The MCAT

[slyfox]

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I could probably post this on in the premed forums under mcat, but since I'm pre-podiatry, I'd like to hear feedback from current podiatry students. I take the MCAT in August, and my scores on the AAMC and kaplan practice test are all over the place. On the later aamc tests, as well as the kaplan ones, I've been getting consistent 28-33's, but on aamc tests 3,4,5... I got a 21,24, and 20, respectively. Those tests were heavy organic chem in the bio section and that's what killed me. I've heard that the bio section is becoming more and more bio and less and less orgo, is this true? For those of you that took the MCAT recently, did this seem like it was the case? Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[hematosis]

I could probably post this on in the premed forums under mcat, but since I'm pre-podiatry, I'd like to hear feedback from current podiatry students. I take the MCAT in August, and my scores on the AAMC and kaplan practice test are all over the place. On the later aamc tests, as well as the kaplan ones, I've been getting consistent 28-33's, but on aamc tests 3,4,5... I got a 21,24, and 20, respectively. Those tests were heavy organic chem in the bio section and that's what killed me. I've heard that the bio section is becoming more and more bio and less and less orgo, is this true? For those of you that took the MCAT recently, did this seem like it was the case? Any feedback would be appreciated.

1. The AAMC exams are more representative of the real exam. Especially 8,9 and 10.

2. I wouldn't worry too much about 3,4,5 if your score is fluctuating on them. I remember my scores were all over the place as well. I remember my last 3 aamc exam average was a 28 and thats exactly what i got on the real deal. Kaplan and TPR exams range in difficulty and are just useful for content review. Not so much for score prediction.

3. I've seen people talk about more genetics being tested on the bio section of the mcat. this seems to be the trend lately, so make sure u have that sections down. Also, you are for sure going to get at least 1 organo passage ( at most 2). So either way, make sure you know the ochem stuff because if you screw up a whole passage ( or worst 2) then it can definitely be detrimental. I took the test last year and there was 2 ochem passages and a few free standing questions here and there.

good luck

 

[slyfox]

1. The AAMC exams are more representative of the real exam. Especially 8,9 and 10.

2. I wouldn't worry too much about 3,4,5 if your score is fluctuating on them. I remember my scores were all over the place as well. I remember my last 3 aamc exam average was a 28 and thats exactly what i got on the real deal. Kaplan and TPR exams range in difficulty and are just useful for content review. Not so much for score prediction.

3. I've seen people talk about more genetics being tested on the bio section of the mcat. this seems to be the trend lately, so make sure u have that sections down. Also, you are for sure going to get at least 1 organo passage ( at most 2). So either way, make sure you know the ochem stuff because if you screw up a whole passage ( or worst 2) then it can definitely be detrimental. I took the test last year and there was 2 ochem passages and a few free standing questions here and there.

good luck

Thank you for the info hematosis, that's actually very good to hear. I've taken multiple genetics classes, so my genetics/biology background is pretty strong, and I'll go back and study ochem more. I've gotten similar scores on aamc 7-9, so that's good to hear they're decent indicators.