Click to View Outline of AAMC Mini Exams

by | Oct 12, 2017

AAMC Mini Exams are composed of the AAMC question packs, section banks, and flashcards. To achieve a top MCAT score, you should gain access to all of these practice problems by purchasing the Online Only Bundle as well as the AAMC Flashcards. There are 12 AAMC Mini Exams total, and you will do two during MCAT Bootcamp and one during lesson 15 of each of the 10 content modules. In addition to completing these AAMC Mini Exams, you should also complete the C/P and B/B questions from the AAMC Section Bank and the AAMC Flashcards. And if you haven’t already used the Official Guide Questions as your diagnostic exam, be sure to complete those as well. You should complete and thoroughly review every single AAMC practice problem before test day. We’d recommend completing the 12 AAMC Mini Exams in this order:

*These problems in blue are covered in Andrew’s 10 Most Commonly Missed Concepts Course.

  1. AAMC MINI-EXAM 1: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 1 through 19 from the Official MCAT Chemistry Question Pack (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 33 minutes to complete problems 1 through 21 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 1. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 1 through 20 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 1. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 1 through 12 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  2. AAMC MINI-EXAM 2: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 20 through 37 from the Official MCAT Chemistry Question Pack. For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 32 minutes to complete problems 22 through 41 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 1. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 21 through 40 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 1 (35, 37). For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 13 through 23 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  3. AAMC MINI-EXAM 3: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 1 through 18 from the Official MCAT Physics Question Pack (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 31 minutes to complete problems 42 through 60 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 1. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 41 through 60 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 1 (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49). For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 24 through 35 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  4. AAMC MINI-EXAM 4: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 19 through 40 from the Official MCAT Physics Question Pack (21, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 36 minutes to complete problems 61 through 80 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 1. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 61 through 80 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 1. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 36 through 50 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  5. AAMC MINI-EXAM 5: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 38 through 59 from the Official MCAT Chemistry Question Pack (54, 55). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 36 minutes to complete problems 81 through 100 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 1. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 81 through 100 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 1. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 51 through 62 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  6. AAMC MINI-EXAM 6: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 60 through 81 from the Official MCAT Chemistry Question Pack (78). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 36 minutes to compete problems 101 through 120 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 1. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 101 through 120 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 1. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 63 through 73 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  7. AAMC MINI-EXAM 7: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 82 through 99 from the Official MCAT Chemistry Question Pack (89). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 32 minutes to complete problems 1 through 20 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 2. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 1 through 20 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 2 (17). For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 74 through 84 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  8. AAMC MINI-EXAM 8: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 100 through 120 from the Official MCAT Chemistry Question Pack (107, 111, 113). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 29 minutes to complete problems 21 through 37 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 2. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 21 through 40 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 2 (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32). For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 85 through 100 from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Section in the AAMC MCAT Section Bank.
  9. AAMC MINI-EXAM 9: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 41 through 60 from the Official MCAT Physics Question Pack (49, 50, 51, 52). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 38 minutes to complete problems 38 through 60 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 2. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 41 through 60 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 2. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 1 through 13 from the Psychology Section of the MCAT – Official MCAT® Flashcards.
  10. AAMC MINI-EXAM 10: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 61 through 78 from the Official MCAT Physics Question Pack (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 77). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 36 minutes to complete problems 61 through 80 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 2. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 61 through 80 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 2. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 14 through 25 from the Psychology Section of the MCAT – Official MCAT® Flashcards.
  11. AAMC MINI-EXAM 11: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 79 through 99 from the Official MCAT Physics Question Pack. For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 36 minutes to complete problems 81 through 100 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 2. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 81 through 100 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 2. For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 1 through 13 from the Sociology Section of the MCAT – Official MCAT® Flashcards.
  12. AAMC MINI-EXAM 12: For Chemistry/Physics Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 100 through 120 from the Official MCAT Physics Question Pack (120). For Critical Analysis and Reasoning Section, take 36 minutes to complete problems 101 through 120 from the Official MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question Pack, Volume 2. For Biochemistry/Biology Section, take 30 minutes to complete problems 101 through 120 from the Official MCAT Biology Question Pack, Volume 2 (112). For Behavioral Sciences Section, take 20 minutes to complete problems 14 through 25 from the Sociology Section of the MCAT – Official MCAT® Flashcards.

How we Matched up the Khan Academy Passages with the eCourse Lessons

Each lesson of the eCourse contains links to 1 to 5 Khan Academy science passages for the purpose of providing you with non-AAMC material to practice your science passage reading skills on. By completing all the linked passages within every lesson, you will have finished all the freely available Khan Academy science passages.

To match up the Khan Academy Science Passages with the eCourse lessons, we carefully examined the passage and question content of each one. Then we decided which lesson of the eCourse best correlated with that content. You may notice that some passages don’t match up perfectly with the current lesson. If they don’t match up with the current lesson, they should match up with one of the previous lessons in the module. We did this carefully so that you could practice your science passage reading skills on passages that contain the content you’ve already learned.

Why we don’t recommend non-AAMC CARS practice questions

We recommend practicing CARS by reading non-AAMC CARS passages but not doing the associated practice problems. The reason we don’t recommend doing the practice problems is because the MCAT is written by the AAMC. They have a very unique style in which they write CARS practice questions that third-party companies (try as they might) are unable to replicate. When students spend time on non-AAMC CARS practice problems, they get familiar with the wrong style of questioning, leading them to overthink and incorrectly respond to the questions written by the AAMC. Thus, it is in your best interest to solely practice on AAMC CARS practice questions.

That said, we highly recommend practicing your reading skills on non-AAMC CARS passages. In our Ultimate CARS Strategy Course, we provide you with 1,000 free CARS passages and 100+ homework assignments, giving you ample material to practice on. Reading countless passages while practicing the proper reading habits and strategies will prepare you well to conquer the CARS section as it was written by the AAMC.

Which books do the lessons match up with?

The books we use in each lesson are linked below. We plan to stick with these older editions of the books since very little has changed and the older editions are much more affordable:

First Edition of the Kaplan 7-book Series
First Edition of the Princeton 7-book Series

Do the chapters match up perfectly?

The Kaplan Books, Princeton Books, and Khan Academy Videos were all produced by different authors. For this reason, there are some chapters in the Kaplan Book or Princeton Book that are not even found in the Khan Academy Videos and vice versa. For instance, the Kaplan and Princeton Books have chapters that cover certain experimental procedures that the Khan Academy Videos do not cover.

Our goal in matching up the books with the videos was to correlate the content as best as possible while also covering ALL the content from every resource. For this reason, when nothing in the Kaplan Books matched up with one of the video playlists, instead of leaving the reading assignment for Kaplan blank, we inserted material that did not fit in anywhere else (i.e. one of those chapters on an experimental procedure that was not covered by Khan Academy). So, when the assignment doesn’t appear to match up right, please know that this was intentional.

*If you follow the reading assignments outlined, you will finish the entire Kaplan 7-book series and/or Princeton 7-book series by the time you finish all 10 content modules.

Do the sections match up perfectly?

If the sections assigned in our eCourse do not match up with the sections contained in your content review book, you may have a different edition. The sections should still match up the large majority of the time, but in the rare instance that they don’t, I’d recommend simply reading sections that do match up and saving the ones that do not for a future lesson.

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