goose Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 How did everyone find it? I thought the whole test was pretty reasonable. Particularly liked the WS prompts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan10 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 i was told the PS section was brutal, so was the VR. how did they compare to the AAMC tests that are offered with TPR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cumberdale Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 my own thoughts PS - too many calculations... left me and everyone i spoke to short on time. A few questions from left field as well. VR - My poor PS section left me a bit rattled for verbal but overall the section was average. not too hard ... 1 tricky passage only WS - Good prompts. Lots of easy to think of examples BS - 2 sort of tricky bio passages, but easy orgo overall i found it harder than the practice online tests i had done. I was consistently getting mid 30's on those but i will be more than pleased with just a 30 on the real deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 was there a lot more orgo than bio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cumberdale Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 1 orgo passage only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cateyes0223 Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 PS -- I thought the questions themselves were fairly easy and what I expected, but I did not have time to finish!! There were lots of calculations so I didn't get to answer the last several questions...therefore I think I bombed this section VR -- standard VR section, the passages were pretty long though so time was short again WS -- very easy prompts, loved it! BS -- this section was pretty good except one or two tough passages that took some thinking but good overall; there were 2 passages of orgo on my exam Overall it was okay, but not finishing several questions in the PS probably killed me so I'm rewriting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantaloons Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Overall it was okay, but not finishing several questions in the PS probably killed me so I'm rewriting! I myself am worrying about PS; however, are you rewriting right now? That is to say, this september, before this cycle's OMSAS deadline? Or are you doing it next summer? PS - time constraints. A bit trickier than expected VR - standard WS - Good (i.e.: easy to manage...if you had practiced with enough prompts to have pre-packaged examples available) BS - standard. 2 rather dense experimental passages, though, but not too bad if you thought through the experiments. Memory is foggy, but perhaps only 1 orgo passage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamma Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 was the VR longer than the aamc or just the same? and is it true you can't bring a watch? oh one more thing, there is a timer in the bottom corner? is there a clock too on the computer? oh! oh! and how do the proctor's make sure that someone doesn't mess up with your test when you are on your break? and do student's go to their lockers during break and review their cue cards hehehe wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kam Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 i thought along similar lines... PS - not too bad, but lengthy calcs made it hard to finish on time VR - i found it to be the same as some of the practice tests WS - easy prompts BS - those 2 passages were very difficult for me, but the rest wasn't bad was the VR longer than the aamc or just the same? and is it true you can't bring a watch? oh one more thing, there is a timer in the bottom corner? is there a clock too on the computer? oh! oh! and how do the proctor's make sure that someone doesn't mess up with your test when you are on your break? and do student's go to their lockers during break and review their cue cards hehehe wondering i found the VR passages to be roughly similar in most cases... but thats just me, alot of people seemed to think it was longer our test centre allowed only analog wrist watches and yes there is a timer in the bottom corner but no computer clock every test station had a camera on top and the proctor was able to view all these video feeds from their computer so i assume thats how they monitored if anyone decided to screw around with your test lol mostly during breaks i saw people eating instead of reviewing... unless they brought out their cue cards in the bathoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cateyes0223 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I myself am worrying about PS; however, are you rewriting right now? That is to say, this september, before this cycle's OMSAS deadline? Or are you doing it next summer? I am re-writing on September 13th, I figure I might as well rewrite now well everything is still fresh in my mind! And do more practice tests to make sure I can get through everything quickly enough. I'm not really going to re-study much since I already know everything but more just focus on doing more practice tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamma Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 in order to finish the test (and do well!) ideally how much time do you spend per question (passage ones). I've been trying to play around with the times and giving myself some cues markers but i'm generally slow so for instance, how many passages should you be done by 45min? by 30 min? 5 min? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantaloons Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I am re-writing on September 13th, I figure I might as well rewrite now well everything is still fresh in my mind! I was thinking about doing the same because of PS; however, I've just gotten tied down with the UBC application instead of more MCATs so I don't think it's in the cards. Oh well. I respect your determination to keep studying into the start of school. Best of luck, hopefully the PS comes with less of a bite that day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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