Taking, but not getting a score, for the MCAT?

[CaliGirl14]

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A friend of mine told me he registered for the MCAT, went to take it, but chose to not have it graded. He said it gave him a great advantage of how the test is going to be like, e.t.c, so when he does take it, he'll be prepared for it.

Worth it?

 

[Jepstein30]

A friend of mine told me he registered for the MCAT, went to take it, but chose to not have it graded. He said it gave him a great advantage of how the test is going to be like, e.t.c, so when he does take it, he'll be prepared for it.

Worth it?

If you have the money to spend and are able to kill the curiosity of just getting it scored, I guess.

But you're better off just simulating testing conditions with a (much cheaper) AAMC practice test.

 

[MedPR]

A friend of mine told me he registered for the MCAT, went to take it, but chose to not have it graded. He said it gave him a great advantage of how the test is going to be like, e.t.c, so when he does take it, he'll be prepared for it.

Worth it?

No.

 

[Wait For It]

Definitely not worth it. You won't get any feedback on the test if you dont score so you won't be able to judge what worked / didn't work with your study/prep later on. Practice tests are 35 dollars and much cheaper than 240ish to take the test.

 

[osprey099]

I disagree with the above posters. If you/your parents really don't care about spending $270 dollars, go ahead and do it. However, do this before or very early on in your prep so that you can alter your prepping strategy to what you see on your MCAT. Idk about PS and Verbal but on BS, this can definitely help because you will see what types of biology experimental passages and questions they give you. Take all your time in the BS section to memorize question types for these experiment-based passages since these are the ones everyone on SDN is complaining about.

 

[Jepstein30]

I disagree with the above posters. If you/your parents really don't care about spending $270 dollars, go ahead and do it. However, do this before or very early on in your prep so that you can alter your prepping strategy to what you see on your MCAT. Idk about PS and Verbal but on BS, this can definitely help because you will see what types of biology experimental passages and questions they give you. Take all your time in the BS section to memorize question types for these experiment-based passages since these are the ones everyone on SDN is complaining about.

Or, just buy AAMC 11.

Either way you are looking at one single test and trying to generalize what you see. Heck, you're better off doing it with AAMC 11 since you can at least have more than a few hours to look at the test.

It's really not worth it, there's not much to gain even though there's not much to lose.

 

[gettheleadout]

Am I the only one that feels just a little uncomfortable with the ethics of doing this?

 

[NickNaylor]

Am I the only one that feels just a little uncomfortable with the ethics of doing this?

Yeah, this is dubious at best. There may not be anything specifically preventing this practice but IMO it's starting to go against the intent of the AAMC's terms of the MCAT.

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