A friend of mine has taken the Stanley Kaplan course, all the AAMC FL tests( with exception of test #11) and is now taking the BR FL tests. If his score range continues to plateau at the 27-29 range should he still sit for the test in June as planned or should he just keep taking massive numbers of tests until he finally breaks through the 30 threshold on a consistant basis, and then sit for the MCAT? He really wants to break the 30 mark because he is only applying to allopathic schools. Would love some opinions of fellow applicants, thanks!
Stuck at 27-29 FL score range
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From what I read on here, your practice tests are usually within 2-3 points of the real one (Unless you freakout on the real tests).
So if they are ONLY looking to MD schools in the US then on average they will need over a 30 (With a good GPA). So ... unless they can bring it up then I would wait until those practice tests are avg over 30.
So if they are ONLY looking to MD schools in the US then on average they will need over a 30 (With a good GPA). So ... unless they can bring it up then I would wait until those practice tests are avg over 30.
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And by high chance, you mean it WILL be harder than AAMC practice exams 😉
Yes, advise your friend to figure out where his issues are and to try tackling them from a different approach. Read through the 30+ thread to get some ideas.
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Your friend should improve his post practice review. He's not addressing his weaknesses. Taking practice passages is very helpful, but not if you don't follow through with a great review.
General Guidelines for Reviewing:
- Go over EVERY question. Both the ones you got right and the ones you got wrong.
- Reviewing should take 2-3 times longer than taking the timed practice problems.
- If your tests are fluctuating, it is due to the different topics on the various tests. In other words, you have some glaring weaknesses that when targeted, nail you, badly. You have to find out what those weaknesses are because they are evident by your scores. Do NOT dismiss any wrong answer as a "stupid mistake." You made that error for a reason. Go over your tests again.
- You might want to consider making a log for all of your post test results where you work through the questions below. Doing so, you'll be able to easily notice trends.
Some things to go over when reviewing:
1. Why did you get the question wrong? Why did you get the question right?
2. What question and passage types get you?
3. How is your mindset when facing a particular passage?
4. Are you stressed for time?
5. Where are your mistakes happening the most? Are they front loaded? Are they at the end? All over?
6. What was your thought process for both the questions you got right and the ones you got wrong?
7. For verbal, what was the author's mindset and main idea?
8. Did you eliminate all of the answer choices you could from first glance?
ex. You know an answer should be a positive number so you cross out all of the negative number answer choices.
9. What content areas are you weak in?
10. How can you improve so you don't make the same mistake again?
General Guidelines for Reviewing:
- Go over EVERY question. Both the ones you got right and the ones you got wrong.
- Reviewing should take 2-3 times longer than taking the timed practice problems.
- If your tests are fluctuating, it is due to the different topics on the various tests. In other words, you have some glaring weaknesses that when targeted, nail you, badly. You have to find out what those weaknesses are because they are evident by your scores. Do NOT dismiss any wrong answer as a "stupid mistake." You made that error for a reason. Go over your tests again.
- You might want to consider making a log for all of your post test results where you work through the questions below. Doing so, you'll be able to easily notice trends.
Some things to go over when reviewing:
1. Why did you get the question wrong? Why did you get the question right?
2. What question and passage types get you?
3. How is your mindset when facing a particular passage?
4. Are you stressed for time?
5. Where are your mistakes happening the most? Are they front loaded? Are they at the end? All over?
6. What was your thought process for both the questions you got right and the ones you got wrong?
7. For verbal, what was the author's mindset and main idea?
8. Did you eliminate all of the answer choices you could from first glance?
ex. You know an answer should be a positive number so you cross out all of the negative number answer choices.
9. What content areas are you weak in?
10. How can you improve so you don't make the same mistake again?
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SN2ed, do you have this posted on a sticky somewhere else? If so, I cannot call myself a true SN2ed-ite, as I failed in memorizing this doctrine. This is GREAT!
when i go through the exam I used Word to make key bullet points that I didn't know or miss and it's fairly lengthy. if not then I'll forget what the hell i didn't know. takes around 2-3 hours per review
