Hey, I just had a few questions regarding the Pcat. Would you say the reading, biology and verbal were better and easier than the last time ? Also did you see some Dr Collins verbal question on the actual Pcat?
So, I just took my second PCAT today. My first PCAT composite score was 57 percentile. Here is what I got for the second one.
SS PR
VA: 416 74
Bio: 502 99
RC: 402 54
QA: 438 95
Chem: 485 99
Comp 449 99
Hell yea.. I already have two interview offers before I even took second PCAT and I got 99%
Verbal is pretty similar, I would say about 60%.. I only used Collins as verbal, which I didn't really focus too much since I knew I'm weak at VA and RC. Also, Biology is kind of 50-50.. there are lots of similar questions but there are also some added questions, too. For reading, I was just thrown away how difficult it was compared to Collins, if you are good reader you will do well but RC, as you can see, is my lowest score in PCAT. The passage seem to be not that difficult to read but questions are really tricky.
What did you use to study? Congrats on the great score!!!So, I just took my second PCAT today. My first PCAT composite score was 57 percentile. Here is what I got for the second one.
SS PR
VA: 416 74
Bio: 502 99
RC: 402 54
QA: 438 95
Chem: 485 99
Comp 449 99
Hell yea.. I already have two interview offers before I even took second PCAT and I got 99%
I just used Collins and Pearson practice test sets, there are lots of similar, i would even same, problems from the Collins; I would say about 55~60% of the questions are similar or same to Collins. All I did was went over Collins like 3 times and I end up getting 99%
Hey what did you use to study verbal and chemtook the PCAT today
score breakdown:
Verbal: 74
Bio 92
Chem 98
RC 49
QA 67
Composite 89
Pretty sad about my reading comp score because i scored 80% on the Pearson Practice. But I knew I screwed up when I decided to just go at the questions without fully reading the passage, for 2-3 passages. I didn't really finish reviewing precalculus and calculus so my QA score was expected. To be honest, I'm okay with my score.
But do you guys think my RC and QA score will really hurt my chances? A little scared. I have a high GPA and decent health care experience but wouldn't it look bad if your GPA is high and your PCAT isn't that great? It doesn't correlate...? My first choice school doesn't require a PCAT but 2 of schools I applied to do which is why I took it.
Okay... one thing that people should know is that all PCAT questions are not exact same problems shown in Collins. That's why I said overall about 55~60% of questions are similar and exact same from Collins. I have been using Collins exclusively for over a month to prepare for PCAT. If you have time-management skill and if u have went over Collins couple times so that you don't even have to read the questions and know the answer already. Then, I think, in my experience, you should be able to get at least over 80% at least.
With that high of a GPA & composite of 90+ percentile you will have NO problem getting in somewhere. I guarantee it. Even without any experience I think you have a really good shot.
Got my scores,
Verbal Ability: 87
Biology: 57
Reading Comprehension: 75
Quantitative Ability: 78
Chemistry: 95
Composite: 88
Reading and QA seemed like the hardest sections to me and involved more guessing than any of the others. I was surprised by the amount of function/logarithm questions.
I'm really disappointed with my Bio scores, really thought I'd do way better. I spent a lot of time focusing on mostly Anatomy but the test had a lot more Microbiology than I expected. Any thoughts/feedback? I know that Chemistry and Biology are the most important subjects that schools look into. Would a retake be necessary?
My Current Cumulative GPA is 3.9-3.95 and a 4.0 in the Sciences if that helps.
Yeah most definitely!!!! Don't even worry about it. I think overall the composite is the most important and I think you nailed it there. And if the composite lacks I think they would look at the breakdown. And your breakdown isn't bad, like I said, it's pretty well rounded. And I think chemistry is more important than bio anyways. But if you're worried, just give the specific schools a call and let them know your standings.
Yeah by standings I mean all of your scores/grades/experience everything. Admissions is usually really nice and tells you what you need. I'm not too sure so I don't want to give the wrong information. I'm also in the application cycle lol but if the school you're applying to says that the pcat isn't required, they won't look at your score. But like I said, even if they do, your composite is something a lot of ppl would love to have. So don't be too hard on yourself.
