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Hey all! I am signed up for this date. 8:00 a.m. Yikes!!! I am aiming hard to make 40+ my reality so hence me making this thread so early. A former lab- mate and current medical student had a ton of MCAT prep stuff she gave to me. So I have the Examcrackers set, Hyperlearning set, regular Princeton Review, audio osmosis, and practice MCAT tests from a variety of sources I also do the MCAT questions a day through email and on my phone (to help with super quick recall). I am officially studying legitimately now. Currently starting with Examcrackers. I'd love to hear from you all doing the same. Let's do this!!!
 
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MelloTangelo said:
One more week to go, but I've just had a hard time concentrating yesterday and today. It's really worrying. Tomorrow's my break day, so maybe that'll help. I was planning on trying to catch up for at least part of the day, so I guess we'll see how that goes. Aaaaahn, just one more week!
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baxt1412 said:
Its really important to not get burned out right now guys and gals... Its the home stretch!!
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I knowwww, I am getting SOOOO nervous actually.. ARGH it's through the roooooof
 
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Took AAMC 8 today - 11 PS / 12 VR / 11 BS for a total of 34.

Its a little shocking because I got a 14 on last AAMC PS but at the same time, on this AAMC, I scored the HIGHEST VR I have ever scored.... The bio was also a bit disappointing.
Still not unhappy with my scores. Got 9, 10, and 11 to go 🙂

Happy Halloween premed tricksters!!!
 
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I am feeling more and more comfortable with PS/BS which have been 10+ consistently throughout my last FLs. I only have aamc11 left. However, my verbal fluctuates with 9 being highest. I am worried but hoping for the best.


Congrats on the great scores everyone. Happy Halloween!
 
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Hey @Janus_Kinase did you attempt any of the 2015 materials?
If anyone else gave the 2015 official guide questions and/or the 2015 practice test a try, do post your feedback about ur experience with those materials.
 
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Oy vey friends. Feeling a little discouraged today and in need of some guidance. Scored a friggin 24 on AAMC 11 tonight (7Ps/8VR/9BS). I post gamed PS immediately and it was all dumb ****. I felt really rushed for time on PS and was skimming through questions instead of reading them intensively and did the first two passages in ten minutes, which had like 14 questions total, and spent more time on the last two passages which had eight questions total. Some of the stuff I missed I was just telling at myself while post gaming because I KNEW I KNEW IT. But clearly I missed it for a reason and it could happen on the real thing.

After I saw my score on the screen I just wanted to cry. After all this time and hard work if I was to get that on the real thing I would just be so broken, I don't even know. I scored a 31 on AAMC 9 last week (10/11/10) and 30 on AAMC 8 (12/7/11) previously. Apparently in BS I pretty much only missed DISCRETES, so it wasn't even the crazy passages that killed me. And my VR is fluctuating like crazy which is stressing me out.

I'm so stressed out. I dunno if I should take and void. I can't imagine studying more at this point I feel like I'm so burnt. I've been studying since May and pushed my date since aug 21st and I'm disgusted that my scores still are this low. I don't know. I feel really friggin discouraged right now I just want 30+ on the real thing... I still have AAMC 10 left on Sunday but at this point I hate this test and I just want to go to sleep for a really long time.
 
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avenlea said:
Oy vey friends. Feeling a little discouraged today and in need of some guidance. Scored a friggin 24 on AAMC 11 tonight (7Ps/8VR/9BS). I post gamed PS immediately and it was all dumb ****. I felt really rushed for time on PS and was skimming through questions instead of reading them intensively and did the first two passages in ten minutes, which had like 14 questions total, and spent more time on the last two passages which had eight questions total. Some of the stuff I missed I was just telling at myself while post gaming because I KNEW I KNEW IT. But clearly I missed it for a reason and it could happen on the real thing.

After I saw my score on the screen I just wanted to cry. After all this time and hard work if I was to get that on the real thing I would just be so broken, I don't even know. I scored a 31 on AAMC 9 last week (10/11/10) and 30 on AAMC 8 (12/7/11) previously. Apparently in BS I pretty much only missed DISCRETES, so it wasn't even the crazy passages that killed me. And my VR is fluctuating like crazy which is stressing me out.

