printed aamc test vs. online ones

[boobiman]

Is it beneficial to do the aamc practice exams online on the computer or is it fine if one were to get them from somewhere printed with solutions?

 

Any harm of doing it on paper? Ive heard people read slower from a computer screen so it might be good practice doing it online.

 

Any thoughts

[HBP]

The printed ones are longer, so you'll be unable to time yourself.

 

Also, big difference between paper/online in terms of test writing. At least you get #3 for free though.

[The Law]

the printed ones are better because there are more questions

best thing is to acquire the pdfs and do them using the highlight function in adobe

 

I don't think they're better. I think practicing timing is really important. For extra practice, you can do the extra problems on the printed ones though.

[astrogirl]

Yeah, you should make sure to do some practice tests on the computer. It's a very different experience than taking a test on paper. Try to get as used to the computer test as possible before you do it for real. You don't necessarily have to buy all of the official AAMC practice tests, but make sure you at least do the free one and find at least a couple others, official or otherwise.