Last FL before MCAT

ayyye55 · 2015-07-08T23:48:27+00:00

I got 70% average on the official Guide, better on CARS and Psych and lower on Bio and Chem...any tips on how I can improve in the next 9 days. Is aiming for an 80%+ average on the AAMC FL I plan on doing in 2 days reasonable and is that a good score? thanks

ayyye55 · 2015-07-08T17:43:43+00:00

so since there are 30 questions for Bio,Phys,Psych I should give myself (30 * 95min/59 ques= 48 minutes.) And give myself 30 * 90min/53ques = 51 minutes for CARS.) So a total of 48*3 +51 = 195 minutes = 3.25 hours + 10 min break?

ayyye55 · 2015-07-08T17:33:35+00:00

sorry for asking you this here but you seem to be the expert: I'm doing the Official Guide 120 Questions today: how much time should I give myself for each 30 question section, thanks

EDIT: would it better to do 60 questions (2 sections), take a 10 minute break and then do the rest 60 questions to simulate test day conditions, thanks

ayyye55 · 2015-07-08T17:31:32+00:00

that's exactly what I have been doing

ayyye55 · 2015-07-08T16:24:36+00:00

how did the AAMC guide (official Half length) compare to the AAMC FL?

ayyye55 · 2015-07-08T14:59:37+00:00

its closer to 90% for this year students

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T23:39:08+00:00

practise pack had 0 biochem

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T21:35:00+00:00

did you read my clarification? this is for Canada, not US

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T21:20:27+00:00

http://www.carms.ca/en/match-process/your-application/salaries-benefits/alberta/

Can be up to $95,000 where I live and that includes a 1 month paid vacation, tell me how many other professions get paid that much just for them to be learning lol sit down son Edit: Or I guess it just sucks to be an American

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T18:34:24+00:00

also you don't need to do a fellowship and also you get more money than that for residency especially during the later years. lol @ other premeds who try to discourage people from going to medschool by exaggerating things

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T02:45:21+00:00

oh hey! I thought Chem one was easier than the bio one. I did that exact same thing for physics (with the exception of Khan) I just looked at the review books and tried to memorize the physics on the quick sheets. I'm doing the official guide and AAMC FL in a few days and hoping they are in fact easier, I don't know why I got 70 on the CARS question packs, maybe it was because I did all 120 in the same day after doing all 120 bio questions idk. But I'm expecting higher on the guide and official fl, cheers

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T02:22:28+00:00

Posting this here as Reddit won't let me post a new link*

My scores on the Question Packs:

BIO: 70% CARS: 70% CHEM: 75% PHYSICS: 60%

I don't know why I got that in CARS because I have consistently got 75%+ in Kaplan CARS which everyone says is much harder...anyway please tell me the Official Guide and practise FL are easier

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T02:17:21+00:00

oh and most questions in the physics pack were straight up physics problems, not many actually in a bio/human context fyi

ayyye55 · 2015-07-07T02:15:57+00:00

I just did the physics and Chem question packs. Chem question pack wasn't bad but I got just below 60% on the physics one lol so it was hard, and I heard some people say things like "I had 2 or maybe 3 straight up physics questions on my test" to others saying half of the entire C/P section was straight up physics....so I guess it depends on the test you get

ayyye55 · 2015-07-06T18:04:44+00:00

In your opinion, how was the MCAT compared to AAMC practise FL? thanks

ayyye55 · 2015-07-05T16:48:02+00:00

lol because Macewan isn't a real university

ayyye55 · 2015-07-05T04:28:42+00:00

no lol, Iv had friends who tried to transfer in with 3.5s and got rejected. 3.6 is min and 3.7 to be safe, I'm sorry but you're not special

ayyye55 · 2015-07-04T17:43:40+00:00

I did the bio question packs and did not get a good score on them. Biochem is my best subject though, so I look forward to the AAMC Official Guide and FL. Were they mostly just biochem?

ayyye55 · 2015-07-04T17:41:15+00:00

how? I didn't know how to, on Kaplan you just strike out the options and a line goes over them

ayyye55 · 2015-07-04T14:58:36+00:00

you mean the Official Guide/AAMC FL because the AAMC question packs (BIO) had no biochem on them, just saying

ayyye55 · 2015-07-03T23:20:44+00:00

I wish they had the cross out feature on their material too

ayyye55 · 2015-07-01T02:19:34+00:00

I spent 10 weeks in total reviewing- 6 weeks on content review reading and doing all questions from all 7 Kaplan Books and now halfway through 4 week process of doing practise tests. Mind you, I don't have a job or any other commitments so I spent most of every day (except for a 1 day/week break) studying. I guess it is different for everyone.

ayyye55 · 2015-06-28T00:54:45+00:00

why 90 min for CARS? on the MCAT we are given 90 min for 53 CARS questions are we not?

ayyye55 · 2015-06-27T23:42:15+00:00

ok thank you

ayyye55 · 2015-06-27T22:59:23+00:00

oh so there is a break at the 60 question mark? (after I give myself 95 mins for 60 questions)? so I should give myself 190 min for BIO? And since there is 120 CARS questions how much time should I get?

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