Scoring 35+ on MCAT

[FightingIrish01]

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Hey guys,

I know that the best adivce and preparation for MCAT is do do really well and learn the material as you hopefully get straight A's in your premed reqs and thus reap the benefits of scoring high on the MCAT.

Thus, my question is: Assuming you do really well in your premed courses as mentioned above and you thoroughly know your standrard textbooks front to back plus a bit of Kaplan, EKS, are you bound to score a 35 + assuming you've had a lot of practice and you are a good testtaker? I mean, basically, if you are really good with your textbook subject content, does the MCAT consist of all topics from all your premed courses or is it easier than say the questions that appear on your final exam Organic chem or bio class?

 

[jojocola]

Taking a practice test is out of the question?

 

[kevster2001]

Easier than finals because they're not goign to be that detailed. But 35+ doesnt land jsut because you want it or you try hard. I honestly believe there's a bit of luck involved in getting questions that you know. And it's almost impossibel to know alll your material

 

[UMP]

Hey guys,

I know that the best adivce and preparation for MCAT is do do really well and learn the material as you hopefully get straight A's in your premed reqs and thus reap the benefits of scoring high on the MCAT.

Thus, my question is: Assuming you do really well in your premed courses as mentioned above and you thoroughly know your standrard textbooks front to back plus a bit of Kaplan, EKS, are you bound to score a 35 + assuming you've had a lot of practice and you are a good testtaker? I mean, basically, if you are really good with your textbook subject content, does the MCAT consist of all topics from all your premed courses or is it easier than say the questions that appear on your final exam Organic chem or bio class?

If you know your stuff inside out and do a lot of practice and if you are a good test-taker (1400 SAT or 32 ACT) then I would say yes, over 95% shot that you will get a 35+

you don't need to know nearly as much as stuff on the MCAT as your regular classes... but the questions will require you to think a bit more rather than spew out memorized content

 

[ND2005]

Ok. I've said this to other posters before, but I mean it like 10 times more because you're going to my school.

Don't worry about the MCAT for another 3 years. Go to college, have fun, and take things as they come. There is absolutely no purpose in thinking about the MCAT now. Chill out.

 

[StevenRF]

Listen to ND2005. I took an mcat prep course right after high school the summer before college and got a 34 (9V,13P,12B). Let me just say that how well you do on that bull**** test is not related at all to your college classes. Like every other standardized test, you just have to beat it to death doing endless amounts of problems and paying your money into the system. The level of material you need to worry about is a joke. My score could have been better if I didn't blow so badly on the humanities passages.

For all my troubles of taking it early, the score expired after junior year and I had to do it again. DUDE, go chill and enjoy life.

 

[Phil Anthropist]

Moving to the MCAT forum...

 

[thegymbum]

As already mentioned, I'd say go for a practice test. That would be a good predictor of what you're likely to get 😉 And if you're a great test taker, known your sciences really well, and put a ton of effort... well, someone's gotta get that 45, right? But... honestly... as ND said, relax for now and focus on your undergraduate classes until it's closer to actual test tiem!

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

first of all, relax, your probably going to do just fine

second of all, you don't need a 35+

third, you are never BOUND to do well on the mcat, no matter what. I found myself getting AAAAAAAA on my transcripts with a hard major, but I sucked huge donkey balls at the MCAT.

 

[shnjb]

First of all, ignore the posts saying "you'll just do fine."

The average score on the MCAT is a 26, which seems like a really horrendous score after having taken many aamc practice tests, kaplan full lenghts, etc.
So clearly, a lot of people do not do just fine.
Everyone has a different goal but if yours is 35, and that's obviously a very good score, you gotta excel above and beyond what everyone else is doing.
So you're going to have to work to get that 35+ and that won't come by thinking that you'll be just fine.

The difficulty in achieving that score will fully depend on how good you are in test taking.
You might be one of those people who can get 35 without breaking a sweat; in that case you might want to chase a 38 or a 40 or something like that... I've seen people like that.
Or you might be one of those people who max out around 32 even after studying a lot and taking many practice tests... I've seen a lot of those people too.

In the end, you just need to take practice tests to see where you are- if after about a month of serious cramming your score does not go above 30, 35 is probably not very realistic.
SAT is also a possible tool in terms of measuring one's test taking skills... if you got 1500 and above on the old SAT, you probably have the potential to break 35 with the right amount of studying.

 

[Centinel]

Your grades and your MCAT won't necessarily correlate. Don't stick around on this website. Leave and come back in a couple years. But when you come back, take a gander at the 'low gpa high MCAT' and vice-versa threads.

