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Hey Everyone,

I was searching through the threads to see if one has been created for this test date yet, but I could not find it so I thought I would create it. I am waiting for finals to finish up and then going to hit practice tests for the next three months!
 
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So for anyone that cares. I ended up getting a P12, V10, B9. 31. on AAMC #8. I was trying to go for a 35 but I guess Im content with that. haha.
now #9 and #10 left for me. lmk if anyone wants to kinda take it together for moral support haha.
 
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ninjasoldier said:
So for anyone that cares. I ended up getting a P12, V10, B9. 31. on AAMC #8. I was trying to go for a 35 but I guess Im content with that. haha.
now #9 and #10 left for me. lmk if anyone wants to kinda take it together for moral support haha.
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I have AAMC 10 left.. I don't know if it's a good idea to take it tomorrow or leave it till Monday... it's my last one...and unfortunately I didn't have AAMC 8 so 🙁
 
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Linette said:
I have AAMC 10 left.. I don't know if it's a good idea to take it tomorrow or leave it till Monday... it's my last one...and unfortunately I didn't have AAMC 8 so 🙁
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Its all good. You should take it Tuesday at 1:00pm. I was gonna treat tuesday like my real exam day and take aamc #10. Like wake up and do exactly what I would do on thursday for our real exam. Instead of going to the test center, I am gonna go to the library. I might actually workout a lil bit before the exam to keep me alert, idk how good of an idea that is. But yea, u should do the same haha.
 
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ninjasoldier said:
Its all good. You should take it Tuesday at 1:00pm. I was gonna treat tuesday like my real exam day and take aamc #10. Like wake up and do exactly what I would do on thursday for our real exam. Instead of going to the test center, I am gonna go to the library. I might actually workout a lil bit before the exam to keep me alert, idk how good of an idea that is. But yea, u should do the same haha.
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Yeh this sounds like a great idea....I might end up doing this I am taking my exams at a local library too..it helps and I do concentrate so much better especially for verbal..
 
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Hey guys, I made a poll/post in the "MCAT Discussions" section. Please vote. I want to know what you guys think is the minimum number of full lengths (with nearly identical scores) that you think will likely reflect your actual score.
 
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SoFreakedOut, I'll let you know when I get my scores back. Haha

Ninjasoldier congratulations on your 31! It's definitely a huge step up from your average. Now make sure to stick your real MCAT score somewhere up there. Haha

Linette, I have to make sure I get another pack of earplugs too. AAMC requires a brand-new, unopened set, so I bought a couple earlier last week to try them out and I need to buy an unopened package today or tomorrow. Honestly, the soundproofers they give you are powerful, but they put so much pressure on your ears. I thought my head was going to implode!
 
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MizuNoHane said:
SoFreakedOut, I'll let you know when I get my scores back. Haha

Ninjasoldier congratulations on your 31! It's definitely a huge step up from your average. Now make sure to stick your real MCAT score somewhere up there. Haha

Linette, I have to make sure I get another pack of earplugs too. AAMC requires a brand-new, unopened set, so I bought a couple earlier last week to try them out and I need to buy an unopened package today or tomorrow. Honestly, the soundproofers they give you are powerful, but they put so much pressure on your ears. I thought my head was going to implode!
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Hey, try Flent's Quiet Time ear plugs (the purple foam ones)-they are simply the best. I found these after trying out so many different earplugs. They are pretty comfy and work very well. They work so well that when I wore them a few months ago for an MCAT and forgot to sign out after the PS section (I just walked right past the desk), it took me a while to hear everyone calling my name, asking me to come back :laugh:
 
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G1SG2 said:
Hey, try Flent's Quiet Time ear plugs (the purple foam ones)-they are simply the best. I found these after trying out so many different earplugs. They are pretty comfy and work very well. They work so well that when I wore them a few months ago for an MCAT and forgot to sign out after the PS section (I just walked right past the desk), it took me a while to hear everyone calling my name, asking me to come back :laugh:
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Where can I get them from?
 
