Why save the AAMC practice tests for last? You can and probably should take additional full-length MCAT practice tests from a test prep company like Next Step at various increments before that. So that’s the practice test schedule leading up to your test day. One week before that, take AAMC scored practice test 1. One week before that, AAMC scored practice test 2. (You can’t freak out about your score one week before the test, so take the unscored test one week before test day.) One week before that, take AAMC scored practice test 3. One week before the exam, take the unscored AAMC sample test. Click To Tweet How to space out the AAMC official practice tests You have to simulate the actual test day. You should take your MCAT practice tests like you will take the real thing. The idea is to get the most test-like practice you can shortly before the exam. Give yourself the exact length of break normally permitted.ĭo this near the end of your MCAT prep, preferably once a week, leading up to test day. Get used to the idea that you’re taking the MCAT first thing in the morning.You have to take them as you will on the actual day. Your full-length MCAT practice tests should be taken as full exams. How to get the most from the AAMC resources The Official Guide to the MCAT: This contains 120 practice questions, as well.Q-Pack: This is composed of repurposed passages from the old MCAT (not a topline resource).AAMC Flashcards: Just think of them as a Q book of discrete questions.The full-length exam’s section bank is a set of online science passages for and administered as a part of the new MCAT. You can get them as part of a larger bundle/program or buy them individually. You have to get ALL the AAMC full length tests.You will learn everything you need to know about the official practice test, as well as some differences in the practice tests made by Blueprint MCAT (formerly Next Step Test Prep) versus other test prep companies. In today’s episode, Ryan and Bryan talk about how to utilize the AAMC Practice Exams.

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