I agree with StevenRF's sentiments: if you do well on standardized tests, you'll do well on this standardized test.

 

[shnjb]

Listen to ND2005. I took an mcat prep course right after high school the summer before college and got a 34 (9V,13P,12B). Let me just say that how well you do on that bull**** test is not related at all to your college classes. Like every other standardized test, you just have to beat it to death doing endless amounts of problems and paying your money into the system. The level of material you need to worry about is a joke. My score could have been better if I didn't blow so badly on the humanities passages.

For all my troubles of taking it early, the score expired after junior year and I had to do it again. DUDE, go chill and enjoy life.

Wow that's quite an achievement.

34 out of highschool huh?
Did you go into one of those 6-7 year programs right out of highschool?

Impressive feat.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

Wow that's quite an achievement.

34 out of highschool huh?
Did you go into one of those 6-7 year programs right out of highschool?

Impressive feat.

I got a 34 while in elementary school, but I decided to wait until I was older to take it again. All those beers took a toll on my brain cells, so I'll never achieve that level of success again. 😛

Don't believe everything you hear on the internet. Either he was a child prodigy and got a 43-45 on a later MCAT, or he is just trolling the forums. Judging from the tone of his post (basically: that test was stupidly easy, how could you not all get above a 30? Poke at pre-med's fragile egos), I'd say troll. Impossible to know. 🙄

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

First of all, ignore the posts saying "you'll just do fine."

The average score on the MCAT is a 26, which seems like a really horrendous score after having taken many aamc practice tests, kaplan full lenghts, etc.
So clearly, a lot of people do not do just fine.
Everyone has a different goal but if yours is 35, and that's obviously a very good score, you gotta excel above and beyond what everyone else is doing.
So you're going to have to work to get that 35+ and that won't come by thinking that you'll be just fine.

The difficulty in achieving that score will fully depend on how good you are in test taking.
You might be one of those people who can get 35 without breaking a sweat; in that case you might want to chase a 38 or a 40 or something like that... I've seen people like that.
Or you might be one of those people who max out around 32 even after studying a lot and taking many practice tests... I've seen a lot of those people too.

In the end, you just need to take practice tests to see where you are- if after about a month of serious cramming your score does not go above 30, 35 is probably not very realistic.
SAT is also a possible tool in terms of measuring one's test taking skills... if you got 1500 and above on the old SAT, you probably have the potential to break 35 with the right amount of studying.

you're right, listen to this kid......live the next three years in fear, your not gonna be ok, because like he said, clearly a lot of people do not do fine, even the ones who come on snd while in high school. You better start practicing right now. Don't make any friends in college, don't even think about going out, you will need every second for MCAT practice. You know why, cause the average score is a 26 😱 so listen to posts like this and get your gunner on early

 

[shnjb]

I got a 34 while in elementary school, but I decided to wait until I was older to take it again. All those beers took a toll on my brain cells, so I'll never achieve that level of success again. 😛

Don't believe everything you hear on the internet. Either he was a child prodigy and got a 43-45 on a later MCAT, or he is just trolling the forums. Judging from the tone of his post (basically: that test was stupidly easy, how could you not all get above a 30? Poke at pre-med's fragile egos), I'd say troll. Impossible to know. 🙄

Well I guess I'm a bit gullible.

 

[shnjb]

you're right, listen to this kid......live the next three years in fear, your not gonna be ok, because like he said, clearly a lot of people do not do fine, even the ones who come on snd while in high school. You better start practicing right now. Don't make any friends in college, don't even think about going out, you will need every second for MCAT practice. You know why, cause the average score is a 26 😱 so listen to posts like this and get your gunner on early

Quite on the contrary, I only studied for the exam for a little more than a month.

I don't really get why you are giving me an attitude, calling me a "kid," using badly implemented sarcasm and all... it's probably just sand in your vagina so a good bath may be in order.

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

Quite on the contrary, I only studied for the exam for a little more than a month.

I don't really get why you are giving me an attitude, calling me a "kid," using badly implemented sarcasm and all... it's probably just sand in your vagina so a good bath may be in order.

it's not an attitude, it's a joke!! see, this is what happens to people who take all this stuff too seriously (refer back to my previous post)

 

[shnjb]

it's not an attitude, it's a joke!! see, this is what happens to people who take all this stuff too seriously (refer back to my previous post)

Well it's hard not to take stuff seriously when you are waiting for your MCAT score.

My bad about the vagina thing.
I'm probably the one with the sand.