The Official April MCAT 2015 Takers Thread

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Hey guys,

I've seen some old threads (from 2012, or early 2014) on the MCAT2015.

I am wondering if we can bring resources together here, discussions for those who are planning on taking the new one in or after April.

Has anyone gotten their hands on the new prep material for 2015, and the chance to compare the different companies? I scoured the internet, obviously not much at the moment. But I know someone out there has started, just need to get this info out!

Edit:
Resources mentioned in this thread or elsewhere:

• Free mini-test: AAMC MCAT 2015 12 sample questions and answer (3 x 4 sections)
  • http://offers.aamc.org/mcat2015-mini-test
• Next Step guide here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...e-mcat-2015-100-days-to-mcat-success.1101251/
• TPR 2015 books: They seem to be the same as their previous books. Their bio book has a chapter on biochem.
• Kaplan 2015 books: removed content that is not tested. Physics section is 400 pages (may be too much for the new MCAT). Very little practice. Whole book on biochem.
• EK 9th edition books: reformatted the whole book. SDNer reviewer has said that even parts with same illustrations have whole new contents. Got rid of topics that won't be tested. May be too condensed though.

 

[XxThaDoggxX]

Been lurking on here for a good month or so by now (lol)...Taking the test on the 18th...After reading what a lot of you all have to say I have NO idea if I'm ready or not. The lack of official prep to gauge if we are actually prepared or not has been pretty underwhelming by the AAMC to say the least...Doing extremely well on Psych and CARS section, decent on BIO and just barely surviving Physical science half the time! But with that being said I have no idea what to base my scorings off of, all the prep companies are on one end of the spectrum or the other

Have done a tonnnnn of the Khan academy problems and I thought most were pretty straightforward and fair, but have recently read multiple times on here many people think they are extremely difficult so I don't know what to think!! God knows I'm getting pretty nervous either way as this test creeps forward!

 

[Winger]

Thank god march madness is over. No more distractions from here on out! We got this April peeps!!

 

[coldcase331]

Hey guys, Jan. 23 test taker here. I thought I would pass on some advise for those of you that are preparing to take the new MCAT next week.

1. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF THE WEEK BEFORE YOUR EXAM! By this point, your score probably won't move from where it is by doing more heavy studying. Just do some light review a few days before your exam and take your LAST full length at least 4 days before your exam. Also get yourself on a sleep schedule that will simulate your sleep cycle for test day. Also try to eat healthy and do some light exercise. This last week as all about limiting stress so you can perform well on test day.

2. GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE! I made the mistake of not taking a sleeping pill the night before, and my nervousness allowed me to get a whopping 2 hours of sleep. It was definitely not the most pleasurable testing experience for me I took a Kaplan course and I think their test taking strategies saved my ass on test day.

3. Kaplan/TPR/EK exams are all MUCH harder than the real exam based on the old test. The most accurate predictor of my score was the AAMC FL's, which I guess would be the question samples for you guys.

4. Most importantly, YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS! The fact that you guys are going to be sitting down attempting to take down this beast already puts you way above the average intelligence. Even if you don't perform well, know that one score doesn't define you, and there's always a chance to retake! 🙂

Good luck next week!

 

[DrHart]

Yoga and deep breathing. Must. not. freak. out. 😵

 

[dadjokes]

Hope everyone's studying is going well. Sorry if this has been asked already -- but do you guys know all the specific enzymes/substrates for the Krebs Cycle (as the outline lists in a single bullet)?

 

[dadjokes]

I went over the official AAMC outline yesterday and was so confused -- my TPR course (and the accompanying books) doesn't seem to put any emphasis at all on Biochemistry yet has General Chemistry and Physics as its own separate full courses (despite the fact that these are 25% each), whereas Biochem is 25% each on BOTH the Chem/Phys and Bio sections.

 

[enter_and_escape]

Has anyone taken the practice AAMC test? How is the CARS section in general, and how difficult is it compared to the EK 101?

 

[meant4med]

Has anyone taken the practice AAMC test? How is the CARS section in general, and how difficult is it compared to the EK 101?

read through the thread, a ton of people (including me) have already and we've posted about it. About EK101, I scored lower on those then AAMC, but then again I started off with cars practice with them so some of it may be explained by improvement. I got a 10 almost every time with EK101, and with AAMC I've been getting 90-97% each time (I guess that would kind of be like a 12-14). The more AAMC cars i did, the less i stopped using EK101 because a lot of the questions are written pretty poorly and I actually felt that they were getting in the way of nailing down AAMC strategies.

