I see alot of people make this thread for their MCAT date. I was unable to find one for this date so I took the liberty to make one. Please share what you have found works or does not work for you?
Holy cow, you and I both.
I've improved my PS and BS from 6 and 7 on AAMC 3 respectively (sad, I know), to 10's on AAMC 9. I've scored 9-10 in VR on every single test until 9, which I scored a 6 (!). I have no idea what happened, and it's sad because this is my native tongue haha. Hope I don't blank out like that next week.
For anyone struggling to pick up PS and BS, flashcards work great but you really need to integrate those static facts into passages. I did this by doing GS CBTs 1-7, and my score jumped dramatically after the crucial post-game analysis of each section. I know my scores of 10 in AAMC aren't great, but it's an improvement of 3-4 points in each section in under a month.
Good luck everyone
Me too, but I'm taking these exams with a grain of salt. It seems like every FL I take, I get called out on a weakness and I improve on it. To be honest, I'd rather be a little demoralized and better prepared with these last FLs, but that's just me.
Guys... All of a sudden I am ridiculously scared to take my last two FL's. I'm worried that I'll get mid-20's and it'll demoralize me for the test. Need to stop this attitude!
I felt the exact same way before I took AAMC 11 today. I didn't feel nervous for the other ones but I guess just the thought that 11 is supposed to be most representative and it was my last practice test before the real thing can make one feel a little more anxious. Don't worry about it too much, though. Know that you've been working hard and you can get through it just fine as long as you stay calm and think positive. My AAMC 11 score isn't amazing but I kept telling myself to calm down while taking it and I think that prevented me from doing worse. Plus, these are PRACTICE so it can only help us do better by showing us what we can improve on!
Thank you thank you! This test and these practice ones are so nerve-wrecking! I hope I can keep the "stay calm mantra" for these next two tests and of course the real deal like you did! I am trying to use these tests as a learning experience where I can learn from my mistakes. So far - I've been using the tests to practice on actually finishing on time! Now I guess I have to work on accuracy....
Also is this a bad idea:
Sunday @ 10 a.m. --> AAMC 10 then rest then review in the evening.
Monday @ 2 p.m. (since my exam on Thursday is at 2 p.m.) --> AAMC 11
Or should I take AAMC 11 on Tuesday? I kind of wanted to review entirely on Tuesday and take Wednesday off....
Wish I took AAMC 10 today.... Maybe I still should?
Looks like we're in the same boat lol I'm also wondering which day to take 11...
Lol FML...
I just did the AAMC practice test 4, and I got
PS 13, VR 5, BS 13
Can someone give me pointers? lol...
Haha indeed it does! Wish our test was on Saturday.... There's not enough time!
Lol FML...
I just did the AAMC practice test 4, and I got
PS 13, VR 5, BS 13
Can someone give me pointers? lol...
I got a 7, guessed on last two passages.. ran outta time.. I think that is what is killing me, it affects my ability to reason when I start running out of time.."
I feel the same exact way
When I started the section, everything was going fine but once I noticed I'm running out of time, I started rushing my reading and I didn't even read some of the questions right (realized this when I went over them ) and of course I missed the whole passage I didn't read
I have no idea what to do and we are running out time........I will work on it again today and try to find ways to keep myself calmed
Great scores on your sciences. On VR, did you feel like you just burned out or do you normally score this low? What are your other VR scores?
Mostly read very actively and pretend to be very interested in the subject matter. Summarize a main idea afterwards and keep in mind the author's attitude and do your best to keep track of how the paragraphs are organized.
My other VR scores are around 9,10. Once and 8 and once an 11. I'd love a 13/11/13
I have 10 & 11 left. I'm freaking out too. I got called into work today, so I'm doing 10 tomorrow and 11 on either Monday or Tuesday. I can't believe we're taking the MCAT in < 5 days. X-/
Thank you thank you! This test and these practice ones are so nerve-wrecking! I hope I can keep the "stay calm mantra" for these next two tests and of course the real deal like you did! I am trying to use these tests as a learning experience where I can learn from my mistakes. So far - I've been using the tests to practice on actually finishing on time! Now I guess I have to work on accuracy....
Also is this a bad idea:
Sunday @ 10 a.m. --> AAMC 10 then rest then review in the evening.
Monday @ 2 p.m. (since my exam on Thursday is at 2 p.m.) --> AAMC 11
Or should I take AAMC 11 on Tuesday? I kind of wanted to review entirely on Tuesday and take Wednesday off....
Wish I took AAMC 10 today.... Maybe I still should?
How important are capacitors? I mean how much detail do we know about the dielectric stuff?
You're welcome, you're welcome! I almost got super anxious during PS because there were a few more calculations than I'm used to, but I had to tell myself to calm down since it wouldn't help me solve them if my brain was just telling myself that it's about to freak out (yeah, I guess I speak of my brain as a separate entity ). So it's ok to feel a bit nervous (I think it makes us read and answer a little more carefully), but just don't let it take over. Thinking of these tests as learning tools is definitely much better than seeing it as a reason to increase our ever-present anxiety. The real thing already has a huge intimidation factor on its own, so we shouldn't need to add to it.
