what are the hardest full-length mcats?

[aviary17]

Hi. Do you have any opinion about which MCATs are the hardest out of the whole bunch of them (Kaplan, ExamKrackers, GoldStandard, Princeton Review, AAMC, etc.)?

Thank you for your input.

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[niranjan162]

gold standards are really hard, just took number 8 ps section thought it was pretty ridiculous

 

[BlackPower2012]

gold standards are really hard, just took number 8 ps section thought it was pretty ridiculous

Gold standard are ridiculous. they are nowhere near the real thing. I think they are too abstract if you ask me. The AMCAS are the "closest" to the real thing, but I think they kind of fool you into having a false sense of security. I was acing the AMCAS exams and still got less that what I was averaging. I suggest you take A LOT of practice exams, because there were some questions from Gold standard that was on teh real thing.

 

[aviary17]

I was especially wondering, for those who've taken the actual MCAT this year...

I keep hearing that the actual MCAT 2008 is harder than the practice tests (like #3) that the AAMC provides. If you have taken the actual, do you recommend any tests which you thought were comparable in difficulty? or helpful?

Thanks!

 

[BlackPower2012]

I was especially wondering, for those who've taken the actual MCAT this year...

I keep hearing that the actual MCAT 2008 is harder than the practice tests (like #3) that the AAMC provides. If you have taken the actual, do you recommend any tests which you thought were comparable in difficulty? or helpful?

Thanks!

AAMC prcatice 3R is a joke. its nothing near the real thing. 10R is even worse. I think the tests that were very comporable to the real thing were 7R and 9R. Thats about it!