Good luck. I was beginning to wonder what happened to all the people taking the MCAT this year. It seems like most MCAT threads this year are unusually inactive compared to previous years.
Have you tried using Anki to make flashcards? It's been my holy grail for memorizing info!
I'm submitting my primary to be verified by the end of June, then adding my schools in August when my new MCAT score is released. That's not too late
I should add that I did the same thing my first application cycle: submitted it for verification pending MCAT score. I was offered 2 interviews last cycle. Maybe that helps you.
Yes, I did the sample test over the weekend. I found it to be a bit too easy- got about 93% overall. Looking forward to the scored Fl1 and hoping to get similar results.
Will do. Planning to take it after July 4th.
What kind of strategies do you use? Which section do you have problem with timing? Science sections or CARS? For the science sections, don't read the passages like you are doing CARS passages. Rather skim and highlight the important key words (terms, equations, units, why and how of experiments, etc). Most of the time, you can answer the questions without referring to the passages. For CARS, you just have to really practice. Never spend more than 2 mins on a questions. If you don't know, make an educated guess and move on. Remember, every question is worth the same so you want to maximize your score by answering the ones you are confident in. If a passage is hard *** **** and you have no idea what it is talking about, read the topic sentence and conclusion sentence of each paragraph to get a clue of the main idea and answer the questions based on the main idea. Most of the time, that is enough to answer the questions. The goal is, never spend more than 10 mins on a passage. Pick an answer, mark it, and move on.I'm also taking the july 22 mcats and i'm freaking out because i dont wanna retake it and my issues are with timing. without timing im great and i know the contents and all. I dont know what to do.
Yea, the SB is sure difficult. I have only completed the BS timed and got around 85%. I agree, it is much more challenging than the sample and some questions I feel were very nitty gritty. Still have CP and PS to go through before taking FL1.
Can you be more specific? Do you have problem with timing? Understanding? Application of concepts?
How was CARS? Was it more difficult or similar to FL1's?
Thanks. That's funny because I also experienced mildly short distraction from nearby construction during the CARS section. Good to know that FL2 CARS is harder so it will be a good prep for the real one on Saturday. Good luck and I hope you get the score you want.
Haha, thanks. I was hoping to replicate the CARS score since I have been working so hard to improve that section. Hoping to break 130 on the next one.
Yeah Ive been doing a similar technique but have not been writing down a sentence to sum of the whole passage. I'll try that out! But mostly its the timing, I feel rushed for time but tend to do better if I pay more attention and time to a passage. But thanks for the tips!