 

[sparklinggal75]

Hope everyone's studying is going well. Sorry if this has been asked already -- but do you guys know all the specific enzymes/substrates for the Krebs Cycle (as the outline lists in a single bullet)?

To be honest, I don't think anyone is going to know for sure until the tests are administered in 10 days (YIKES that's scary to say). However, I could not imagine they would expect you to know all of the steps (reactants, enzymes, etc.) of all of the cycles. That right there could be a test in itself. :O I am personally just focusing on the start and end products of each cycle, the "irreversible"/regulatory steps in glycolysis (i.e. hexokinsase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase), and the overall regulation of the cycles. The sample exam had no specific questions, that I can recall, on any of the cycle enzymes/substrates; yet they asked multiple on the amino acids! Is that going to be an accurate representation of what will happen on April 17th/18th? Unfortunately, no one actually knows except the test makers.

 

[DrHart]

Hope everyone's studying is going well. Sorry if this has been asked already -- but do you guys know all the specific enzymes/substrates for the Krebs Cycle (as the outline lists in a single bullet)?

I went over the official AAMC outline yesterday and was so confused -- my TPR course (and the accompanying books) doesn't seem to put any emphasis at all on Biochemistry yet has General Chemistry and Physics as its own separate full courses (despite the fact that these are 25% each), whereas Biochem is 25% each on BOTH the Chem/Phys and Bio sections.

I think what's most important for biochem metabolism will be key enzymes in glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and what regulates those enzymes --> including pyruvate to acetyl CoA. Alpha KG and oxaloacetate are important substrates/products in Krebs - but i don't think the individual reactions and enzymes will be important. For those who haven't seen the outline yet, I'll attach a pic.
To be honest, my gut feeling tells me that regulation of enzymes and net results will be most important. But who the heck knows really. I don't think we can be expected to know everything on the AAMC outline, but they basically included everything in that as a means of allowing them to test over whatever they want.
There will be more emphasis on how these relate to real life medicine - so I would expect something about diabetes, mitochondria disorders, or other kinds of metabolic diseases when it comes to a section about Glycolysis or Krebs

 

[enter_and_escape]

read through the thread, a ton of people (including me) have already and we've posted about it. About EK101, I scored lower on those then AAMC, but then again I started off with cars practice with them so some of it may be explained by improvement. I got a 10 almost every time with EK101, and with AAMC I've been getting 90-97% each time (I guess that would kind of be like a 12-14). The more AAMC cars i did, the less i stopped using EK101 because a lot of the questions are written pretty poorly and I actually felt that they were getting in the way of nailing down AAMC strategies.

Thanks. 🙂 I'm taking the test in May. Good luck to everyone taking in April!!!!

 

[deleted567285]

From doing the sample tests. Amino acids and enzyme kinetics are high yield! Don't worry too much about names of enzymes, did not see any questions of that sort.

Just relax and watch a movie. We got this.

 

[XxThaDoggxX]

From doing the sample tests. Amino acids and enzyme kinetics are high yield! Don't worry too much about names of enzymes, did not see any questions of that sort.

Just relax and watch a movie. We got this.

I second this...People all over the place are wondering whether or not you need to have the 20 AA's memorized...YES. It is not explicitly stated but I have feeling people are going to pay a terrible price if they didn't put in the time to memorizing them come test day.

 

[newbeginnings]

Been lurking on here for a good month or so by now (lol)...Taking the test on the 18th...After reading what a lot of you all have to say I have NO idea if I'm ready or not. The lack of official prep to gauge if we are actually prepared or not has been pretty underwhelming by the AAMC to say the least...Doing extremely well on Psych and CARS section, decent on BIO and just barely surviving Physical science half the time! But with that being said I have no idea what to base my scorings off of, all the prep companies are on one end of the spectrum or the other

Have done a tonnnnn of the Khan academy problems and I thought most were pretty straightforward and fair, but have recently read multiple times on here many people think they are extremely difficult so I don't know what to think!! God knows I'm getting pretty nervous either way as this test creeps forward!

what content review book and practice passages are you using for pysch?

and also: is it worth it to memorize some of the ochem reactions? i feel like even though it's de-emphasized, we should still know the all the alcohol/ketone reactions.....

