A question on mole rats metabolism from the Kaplan probably won’t appear again and chances are won’t appear on your test but probably the concept of homeostasis (which is what the mole rate question was trying to test but maybe unsuccessfully) will. I have a good sample size of what the AAMC will test and what they won’t.
The question I get asked most is ‘do I need to know this?’ or ‘will they really test this?’ and I can give the student a well-represented answer, because I have seen many tests, hundreds of passages, and thousands of questions. Here is where a tutor can really make a difference. And truthfully, adding points, taking away points, these all add to the noise of your already hyper-stressed mental state. I have heard a lot of different stories about how many points to add to your score for an EK test to match the real thing, or how many points to take off of a Gold Standard score, or what questions to ignore. What I try to tell my students is that you are using practice tests, especially those by other test companies, is don’t sweat your score too much. And I can say that after 40+ tests, they all start to blend together. Whatever I recommend to the students, I have taken them myself. Having tutored both for the old and new MCAT, I have taken my fair share of tests. But what has not varied from student to student is taking practice tests. Some students need more structure, a day-to-day agenda. These students then ask me what is the best way to study and my answer to that really varies student by student. I think I have said this to every one of my students.
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