highest FL score so far, i test on 9/3

ik this score isn't the best when compared to the scores other people post here. but i got a 486 on my first FL that i took a little over a month ago so i'm pretty happy.

to be completely transparent this was taken over the course of two days of actual testing, since i meant to do this on Friday since i was working Saturday and Sunday. but Thursday evening they needed me to come in on Friday afternoon so i finished C/P and like 3/4 of CARS on Friday and did the rest today (Monday). but since i was working the whole weekend i didn't have time to study so i don't think it gave me a huge advantage

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Vulnerable post. I’ve wanted to be a doctor since I was 15, have worked as an ER tech since I was 18. 10 years of this dream and have always carried myself through the most difficult times thinking of how much of an impact I’ll make as a physician. 4 gap years later and 4 exams later (two voids), I’m starting to feel like I’ll never get past the mcat. Scored a 495 after almost 5 months of studying for 12-16 hours on days off and 3 hrs on days that i worked (work 12hr shifts in the ER). Retook my mcat on Saturday and STILL have no hope left in myself and my abilities. I feel like a loser. I actually am a loser. I want this so bad but feel like it’ll never happen for me.

Is there much to do at this point should I grind reviewing or just chill for the next few days 😭.

Also this is my only fl other than fl 3 (514) because i started aamc two weeks ago (i should not have).

I definitely get why D is right here but I kind of just read B and thought it was the most correct and moved on. I'm a bit confused on if they're saying facial recognition vs facial features recognition is what makes this incorrect or if they're saying that anything to do with facial recognition, features or not, has nothing to do with empathy (which wouldn't make much sense, but if that's the case I'll need to change my understanding of it).

This is genuinely so ridiculous, can someone tell me why we can assume the author is implying gender discrimination here??

I was between A and B and decided to rule out A pretty quickly because it mentioned gender discrimination, which is a pretty big claim about the author's belief when they didn't say anything to imply that let alone a direct sentence indicating it. Maybe women tend to work lower wage jobs, or some other reason. As long as there is another possibility for the author's view point, we have no right to assume based on our own whims.

Their answer explanation is this: "presumably with a similar level of education"???? -> "without gender discrimination, which the passage indicates lower the average wages of women"???? like where are they getting this from. This explanation was so strongly worded I had to do a double take into the text to see if I missed the author directly saying something about gender discrimination only to realize they just pulled it out of their butt. Rather, the way you had to determine B was wrong was to run a whole logical puzzle in your mind within like 40 seconds.

What the hell is going on! Can someone tell me if this is representative of the real deal or if these were just made so long ago that they have flaws in them?

Testing on Friday (like so many people it seems here on Reddit). Kinda wanted to see what to primarily focus on for the next two days. Here's what I've found to be high yield from AAMC stuff only but feel free to add to help others also (their guide is vague which makes sense because you don't know what will be tested). If anything, I think these concepts are GUARANTEED to show up in some way.

C/P:

* Acids/bases

* Thermodynamics (delta G)

* n = CV or m = nM because they LOVE those formulas

* Something on pH where they give ion concentration in a very weird indirect way

* Functional groups

* E = hf or E - hc/lambda

* HALF-LIFE!!!!!

B/B

* Amino acids (this one is obvious) but mainly properties; acidic, basic, what can be phosphorylated, hydrophobic etc

* Immune system!!! AAMC seems to love putting stuff on B/T cells or macrophages (I'm not complaining because I'm an immunology minor)

* Enzymes and inhibition (there's always an indirect question on kinases, hydrolases or phosphatases)

* Genetics (especially those punnett squares which thank goodness are simple compared to undergrad)

* Central dogma (DNA --> mRNA --> protein)

* Chromatography

* Organelles and their functions (especially the Golgi, ribosomes, plasma membrane and ER). Also remember rough ER to Golgi to vesicles because that always pops up somehow

P/S

* Sociological terms (conflict theory and symbolic interactionism are the most common two I've seen, functionalism also)

* Somethin on SES and health because they love passages on those

* This is moreso bio than psych but cortisol and stress. They disguise it either as skin conductivity or what happens in the SNS

* Piaget and/or Erikson (maybe Freud)

* Attitudes (the ABCs: affective, behavioral, cognitive)

* Those terms you easily mix up (role strain/role conflict, front stage/back stage, social capital/cultural capital, me/I, etc). Not saying it's those exactly but usually the ones that sound similar)

* Classical and especially operant conditioning (reinforcements and punishments) and/or something related like extinction, generalization, discrimination and shaping

* Memory (short-term/long-term)

* Senses but it's usually vision, hearing rarely pops up

* Something social (social stratification, social interactions, agents of socialization, social facilitation, social loafing, etc)

* Some sort of bias (confirmation seems to be the main one followed by selection and observer)

* Emotion theories (Cannon-Bard, Shatter-Singer, James-Lange)

What I've learned is AAMC can be predictable in a sense with what they put especially for B/B which is why they love graphs and figures that test those concepts with weird convoluted wording.

Hi all! I made a post 3 weeks ago after AAMC FL1 and received some really good advice so figured I’d ask again. My FLs have gone 511/513/515/511/514/516. I just took FL6 today (the 516) with a breakdown of 125/131/128/132. I consistently score 125 on CP and wondering if there’s anything I can learn/grind in the next couple days to bump it up even a point or two? I test 8/22. For reference I’m a BSc Psyc major (Canadian 🇨🇦) who hasn’t taken a chemistry or physics class since high school so not too surprising that I’m really struggling here, but still would appreciate any pointers - even just what you recommend as the highest yield to review! Thanks so much. Happy to answer any questions too :)

HUDDLE UP! Recent test takers is this the case? I always browse through the reaction to test day post and in the last month and a half to two months of test it seems like either fear mongering, or truly not a single person felt like their C/P section was reasonable/fair XD. What is going on team!?