 

[neuropanic]

How awesome is it that we get an amazon gift card? I think that is just great 😛

Lol yeah one of the few perks of being one of the first to take this beast.

What is everyone doing for biochem question practice since the question packs are only bio and biochem seems to be so heavily emphasized on the sample test?

 

[efle]

Good luck everyone, you're a brave lot going into the new exam essentially blind save for what, one AAMC practice test? See y'all on the other side

 

[meant4med]

Lol yeah one of the few perks of being one of the first to take this beast.

What is everyone doing for biochem question practice since the question packs are only bio and biochem seems to be so heavily emphasized on the sample test?

I'm wondering that too, I think that's why my b/bc percentage on the sample test was lower than my bio question pack percentage. Have you tried the khan academy biochem passages?

 

[neuropanic]

Have you tried the khan academy biochem passages?

I have, but I really can't decide how I feel about them. Some of them I'm like this is straight BS, AAMC would never ask this. But some of them seem to be at the very least good content review. I guess it's all we can resort to. I have Kaplan resources but I don't like some of their reasonings compared to the way AAMC goes about things.

Oh how I wish we had more AAMC content for the new sections..

 

[Affiche]

I tried to do some of the topic questions for the nervous system on Khan Academy...I got rocked lol. Do we really need to know details about astrocytes, microglia, and ependymal cells?! I didn't see any focus on this in my bio or biochem review, or on the AAMC materials.

It's frustrating to see how much variation there is between AAMC and the various test prep companies.

 

[TexanProud]

Khan is garbage. Even attempting psychology passages.. I'm like, this is a waste of my time. The focus is completely wrong. Terms they emphasize or test have never popped up on any AAMC q's I have seen. Feel the same way about Khan bio/biochem qs, resulting in me having no biochem study materials.. Guess that's what the curve is for

 

[newbeginnings]

Khan is garbage. Even attempting psychology passages.. I'm like, this is a waste of my time. The focus is completely wrong. Terms they emphasize or test have never popped up on any AAMC q's I have seen. Feel the same way about Khan bio/biochem qs, resulting in me having no biochem study materials.. Guess that's what the curve is for

Agreed, but because AAMC made a point to endorse and keep referring to it.... I feel like its still important?

 

[XxThaDoggxX]

Khan is garbage. Even attempting psychology passages.. I'm like, this is a waste of my time. The focus is completely wrong. Terms they emphasize or test have never popped up on any AAMC q's I have seen. Feel the same way about Khan bio/biochem qs, resulting in me having no biochem study materials.. Guess that's what the curve is for

I disagree...For a free resource I think they are terrific, but they are limited in their use. Sometimes the answers make me say WTF there is no way anyone would draw a conclusion like the one they went with, or can be very nit-picky but for the most part I think it is excellent practice in reading a passage of information and having to use the graphs/data provided!

But overall I am pretty amazed how underprepared the AAMC has left everyone heading into this...ONE practice test is an absolute joke, I don't care what their reasoning is, they spent years creating this new test, they could have easily use a small portion of their time and resources to make a multitude of practice tests.

...What I want to know is what's with this mysterious curve I keep seeing people reference!?!?

 

[TexanProud]

Agreed, but because AAMC made a point to endorse and keep referring to it.... I feel like its still important?

Nah it's all one big business, and Khan wants a bite out of AAMCs apple.

@XxThaDoggxX Feel free to disagree, I know I'm right. I've been down this path before. Curve--> Our scores are based upon how everyone else does.

 

[Affiche]

I don't do any of the Khan academy passages because their graphs/data are pathetic. AAMC is going to test us on data that can found in publications, but half the time I think Khan drew their graphs in MS paint and threw it in a passage. Kaplan asks questions to a level of detail I doubt we'd ever have to know, and taking those tests just stresses me out.

At this point I don't know what else I can do except keep reviewing material, sleep, and get ready for Game of Thrones to premiere.

 

[WSU_BMS]

Good luck to all you brave leaders being first to take this exam. I hope you all succeed.

 

[DrHart]

I don't do any of the Khan academy passages because their graphs/data are pathetic. AAMC is going to test us on data that can found in publications, but half the time I think Khan drew their graphs in MS paint and threw it in a passage. Kaplan asks questions to a level of detail I doubt we'd ever have to know, and taking those tests just stresses me out.

