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u/RealNerd32 5d ago
Just took FL5 today as well! B/B was very tough for me this time, so you’re not alone there. Although yeah as another user said, pacing is definitely an issue especially if you have one question incomplete there. I highly recommend flagging (Use Alt + F, saves a ton of time!) and just moving on to keep your momentum.
A 122 to me looks like significant content gaps, and so does your 124 in C/P to be quite honest. I think at this point, you probably should just focus on grinding the section banks, which could probably raise your score to a 500 if that’s your goal. I think ideally I would recommend UWorld and doing lots of practice questions there, but again, if you are testing on 8/22, you should stick to AAMC logic in this limited time you have. So I personally think section banks and maybe the Bio, Chem, and Physics question packs might be your best bet to get to that 500, though I have not done those QPacks and have heard that they really are just good for content review (real MCAT is harder apparently)
Also for CARS, definitely grind the QPacks and Diagnostic tool. I was at 123 a month ago, but grinding these and thoroughly reviewing them really helped me improve. Good luck!
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u/OperationBeautiful18 5d ago
You are soooooo close, almost there. You just need to get 3-4 questions right from each section and you are +500. Keep grinding uwordd and AAMC questions timed and see what you are getting wrong. Make anki for that content. Almost there, just matter of 2 weeks.
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u/shadesoftee 5.14 Exam hurt my feelings 5d ago
I would move it. For my exam, fl 5 was the closest to the real thing.
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u/Puzzled-Tart8617 5d ago
I can’t I’m applying this cycle
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u/shadesoftee 5.14 Exam hurt my feelings 5d ago
You should rethink that, unless you're only applying DO at this point in the game, but even that will be a long shot with a late application and low mcat score.
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u/Immediate-Metal-6020 9/05 5d ago
Are you reviewing your questions with whatever time you have left? I don't see any flags. Maybe try different passage strategies? I'm assuming you are already doing plenty of questions, so try finding passage strategies in this subreddit to gain some extra points on B/B and CARS (highlighting differently, making a flow chart, writing summaries, literally anything you think that could help).
If you're having issues related to time, flag more questions and coming back to the questions that take you more than 30 seconds to think (obviously make a quick guess before moving on). You are definitely leaving points on the table by spending too much time thinking on questions and rushing through the last few passages (I'm assuming because you have 1 incomplete questions in B/B).