I'm so stressed out. I dunno if I should take and void. I can't imagine studying more at this point I feel like I'm so burnt. I've been studying since May and pushed my date since aug 21st and I'm disgusted that my scores still are this low. I don't know. I feel really friggin discouraged right now I just want 30+ on the real thing... I still have AAMC 10 left on Sunday but at this point I hate this test and I just want to go to sleep for a really long time.
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Hey @avenlea ! I definitely think you should take a day or half a day to clear your head and maybe try and address the topics that you got questions wrong in. You sound like you're in great shape with the 31 and 30. Maybe taking a breka will give you the rest you need to crush AAMC 10, and then the real deal.

Don't let burnout get to you now. As for the discretes issue, there are some great discretes at the end of both the TBR biology books in the diagnostic practice sections.

Hope this helps, keep your head up!
 
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avenlea said:
Oy vey friends. Feeling a little discouraged today and in need of some .....
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Fluke definitely. You don't fluctuate 6 points naturally. You are burned out. I would suggest taking today and tomorrow off and MAYBE taking your last FL on Mon or Tues. Don't stress, like I did 6 points isn't a normal variance due to random chance which is usually one to two points either direction based on getting topics you aren't the best at.

Take it easy and relieve some stress
 
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AAMC # 9 (PS/VR/BS) 11/9/11. My first 30 plus score. I am surprised esp., with that Verbal. I thought it was crapshoot, like I would get 4 or 5. Seriously, I mean, heck I had no idea what was going on. Very disappointed with PS. It was pidly imo. I must have made many errors. BS was simple but I couldn't concentrate jack because of this sudden carpal tunnel syndrome on my right wrist like midway into the verbal section.....terrible. Feel it even now.....
 
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avenlea said:
Oy vey friends. Feeling a little discouraged today and in need of some guidance. Scored a friggin 24 on AAMC 11 tonight (7Ps/8VR/9BS). I post gamed PS immediately and it was all dumb ****. I felt really rushed for time on PS and was skimming through questions instead of reading them intensively and did the first two passages in ten minutes, which had like 14 questions total, and spent more time on the last two passages which had eight questions total. Some of the stuff I missed I was just telling at myself while post gaming because I KNEW I KNEW IT. But clearly I missed it for a reason and it could happen on the real thing.

After I saw my score on the screen I just wanted to cry. After all this time and hard work if I was to get that on the real thing I would just be so broken, I don't even know. I scored a 31 on AAMC 9 last week (10/11/10) and 30 on AAMC 8 (12/7/11) previously. Apparently in BS I pretty much only missed DISCRETES, so it wasn't even the crazy passages that killed me. And my VR is fluctuating like crazy which is stressing me out.

I'm so stressed out. I dunno if I should take and void. I can't imagine studying more at this point I feel like I'm so burnt. I've been studying since May and pushed my date since aug 21st and I'm disgusted that my scores still are this low. I don't know. I feel really friggin discouraged right now I just want 30+ on the real thing... I still have AAMC 10 left on Sunday but at this point I hate this test and I just want to go to sleep for a really long time.
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Never post game your MCAT immediately after you take it, atleast give yourself a day to recover. As you pointed out, you missed those questions for a reason, reasons which I believe you can only rationally think through and remedy unbiasedly after ample time has passed since you took the FL.

Useful advice I can give you, from my experiences, is that you will rarely need ALL of the information in a PS passage to answer the questions and half of the passage based questions are really discretes in disguise. It helps to approach each passage with the confidence that you have the basic background knowledge to understand it and successfully attempt the pertaining questions (which you do). I'm not asking you to go in there with the mindset of false confidence that you can answer EVERY answer successfully but rather a bridging mindset between no confidence/panick and blind arrogance.
 
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@avenlea I would completely ignore the score on your AAMC 11. Its quite obvious that its a definite outlier of your performance.
From what it looks like, you exhibit classical symptoms of burnout. When you begin saying "I KNEW IT I KNEW IT", you know you need a break from it.

On the MCAT, just don't overthink a simple concept. Even if the question is literally identifying a particular kinematic equation, just put an answer and move on and don't second guess yourself into thinking that there might be a hidden trap. This is particularly important on PS because really its all concepts. Very few questions that actually require passage-based/ quantitative reasoning. Other than that, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, IT IS A DUCK!
 
