Created an account just to write this post. I, like many others, came out of PS shaken to the core. It's all a blur, but I remember a moment of accepting my fate of a retake during that section, no question about it. I literally recall guessing on almost the entirety of 2-3 passages. I'm usually a bit anxious during PS since it's the first section, but on test day, I thought I had an unjustified, full out panic attack. Never felt that way on a PS section, and I did every AAMC. I was sure my absolute MAX would be an 8 considering the amount of pure guessing I did at the end just to fill in answers. Luckily I pulled it together for the next two sections and felt pretty confident, but I was depressed at the thought of a retake after studying/throwing away my social life for 6 months. By the time I was ready to look at my score, I had convinced myself that I would 100% be applying next year after a retake.
AAMC Average: 32 (Sorry, don't have the breakdowns, but very similar to actual)
Actual: 10/10/12 for a 32
I'm shocked, thrilled, relieved, ready for champagne.
I've perused SDN before, and frankly found myself shaking my head a lot of the time. But after this test I checked this thread probably every single day. The past month would have been absolute misery had I not read the struggles, encouragement, hilarity, etc. on this thread. This was truly therapy for me. So from the bottom of my heart I want to thank and CONGRATULATE everyone, regardless of your score, for making it through/helping me make it through these past few months.
I felt obligated to post this, in case anyone from a later administration feels a similar way and sees this. If you think you failed, no, if you KNOW you failed, do not give up hope! I laughed at everyone who said my AAMC average would be close to my real score even after my test day failure, but lo and behold.
tl;dr if you guess on three passages you can miraculously still get a 10 in the section
