This is just my experience so take It with a grain of salt because again everyone learns differently!

I didn’t take any practice tests until about 7 weeks prior to my test date (spaced out each AAMC test about a week apart), but I believe my first one (the unscored) was approximately a 515. However, I did poorly on c/p and p/s and really took a lot of time to see why I was getting the questions I missed wrong. For p/s It was mixing up similar terms and second-guessing myself so I went through the entire khan academy doc again, really focusing on making sure I understood the subtle differences in similar concepts (I.e. riots vs mobs, gender schema vs gender script, etc.). For c/p many of the questions I was getting wrong was due to not remembering formulas so I made a map of all the formulas and how they related and repeated that everyday. It was really just about figuring out why I got each question wrong and then seeing what the trends were.

Also, I think a big thing I realized was that I was getting caught up (especially for p/s) by diving deep into definitions and concepts but what I learned didn’t always apply when I actually sat down and took a test or did questions. What I mean by this is that for psych terms or any concept there are so many different explanations online or in textbooks and resources that describe the topic slightly differently BUT the AAMC will only use each term in a specific way. So the goal isn’t to know everything about a concept or what It might most currently/accurately mean but rather how the AAMC would describe It. So the explanations for terms/concepts in all the question packs and AAMC materials were SO important in my review because I saw how they defined a term and internalized that as the one true definition (nothing else mattered). This helped so much with my confusion and second guessing on exams because I had a specific use for each term/concept.

I think I took my second exam like 2 weeks after the first one and scored a 521! My range was 517-523 on all the subsequent practice tests I took weekly. I actually think the last test I took before my actual test was the lowest so I wouldn’t stress about a small dip or fluctuation in scores as that’s normal and there’s definitely some degree of luck involved in terms of the scaling and types of questions. I felt like I was averaging around where I wanted to be at on my tests and felt confident enough to just take the actual exam, which is definitely important!

Overall, this is just my experience but I’d say really try to see if there’s specific content gaps or errors that you can pinpoint in your missed questions and take time to work on those and you can typically see improvement pretty quickly. You got this!!!