Guest MedSchoolGirl2005 Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 I thought I'd start a forum so everyone can post there scores so people have a sense of the difficulty of each test. If you can list the following info... Test type: PS; VR; BS I'll start it off...I've been doing kinda bad on the TPR diagnostics and I know they're supposed to be significantly more difficult. And...I have to admit that I have not done a substantial amount of studying yet... TPR 4951: PS-6; VR-8; BS-8 TPR 4921: PS-8; VR-6; BS-8 (drinking the night before!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedSchoolGirl2005 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 <cough> Has no one written tests? I know those in courses have already... I think i'm FINALLY realizing my flaw in VR...am now scoring the equivalent of 9-10 range on the TPR practice material, which are supposed to be pretty tough. To give some perspective...this is up from a 6 that i got on the real thing (i know, thats a horrible score!) I plan to write 4911 and 4951 in the next couple weeks....hoping for a 5 point improvement from the last tests...ultimate goal would be a 32 or above....with a min of 10 in each to meet all the current requirements....:hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redbluegreen2006 Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Any suggestions on VR improvement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedSchoolGirl2005 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I think my problem was that i was unconsciously trying to finish VR in time...rather than thinking of the accuracy. I decided to instead do each passage with the time running up and took as much time as i needed for each passage. With the stress off of timimg reduced....my accuracy improved and i still finished a whole verbal section in 79 minutes...well within the limits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedSchoolGirl2005 Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Previous Scores: TPR 4951: PS-6; VR-8; BS-8 (22) TPR 4921: PS-8; VR-6; BS-8 (22...drinking the night before!) New Scores: TPR 4931: PS-8; VR-7; BS-13 (28) Verbal EK 1- 46/60 (10...just barely) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sparkle2005 Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 With regards to how difficult TPR practice exams are... be careful about assuming they are harder. I think it's personal opinion. As well, there are other factors the day of the exam, like if the person beside you is tapping their pencil, or if you didnt sleep very well, or just the fact that you are really nervous. Especially if you are taking more than 10 minute breaks between sections. The day can be really exhausting since you have to do all 4 sections within like 8 hours or whatever. Just try your best and keep trying to improve the scores you can get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Draff Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I found the TPR tests to be harder than the real thing. My reasoning is that one week in between doing the last TPR practice and the first official MCAT practice test, my scores shot up pretty significantly even though I did not prepare that much extra. (In fact, it was around then that I kind of stopped doing the extra practice questions). Since that one test, my scores were pretty consistent although they improved to a small extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedSchoolGirl2005 Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Well....i dont think that they get harder...thats not what i'm assuming. Actually, I've heard that they get easier (either to keep the TPR guarantee or to boost confidence). I didnt find the verbal to be significantly easier but the other sections were definitely easier for 4931. I plan to write 4911 (the first test), 4951, and 4961 to see how it goes. I've heard that 4911 and 4921 are the most difficult... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MedSchoolGirl2005 Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Previous Scores: TPR 4951: PS-6; VR-8; BS-8 (22) TPR 4921: PS-8; VR-6; BS-8 (22...drinking the night before!) TPR 4931: PS-8; VR-7; BS-13 (28) Verbal: EK 1- 46/60 (10...just barely) EK 2- 38/60 (8)...very tired EK 3- 48/60 (10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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