The Law Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 So did people found they improved? Stayed about the same? Got worse? I got a bit better in PS (4-->7), stayed the same in BS and VR (9s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng_dude786 Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 still can't beat that verbal 7....arrrrgggg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 It feels like you simply can't improve in verbal, ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveW Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 27S. Went up 2 points in each section... also somehow my essays went really well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng_dude786 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 hey law, when u writing urs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat_eyed Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Went up a little in bio sci and verbal (7 to 9 and 8 to 9, respectively). But phys sci?!? Stayed at a 5. And my essays went really badly too, so I know what I need to concentrate on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingirl Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I took my second diagnostic and got 4,5,6 on verbal, physical science, and bio respectively. I'm kinda worried right now bc I don't know if I'll ever be able to increase my score soooo much by mid August to meet to cut offs at most of the schools. Do you think that improving my scores THAT MUCH will be possible? (if I spend my entire life prepping from now till August?). Input is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng_dude786 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 kingirl: absolutely!! there's still time. You need to focus and stay on the ball. Analyze where you're loosing marks on the MCAT. Don't hesitate to go back to basic concepts. Look at your mistakes, try to find what you were thinking and reason it out how you can avoid it in the future. Mcat's more about mental health than anything. I'm very confident that if you put in the 'hard' effort then you'll be able to achieve the marks you need. Remember to THINK POSITIVELY!!! and never never never ever give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bane Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I took my second diagnostic and got 4,5,6 on verbal, physical science, and bio respectively. I'm kinda worried right now bc I don't know if I'll ever be able to increase my score soooo much by mid August to meet to cut offs at most of the schools. Do you think that improving my scores THAT MUCH will be possible? (if I spend my entire life prepping from now till August?). Input is appreciated. kingirl, sure you got time. But make sure you focus on VR everyday. The other sections, you can raise your score just by learning content. VR takes practice-- its skill based rather than content-based as the other 2 sections are. VR is the hardest to raise, so do that everyday, and you can do PS/BS on alternate days or something. (this is just my opinion. if you think its stupid, no harm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 hey law, when u writing urs? Hey eng_dude, Right now I'm schedule to write on august 9, how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Has anyone done the first one? I found it HARDDD....I got 7 on physical science! Horribleness, and then 8 on verbal, and I usually get 10's in those two sections. The bio was easy for the first one though. I found the second one a lot easier than the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 ^ lol, I got a 4 on the first one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I think the Kaplan PS are still harder though. But their bell curve is really really generous. I didn't bother re-doing the ones I did last year, but I remember getting like 57% and still ending up with a 10 or something. What are you guys getting for the essays? I've gotten 5, 6, 5, and I thought some of them were really poorly written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I haven't done any kap tests, just TPR's. Essays, I've been getting 4s... but I just got a 5 on one of the ones I wrote on the 2nd diagnostic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Ack....Does this ever happen to you guys? When you're doing a test, and then it breaks down in the middle of it? I can't start it up again....so annoying. Even e-mcat doesn't do it *very angry* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Don't put too much weight on those diagnostics. I know from personal experience the Kaplan and TRP diagnostics don't reflect the AAMC question style exactly. The prep companies, minus EK, really push calculations and memorization of little details. The AAMC exams are more passage based on the sciences passages and require limited raw calculations, more formula shifting type stuff. The VR from the prep companies also have a different feel. Last summer I was scoring 6-7 on the prep company stuff. On the EK and AAMC VR tests I was getting about 10-11. I got a 12 on VR on the real deal. If you are mapping passages etc. for VR leave that bull**** behind. Try a few tests by just reading the passage without going back to the passage a lot. This is the way you have been reading for years and it is the best way. EK has the best idea: Read for the main idea not details, use passage stems and answer choices as hints, and only go back to the passage as a last resort. I think the TPR and Kaplan tests are designed to teach more than give you a legit MCAT feel. If you are getting demoralized try out AAMC CBT 3 or one of the EK exams. These are more in line with the real deal. Oh and I wouldn't even consider your mark you get on those little topical tests they give you. Those things are really really far from anything you will see on the MCAT. Just view them as tools to review concepts etc. For me those found a nice place in the garbage can in favor of EK 1001 and Nova questions/passages. That's my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Actually I don't think PRinceton Verbal is that inaccurate. I've done the entire EK verbal book and I've been scoring about the same for both. Kaplan is pretty crappy though, I agree, though their passages are good, just too detailed questions. How about the sciences though? I know Kaplan's physics is much harder, but Princeton's physics isn't that easy either... =( Does memorization really help w/ science? There's so much memorization necessary for bio..sure the passage helps, but you need to knwo it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Memorization is important most definitely. But with a test as big as the MCAT I want to memorize the stuff I will need. Knowing too many little details can slow you down and cause you look too deeply into a simple question. Just look at orgo for example, if you memorized 5476547 reactions but only 25 are tested this over memorization could cause confusion by allowing you to see "zebras" as possible answer choices. Btw this is the core principle of the EK strategy outlined the introduction chapters of many of their books. The focus of Kaplan/TPR materials on rogue memorization is my main beef with Kaplan and to an extent TPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng_dude786 Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 I am beginning to hate verbal..... some passages just don't make any sense...i read them and I go....whaoo!! totally didn't get what they meant.... its just those passages that get you done and depressed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tan008 Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 I am beginning to hate verbal..... some passages just don't make any sense...i read them and I go....whaoo!! totally didn't get what they meant.... its just those passages that get you done and depressed... after you read the passage try to asnwer the questions to the best of your ability, but then just forget about it...you can't be thinking of the passage you didn't understand while trying to read the next one, that will just throw you off...try to keep your focus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 How closely do these correlate to the real thing? I keep on getting 29-30 (yea I know...argh..) and it's less than 2 weeks until my test. Am I pretty much doomed? Wahh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 It's broken AGAIN!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Argh, I can't take this anymore. I keep on getting 28-30 on these TPR tests. Am I pretty much screwed for the big test? Argh... This is absolutely ridicullous. I got 31, 34 and 31 on AAMC 4, 5 and 6 respectively TWO WEEKS AGO. And now I'm dropping a bunch 2 weeks after? Why oh why.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tan008 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Argh, I can't take this anymore. I keep on getting 28-30 on these TPR tests. Am I pretty much screwed for the big test? Argh... This is absolutely ridicullous. I got 31, 34 and 31 on AAMC 4, 5 and 6 respectively TWO WEEKS AGO. And now I'm dropping a bunch 2 weeks after? Why oh why.... my understanding (which may very well be way off) is that TPR tests are not necessarily representative of the actual thing. If you were scoring into 30's on the AAMC practice ones then I wouldn't stress about the TPR that much. You are certainly not doomed Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashlay Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 TPR 1st diagnostic: 8BS 5PS 7VR O 2nd: 8BS 4PS 6VR S I got a 5 and a 6 on my writing samples... holy **** I think I got an easy marker, cause my examples were really general (no actual current events). But my comments said that they were easy to read and that I tied all the tasks together well... so I guess it doesn't matter if my examples sucked? My main concern is PS. I find it really, really hard! I try to do the practice homework and the readings but I feel like they don't help since so many of the questions are passage based and are "trick" questions. Anyone else feel the same way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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