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sps27 said:
AAMC # 9 (PS/VR/BS) 11/9/11. My first 30 plus score. I am surprised esp., with that Verbal. I thought it was crapshoot, like I would get 4 or 5. Seriously, I mean, heck I had no idea what was going on. Very disappointed with PS. It was pidly imo. I must have made many errors. BS was simple but I couldn't concentrate jack because of this sudden carpal tunnel syndrome on my right wrist like midway into the verbal section.....terrible. Feel it even now.....
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Congratz!!!
 
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Where did the registration for this test date go?? I no longer see it anymore 🙁

Do registrations for certain test dates stop a certain amount of days before the test date??

(I was gonna register like 5 days before 11/7 since so many people drop.. But 11/7 isn't on the list anymore.. Ack.)
 
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lostnconfused said:
Where did the registration for this test date go?? I no longer see it anymore 🙁

Do registrations for certain test dates stop a certain amount of days before the test date??

(I was gonna register like 5 days before 11/7 since so many people drop.. But 11/7 isn't on the list anymore.. Ack.)
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Wasn't the last day to register for 11/7 like Oct 24th or something? AAMC has new bronze/silver deadlines.
 
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anon5759 said:
Hey @avenlea ! I definitely think you should take a day or half a day to clear your head and maybe try and address the topics that you got questions wrong in. You sound like you're in great shape with the 31 and 30. Maybe taking a breka will give you the rest you need to crush AAMC 10, and then the real deal.

Don't let burnout get to you now. As for the discretes issue, there are some great discretes at the end of both the TBR biology books in the diagnostic practice sections.

Hope this helps, keep your head up!
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baxt1412 said:
Fluke definitely. You don't fluctuate 6 points naturally. You are burned out. I would suggest taking today and tomorrow off and MAYBE taking your last FL on Mon or Tues. Don't stress, like I did 6 points isn't a normal variance due to random chance which is usually one to two points either direction based on getting topics you aren't the best at.

Take it easy and relieve some stress
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lazyindy said:
Never post game your MCAT immediately after you take it, atleast give yourself a day to recover. As you pointed out, you missed those questions for a reason, reasons which I believe you can only rationally think through and remedy unbiasedly after ample time has passed since you took the FL.

Useful advice I can give you, from my experiences, is that you will rarely need ALL of the information in a PS passage to answer the questions and half of the passage based questions are really discretes in disguise. It helps to approach each passage with the confidence that you have the basic background knowledge to understand it and successfully attempt the pertaining questions (which you do). I'm not asking you to go in there with the mindset of false confidence that you can answer EVERY answer successfully but rather a bridging mindset between no confidence/panick and blind arrogance.
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texan2414 said:
@avenlea I would completely ignore the score on your AAMC 11. Its quite obvious that its a definite outlier of your performance.
From what it looks like, you exhibit classical symptoms of burnout. When you begin saying "I KNEW IT I KNEW IT", you know you need a break from it.

On the MCAT, just don't overthink a simple concept. Even if the question is literally identifying a particular kinematic equation, just put an answer and move on and don't second guess yourself into thinking that there might be a hidden trap. This is particularly important on PS because really its all concepts. Very few questions that actually require passage-based/ quantitative reasoning. Other than that, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, IT IS A DUCK!
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YOU GUYS ALL ROCK SO HARD

I seriously have been so bummed out all day lol I've been doing TPRHSW physics discretes and I am def burned out but tryna take it easier. I have a midterm tuesday so I have to take AAMC 10 tomorrow but @lazyindy you seriously speak the truth, man. My friend who studied with me all summer gave me very similar advice as to how she scores so high. It's confidence that you have the ability to figure it out with what you're given. I totally panicked when I saw some of the stuff on AAMC 11 cause I was like ho**** I have no idea how the hell to do this. In contrast, on bio on AAMC 11 I kept my calm somehow and apparently rocked the passages and NOT the discretes lol. I also found that I wasted a LOT of time overthinking discretes I knew like the back of my hand on PS and then lost time later on that I needed. How do you guys approach PS? I think I may need to rethink my strategy here. I always do discretes first and give myself a minute per discrete, but I think I may cut it down to ~30 seconds/discrete. I also start with the end passages first so I spend more time on those, but on AAMC 11 that bit me hard

