Lost&Found Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Congrats on finishing! How was verbal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedomyet Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Did you guys find the test to be similar to the AAMC ones? and congrats!!! major milestone down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGo1990 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I hope you're all out getting wasted since you're not updating the rest of us on how it went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med?? Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I did all the AAMC practice tests and found today much harder. Must have been the pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Definitely much harder than the practice tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost&Found Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Damn it -__- You guys had killer scores too! I'm sure it'll be scaled properly (hopefully!) At least you're done and can enjoy what's left of summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med?? Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Definitely much harder than the practice tests Were you morning or afternoon? I was afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Yeah, but this one had a very different feel to it. I have no clue how I did, but there's no point in speculating too much about it. I'll just try to keep my mind occupied for the next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I wrote in the afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master100 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have been following this thread for a while as well without posting, and I was wondering how hard/focused the BS section was on orgo? More or less than the aamc practice tests? Orgo is not my strongest subject... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med?? Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have been following this thread for a while as well without posting, and I was wondering how hard/focused the BS section was on orgo? More or less than the aamc practice tests? Orgo is not my strongest subject... It was my weakest subject so I studied it a lot in the past month... only to get about 4 or 5 easy orgo questions on the real test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb88 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yeah, but this one had a very different feel to it. I have no clue how I did, but there's no point in speculating too much about it. I'll just try to keep my mind occupied for the next month. My thoughts exactly. I struggled with a few passages on PS, which kind of threw me off a bit. I felt like VR went well but you never really know with verbal haha. BS was Definitely challenging. I was a bit pressed for time in PS and BS which never happened during my practice FLs. It had a different feel than the full length AAMCs. Overall it went alright. Not my best test but I did my best and that's what matters. Just a reminder, please don't discuss any specifics about the test on here. AAMC takes this stuff very seriously, and even discussing what types of questions there were can get you into trouble. For those writing in the next few weeks, good luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost&Found Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Damn. 10char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med?? Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 On most of the practice tests I would have at least 15 minutes left after finishing the bio... on the real test I ran out of time. Definitely had a different feel to it. Could have used more time on the PS as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looktoabove Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 , on different days the test seems to be harder than other days and you still need to get close to the same number of questions right to do well, I'm not sure what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb88 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 , on different days the test seems to be harder than other days and you still need to get close to the same number of questions right to do well, I'm not sure what to do now. Scores are scaled based on how everyone else did as well, so they take difficulty into account. Just keep studying and practicing and you'll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny55 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 This is what I thought about the test. PS and BS were what I was expecting. VR- I have no clue at all how I did... missed the last question because of timing which was kind-of frustrating. I found that I could think of good examples for the essay prompts, but that's really all I can say. Guys lets keep in mind the "Examine Agreement" thing that we all agreed to before we took the test before we disclose anything that we shouldn't. My best advice I can give is to buy the AAMC practice tests and do them online. I only bought 1 (Test 11) and it was really of very similar difficulty to the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spring Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 I contacted AAMC regarding scaling and was told that the scale is based on the overall difficulty level of the questions and is not related to how other examinees in the past or at the test day perform on the test. This is contradictory to what I thought but that's what I was told by the AAMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyDLuffy Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Sorry this seems kinda off topic: do you get to bring in your own pencil and eraser for the exam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof.A.DumbleDore Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Sorry this seems kinda off topic: do you get to bring in your own pencil and eraser for the exam? Not allowed. They provide it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb88 Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Sorry this seems kinda off topic: do you get to bring in your own pencil and eraser for the exam? You're not allowed to bring anything into the exam, other than identification. I wasn't even allowed to bring in a water bottle or a small, clear plastic case for my earplugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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