Self-Assessment vs. AAMC VERBAL REASONING

[TheAnonymous]

Is the Self-Assessment the same difficulty as the AAMC CBTs or Harder/Easier? Is it a good representative?

I'm planning to take the verbal section of the SA in a week to see where I am. I still have more than half of TPR and EK101 left but since I'm not doing great, I just want to see how I perform on AAMC verbal compared to these companies... any thoughts/comments? Was SA Verbal close to what you will see on the AAMCs FLs?

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[ldiaz29]

The SA's come from old exams (1,2 and 6 I think). So yes they are the same thing. They start off easy and progressively get harder. I'd recommend not doing them all in one sitting I did that and it was a big mistake

 

[TheAnonymous]

The SA's come from old exams (1,2 and 6 I think). So yes they are the same thing. They start off easy and progressively get harder. I'd recommend not doing them all in one sitting I did that and it was a big mistake

Thank you! Do you suggest doing them before AAMC 3?

 

[ldiaz29]

Yeah I think it could only help. They show you what kind of problems you get wrong and what passage subjects give you the most trouble (Natural Sciences, Humanities, etch.)

 

[brood910]

Pretty weird that the verbal passages on my MCAT (3/22) were very straightforward. Maybe the questions were a bit harder, but the passages were very easy to comprehend unlike the ones from AAMC FLs. No fancy words, grammars, metaphors, etc..

 

[ldiaz29]

Pretty weird that the verbal passages on my MCAT (3/22) were very straightforward. Maybe the questions were a bit harder, but the passages were very easy to comprehend unlike the ones from AAMC FLs. No fancy words, grammars, metaphors, etc..

Man, I'd say you got lucky I would rather have a straightforward passage with hard questions then the other way round. If I can understand the passage no question is too difficult lol

 

[TheAnonymous]

Man, I'd say you got lucky I would rather have a straightforward passage with hard questions then the other way round. If I can understand the passage no question is too difficult lol

exactly !!!!

Brood hopefully u score veryyy high so u wont have to retake it...

 

[brood910]

Man, I'd say you got lucky I would rather have a straightforward passage with hard questions then the other way round. If I can understand the passage no question is too difficult lol

That's why I am kinda worried about my retake (if I have to take one).

 

[brood910]

exactly !!!!

Brood hopefully u score veryyy high so u wont have to retake it...

Thanks a lot man

 

[ldiaz29]

That's why I am kinda worried about my retake (if I have to take one).

I'm sure you did fine especially with your high science scores!

 

[AticusHolmes]

I was wondering the same thing...whether to do the SA or AAMC FLs first. I think I am going to use up all my non-AAMC FLs first, then take the SA and use that to bone up on what I need to before diving into the AAMC FLs. I really appreciate your help!

 

[TheAnonymous]

I was wondering the same thing...whether to do the SA or AAMC FLs first. I think I am going to use up all my non-AAMC FLs first, then take the SA and use that to bone up on what I need to before diving into the AAMC FLs. I really appreciate your help!

I was going to do the same but I won't have enough time I wanna start taking AAMCs at least 1.5 months before my exam