But I appreciate your guys' kind words. I guess I'm scared that it's NOT an outlier and I'm totally kidding myself at hoping for a 30+ score and I should go in and void. Guess we'll see how AAMC 10 turns out. My dad gave me some serious tough love this morning with the "it's just a test, just freaking take it, you can take it again, you can take the 2015 test, you can apply with a 25 and you'll get in somewhere, stop calling yourself a failure, you have serious test anxiety" and guys, I don't know if you do this, but I think I have such a mentality of use this test as a reflection of MY ABILITIES as a smart person. Like jesus when did it become that? Anyways, my halloween was a bag of butterfingers and staring at that 24 getting really pissed off. Hope you guys were able to have some fun and get better scores than me. Thanks for you all your support. I know everyone here is going to kill it come Friday. I'm rooting for every single one of you.
 
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lazyindy said:
Never post game your MCAT immediately after you take it, atleast give yourself a day to recover. As you pointed out, you missed those questions for a reason, reasons which I believe you can only rationally think through and remedy unbiasedly after ample time has passed since you took the FL.

Useful advice I can give you, from my experiences, is that you will rarely need ALL of the information in a PS passage to answer the questions and half of the passage based questions are really discretes in disguise. It helps to approach each passage with the confidence that you have the basic background knowledge to understand it and successfully attempt the pertaining questions (which you do). I'm not asking you to go in there with the mindset of false confidence that you can answer EVERY answer successfully but rather a bridging mindset between no confidence/panick and blind arrogance.
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You are totally right! I think the reason why I'm not burnt out is because I always give myself the rest of the day to chill after a full length, or do some homework for classes. Kaplan likes to call these discretes in disguise psuedo-discretes and they are in almost every passage. @avenlea, this was probably an outlier, you want to make sure you're last 2-3 tests are pretty similar and this was just a troll result. Like you said, your last two tests were in the 30's do don't fret, you'll be fine!!
 
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avenlea said:
YOU GUYS ALL ROCK SO HARD

I seriously have been so bummed out all day lol I've been doing TPRHSW physics discretes and I am def burned out but tryna take it easier. I have a midterm tuesday so I have to take AAMC 10 tomorrow but @lazyindy you seriously speak the truth, man. My friend who studied with me all summer gave me very similar advice as to how she scores so high. It's confidence that you have the ability to figure it out with what you're given. I totally panicked when I saw some of the stuff on AAMC 11 cause I was like ho**** I have no idea how the hell to do this. In contrast, on bio on AAMC 11 I kept my calm somehow and apparently rocked the passages and NOT the discretes lol. I also found that I wasted a LOT of time overthinking discretes I knew like the back of my hand on PS and then lost time later on that I needed. How do you guys approach PS? I think I may need to rethink my strategy here. I always do discretes first and give myself a minute per discrete, but I think I may cut it down to ~30 seconds/discrete. I also start with the end passages first so I spend more time on those, but on AAMC 11 that bit me hard

But I appreciate your guys' kind words. I guess I'm scared that it's NOT an outlier and I'm totally kidding myself at hoping for a 30+ score and I should go in and void. Guess we'll see how AAMC 10 turns out. My dad gave me some serious tough love this morning with the "it's just a test, just freaking take it, you can take it again, you can take the 2015 test, you can apply with a 25 and you'll get in somewhere, stop calling yourself a failure, you have serious test anxiety" and guys, I don't know if you do this, but I think I have such a mentality of use this test as a reflection of MY ABILITIES as a smart person. Like jesus when did it become that? Anyways, my halloween was a bag of butterfingers and staring at that 24 getting really pissed off. Hope you guys were able to have some fun and get better scores than me. Thanks for you all your support. I know everyone here is going to kill it come Friday. I'm rooting for every single one of you.
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It is stressful, no doubt. When I was going to start # 9 today I actually sat there for awhile and could not hit the next button. Then I remembered @lazyindy post that PS, BS were simple on # 9 so I told myself, let's see if I can knock a 12 on those sections and clicked next. That's how I got started. So every test look to keep bettering your best section. Well I couldn't get 12's but I was close. And then Mr Murphy paid me a visit and this wrist business unsettled me mid exam. Anyways, what you are trying is no simple thing. If it was simple everybody would do it. Remember that 'how' to get to a particular score is not your concern. The difficult part is 'holding' that vision and believing you will get there no matter what it takes. The how will take care of itself if you keep pushing forward, readjust, relearn after every experience. Another thing I might add - if you think you have an outlier, don't postgame at all. Give yourself 2 days and come back to it again. That way u know what's going on........imo. Hang in there bud.......
 
