Thoughts on my progress and Nextstep FL?

[Firehosewarrior]

First took Atlius Free FL before studying:
125 122 125 125 497
I've taken 3 TPR FLs and got:
123 124 125 127 499
124 124 126 126 500
123 123 125 126 497
Then took AAMC Sample:
61% 83% 69% 68%
Then took nextstep:
125 125 125 129 504 Half length
127 126 128 128 509 FL1

What was weird is Nextstep FL2 felt extremely difficult during physics/chem to the point where I was guessing, and psyc/soc was ridiculous, where it was testing content that I've never even seen before, so I rushed through it in like 40 minutes and guessed my way through it. Ended up with:
126 126 127 126 505

I'm taking the mcat on June 16th and am unsure about if I've actually made progress. These FL scores seem random, and the tests vary significantly in difficulty. I'm taking AAMC scored 2 this week, so hopefully that gives me a good idea of where I stand.

What are your thoughts? Did anyone else find FL2 unusually difficult? I feel like I've been having a hard time gauging my progress, and wanted to save the AAMC scored exams for the end.

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[ICUBlue]

For me NS FL 1 was the easiest, 2 intermediate, 3 much harder. I take NS4 on Thursday


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[fldoctorgirl]

TPR is a terrible predicator as they're super deflated. NS is better, but still deflated. I took NS 1 as my first FL post-content review, got a 503. Took NS 2 after more studying, thought it was way harder (specifically in the C/P section), and scored a 503 again. Took it as an improvement though, considering general consensus is that 2 is much harder, and most people seem to agree that C/P in particular is brutal. Decided to skip NS 3 as people said it was terrible, and took NS 4 as most people seem to think it's one of the better third-party FLs...scored a 509. My advice? Third-party FL scores don't mean anything. Just look to be improving, rather than actually getting 510+ or whatever.

Also, NS CARS is waaaay harder than it needs to be.