writing 2 practice exams in 2 days

[IamSuperDoctor]

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i was gona finish up my review then write my last two exams in two days:

aamc 10 on the 6th then take the rest of the day off
then aamc 9 on the 7th and take the rest of the day off

My exam is on the 11th. Has anyone written two exams in a row like that? I hope i dont burn out -.-

Ive usualy been writing them 2 days apart with review in between.

edit - i dont want to push them back any further because i want to review everything one final time before the real exam and then take time off

 

[psychkub]

I'm taking the MCAT on 9/11 also and I'm doing back to back MCATs.

I did AAMC 5 this morning, took a break from 3 till 7pm and then reviewed the test the rest of the evening.

I plan on doing AAMC 6 tomorrow and doing the same thing. I found that by spacing it out throughout the day, it wasn't bad at all.

 

[IamSuperDoctor]

nice nice

 

[shiite7]

I've taken full-length MCATs back-to-back in two days several times now. I generally find I score worse on the second one, though it's hard to determine whether the "burn-out" effect is real or not (e.g. I took AAMC #5 on 8/31 and got a 32, then took AAMC #6 on 9/1 and got a 28, but it was mainly because I totally bombed the VR section by about 3 points). The past week or so I took TBR #4 on 8/24, TBR #5 on 8/27, AAMC #4 on 8/29, AAMC #5 on 8/31, AAMC #6 on 9/1, and today (9/3) I took AAMC #7. I plan on taking AAMC #8 tomorrow in the evening after about 3-4 hours of Biology review, then taking #9 on 9/6, and then finally #10 on 9/8. I don't go over my answers until the next day and be sure to relax some right after the practice exam - like exercise or watch Comedy Central Presents stand-up...I'm taking the 9/11 exam as well...I plan on spending Thursday and Friday only going over AAMC material - I have the Official Guide to the MCAT book and also this guy: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Asso...=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282694553&sr=8-3

 

[fizzgig]

i'm testing on the 11th too and have done 3 in 3 days now (not at the time i'll be taking the real deal, which would be better i'm sure but anyway). it is less time than i was putting in trying to madly finish all the EK 30min exams, so it actually feels like letting off slightly.

anyway, first, i would prefer to put in some back to backs if i need to to avoid NEEDING to do another closer to the 11th than i feel comfortable. second, if you start to feel like a burnt out madman then listen to yourself and back off. just two cents.

 

[Mithril]

I think doing two FLs back-to-back is a bad idea. I mean, each FL takes about 5 hours and for me it took about another 2 hours to review answer choices. That's 7 whole hours and it really takes a lot out of you. I never did any FLs the week of my MCAT; I just did some VR tests and reviewed the basics.

 

[IamSuperDoctor]

i dont think i spend 2 hours on review, thats a lot. maybe 30 mins, but i review each exam several times over the week - specifically looking at what i did wrong

 

[shiite7]

It doesn't take me 5 hours to do a full-length, more like 3:40 maybe including breaks. I skip the writing section. I review my answers the next day, and usually spend 60-90 minutes reviewing. Probably closer to only an hour. On PS, I quickly look at the answers I got right and just make sure I did it correctly/had the right thought process, but on the ones I got wrong, spend more time. With VR, I only review the answers I got wrong. Only about 1/3 of the time or so is it because I made a dumb mistake; most of the time I missed a VR question because I didn't fully understand/correctly interpret the passage. On BS, my weakest section, I try to spend more time and read every answer explanation in full. At any rate, I don't understand how people can say that reviewing an exam can/should take longer than actually taking the exam. Maybe I just read fast.

 

[IamSuperDoctor]

because all those people do is review exams. i might review exams too, but not to that extent. instead, i spend my time reviewing my mcat study notes.

I have also been skipping the writing section, but i might do it one time just to test my endurance. ill probably try it on my last aamc.

 

[psychkub]

While reviewing an exam doesn't take me as long as actually taking the exam, it does take me more than an hour or two because as I'm reviewing what I did wrong, I'm also studying the material that was needed to get that question right. For me, it's not just about seeing what I did right or wrong, but it's also about how to continue doing what I did right or how to fix the problem so that I don't do the same wrong thing.

 

[love2travel]

it's totally doable.

i would never recommend my study plan for anybody bc i got really burned out: after my finals were over, i took a FL everyday for the 2 weeks leading up to my mcat. i didnt have time for FLs during the semester and didn't feel the urgency till summer hit. those 2 weeks sucked but i got the score i wanted!