mango.tea Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Thoughts on today's mcat? Harder than AAMC practice tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 The BS section was brutal.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango.tea Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I thought the PS was bad, what'd u think of the verbal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 The PS was definitely much more difficult than any AAMC practice test but I don't feel as upset about it as BS. The verbal went well I think! Easier than the AAMC tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango.tea Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I admit there was one particular passage in the BS that was quite convuluted but PS..I was like wtf...and then I was already thinking...I should probably void this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ny Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 absolutely brutal BS.... such long passages it was intense. Verbal went kind of the same as all AAMC and PS was slightly more ambiguous. Overall, going to definitely get below my AAMC average of 32. Guess i'm rewriting in january.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango.tea Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Oh no...now i have a feeling that maybe bio didn't go as well as I thought now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Yea I'm definitely expecting below my AAMC average. I got a 34 on both AAMC 10 & 11 and now I look back at their PS & BS sections as a joke compared to today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango.tea Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 looks like im gonna have to rewrite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ny Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Man like the question stems of EACH of those long BS passages were huge. Its like reading the question stem was like reading a new passage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 I feel for you guys. I wrote earlier this summer and thought I did horrendously! Like on my flight home I was very depressed and figured my shot at applying this cycle was toast. Then I got my scores and scored a 13,13,13. So just remember that this is a curved exam and if you found it difficult then so did everyone else. Keep your heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADream Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 I thought PS and BS were doable. There was one physics passage that made me go WTF a few times. There were a few tough chem questions which I left for last and ended up having to 'best guess' at the last minute. Hated how the easiest verbal passage was last...totally could have focused on it more but my fault for not briefly going through them all at the beginning. First time writing but likely won't be the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaladis Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Let's just say...see you all in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ny Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Can't agree with you more kalidis... See you in january. I am going to murder it next time. Theres no way I got my usual 12-13 in BS or PS this time... Probably going to get 3 points less than my AAMC average. January here we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaladis Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Can't agree with you more kalidis... See you in january. I am going to murder it next time. Theres no way I got my usual 12-13 in BS or PS this time... Probably going to get 3 points less than my AAMC average. January here we go I guessed on so many questions in PS (and BS as well, but moreso PS) it was ridiculous. The AAMC tests weren't representative at all of this monster. Going to bounce back full force on my rewrite and kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viseguy Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 This is the 2nd time I wrote the MCAT. My first test on 7/26 was came out to a 12/13/9 (PS/VR/BS) thus necessitating a rewrite for Queens and Western. The 9/7 test was a weird beast, I felt so time constrained on every section, something that I didn't experience at all on 7/26 or any practice tests. I made 4-5 guesses on PS due to sheer lack of time, because there was so many calculations. BS was surprisingly long as well. I usually finish with at 5-10 minutes remaining, but I had to rush so badly that I barely read the last two passages, finishing with seconds to spare. There was on BS passage that seemed impossible without taking an actual physiology course. Content wise I think PS was OK, but BS was a bit harder that normal (like the ebola passage in AAMC11), but the length was absolutely killer. VR also seemed a bit longer too. Hopefully the curve turns out generous for this test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRorDEATH Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 1st time writing and it felt really awful I had more confidence in my sciences than VR (well I'm a science student). However, after I saw PS I totally gave up and the horrendous VR seemed actually easier to read than the other two sections (but some questions were still convoluted). Will totally have to rewrite, it sucks that we wouldn't get the scores only after the deadline to apply to this year's cycle has passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 This is a rewrite for me and bs and ps were way harder on this test...especially ps!! Verbal was actually the only section that seemed 'normal'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango.tea Posted September 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 i was so freaked out after ps, that even though the vr looked somewhat fair, it pysched me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nito Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 This is the 2nd time I wrote the MCAT. My first test on 7/26 was came out to a 12/13/9 (PS/VR/BS) thus necessitating a rewrite for Queens and Western. The 12/13/9 should have been fine for Queen's. There were applicants who got interviews with lower Ps and Vr and a 9 in bs at Queen's. Unless of course you applied, got rejected, and feel that it was the 9 that held you back... Either way, hope the second write works out better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ny Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 This test... I still am trying to scavenge my brain about some answers if I got them wrong or right. UGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viseguy Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 The 12/13/9 should have been fine for Queen's. There were applicants who got interviews with lower Ps and Vr and a 9 in bs at Queen's. Unless of course you applied, got rejected, and feel that it was the 9 that held you back... Either way, hope the second write works out better! Thanks that is great news! I assumed that 10 was the cutoff for BS, but looks like I was wrong. I'm not too sure after the Sept 7 exam though, it felt brutal, worse than than my first exam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viseguy Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 This test... I still am trying to scavenge my brain about some answers if I got them wrong or right. UGH! It seems the MCAT is designed to make people feel horrible after writing it. Trust in the scale! Everything will probably be alright. I'm fairly confident the scale will be fairly lenient on PS and BS, maybe something like AAMC11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaladis Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 It seems the MCAT is designed to make people feel horrible after writing it. Trust in the scale! Everything will probably be alright. I'm fairly confident the scale will be fairly lenient on PS and BS, maybe something like AAMC11? Been incredibly depressed these past days haha. Darn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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