At this point I don't know what else I can do except keep reviewing material, sleep, and get ready for Game of Thrones to premiere.

Agreed. I think Khan was great back in the day when my professors in gen chem and physics couldn't speaky the englis but in terms of test prep, it's not useful - especially when it comes to strategical approach, which, let's face it.. is about half the battle on the mcat (if not more).
Valar Morghulis

 

[meant4med]

I disagree completely, have you noticed how many Khan passages are from New England Journal of Medicine publications? Also, I just did several and they were almost exactly like aamc passages, I've seen some of the exact same questions actually, and same topics multiple times...not saying its perfect but its not dissimilar.

 

[Sir.SavaLottaLife]

I disagree completely, have you noticed how many Khan passages are from New England Journal of Medicine publications? Also, I just did several and they were almost exactly like aamc passages, I've seen some of the exact same questions actually, and same topics multiple times...not saying its perfect but its not dissimilar.

Agreed. Except I will say some of the questions are silly; "which scientist...". But yes, I almost feel like some of the KA passages/questions were written by AAMC but they look different because its not in the same test format. Then others really weird...

 

[orapplicant]

Finished AAMC FL yesterday. I still think sitting in the same spot for 7.5 hours is torturous. 77% overall (improved from TPR1 = 62%)
Chem Phys = 61%
CARS = 85%
Bio/BC = 85%
Psych = 78%
Still need to up that Chem Phys score >.< Also was it just me or did the psych passages feel strangely short? I'm not complaining cause I was pretty burnt by that section. But the passages were like 2-3 paragraphs and the graphs/charts were not too extensive - much shorter than Biochem passages. My overall impression is that biochem is very important.... like more so than I previously thought. As people were saying, structures, abbreviations, polarity, charge, of amino acids came up frequently. Physics stuff was better than I thought but some of the calculations still seemed a little painful. [side note: if I ever have to calculate something with exponents in real life I will just grab a calculator... who wouldn't, especially when your approximations can be significantly off]
Anyway, I'm going through the solutions now. I'll let you guys know if anything else jumps out at me.

I felt the same way! I scored 77.5% overall. The psych passages were really short, and (surprisingly) I felt like it was the easiest section.

I noticed that AA's (as everyone has already said) are really important. Just memorize them, or you're going to be kicking yourself come test day!

I took a Kaplan course and have been exclusively using their study materials.... Let's just say their FL's are WAY, WAY harder than the test the AAMC released. Does anyone have any idea what a "good" raw score is. I, like most of you, have no idea what to even aim for... I'm guessing not since there's no scale yet?

Chem/Phys= 73%
CARS= 77%
Bio/Biochem= 80%
Psych/Soc = 80%

 

[DrHart]

I felt the same way! I scored 77.5% overall. The psych passages were really short, and (surprisingly) I felt like it was the easiest section.

I noticed that AA's (as everyone has already said) are really important. Just memorize them, or you're going to be kicking yourself come test day!

I took a Kaplan course and have been exclusively using their study materials.... Let's just say their FL's are WAY, WAY harder than the test the AAMC released. Does anyone have any idea what a "good" raw score is. I, like most of you, have no idea what to even aim for... I'm guessing not since there's no scale yet?

Chem/Phys= 73%
CARS= 77%
Bio/Biochem= 80%
Psych/Soc = 80%

I'm aiming for ~80% From what I've seen the SDN kids seem to be scoring around that on AAMC FL and 50-60% on TPR/Kap. If I can stick with the smart kids I'll feel better come test day. No data, no scale, no idea what's good and bad. As Tony Horton says in P90X... just do your best and if you don't get into med school consider a different career.

 

[Affiche]

I disagree completely, have you noticed how many Khan passages are from New England Journal of Medicine publications? Also, I just did several and they were almost exactly like aamc passages, I've seen some of the exact same questions actually, and same topics multiple times...not saying its perfect but its not dissimilar.

Yes, some of their passages are from journals, but even those are paired with some shoddy questions. Feel free to disagree, it's obviously up to you how you prep, but from my experience I have only seen elementary graphs taken right from excel, pictures made in MS paint (for a few questions and some passages) and excerpts from journals paired with some silly questions.

 

[GEToutLADYits6AM]

I felt the same way! I scored 77.5% overall. The psych passages were really short, and (surprisingly) I felt like it was the easiest section.

