So I take the MCAT in a week from today. I took a 3 month Kaplan course (Feb-May) and have spent the past 1.5 months or so reviewing, and doing practice problems/tests (I've done 11 including the dignostic- this includes 4 Kaplan and 7 of the AAMC) . I've gone from an 18 diagnostic to a high of 33 but as I move into the harder tests my average is basically hovering right around 30 with a confidence killing dip to 26 today. VR is my stronger area, I usually average 10-12. PS is in the 9-11 range and BS is in the 8-10 range...so there isn't one glaringly weak area to focus on, I understand the base material well. My problem seems to be putting them all together...i.e. I will do great in PS one test and slip in BS, then do the opposite on the next test. I definitely find myself losing concentration in these practice tests because I can't treat it as "the real thing".
Anyone have any ideas on how to structure the last week? Do a few more practice tests? Focus on content review? Anyone else have similar problems? Did the adrenaline of test day help you to perform as well or better than your highest practice exams? Any last minute advice much appreciated.
Anyone have any ideas on how to structure the last week? Do a few more practice tests? Focus on content review? Anyone else have similar problems? Did the adrenaline of test day help you to perform as well or better than your highest practice exams? Any last minute advice much appreciated.
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