score difference in paper vs. computer based?

[dogfacewhizza]

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Hey all, wondering if anyone out there who has taken the paper test (or practice tests) noticed a difference in scores when switching to the computer based exam. Score go up? down? Any significant difference?

 

[Jman35]

Yea I've been wondering the same thing. I've taken paper based tests all my life, and I'm very good at it. I've got my own rhythm and method of underlining, crossing out, etc...I really worry about the computerized mcat for those reasons.

 

[priam18]

Well, this predicament is what nudged me towards spending the money to take the practice AAMC test...I'd initially started studying with paper, and yeah, I got my own rythym down and everything. Of course when you're going to a different medium, you'll have to adjust, and I didn't want test day (with all the other added stress) to be my 'adjust' day. I'd *highly* suggest purchasing the tests from AAMC (even if you just use the free one), as at least that way, you'll have a much better sense of how the change to a computer medium could affect your scores.

 

[bluemonkey]

The old paper & pencil based MCAT was far more forgiving than the CBT test because of the number of questions. Both sciences had 77 questions and verbal had 60. You could essentially miss more questions before and still score relatively high. This doesn't mean that the curve is more difficult now, but any "stupid" mistakes that you make are punished severely, especially when you start moving into the double-diget scaled-scores.