I noticed that AA's (as everyone has already said) are really important. Just memorize them, or you're going to be kicking yourself come test day!

I took a Kaplan course and have been exclusively using their study materials.... Let's just say their FL's are WAY, WAY harder than the test the AAMC released. Does anyone have any idea what a "good" raw score is. I, like most of you, have no idea what to even aim for... I'm guessing not since there's no scale yet?

Chem/Phys= 73%
CARS= 77%
Bio/Biochem= 80%
Psych/Soc = 80%

Those are really solid score! How long have you been studying for?

 

[neuropanic]

Agreed. Except I will say some of the questions are silly; "which scientist...". But yes, I almost feel like some of the KA passages/questions were written by AAMC but they look different because its not in the same test format. Then others really weird...

Another thing, I don't like how the questions aren't really put into their categories and they just give them random titles so if I want to practice a specific topic I have to rifle through the whole bio section of passages and guess that some of them have to do with what I want. And then after that they can either be a good or a bad, and in my experience more often bad representation of AAMC. So it seems to be complete hit or miss. Great because they're free but not something to depend upon. I use them as my last step when I'm reaching for practice questions.

 

[Winger]

How I just referred to the value of Khan passages to a friend: Doing KA passages is just about as helpful as watching HGTV. Throwin SHADE to you KA.

 

[velodork]

Sorry in advance if this has already been answered... Which non-AAMC FL practice exam did you guys/gals find to be most similar in freel/difficulty to the AAMC FL?

 

[XxThaDoggxX]

Those are really solid score! How long have you been studying for?

Is it??? If so I don't need to be nearly as stressed as I have been the past few weeks...Not having valid tools to really gauge where you potentially stand score wise is making me stress 10x worse I think...going in relatively blind is terrifying to me, hopefully I'm not the only one! 😛

 

[orapplicant]

Those are really solid score! How long have you been studying for?

Thanks! The problem is, I don't seem to know what solid scores are! #MCAT2015problems

I actually started studying in October and I'm incredibly burnt out at this point. But I took the old MCAT 2x and did pretty awful, mostly because I didn't dedicate myself to studying like I should have.

 

[Bookworm36]

I'm incredibly burnt out at this point.

me too! i'm getting burnt out. my scores are not the best but they are much better than when i started studying. I'm probably going to register to take it again in August then drop registration if everything is okay. I really do want to apply this cycle though.

Hey guys, Jan. 23 test taker here. I thought I would pass on some advise for those of you that are preparing to take the new MCAT next week.

Thanks! This is very helpful. I hope you did well enough Jan so not take the new exam. I originally took it Jan 13th but voided. Did not feel comfortable with my verbal performance.

 

[DrHart]

me too! i'm getting burnt out. my scores are not the best but they are much better than when i started studying. I'm probably going to register to take it again in August then drop registration if everything is okay. I really do want to apply this cycle though.

Those who I talked to told me to go into the MCAT with no backup test date. I suppose the thinking is that if you convince yourself you can only take it once, you'll perform better than if you have the little voice in the back of your head saying, "Don't worry about this test you can always take it again." I don't know if it makes a difference but I think it's gonna be a one and done for me... and whatever I get is what I get

 

[neuropanic]

me too! i'm getting burnt out.

the burnout is rapidly approaching. losing motivation and focus. SOS.

 

[XxThaDoggxX]

Having started studying in October, I can say the burnout has finally really started to set in the past few days...I was getting so stressed out and my scores were reflecting it..took a few days off and decompressed--to my amazement my reading was faster and decision making was way more in tuned, definitely am just going to try and maintain sanity and make sure I'm in peak mental condition come test day

And I 100% agree with not having the "If I mess up I can take always take this again" type approach... for me if I mess this one up I will have to wait until next cycle to apply, F that! ONE AND DONE BABY

 

[soccergurl1987]

Note sure if anyone has posted about this yet, but EK now has 3 FL exams (50$ per exam). I don't take the exam until June, but I will likely be buying them, as I find EK has much better practice material than some of the other test prep companies. Just figured I'd give a heads up to the crowd that will be taking the exam in a week and a half 🙂 Good luck btw! You guys are braver than I am 😛

 

[nonamechemist]

