How Does the Berkley Review Compare to Mcat Passages

• #2

A lot of them seem absolutely crazy complicated. The highest score I've gotten in a physics one was similar an 11. I'm really wondering how the berkeley review book questions compare to the existent affair considering i'm trying for at least a 30 and if the real questions are this difficult I need to buckle down =/.

I've also used the princeton review and examcrackers are books and those questions are way way manner way easier than anything in the berkeley review that i've done. I'm not certain what to think nearly that =/.

Yes, except Ochem...

• #7

That was what I was assuming besides ..

If BR Physics is in the same difficulty as the existent MCAT, what would EK / PR be?

Ek is worthless for the current mcat. Trph sucks for chemistry and physics, but the biology and ochem are golden.

• #13

IMO TBR passages have a dissimilar feel than the real AAMC passages. Just took the MCAT today, and I can tell you that the TBR passages were harder than the passages on my MCAT. However, I don't know if that's considering I was fed up with TBR passages towards the end of my prep or because they actually are more hard.

• #xiv

IMO TBR passages have a different feel than the real AAMC passages. Simply took the MCAT today, and I tin tell yous that the TBR passages were harder than the passages on my MCAT. However, I don't know if that's considering I was fed upwards with TBR passages towards the end of my prep or considering they actually are more difficult.

I like to add a annotate on the comparison using the term harder or easier. Based on my experience yesterday and also past observing on the sideline the many tests since I joined SDN early on 2012, I experience that the nature/structure/presentation of questions had been gradually inverse one test at a time (so subdue with and so large pool of questions) that all pre companies due to limitation of financial and human resources are behind on the study material. Like the examination from yesterday, it was non "hard" but a couple of passages were non and then chosen "totally" representative of either BR or AAMC. It was a passage at PS that was asked in a very weird manner (wasted my time to figure out and it turned out very simple) and it was totally "different" from either BR fashion or AAMC FL way of asking. It was the very first question on PS and I said "wtf" is this.

I will feel very distressing for the folks taking test from January 2014 on till January 2015. No doubt about it the test is shifting quicker toward postal service 2015 format/structure blowing upward on many "causual test takers' faces" until all pre companies find a way to catch upwards.

Well, that is the nature of any standardize test. Test maker and test pre companies are always in line to meet who become the upper hand. As presently as the pre companies and students go used to the test.......the examination maker change the examination over again.....how ironic

Edit: As Person0715 said, I similar to say AAMC also is very smart on human psycology on the placement of those out of the blueish "wft" questions and passages. There is another thread on SDN now people commenting how to motivate yourself at the BS section of test. Well, as BS is the final leg up after PS and VR, mental fatigue and lost of concentration and distraction by out of ordinary passages/questions a lot of times "influence" your performance.

Edit #ii: If yous enquire the person who are in average of high 20s and low 30s, the answer most likely will exist the same. Since the weird questions are merely a very pocket-sized segment per each test, and "the question incorrect" for the test taker will probably in the range of his "incorrect pool" anyhow. Still, for those who are supposed in high 30 and low 40, he/she will say NO; equally that One or TWO question(southward) volition absolutely modify the out come up of his/her composite score every bit we all know the curve at xiii to xv range is very apartment with very tiny +/-.

Terminal edited: Aug 23, 2013

• #16

The more than "out there" TBR passages are pretty in line with the electric current MCAT. TBR Ochem is pretty basic but Gen Chem and Physics are close to existent MCAT in difficulty. I'd even say TBR bio is probably your best bet for the current MCAT bio.

• #20

I'k just using all TBR for the sections but since Bio is and then dumbo, I'm gonna supplement it a chip with EK bio, so using tprh science workbook for practice along with the 1001 series.

Personally, I didn't actually like the 1001 series. I stuck through with them until I finished content review per the SN2 schedule, simply I stopped as soon as I started doing FLs. I call back I would have been better off incorporating TPRH Science workbook discretes during content review somehow.

• #23

Took the MCAT yesterday. BR Physics is a fiddling easier than the existent deal, AAMC FLs are even easier (IMO). BR Orgo will fix you lot well for the current Orgo passages in BS, and for bio you lot're better off just honing your critical thinking skills considering I didn't feel similar the bio passages were anything similar I saw in the prep books. (Generally critical thinking, inference, extrapolation from graphs is what the exam seemed to mostly focus on)

I hope your test went well. Based on your matter-of-fact mode of describing your experience, I'll bet information technology went quite well. Practiced luck!

• #28

BR might exist hard or easier depending on who you talk to and what near...

I think everyone can concord though, they are not an accurate gauge of the bodily MCAT... the only thing that comes even shut are the AAMC tests.

• #thirty

BR might be hard or easier depending on who you talk to and what about...

I think everyone tin hold though, they are not an accurate gauge of the actual MCAT... the simply matter that comes even close are the AAMC tests.

To be fair, your outset thought and second thought demand to be combined, because it's hard to have a full general statement ("depending on who you talk to...") lead into an absolute statement ("everyone can agree..."). I recall a more accurate idea is "BR may or may non be an accurate estimate of the bodily MCAT depending on who you lot talk to and what about..." I've read plenty of comments at SND (hundreds) saying how shut the BR passages are to the real thing as well as plenty of comments proverb information technology was different. The examination varies from date to appointment.

• #39

This thread is filled with a bunch of wisdom-nuggets from people who have taken the MCAT and have the insight of looking at it through their rearview mirror.

Remember that MCAT includes iii levels of questions (easy, medium, and difficult). And there are levels inside levels; for example, "hard" can hateful annihilation from l% got the question correct to less than xv% answered correctly. AAMC's Official Guide to the MCAT discusses this.

Based on my feel yesterday...
Like the test from yesterday, it was not "hard" but a couple of passages were not so called "totally" representative of either BR or AAMC. It was a passage at PS that was asked in a very weird way (wasted my time to effigy out and it turned out very simple) and it was totally "different" from either BR way or AAMC FL mode of asking. It was the very first question on PS and I said "wtf" is this.

I will feel very sorry for the folks taking test from Jan 2014 on till Jan 2015. No doubt most it the examination is shifting quicker toward mail 2015 format/construction blowing upwards on many "causual test takers' faces" until all prep companies find a way to catch up.

Took the MCAT yesterday. BR Physics is a little easier than the real deal, AAMC FLs are even easier (IMO). BR Orgo will prepare y'all well for the electric current Orgo passages in BS, and for bio you lot're improve off just honing your critical thinking skills because I didn't feel similar the bio passages were annihilation like I saw in the prep books. (Mostly critical thinking, inference, extrapolation from graphs is what the exam seemed to mostly focus on)

There are some other great points also, emphasizing that distinguishing between difficult and easy in terms of questions is neither an accurate scientific discipline nor a expert apply of time. Information technology's all nearly learning to recollect and realizing that the MCAT is going to mess with you on a few of their passages and questions. Role of your grooming needs to be learning how to deal with that feel so that you don't waste material fourth dimension or allow anxieties undermine your MCAT score.

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