metukah Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 If you are writing on August 5th: How prepared do you feel right now? about 2 weeks before.. What is your plan for the next 2 weeks? practice tests, etc. I feel like I've gone through all the material...so its so hard to focus on reviewing concepts that may not even come up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc_911 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Me. Still feel like some things need some work, but overall I believe my performance will depend on how good I feel mentally the day of the test;-)) So I am planning to have a very good rest the day before. As for the 2 weeks ahead: practice questions and q-cards, as well as analyzing AAMC essay topics. Hope that I won't be freaking out too much or too late:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale.of.a.time Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 oy vey. Me too! Unlike you guys, I am not at all prepared at the moment. My grad work ended up taking more of my time then expected, and it had to take priority (which blows). My plan is to finish reviewing physics by Thursday, and then do the whole Kaplan book in about a week (suuuure). And then practice, practice, practice! Go Aug 5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallguy81 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Can't wait to get it over with! Been studying everyday about average 5hrs/day since late May, but still phail at my VR. I can't tell what's causing it, but i think its that I lose attention/patience when reading some of those POS humanities passages--the ones that talk about the most useless crap in society. I would kiss the floor to get a 10 on VR. I'm currently getting 13-14 on the aamc sciences, while a 6-8's on the aamc VR! haha...so I'm now going hardcore on VR and essay till the end. Studying the sciences for sooo long has now made it into my long-term memory. Kaplan did a thorough job of sciences, but I now found its VR to be much easier than AAMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonito23 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hey tallguy, I would hammer away at the VR until it comes naturally. The thing about the VR is that when you practice over and over, you kinda get the feel of what seems to be a right or wrong answer. I had been studying since May for my MCAT which I wrote last friday and I can assure you that VR is meant to shatter your confidence on the exam. The strange thing about it is that you are never sure if you really bombed it or did extremely well on it, since there are always 2 answers that are extremely close. Anyways you seem on track for a good score, just keep at it ! Good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonito23 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Oh yeah I forgot to mention that Kaplan's VRs are easier than the AAMC . The main reason is that the VR passages from the AAMC is longer and involves more critical analysis of the paper, whereas Kaplan involves a lot of passage recall. It would be a good idea to buy some of the CBTs from their site and do it just like exam conditions! I think that will be really beneficial to you. The CBT's from the AAMC cost $35 each but that is nothing compared to the value and the importance of this exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedNerd Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 lol, agree on the VR being the thing that shatters u're confidence.. though really u nvr really knwo how u do... today i did aamc 5 and totally was rushing last few passages cuz most of them are sooo long, didn't even map.. though i got screwed, ended up wif a 9... these VR r certianly screwing me up GO AUGUST 5Thersss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinash Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Quick question. The CBT's that can be purchased from e-mcat.com, are they the same content as the 3R-9R, just in CBT format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallguy81 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 lol, agree on the VR being the thing that shatters u're confidence.. though really u nvr really knwo how u do...today i did aamc 5 and totally was rushing last few passages cuz most of them are sooo long, didn't even map.. though i got screwed, ended up wif a 9... these VR r certianly screwing me up GO AUGUST 5Thersss Just did AAMC 5R and came out with a 9 also on the VR. lol except 9's are a huge improvement for me (2-3 points increase), from getting the slightly lower than average scores i used to get on VR when i first started. But i'll still be slamming away at these VR's...finishing up all aamc tests (3-10) by this Wednesday hopefully. Then doing some laid-back studying and alot of essay practice till the end. Science's are still solid (thankgod:) ) --my 5R score came out to 14-9-13. I hope I don't forget things come the time for the big day. Best of Luck Aug 5ivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedNerd Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 hey guys! just want to give a "good luck" heads up for the 5th..! only 2 days left... I'm still not doing so well for VR .. it's giving me panic attacks while i do the aamc ones.. anywho! good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoMed Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 I'm still trying to get my average up. I'm floating around 10's for all sections and would like to add at least a point or two to each section. I definitely need more confidence on PS--it fluctuates the most. I feel like I will never be ready....we'll see. Good Luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metukah Posted August 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Same. still needing more confidence for PS! grrr good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedNerd Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 lol, i need confidence + luck in VR my first time getting a 5 on AAMC 10 this is really killing my confidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarb Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 gahhh tuesday needs to happen right now. i am so sick of studying. need to get it OVERRR. good luck to everyone writing!!! almost free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackkeys Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Good luck tomorrow, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale.of.a.time Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Gah. How'd it go everyone? Mine was ok, ran out of time in the PS section, as predicted. I did the last 10 questions almost completely randomly. At least I get to know that I'm helping scale you guys up! Every one has a purpose, right? Too much orgo in the biology section for the likes of me. Well, that was my first mcat but probably not my last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoMed Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Gah. How'd it go everyone? Mine was ok, ran out of time in the PS section, as predicted. I did the last 10 questions almost completely randomly. At least I get to know that I'm helping scale you guys up! Every one has a purpose, right? Too much orgo in the biology section for the likes of me. Well, that was my first mcat but probably not my last I ran low on time too on the PS section. Thought the Bio section was a little tougher than usual. Verbal seemed typical......time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metukah Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Agreed...Bio was harder and more random than usual. Verbal seemed fair. PS was okay one of the WS was skech and kinda threw me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale.of.a.time Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Yeah, verbal was ok, though I have to admit the american politics one threw me a bit, just because there was a lot of terminology I wasn't used to. Did you get the TV one and the Wealth one for WS? Agreed...Bio was harder and more random than usual. Verbal seemed fair. PS was okay one of the WS was skech and kinda threw me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metukah Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 yes! the wealth one was a bit off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown user 7 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hope you all did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedNerd Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 lol, found this on SDN for August 5th MCAT 3. Were verbal passages longer than your practice ones? Timing issues? I really don't understand the issue of the length of the passages. I've done a lot of kaplan, Golden standard and AAMC verbal, and I never spent time worrying about the length of the passage. What I try to do is finish each passage in 8 minutes or 9 max. I did the same and finished exactly on time. The passage on the republicans and democrats whatever.. I was enjoying it at first, then suddenly it went wtf on me. I just had to mark about three questions and come back to do two of them satisfactorily. lol "I was enjoying it at first, ten suddenly it went *** on me" I love AAMC lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale.of.a.time Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 ha! That passage went wtf on me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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