What's the most improvement you've made on the MCAT

[Led Zep]

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Seriously... Who out there has done really poorly, retaken the test and dominated it, we're talking like 10 or even 15+ improvement.

I wanna hear some good stories!!!!!

Please be honest, I'd be nice if you have the MDapps to back it up!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!

 

[RogueUnicorn]

over 9000

 

[Maxwell7301]

This is a good one:

http://mdapplicants.com/profile.php?id=9582

 

[theWUbear]

I got a 25 my first time. Just read the kaplan books the whole summer, only had one semester of bio. lulz. Got a 33 the next year, taking the kaplan class and actually putting enough effort into it to get around to rounds of practice exams

 

[Mbeas]

Please be honest, I'd be nice if you have the MDapps to back it up!!!!

people lie on mdapps, you know

This is a good one:

[URL="http://mdapplicants.com/profile.php?id=9582"]http://mdapplicants.com/profile.php?id=9582[/URL]

solid improvement but it took too many retakes before she caught on...but hey, she's accepted so whatever

 

[rhesuspieces]

The lower you start, the easier it is to make a large improvement (obviously). I've seen a few 20 to 30 improvements, but 25 to 35 jumps are few and far between, and an improvement from 30 to 40 is nearly unheard of (though I'm sure it's happened). Once you hit the 33+ mark, any retake is going to result in very, very marginal improvement.

 

[startswithb]

23 to 31 here. I didn't know what I was doing the first time, though. Like at all. 😕

 

[Overmjnd]

20 on first AAMC 3 --> consistent 33-37's on every practice test. Literally can't get below a 32 now. That was the result of 3 heavy duty months, 2 more month's to go.

 

[LEUNIT]

19 on the first AAMC. 30 on the real one. 45 in the future.

 

[Mizoodles]

20 on Kaplan diagnostics. 35 in real life!

 

[biotin]

I took it twice. went from a 23 to a 34

 

[ILikeDrugs]

This is kind of a silly question, for me at least, because I couldn't possibly improve a 45. 😎

 

[Led Zep]

This is kind of a silly question, for me at least, because I couldn't possibly improve a 45. 😎

HAHA really? Nice!

 

[RogueUnicorn]

woosh

 

[dragonfly11]

x

 

[LEUNIT]

22 on the Kaplan diagnostic, 34 on the real thing after 2 months of hardcore studying

I <3 Kaplan

Don't you mean, "Craplan?"

 

[MilkmanAl]

This incredibly informative thread is getting moved to the MCAT forum.

 

[Raziela]

Isn't the Kaplan diagnostic purposefully more difficult than the real thing, so that you get a low score, freak out, and take their classes? That's what I figure. I went from a 23 on the kaplan diagnostic to a 38 on the real thing.

 

[ridethecliche]

The lower you start, the easier it is to make a large improvement (obviously). I've seen a few 20 to 30 improvements, but 25 to 35 jumps are few and far between, and an improvement from 30 to 40 is nearly unheard of (though I'm sure it's happened). Once you hit the 33+ mark, any retake is going to result in very, very marginal improvement.

A friend did just that.

 

[Mazdave]

29 on first AAMC...41 on the real thing.

 

[rhesuspieces]

Isn't the Kaplan diagnostic purposefully more difficult than the real thing, so that you get a low score, freak out, and take their classes? That's what I figure. I went from a 23 on the kaplan diagnostic to a 38 on the real thing.

Basically. I got a 24 on the first Kaplan.

Also, I don't think OP is looking for people who improved by ~10 points from their first practice test to the actual MCAT. Nearly everyone improves that much due to practice, studying, and exposure to the test itself. What's really impressive is studying for the real thing, doing so-so on the actual test day, then doing it all over again and improving by 10 points.

 

[Led Zep]

29 on first AAMC...41 on the real thing.

Wow, that is simply amazing, what kind of prep did that take?