MCAT Practice #9 Difficulty

[dw88]

Hi ladies and gents,

 

So I just wrote the practice test #9 from e-mcat.com site and was wondering how people feel it fares in difficulty.

 

I found bio and physics reasonably tough, but did well enough that I'm happy about it. But, I found that verbal reasoning was next to impossible - particularly the one passage.

 

I was just wondering if there is any consensus on the difficulty of test 9

 

Thank You

[charmer08]

I did the practice test 9 a couple weeks ago and did terrible on VR and PS (a 5 and a 7) but did great on bio.

[dw88]

yeah I heard somewhere that tests 9 and 10 were the "hardest" ones.

Just wondering if this is accepted theory or one persons guess =P.

 

And I can vouch for the fact that the VR is insanely hard. The 2nd last passage I got 2/7 on and it totally ruined my mark, and that was on my 2nd attempt where i took unlimited time to try to bust through them. On top of that it was a long one i felt =(

[charmer08]

yeah I heard somewhere that tests 9 and 10 were the "hardest" ones.

Just wondering if this is accepted theory or one persons guess =P.

 

And I can vouch for the fact that the VR is insanely hard. The 2nd last passage I got 2/7 on and it totally ruined my mark, and that was on my 2nd attempt where i took unlimited time to try to bust through them. On top of that it was a long one i felt =(

 

Tests 7 and 8 are the hardest ones.

 

I wasn't able to complete the PS section and thats why I think i got a 7. I guessed on an entire passage.

I dont remember much about the VR section.

[gb35]

In my opinion, no AAMC tests are deliberately "harder" than the other ones. It's all about what areas the test writer happens to be strongest or weakest at.

 

My worst scores were on 6 and 7, and I wrote those after having written 10, 8, and 5.

 

8, 9, and 10 were my best scores overall, with only 9 having been written after "bottoming out" on 6 and 7.