Note sure if anyone has posted about this yet, but EK now has 3 FL exams (50$ per exam). I don't take the exam until June, but I will likely be buying them, as I find EK has much better practice material than some of the other test prep companies. Just figured I'd give a heads up to the crowd that will be taking the exam in a week and a half 🙂 Good luck btw! You guys are braver than I am 😛

Wow it's not cheap

 

[Glazedonutlove]

Note sure if anyone has posted about this yet, but EK now has 3 FL exams (50$ per exam). I don't take the exam until June, but I will likely be buying them, as I find EK has much better practice material than some of the other test prep companies. Just figured I'd give a heads up to the crowd that will be taking the exam in a week and a half 🙂 Good luck btw! You guys are braver than I am 😛

Let us know what you think of them

 

[GEToutLADYits6AM]

What day is the april exam for you guys?

 

[mikil100]

Note sure if anyone has posted about this yet, but EK now has 3 FL exams (50$ per exam). I don't take the exam until June, but I will likely be buying them, as I find EK has much better practice material than some of the other test prep companies. Just figured I'd give a heads up to the crowd that will be taking the exam in a week and a half 🙂 Good luck btw! You guys are braver than I am 😛

Please keep us updated on the quality of the EK books. I would love to try an EK FL

 

[GEToutLADYits6AM]

Thanks! The problem is, I don't seem to know what solid scores are! #MCAT2015problems

I actually started studying in October and I'm incredibly burnt out at this point. But I took the old MCAT 2x and did pretty awful, mostly because I didn't dedicate myself to studying like I should have.

How did you feel on the psychology/sociology part? Merely definitions or more geared towards the verbal passages?

 

[otterxavier]

Old news, but I have not found the Khan Academy passages all that helpful. A lot of them are too short and written at a reading level that's below all of the other prep materials I've seen. They also like to ask physics questions that require math that would be unreasonable without a calculator (e.g., answer choices require you to distinguish accurately between sin(27 degrees), sin (29 degrees), and sin (31 degrees).) And there is often not a good explanation of the answer, even if you read all the hints. They're okay for testing whether you know the material, but for getting used to the tone of the exam, not at all.

Also: hooooly crap the TPR full-lengths are hard. I've been getting 80-90% on the PS passages in the AAMC sample pack, and 50-60% on the PS sections of the TPR tests. Sounds like that's par for the course, but man, is it demoralizing to feel like you're guessing on half the questions! I'm taking the AAMC practice test on Saturday, so I hope that all of the people who are saying it's easier are right

Anyone else trying to beef up their PS skills over the next week? What's your strategy? I'm having trouble sorting out the most high-yield topics, there's just so much.

 

[neuropanic]

Anyone else trying to beef up their PS skills over the next week? What's your strategy? I'm having trouble sorting out the most high-yield topics, there's just so much.

I'm going to try to focus on more biochem for this last stretch. Seems to be more high yield as it is in BOTH science sections now oy. It also seems to be why I did worse on the AAMC sample than I have been doing on the AAMC question packs. Don't really have a strategy though, just making sure I've mastered the big topics I guess.

 

[DrHart]

Old news, but I have not found the Khan Academy passages all that helpful. A lot of them are too short and written at a reading level that's below all of the other prep materials I've seen. They also like to ask physics questions that require math that would be unreasonable without a calculator (e.g., answer choices require you to distinguish accurately between sin(27 degrees), sin (29 degrees), and sin (31 degrees).) And there is often not a good explanation of the answer, even if you read all the hints. They're okay for testing whether you know the material, but for getting used to the tone of the exam, not at all.

Also: hooooly crap the TPR full-lengths are hard. I've been getting 80-90% on the PS passages in the AAMC sample pack, and 50-60% on the PS sections of the TPR tests. Sounds like that's par for the course, but man, is it demoralizing to feel like you're guessing on half the questions! I'm taking the AAMC practice test on Saturday, so I hope that all of the people who are saying it's easier are right

Anyone else trying to beef up their PS skills over the next week? What's your strategy? I'm having trouble sorting out the most high-yield topics, there's just so much.

Let us know how it goes! PS is my lowest section >.< I took the AAMC test last Saturday and this week I've been combing through all the sections, but PS especially, to get a good feel for the style. I read the given explanation and then write my own to help rationalize it in my head. I've found that TPR is good practice, but their explanations (and their questions for that matter) are not always as good as AAMC.