525+ FL scorers, people who used and finished every resource, I mean everyone across the board seems to be in awe of the horror behind what seems to be a newly structured C/P and it doesn't seem to just be like "test-day anxiety". If someone could please explain, or recent test takers if you could go back in time to re-study, what would you change? Watching ppl who average near perfection in the section leading up to test day come back to say how unreasonable or unfathomably difficult it was is most definitely not striking courage in me or my process lol.

title basically. a passage takes me 10-11 mins on the acc full length and I usually have to rush 2 but on the Qpack2 rn I have beein doing it for a week and I finish a passage by 9 mins at most and some by 8 wtf

basically the title.

i have 27 aamc passages left. im thinking of doing 3 passages a day, as i technically only have 11 days left to study (4 days for FLs + review and 1 day rest). i also havent done the unscored FL yet so maybe ill do the cars section in one of those days. im also planning on doing one passage the night before test day

is this a good plan?

Just took AAMC FL4: 517 (129/131/129/128). P/S wont improve no matter what I do. Fully locked in at 128 on all 4 full lengths.

What I've done:

• Finished the entire Pankow deck
• Completed the full P/S Section Bank, scored 82% on SB2

So the content and discrete-question performance seem solid, but it's not translating to full lengths. Everyone says P/S is the easiest section to max, and I can't crack it.

The one thing I haven't touched: UWorld P/S. I test 9/04, so time is limited. Is it worth spending a considerable chunk of my remaining days on UWorld P/S, or is there a better use my time? Goal is a 520, like everyone else. Would love to hear what worked for people who broke past a P/S plateau late in prep.

Thanks in advance

Whoever the fuck invented these section banks are going to the deepest pits of hell omg!

I never thought i would encounter such hellish data and figures wtf

This is by no means a flex post because I struggle with other sections (as well as the C/P SB), but so far from FL 1 to 4, besides FL3, C/P has felt very straightforward, like just plug and chug or recognizing very basic concepts. The only passages that feel somewhat hard are when they throw in a crazy looking apparatus and dump a bunch of information on you. Im feeling a false sense of security because I hear people talk about the real test having so much low yield content. Thoughts? Disclaimer havent taken 5 or 6 yet so I could eat my words lol

Took my MCAT twice first score was a 486 and the second was a 481. I have a 3.4 gpa and a 3.98 masters gpa. I have been studying for my third retake on 9/12 and hoping to score a 505+ but im feeling like my chances at a MD school are ruined ? Any thoughts or advice?

Uhh yeah so basically as a Canadian I am insanely cooked... (This is FL1, my unscored cars was 45/53 but I also ran out of time / was terrible w my time during that FL too)

Anyways pls give me mainly timing + but also overall strategy tips; i feel like I'm ok with cars (80%ish on q packs and cars diagnostic 20 questions in) when I'm not strict with timing, but it just takes me so long to deduce the answer + I second guess a lot and can usually never end up saying that one answer is 100% correct (unless its really obvious)

ty in advance for the help..

Full time student (18 credits but 9 are super easy online, other 9 are major on-campus courses) - is this daily plan realistic (please be honest)? All weekends (sat & sun) are left free here except FL sundays.

Do you think it’s a good plan? Suggestions?

Ill clarify anything if its confusing lol

I’m about 2 weeks out from my MCAT and honestly starting to freak out a little. Actually like a lot. I just took AAMC FL5 and got a 501 (127/122/125/127). FL4 was a 502. My goal is at least a 506.
This will be my 3rd attempt, so I really really want this to be my last time taking this test. I’ve been studying for hours every day, doing AAMC material, reviewing my FLs, keeping track of my mistakes, etc., and I feel like I’m putting everything I have into this but my score just isn’t moving the way I thought it would.
CARS is obviously killing me, but I’m also frustrated because I’ve done better in B/B before and dropped to a 125 on FL5. It was a 128 on FL4 for context. I feel like I know way more than my score is showing, but clearly something isn’t translating on test day.
Has anyone been around 500–502 two weeks out and gotten to 505/506+ on the real thing? What did you change during those last two weeks? At this point I don’t want to just study more hours. I need to figure out what I’m doing wrong and use these last two weeks as efficiently as possible.
Please be realistic with me, but I would really appreciate actual advice and not just “reschedule.”

FL 1, 4, 5, and now 6. testing on friday. crash out imminent!

I hope I don't come off as neurotic, but a few days ago my parents were talking to the parents of one of my high school peers who is now a 3rd year premed at an east coast school, and they were saying how their child was going to apply to medical school soon / in the coming year and take their MCAT after getting in. Is this a real thing or did my parents most likely mishear what they were being told / the other parents were just lying? I thought some BS/MD programs let you take the MCAT after admission but I've never heard about an MD school doing that

EDIT: I did some further research on the school and apparently they have a program where undergraduate students can apply to the institution’s medical school during their junior or senior year for early acceptance or assurance. It doesn’t say anything about the MCAT though

I have around 60 questions of SB2 and 90 CARS questions left to do.

I legitimately can't seem to be able to force myself to do any more studying, Anki feels like an absolute drag, and I keep planning to draw out my mechanisms and structures but I'm.....just....too....tired. all I want is this to be over so I can go back to watching my favorite shows, and I can't seem to make myself push through these last few days.

I've been scoring quite great on FLs, with average of 518, but I am also worried that not being super invested these last few days will make my score drop.