Alright, so I decided to take a practice mcat the other day in order to see where I was at in my studies. Needless to say, I think I did pretty well in the sciences without having studied Physics or O. Chem yet -- I got 9s on the sections, is this good? However, I did horrendous on my verbal reasoning - I got a slap to my self-esteem with a 6. Completely devastated, I went directly to the verbal reasoning and glanced at the sections I missed. Today at work (I work 40 hours/ week -- completely showing up in my scores) I was talking with my co-worker who wrote June 2012 and got a 37. He was telling me that it was probably just a fluke since I have been averaging around 9 based on my AAMC 3 diagnostic and AAMC 5. Attempting to test this theory because I had forgotten which questions I had missed, I decided to take the verbal section again. When taking it as my practice (attempt 1), I ran out of time because I'm border-line mentally handicapped in reading speed; so, I had to guess on the last passage and was rushing through the second to last passage to get to the last. On attempt 2, I finished in time though I had only 2 seconds remaining and received an 8 (~ 9:30 PM finish time). Taking a break and getting some ice cream with my girlfriend, I came back home (~10:45PM) and decided to retake the test under untimed conditions (I had not reviewed the questions so figured this would be fine). I finished in ~1 hr 16 min. and got an 11.
The reason for this novella is that I am needing an outside source to gauge whether there is any indication that I'm capable of receiving 10+ scores given that I improve my reading comprehension times or if I merely was able to just retain the information from reading and collectively build upon my understanding of the passages. I feel like this may be the case as I could remember previous answers; however, it did not affect my judgement on choosing what I deemed the appropriate answer. In fact, this could indicate that all my problem is is comprehension of the readings and doing so in a concise way.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
Thanks for bearing through this treacherous post.
The reason for this novella is that I am needing an outside source to gauge whether there is any indication that I'm capable of receiving 10+ scores given that I improve my reading comprehension times or if I merely was able to just retain the information from reading and collectively build upon my understanding of the passages. I feel like this may be the case as I could remember previous answers; however, it did not affect my judgement on choosing what I deemed the appropriate answer. In fact, this could indicate that all my problem is is comprehension of the readings and doing so in a concise way.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
Thanks for bearing through this treacherous post.