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texan2414 said:
Hey @Janus_Kinase did you attempt any of the 2015 materials?
If anyone else gave the 2015 official guide questions and/or the 2015 practice test a try, do post your feedback about ur experience with those materials.
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Nope I havent! I think I am going to do that next week after my last FL. I am debating whether to take it on Monday or Tuesday.
 
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AAMC 10: (9/8/10) disappointed big time.
Verbal killed me, but the testing environment was so far from ideal. That likely knocked it down a little bit so I'm not going to dwell too much over it. Literally the lowest verbal score I've gotten yet.
 
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some verbal trivia for you guys:

"Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know."

the main purpose of the above text is:
a) to urge an opressor to buy a plane ticket
b) to point out the irony of internet tough guys
c) there is no purpose, this is a nonsensical text used to spark confusion among readers
d) to highlight truck driving as a severe medical condition that immediately needs to be remedied

😛
 
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K guys last piece of advice I'm gonna ask for and then I'm gonna stop blowing up this thread with my pity party!

I finished post-gaming AAMC 11 tonight after removing myself a bit from the situation....def some content gaps (in physics, mainly), but more than that it was an issue with time that I went over with a friend tonight. Writing out time during my break before going into all my sections, etc. I definitely agree it was a fluke, I think I'm capable of way better. Especially on BS, holy ****, that ebola passage......I hate to be that person but I didn't miss that many on it? I didn't find it to be that difficult and my mistakes on BS were quite dumb, the type that really make me wonder what I was huffing when I took this test. Really want to vouch for @lazyindy 's advice on approaching this test as a smart *****. I want to apply this to PS. I feel like I go into BS very confident I can figure it out. Not so much on PS and I think maybe that mentality shift on PS would change the game for me.

But on that note I would really love some guidance on when to take AAMC 10. I was originally going to take it tomorrow because I have ~300 discretes in TPRHSW I want to get through before hitting another FL and I also have a midterm on Tuesday (unfortunately) so taking it Tuesday seems like a bad friggin idea. I was going to take it Wednesday because I don't have class but is taking it two days before the test a bad idea?!!! A friend suggested I break it up into sections but I want to simulate the real thing, especially if I'm burning out near BS.

Thanks again y'all 🙂
 
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avenlea said:
K guys last piece of advice I'm gonna ask for and then I'm gonna stop blowing up this thread with my pity party!

I finished post-gaming AAMC 11 tonight after removing myself a bit from the situation....def some content gaps (in physics, mainly), but more than that it was an issue with time that I went over with a friend tonight. Writing out time during my break before going into all my sections, etc. I definitely agree it was a fluke, I think I'm capable of way better. Especially on BS, holy ****, that ebola passage......I hate to be that person but I didn't miss that many on it? I didn't find it to be that difficult and my mistakes on BS were quite dumb, the type that really make me wonder what I was huffing when I took this test. Really want to vouch for @lazyindy 's advice on approaching this test as a smart *****. I want to apply this to PS. I feel like I go into BS very confident I can figure it out. Not so much on PS and I think maybe that mentality shift on PS would change the game for me.

But on that note I would really love some guidance on when to take AAMC 10. I was originally going to take it tomorrow because I have ~300 discretes in TPRHSW I want to get through before hitting another FL and I also have a midterm on Tuesday (unfortunately) so taking it Tuesday seems like a bad friggin idea. I was going to take it Wednesday because I don't have class but is taking it two days before the test a bad idea?!!! A friend suggested I break it up into sections but I want to simulate the real thing, especially if I'm burning out near BS.

Thanks again y'all 🙂
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Hey! I don't think it is a bad idea to take it Wednesday. I have no real other option either with work/school, so I'll also be taking AAMC 10 on wednesday at 8 am.
 
