over thinking easy questions

[jordan19]

Helppp!

 

I've noticed that the questinos I am getting wrong on the PS and BS section are all easy.... I'm getting 1 wrong/perfect for the hard q but the easy and mediums I'm getting wrong! How to prevent this? Any suggestions?

[nuD]

I had the same problem at first. I had taken a lot of upper year science (especially chemistry) courses, so I found I was thinking far too in depth when confronted with an MCAT question. I was answering the questions based on what I had learned, rather than what was given in the passages/questions.

 

I fixed the problem (saw a large increase in science scores) by regularly reminding myself that everything I needed to answer the question was given to me in the passage/question. I worked on answering the questions based on what was given, rather than outside knowledge. Basically, for me, it was a matter of getting into the MCAT mindset vs. the mindset for most university exams.

 

Hope that helps!

[benhc911]

I found it also helped looking through a more... simple minded... review like EK. It showed me the basic principles that were expected, and I tried to stick to those and what was in the passages... I had a similar problem in chemistry for the same reason as the above poster.