My exam is at 2 p.m., too, and I wish I had one more AAMC to take on Monday like you do since I think I'm gonna feel weird going into this week not taking one haha. If you're still up for it, I would take 10 today then 11 on Monday so you can leave Tuesday for reviewing and have a day off on Wednesday. I'm definitely taking Wednesday off (though with a teensy bit of looking at my post-game notebook sometime at the end of the day lol). But if you're not, stick with your current plan as long as you don't think it'll burn you out. Or, you can take 11 on Tuesday and also review it that day so you can have most/all of Wednesday off (just a personal thing: I review my exams on the same day because I like to see right away what mistakes I made so I can correct my thinking immediately but I know it's also common that people do it the day after). I think you should do whatever is comfortable for you.
EDIT: Didn't see your previous post that you're taking AAMC 10 now. Kick ass!
Thanks
EDIT: Anyone else been feeling burnt out and ridiculously lazyyyy? Ahhhh I can't get any work done, I feel tired, bored whatever else..
Thanks
EDIT: Anyone else been feeling burnt out and ridiculously lazyyyy? Ahhhh I can't get any work done, I feel tired, bored whatever else..
Thanks
EDIT: Anyone else been feeling burnt out and ridiculously lazyyyy? Ahhhh I can't get any work done, I feel tired, bored whatever else..
Ugh...'fo sho. It sucks man... I always plan on doing loads of stuff but never get through all of them, which left me to sacrifice some FL's...I mean, it's probably a better move to get through more content/ practices than getting more accurate standing by doing more AAMCs.
Given the choice of doing three out of five left over AAMCs in the next three days, do 8,9,11 and skip 5 &7? good idea or bad?
What's everyone doing right now? I'm just curious.... hehe... everyone I know is out party-ing. I feel like such a loser doing a full-length practice test while everyone is having fun....
Sitting here trying to pay attention to my notecards but getting distracted by sdn, facebook, and my boyfriend playing Skyrim lolWhat's everyone doing right now? I'm just curious.... hehe... everyone I know is out party-ing. I feel like such a loser doing a full-length practice test while everyone is having fun....
What's everyone doing right now? I'm just curious.... hehe... everyone I know is out party-ing. I feel like such a loser doing a full-length practice test while everyone is having fun....
Aww, work on weaknesses and go for AAMC-11, leave AAMC-5 for the end. Will bring the motivation up!I only have AAMC-10 left, which I will take Monday/Tuesday.. Till then practicing weak spots.. Everyday I have been going to bed late, today I am hitting the sack early!
Seen some improvement with VR, did 4 timed passages went from 3/7, 3/5, 7/7 to 4/5. Tomorrow will work on more weaknesses in Physics and Biology and more TPRH passages!
Aw, Breenie, I'm sorry that sucks! I guess just use it to study the topics they presented on there.
Yeah, sometimes my mom gets offers for free nights at a couple of the hotel/casinos around here so she got me a room and I'm so glad she did. If I could stay here the entire week, I probably would haha.
I saw a couple people posting about a glitch on the AAMC test.. and yes, it's an actual glitch. I've come across this a bunch of times in the past. The glitch is where you swear you selected a certain answer choice, but when you go back to the test it says you selected a different one, therefore marking it as incorrect, right? I think it has something to do with the cross-out function, but tbh I don't really know. I know some other people that have come across it on the AAMC tests, so we're not crazy.
Anyway, took AAMC10 today, lowest practice score yet. Was it just me, or was that verbal complete BS? Over a year ago when I took AAMC10, I did the worst on its verbal section out of all the other practice tests I took. I got a 6 or something. Today I got a 7. Apparently something with AAMC10's VR section doesn't click with me, even though I felt decent about it afterwards. Aside from that, I made stupid mistakes on sciences. Sometimes I overthink the questions/answer choices way to hard. I just need to chillout I guess. Also, orgo killed me. Ughhhh
PS: 12
VR: 7
BS: 10
--prev tests--
AAMC7: 11/10/10
AAMC8: 10/10/12
AAMC9: 14/9*/11
AAMC 10 in general has a ridiculous curve! If our MCAT was curved this harshly, I think I'm going to cry... but of course, we'll never know if it was harsh or not because we'll never know how we did exactly. We can only hope that it's scaled to our benefit.
I'm so upset by the curve because I still haven't crossed into a 30. My scores for 3, 7, 8, 10 has been 29, 27, 29, 27 respectively. My raw scores have improved ever so slightly in the sciences and my verbal raw score has been more or less the same but each test has been so oddly scaled that I see no improvement in the overall scores
Does anyone understand rauolts versus henrys law and the reason why we need to understand that?
Raoult = Pa = Xa * P^0a
Henry = Pa = Xa * Ka
Does that mean that if we ever need to use Henry's law they have to give us the constant in the passage? And what is the relationship between these and solutes/solvents? Or ideally dilute solvents, or volatility? And try and explain it like you're talking to a 6 year old..
Omg just finished AAMC 11 Physics. The first time I've ever almost run out of time oh Physics. THAT WAS AWFUL!!!! Somehow still managed a 9, but when I finished I thought I would have a 6 or 7 max. I hope AAMC is feeling nice and our Physics section isn't that hard bc that was MISERABLE.
Omg just finished AAMC 11 Physics. The first time I've ever almost run out of time oh Physics. THAT WAS AWFUL!!!! Somehow still managed a 9, but when I finished I thought I would have a 6 or 7 max. I hope AAMC is feeling nice and our Physics section isn't that hard bc that was MISERABLE.
Ate half the chicken and now so sleepy...
At least I know I shouldn't eat this in 4 days!