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lazyindy said:
some verbal trivia for you guys:

"Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know."

the main purpose of the above text is:
a) to urge an opressor to buy a plane ticket
b) to point out the irony of internet tough guys
c) there is no purpose, this is a nonsensical text used to spark confusion among readers
d) to highlight truck driving as a severe medical condition that immediately needs to be remedied

😛
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no one's aware here


p.s. negged
 
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lazyindy said:
some verbal trivia for you guys:

"Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know."

the main purpose of the above text is:
a) to urge an opressor to buy a plane ticket
b) to point out the irony of internet tough guys
c) there is no purpose, this is a nonsensical text used to spark confusion among readers
d) to highlight truck driving as a severe medical condition that immediately needs to be remedied

😛
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The answer is C.

The "passage" 🙄 was written by the son of an obese woman. A stranger launched in ad-hominem attacks against the son's mother based on her mass. The son is responding to the stranger.

A - > Oppressor isn't even spelled correctly here...but a single ad-hominem attack is not emblematic of oppression.
B -> Possibly. Yet, the son engages in ad hominem attacks himself, by saying that "you probably don't have a brain", so wouldn't that classify him as an "internet tough guy"? Furthermore, he states that he is quite tall and of a heavy build - most likely to intimidate the stranger. He's a hypocrite, and a big meanie. 😛
C -> Yes!
D -> No, the medical condition that the mother is suffering from is obesity. Truck driving isn't a medical condition; although it may be the cause of a condition.

What do I win?😀

I actually can't believe I spent my 5min break time on this oh well...I hope I get a cookie or something...
 
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DoctorInASaree said:
The answer is C.

The "passage" 🙄 was written by the son of an obese woman. A stranger launched in ad-hominem attacks against the son's mother based on her mass. The son is responding to the stranger.

A - > Oppressor isn't even spelled correctly here...but a single ad-hominem attack is not emblematic of oppression.
B -> Possibly. Yet, the son engages in ad hominem attacks himself, by saying that "you probably don't have a brain", so wouldn't that classify him as an "internet tough guy"? Furthermore, he states that he is quite tall and of a heavy build - most likely to intimidate the stranger. He's a hypocrite, and a big meanie. 😛
C -> Yes!
D -> No, the medical condition that the mother is suffering from is obesity. Truck driving isn't a medical condition; although it may be the cause of a condition.

What do I win?😀

I actually can't believe I spent my 5min break time on this oh well...I hope I get a cookie or something...
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Umm didn't you take the test already? Been waiting for that 45 score
 
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avenlea said:
K guys last piece of advice I'm gonna ask for and then I'm gonna stop blowing up this thread with my pity party!

I finished post-gaming AAMC 11 tonight after removing myself a bit from the situation....def some content gaps (in physics, mainly), but more than that it was an issue with time that I went over with a friend tonight. Writing out time during my break before going into all my sections, etc. I definitely agree it was a fluke, I think I'm capable of way better. Especially on BS, holy ****, that ebola passage......I hate to be that person but I didn't miss that many on it? I didn't find it to be that difficult and my mistakes on BS were quite dumb, the type that really make me wonder what I was huffing when I took this test. Really want to vouch for @lazyindy 's advice on approaching this test as a smart *****. I want to apply this to PS. I feel like I go into BS very confident I can figure it out. Not so much on PS and I think maybe that mentality shift on PS would change the game for me.

But on that note I would really love some guidance on when to take AAMC 10. I was originally going to take it tomorrow because I have ~300 discretes in TPRHSW I want to get through before hitting another FL and I also have a midterm on Tuesday (unfortunately) so taking it Tuesday seems like a bad friggin idea. I was going to take it Wednesday because I don't have class but is taking it two days before the test a bad idea?!!! A friend suggested I break it up into sections but I want to simulate the real thing, especially if I'm burning out near BS.

Thanks again y'all 🙂
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AAMC 10 is a confidence booster so I would take it on Tuesday and post game Wednesday but since that is impossible for you, take it Wednesday, post game early Thursday and sleep for the rest of the day til Friday morning.
 