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G1SG2 said:
Hey, try Flent's Quiet Time ear plugs (the purple foam ones)-they are simply the best. I found these after trying out so many different earplugs. They are pretty comfy and work very well. They work so well that when I wore them a few months ago for an MCAT and forgot to sign out after the PS section (I just walked right past the desk), it took me a while to hear everyone calling my name, asking me to come back :laugh:
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Funnily enough, that's the exact brand of ear plugs I'm using! Mine are yellow and cylindrical though, not purple...but I agree--they're pretty much fantastic. My dad was running a hydraulics engine outside my bedroom window for a whole day and I barely even noticed with those things. Hopefully I remember to take them off during bathroom breaks though! Haha
 
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Cramster said:
Last Practice Exam today 😀
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same here! getting ready to start AAMC 10 @ 1:00 👍

I'm not gonna lie.. the last few days have been pretty worthless in terms of studying for me... I'm gonna go hard today and tomorrow, and take Wednesday off with the exception of going over flashcards and doing anything I can to build confidence
 
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Don't be an idiot like me and take TPR Diagnostic 8 in between now and the 29th.

I've been scoring in the mid-thirties and I just took that beast and scored a majestic 26 on it.

Confidence officially killed.
 
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Freakfarm0 said:
Don't be an idiot like me and take TPR Diagnostic 8 in between now and the 29th.

I've been scoring in the mid-thirties and I just took that beast and scored a majestic 26 on it.

Confidence officially killed.
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TPR is not a good indicator of your mcat performance. I get around a 26 too with that, but with AAMC i've being getting a 30+ consistently. So dont let yourself down.
 
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Freakfarm0 said:
Don't be an idiot like me and take TPR Diagnostic 8 in between now and the 29th.

I've been scoring in the mid-thirties and I just took that beast and scored a majestic 26 on it.

Confidence officially killed.
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ninjasoldier said:
TPR is not a good indicator of your mcat performance. I get around a 26 too with that, but with AAMC i've being getting a 30+ consistently. So dont let yourself down.
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Haha, I got a 26 on TPR CBT 8 as well. It was super hard. I've also scored 30+ on the AAMCs. Ignore that 26.

OMG 3 more days, so excited!!!!!
 
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Just checking in with everyone here, not too many of us taking it this day huh? Wish everyone luck! I'm taking AAMC 9 today and finishing up with 10 tomorrow.
 
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rom73085 said:
Just checking in with everyone here, not too many of us taking it this day huh? Wish everyone luck! I'm taking AAMC 9 today and finishing up with 10 tomorrow.
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I'm not gonna take it this day, but I'm planning to visit testing center on this day to see what it would be like the very next day, which is my mcat day 😀.
 
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Just took AAMC 10 and scored 12/11/13... tbh I thought it was kinda difficult compared to the last few I've taken. It could just be that I was dragged down a bit over the last 24 hours reading all the depressing stories from the 6/17 bunch haha

Well, that was the last one. Now 1.5 days of intense review, 1 day of nothing (except maybe a few flashcards 😎), and then SHOW TIME
 
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Just finished AAMC 9.
PS 14, VR 9 🙁, BS 13
I just CAN"T seem to improve on verbal 🙁🙁
I hope i get lucky with verbal on Thursday! 😀
 
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astr1x said:
Just finished AAMC 9.
PS 14, VR 9 🙁, BS 13
I just CAN"T seem to improve on verbal 🙁🙁
I hope i get lucky with verbal on Thursday! 😀
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Me too! Verbal is seriously dragging me through the mud, and it's irritating because it's so hard to prepare for. I can't ever seem to score a 12 on the thing, even though I score 13s in the others. Oh well. Hopefully we get passages that don't confuse the crap out of us and are able to work through it fine. I'm okay with VR being the weakest part of my MCAT score, but if it keeps me out of top-tier range, I'll be disappointed until I get accepted. If I get accepted. Ughhhghghghhhhhh

Hope the last-minute reviews are going well for everyone! I'm taking some pretty intense looks at Bio and Orgo...all those crazy reactions that happen in a single hemoglobin cell are kind of freaking me out!
 
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Oh boy..Can't believe we're this close. Good luck to everyone on Thursday 🙂

It took AAMC 3 before I started studying, improved about 6 points when I took 9, and another 2 points on top with AAMC 8.

Anyone else do better on 8 than they did on 9? I didn't do much studying in between: guess I just got lucky? Weird because I thought I did horribly on 8.

To the people who were taking 10, how did it go? I was thinking of taking it tomorrow but I don't think I want to sit through another 4 hr test, and risk burning out for the real deal. Or maybe I'll just do them a section at a time

Hope we have better luck than the 6/17 crowd!
 
