u/nm811

I've been scoring consistent 131-132 on C/P on the past 4 FL's. I've never run out of time, but on the real exam I did. I had to answer the last 10 questions without really having enough time to process the passage/question much, I answered each question in like 30 sec each. I'm sure I got at least 3-4 questions wrong just from that. I felt uncertain on a lot of the questions but honestly the fact that I don't remember the questions makes it worse. I just feel like I knew so much content but none of that mattered because I ran out of time.

What makes it worse is that I know I fucked up bad on CARS, I had to completely guess on the last 9 questions because I didn't have time to read the passages. Usually on the FL's I guess on the last passage and get a 127, I think the best case scenario is getting a 126 today. My strategy was to make up for my shit CARS score by completely acing the other sections.

Sorry if this sounds insensitive to anyone, but I was really aiming for at least a 518 because my FL average was 519 but I think I'll be lucky to score a 514 now. I feel good about B/B and P/S because I didn't run out of time.

The fact that I performed so badly after spending so much money and 7+ months of time on this exam makes me feel really depressed. I feel so ashamed and embarrassed.

Has anyone scored 518+ after fucking up the way I did? I even considered voiding my exam but ultimately I know I most likely scored 510+ so it would be crazy to void and delay applying for 1 yr.

I'm testing tomorrow, I feel like maybe 2-3 questions per section of the FL's had "low yield" questions. Could people that have taken the real MCAT comment on whether they had a similar experience for the actual MCAT?

When I read threads on here, it sounds like people reference a topic mentioned in passages on the real exam day, which we don't need to use to answer the question, but they mistakenly tell everyone else that they need to know that specific knowledge. But I've never taken the MCAT, so who am I to make assumptions?

I am expecting to get 2-3 questions wrong per section on the MCAT because I would have probably never seen those topics before, this is the same mindset I had for FL's. Are there many more "low-yield" questions than I am preparing for? I haven't finished SB 2 (80% of SB 1 is done). I'm just worried the real MCAT will test me on all of the things I haven't prepared much for, like magnetic fields or diffraction or something.

Edit: I just did another C/P passage from SB 2, it seems like the questions are testing "high yield" content worded in a more challenging way. This is what I noticed for FL 6 as well. Is this more representative than claims that the exam has majority "low-yield" questions?

I think everything mentioned in the Kaplan books is fair game, but to be honest I don't know everything in the Kaplan books, which is why I'm panicking. I'm just thinking about everything they could ask, I feel like the AAMC practice materials don't cover everything. I didn't finish UWorld either, which only makes everything worse.

I'm testing on 4/10 and I think I will need to stay away from this subreddit until test day. Everyone on here makes it seem like it's so easy to get a score of 520+. The number of people sharing 522+ scores has made me believe even a 520 is low. I know this sounds crazy but that's what this sub has done to me.

I've started feeling like shit about myself. I'm trying not to have any anxiety attacks before my exam because I have a tendency to be neurotic. But it's getting really hard. This sub is like a drug addiction, it makes me feel like dying but for some reason I keep scrolling.

I feel immense regret because I procrastinated and never studied the way I was supposed to. I never finished UWorld (only 25% complete), I have 1400 Pankow reviews that have built up, 900 MileDown reviews, and 400 reviews of cards I made myself. There's no way I can do all of these in two days. My planning and procrastination was so terrible that I took 5 FL's over the span of 2 weeks and am close to burning myself out. I only completed 80% of SB 1 and 10% of SB 2. And there's so many more things I planned to complete that I won't be able to before test day.

My FL average has been 519, but I have been consistently scoring 127 on CARS. I took FL 6 today and P/S was so hard my score dropped from 131 avg to 129. Sorry if this sounds neurotic but I was so confident in my preparation until they fucking made P/S into CARS. I keep thinking of all the ways things can go wrong on test day, which spikes my anxiety very badly.

I've fully given up, I'm just gonna review FL 6 and try to do a few more Anki reviews. I'm gonna take it easy and just relax so I don't burn out. What is everyone else doing leading up to test day?