I just finished the Princeton Review hyperlearning course about a week ago and thought I'd share my experience in case there are people in a similar situation. Some background: just finished my undergrad in psychology, so I haven't taken basic science courses since first year (except a few anatomy electives). Going through the PR course, it was overwhelming how much info there was to absorb in a short amount of time, and all the practice tests and passages left me feeling really stupid and hopeless. Seemed like there was no way I could get a good score. But, there is hope!
Tests so far:
AAMC 10 (after 1 week of the course): 26 (8/11/7) <--- surprised by verbal, this entire test was basically a long guessing game for me
TPR 1 (after 3 weeks): 22 (6/8/8) <---- ("WHAT?! shouldn't I be improving?!")
TPR 2 (after 4 weeks): 23 (6/8/9) <---- ("well, some improvement at least")
TPR 3 (right after finishing the course): 28 (8/9/11)
TPR 4 (after reviewing all content again): 32 (10/9/13) <--- ("what? this has to be a joke! no way I scored above 30!")
TPR 5 (today): 31 (10/9/12)
Basically during the course I felt like achieving anything above 30 would take some kind of miracle, but it actually is possible! So for those who are struggling now with all the self-doubt and whatnot just know that it does get better (you just may have to be a bit patient ). Obviously I'm not scoring super high like most of the SDNers on here but it's nice to know that after all that work there's been some improvement.
Hoping the last two tests weren't flukes haha. Starting the AAMC tests in a couple days. Does anyone know how these compare to the TPR tests? Taking the MCAT on 7/27, so hoping the upward trend continues, and especially for some improvement in verbal...
Tests so far:
AAMC 10 (after 1 week of the course): 26 (8/11/7) <--- surprised by verbal, this entire test was basically a long guessing game for me
TPR 1 (after 3 weeks): 22 (6/8/8) <---- ("WHAT?! shouldn't I be improving?!")
TPR 2 (after 4 weeks): 23 (6/8/9) <---- ("well, some improvement at least")
TPR 3 (right after finishing the course): 28 (8/9/11)
TPR 4 (after reviewing all content again): 32 (10/9/13) <--- ("what? this has to be a joke! no way I scored above 30!")
TPR 5 (today): 31 (10/9/12)
Basically during the course I felt like achieving anything above 30 would take some kind of miracle, but it actually is possible! So for those who are struggling now with all the self-doubt and whatnot just know that it does get better (you just may have to be a bit patient ). Obviously I'm not scoring super high like most of the SDNers on here but it's nice to know that after all that work there's been some improvement.
Hoping the last two tests weren't flukes haha. Starting the AAMC tests in a couple days. Does anyone know how these compare to the TPR tests? Taking the MCAT on 7/27, so hoping the upward trend continues, and especially for some improvement in verbal...