It’s no secret that AAMC’s explanations to the AAMC official full-length MCAT practice tests leave something to bedesired, which – UNTIL NOW – has led students to search Reddit question-by-question to find better explanations. Not an ideal use of your time, so we’ve put together a little something to help you out.
Below, you’ll find a complete list of questions from AAMC full-length test 3 (or AAMC FL3 as it’s referred to on Reddit) and embedded links to available explanation threads from Reddit. Where we couldn’t find an explanation thread, we linked to a crowdsourced Google Sheet from Reddit students with explanations for AAMC questions.
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If a question doesn’t have an available explanation, and you think you can explain it, we’d love to hear from you in the comments and we can update this resource and give you credit if desired 😉.
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AAMC FL3 Chemical/Physical Explanations
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AAMC FL3 Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Explanations
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FL3 CARS Q53
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AAMC FL3 Biological/Biochemical Explanations
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AAMC FL3 Psyc/Soc Explanations
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