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It's amazing how some of you all are scoring such high scores on VERBAL and yes 9 is pretty high for me....je vous tire chapeau!!
I wish I can score an 8 on the real thing...I've been struggling with this section 🙁
 
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stingray072 said:
To the people who were taking 10, how did it go? I was thinking of taking it tomorrow but I don't think I want to sit through another 4 hr test, and risk burning out for the real deal. Or maybe I'll just do them a section at a time
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I thought 10 was more difficult, and the curve is more difficult than previous FLs:

On AAMC 10 I scored 36 (12/11/13), with 91% correct (4 wrong/5 wrong/4 wrong).
On AAMC 9 I scored 38 (13/11/14), with 90% correct (5 wrong/7 wrong/ 2 wrong).
On AAMC 8 I scored 38 (14/11/13), with 90% correct (3 wrong/6 wrong/5 wrong).

Whatever, all I can do now is pray.... oh wait, I'm not religious, I guess I'll have to spend the next 48 hours frantically paging through my review notes and doing EK 1001 practice problems :scared: :laugh:

Hope we have better luck than the 6/17 crowd!
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:luck::xf::luck::xf::luck::xf:
 
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so on AAMC#9... I ended up getting a
P12
V10
B8 😱

idk what to do now. Ive being getting 9s and 10s on Bio. Hopefully AAMC#10 will do justice for me tom.
 
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Hey guys I posted in the MCAT discussion forum but no responses. I took all AAMC tests 3-10 in the last month and got a 30 in various forms on tests 5-9. Just got a 31 (11-9-11) on #10 yesterday. Should I be feeling pretty good at this point? My goal on the real thing is a 30.
 
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solo75 said:
Hey guys I posted in the MCAT discussion forum but no responses. I took all AAMC tests 3-10 in the last month and got a 30 in various forms on tests 5-9. Just got a 31 (11-9-11) on #10 yesterday. Should I be feeling pretty good at this point? My goal on the real thing is a 30.
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You'll most likely hit your AAMC average +/- 1-2 points or so. My sciences scores on a previous exam were +/- 1 point within my average. Now verbal, on the other hand, haha...such an anomaly.
 
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astr1x said:
At least u got 10 in V. I'll trade ya 😉 haha
Let us know how u do on #10!
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HAHA, idk how i've being getting 10s on verbal. I used to get 8s, now im suprising myself. Maybe Im just getting lucky. Im about to take AAMC#10, if I get a 10 on that too I'll give you some advice and some things that I have changed, if not I was prolly just getting lucky haha.
 
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G1SG2 said:
You'll most likely hit your AAMC average +/- 1-2 points or so. My sciences scores on a previous exam were +/- 1 point within my average. Now verbal, on the other hand, haha...such an anomaly.
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Thanks for the response, I guess I was just wanting to know how the AAMC tests are as predictors of score. I only took kaplan practice tests my first go-around and averaged a 27, got a 26 on the real thing. I guess what I and others need to realize is that there really is no good predictor of a score, the real thing is just completely random and has so much to do with luck.
 
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Verbal will always be the killer for me 😛
let's see how we'll do on this AAMC #10.....the last one sigh***
good luck to all
 
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Last day of studying!!! 😀 Gonna do 2 EK101 tests today, and review some of my weak points including optics and basically the last half of orgo! :laugh:
 
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So.. I ended up getting a
P12
V7😱😱😱
B9

28

Idk, how I dropped from a 10 to a 7. Is that even possible. Looks liek Verbal is gonna decide if I get a 28 or a 32 on the real thing.
 
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ninjasoldier said:
So.. I ended up getting a
P12
V7😱😱😱
B9

28

Idk, how I dropped from a 10 to a 7. Is that even possible. Looks liek Verbal is gonna decide if I get a 28 or a 32 on the real thing.
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That SUCKS! I got a 7 too on that one if it makes u feel better... I swear verbal will be the death of me haha.

Omg we'll all be done in exactly 2 days time!!! (assuming we don't take any breaks in between sections haha)
 
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astr1x said:
That SUCKS! I got a 7 too on that one if it makes u feel better... I swear verbal will be the death of me haha.

Omg we'll all be done in exactly 2 days time!!! (assuming we don't take any breaks in between sections haha)
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Sorry to hear about this guys. Is anyone here writing in Toronto?
 
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