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Toastghost wrote: »Sec. 1 31 out of 44 ( not he best score but then again not the worst.)
Finished 15 mins early. Used my first choice answers did not rethink anything (except one)
Sec 2 29 out of 36 ( a very good improvement and I'm suprised i did very well in the interpersonal skills section.Not that im a social retard par say but because I was told it was quite hard.)
Finished 10 mins early again never rechecked answers.
Sec. 3 22 out of 30 (again not bad but could have been better.I had a string of correct answers but i fell at the last hurdle with the "which best suits to be the middle of the series" questions
My gender failed me here as I could not really think straight and got 5 out of the 10 wrong)
So in total i got 82 out of 110 which is is 74.5%.
And 74% of 300 is 223 marks. Asumming all questions have equal marks.
But what is the marking scheme and what did i really get in the exam?
Do all sections ahve equal weight?
And what is the highest score in the hpat as i think that score is pretty good
Like Jaafa said, this would be downgraded in the hpat...
Each section is worth 100, so even though there are more questions in section 1 its worth the same as 2 and 3. Whatever marks you are given in each section out of 100 will then just be added together (you are told how you do in each section when you get the results).
The questions which are answered the best will be worth less in the exam. The marking scheme is not released, so you cannot tell how much weight each question has, but they will all be different. There may be no marks for some, and huge marks for others, but it will just depend on everyone elses answers.
Just a warning, section 2 in the practice booklets is very misleading. It was by far my best section for practicing, but in the real thing, I found it very difficult. I used to read a lot, so vocab wise I would have considered myself quite good, but there were words there in the multiple choice that I had honestly never seen before in my life. Also can't remember them now :P
As for finishing early, another thing I remember from the hpat was that there were a lot more long-winded questions than in the practice. Also, its much easier to fly through them and not second guess yourself when it doesn't count for everything! Most people found themselves stuck for time in the real thing.
Not trying to discourage anyone who scored highly in the practice tests, but you can't go into the exam over-confident in how you will do. Its much harder when you're in the exam setting, the practice booklet is not entirely representative of the standard of the real hpat, and obviously nerves and pressure will kick in on the day.0 -
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Oh crumbs
Thats average only a bit higher than last year. Besides with 625 places that means we have a 1 in 5 chance of getting a place. Pretty good odds if you ask me.
(of course thats if you get the points, but there'll be people out of that 3000 who won't so it probably evens out.)0 -
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No sarcasm mate. I can see how it might have come across though
. You've put me a little bit at ease now. I cant afford for the points to go up any more! Haha
Glad to help. At the end of day theres no point in working out the probability of getting in to medicine or the amount of people going for it or any of that. That time would be put to much better use making sure you get in. Forget about everyone else.
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