...

AAMC 9, didn't set up well for me... going to do VR from 5 tommorrow...hopefully reassure my self

TPR 4911: 6,8,3 17
TPR 4921: 5,7,6 18
TPR 4931: 8,10,6 24
AAMC 7: 12,10,9 31
AAMC 8 10,11,10 31
AAMC6R 11,12,10 33
AAMC 9 12,9,11 32


I'm very happy about the bio and physical... The 12 in aamc 7 felt a little more like luck where this one I was really confident on.... so... despite the verbal.... I'm very pleased and will do my best to get VR up too..

Goood luck everyone

Supafield,

we have almost the same scores and breakdown for our AAMC tests. I got a 9 on AAMC verbal, too. It was one of the tougher verbals that I have done. I just redid AAMC 5 verbal, because I thought that was an especially hard verbal. I think that should help you asses your verbal prowess (got a 10 today, and had an 8 a month ago when I took it for the first time). It's just so hard trying to figure out what the test makers are looking for in a correct answer to a verbal question.

Good luck!

 

[pufferfish]

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
AAMC 3R 8/9: PS: 14 V:11 BS: 12---->37
Kaplan FL 5 8/12: PS:13 V:10 BS: 11---->34


I'm taking AAMC 7,8,9 this week. Sure hoping for improved BS and especially VR scores. VR really scares me-I just can't get to 12. Advice anyone? 😕

yeah, an 11 in bio is just so lackluster...

 

[Noeljan]

Just got home from taking AAMC 8....
Overall: 35
PS 10🙁 VR 12🙂 and BS 13.
I like the AAMC tests better than Kaplan. It's around the same score, but with AAMC it seems like it's more about "figuring things out" rather than pure memorization of a billion details like Kaplan.
Oh, BTW was surprised with verbal, after hearing so many people go down from Kaplans to later AAMC. I did the verbal kaplan workbook and I think it did help. I wasnt too sure and thought I did really bad on this verbal but I guess I didn't. I'm still not ready in physics though the AAMC test was a lot easier in the PS section, I actually felt like I could do stuff. The bio on the other hand I felt was complex and I really don't know how people with just general bio can get through it though I'm sure there are some.

 

[superwillis]

Just took AAMC 9
Got a 38: 13/12/13
But I was one quesiton away from a 14 in PS, and it was a stupid mistake (bubbling error). So I'm just gonna tell myself I got a 39, heehee.

Hope I can maintain until next saturday!!!

 

[WestTexasRambler]

6R update Cumulative score (so far) 21
PS 68/77 12
VR 43/60 9
BS 69/88 12
PS - 5 "dumb" mistakes, shooting for a 13, didn't happen

VR......Shooting for an 11......missed 13 of 17 in last 19 questions Why you ask, because I can't keep from getting off of my timing. HOw freaking hard is it to answer a set of questions in a reasonable amount of time? You mean to tell me I can score in the 90+ percentiles in both sciences yet I can't get out of the 60's with verbal? There are few things in this world that are better at flustering me than VR. I seem to regress in my ability with every attempt to do better.....I just don't know. Sorry for the rant but.......it is better than breaking my desk in half. This is what I get for refusing to take "soft" classes that made me read dense material for interpretation.

BS - I thought that this BS was pretty difficult. There were many Q's that I felt like WTF? I need to hit up my O-chem, and I mean hard. 5/8 missed were simple Orgo memorization......easy to learn but not a whole he!! of a lot of time left. I'll have to have a 12 in Bio on the real thing to mitigate my verbal score.

Overall, content with the sciences very discontented with Verbal........did I hear an echo.

Y'all take care and have a good night.


'Rambler

 

[Noeljan]

Superwillis, Wow great job🙂 Do you have any tips for physics for crunch time? It is my weakest section and I guess I have myself to blame bc I didn't really work on it as much, but any advice would be appreciated. I dont want physics to stop me from becoming a doctor!!!!!!!

 

[Noeljan]

Ya for organic on test 8 I thought the question about Carbon 13 NMR was kind of random to memorize those values when it is used soo infrequently and on the 0-200ppm scale.

 

[4success]

kaplan 5: 10/7/9...
... was it jsut me or was this test really hard/ ridiculous/ depressing/ not a good thing a week before the mcat?

 

[bananaboat]

retaker

PS/VR/BS, in order taken

TPR 4941: 7, 10, 8 = 25
TPR 4951: 7, 8, 10 = 25
TPR 4961: 8, 11 ,10 = 29

AAMC 8: 9, 11, 10 = 30
AAMC 7: 11, 10, 11 = 32
AAMC 4: 11, 9, 11 = 31
AAMC 6: 11, 7, 11 = 29
AAMC 5: 12, 11, 11 = 34
AAMC 9: 11, 10, 11 = 32

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EK1G: 9, 9 (PS/VR)
EK2G: 9, 9 (PS/VR)
EK3G: 10, 8 (PS/VR)

 

[UMP]

Took 8 today and got a complete shocker:

13,13,14 = 40 😀
I can't believe it...

 

[Noeljan]

CONGRATS UMP THATS AWESOME🙂 I was wondering where you have been, lol.
send me some physics magic~~~~~~ 😍