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10 is a confidence booster?


i was just getting ready to ask if you had 10 and 11 available to you, but were only going to take one before the test, which would you take? i don't want to overdo it this close so i think just doing one would be best.
 
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baxt1412 said:
10 is a confidence booster?


i was just getting ready to ask if you had 10 and 11 available to you, but were only going to take one before the test, which would you take? i don't want to overdo it this close so i think just doing one would be best.
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10 wasn't too hard compared to 1 but had a harsh curve I guess due to how easy it was. It has the easiest PS and BS you could every dream of.
 
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DoctorInASaree said:
The answer is C.

The "passage" 🙄 was written by the son of an obese woman. A stranger launched in ad-hominem attacks against the son's mother based on her mass. The son is responding to the stranger.

A - > Oppressor isn't even spelled correctly here...but a single ad-hominem attack is not emblematic of oppression.
B -> Possibly. Yet, the son engages in ad hominem attacks himself, by saying that "you probably don't have a brain", so wouldn't that classify him as an "internet tough guy"? Furthermore, he states that he is quite tall and of a heavy build - most likely to intimidate the stranger. He's a hypocrite, and a big meanie. 😛
C -> Yes!
D -> No, the medical condition that the mother is suffering from is obesity. Truck driving isn't a medical condition; although it may be the cause of a condition.

What do I win?😀

I actually can't believe I spent my 5min break time on this oh well...I hope I get a cookie or something...
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Excellent! now you're guaranteed a 15 on verbal on your test 😀
 
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Finished AAMC 10 - 13 PS / 10 VR / 11 BS - for a total of 34!!
Gosh darn I missed some easy BS questions.
The VR on this test is one of the easiest I have ever seen. I had 11 mins left over.... The BS also seemed pretty easy but again curve was pretty harsh. I missed some research study questions that were a bit disappointing but I will be doing an exhaustive post-phrase tomorrow.

AAMC 11 is next and then is the MCAT!!!
 
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Reviewing 10 is making me feel like a complete idiot.
Guess what?! -14 > -138 Yet, i managed to screw that up.

Easily could have gotten a 33+ on this. I shouldn't have taken it in the environment i did.
I got 9/8/10 but based on my horrifying mistakes on PS/BS, could have been a 11/8/13.
I was distracted for all of VR, so that doesn't help.

I feel like i wasted a test!
 
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what do you guys think about doing 10 tomorrrow and 11 on wed? too much right before the test?

i'm feeling good about my practice scores, but they haven't really gotten better since i've started taking practice tests this time around.. but they are better than my previous MCAT attempt. i wish i was scoring a few points above what i really want on the real thing instead of just scoring at kind of my minimum "goal" score range.
 
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Ah man guys I did terrible on AAMC 10 but thought it was easy. I got a 24, 9/6/9. I think this one was curved tougher because the difficulty was not that much. My last test was a 28 so I wouldn't say this was a plummet or anything but I hope I don't do this bad on the real thing. I was very shocked at the physics score and bio was also pretty surprising. My verbal just won't budge and I don't think 5 days will do much to improve that score.

I really didn't want to retake this test but by the looks of my scores so far I might have to. I hope you all are doing a heck lot better than I am lol!
 
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baxt1412 said:
what do you guys think about doing 10 tomorrrow and 11 on wed? too much right before the test?

i'm feeling good about my practice scores, but they haven't really gotten better since i've started taking practice tests this time around.. but they are better than my previous MCAT attempt. i wish i was scoring a few points above what i really want on the real thing instead of just scoring at kind of my minimum "goal" score range.
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If you think you can take it, do it! If you can't do both, I would really suggest doing AAMC 11 because that is the most recent and most similar to the real thing. My older sister took the MCAT last year and said that AAMC 11 was the best predictor of the real thing.

Honestly I think practice tests are for conditioning, diagnosis, and timing. Not really building knowledge because the best way to learn is to do 10 problems a day from each subject.
 
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I just saw this tweet from AAMC:

11/7 #MCATday examinees wanting to reg/resched into existing Jan dates, note seats will likely NOT be added in time. Be prepared to test.

What does it mean? that they are most likely going to add the seats BEFORE we are allowed to register again? :/
 
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Be prepared to take the 11/7th test if you're registered. The seats won't be added before the test.. That's how I'm reading it.
 
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