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I took the MLS test in march. Failed it by less than 20 points. I was tore up.My test was over 35 or better percent Parasitology.and I did not think I needed to study that much for that subject! I concentrated on the core subjects. But I was floored when I saw my questions, and this was early on In the test. I am dreading retaking it now.
I do have the Polaskiny cards. And just discovered this website. And I have to pass to keep my raise, I graduated in 2016 with a degree in Cell Biology, I have been an MLT since 2007. I am going to start studying your charts. Etcany other suggestions?
Thanks Leslie. I didn’t pass the exam.
I studied really hard, Read the Bottom line book, did 50-100 questions and studied the high yield notes and memorized everything. I then realized that the questions were coming from the BOC Book.
I didn’t even look at the book at all because people advised me not to. Make sure you don’t make the same mistake I did. The BOC Study guide questions guide you on how the ASCP words each question.
I saw a lot of similar questions, after the fact. I don’t know if I just got a really hard exam, or what happened? It was tough! Study hard but don’t give up!!!
This is a common fear arising after the exam. I suppose it’s because the results are “PASS” or “FAIL” without a great deal of preamble or elaboration or paper evidence. When I took the exam, I recognized that the result may be changed by a malicious hacker and I would have no proof to the contrary. It’s difficult to “PASS” written on a computer monitor after spending so much time and money on preparation.
But you passed. And I’m certain you will receive a paper letter elaborating further in a few weeks. Shinshin, Here’s what i did during my own exams, i took my time (1-2mins max) to make a good attempt in each question if i think i know it or forgot the answers but there are these questions that i didn’t even stand a chance so i just tagged them for a recheck at the end before submitting. The ASCP is also scored based on the level of difficulty you are able to scale through.
I will recommend you spend more time with the Recalls now and do justice to them if possible all of them since you are already not sleeping well you can spend the night with it lols. It happened to all of us even when you finally pass the exams it will take a while to adjust. You should be a lord over the Sohali chats and high yield notes by now that you can reproduce all of it in a timely manner. Please your Recalls again and again. Best of luck Shinshin, i will see you on the other side you’re good to go. I have been taking LabCE MLS Computer Adaptive exams once a week for the last 3 months and have been scoring between 49%-51% with a difficulty level between 3.7-4.5. I also try to do 50 questions everyday either between selected subjects, random, most missed ect.
What else can I do to get this score higher. What do you recommend for a difficulty level to be in order to pass? I will be taking me exam in December.
I have memorized every single table on this website, read Bottom Line Approach, I have done all the questions in BOC. I have started reading through the exam recalls also. I feel like I have done everything I can but I am not seeing the results. Thank you so much for this info! This is by far some of the best advice I have ever seen on the subject of testing for the MLS certification. I truly appreciate all the work and diligence you have put in.
I have read every page and almost every comment. My question: is this info relevant to the AMT exam as well? I would imagine it is and regardless find it to be a valuable asset. I am taking the AMT MT exam in a few months. Do you know the parameters for passing the AMT exam? Is it similar to the ASCP passing guidelines?
Will having an AMT certification make me less of a candidate for jobs? I would have preferred ASCP but didn’t quite work out that way. I have been studying a little bit every day and will continue to do so. I have a BS in biology and six years a lab tech in an infectious disease testing lab but need to get my MT certification to move to a professional level. I figure if I study hard for three to four months I will have a good chance of passing first try. Is that too much time to prepare?
I love medical lab work and want to make it my career. Passing this exam is everything to me. Any and all advice is very helpful! I am very thankful to you Sohail for establishing this site and for all the other fellow examinees. I passed my examination yesterday, November 11, and I’m currently waiting for the email confirmation and score. The recommended books are very helpful, especially Harr and Polansky. For those who are planning to take the exam in the future, be sure to read some recommended books by Sohail.
Anyways, thank you once again Sohail for this amazing website! And for future takers, God bless and good luck! Hello Everyone first i want to congratulate those who have passed the Ascp exam! And best of luck to those who are going to take the exam. I passed my ASCPi exam in July 2017 and am in the process of Visa Screening with CGFNS.
They are giving me a very hard time by not accepting my transcript and the reason CGFNS is giving me is that I am NOT a Medical Technologist. I know it’s a totally different question I am asking here but If someone knows anything about how to deal with CGFNS please reply me especially Sohail. Hi everyone i just took my ASCPi exam today and i passed!! I almost can’t believe it because i was giving up by the end of my exam! But i trusted my memory and i went for the first answer that my brain told me was.lol.Try going for the first answer that pops up in your mind guys.
Trust your memory. I reviewed HARR, ciula (mainly BB, understanding ANA although i didn’t have even one question on it, but mainly reviewing my weak topics) and polansky flash cards. Sohail’s notes are gold! They helped a lot!!
Thank you Sohail and thank you for the passing strategy. I advise anyone taking the exam to start from the tips Sohail provided because it kinda takes off the burden on how to start prepping for the exam, which i’m sure all of us had. I had 2-3 questions from exam recall (i only browsed a few). I did labCe exams many times in the middle of my review and i did ASCP BOC questions in labCE 6-7 times in the end. Good luck to everyone taking the exam. You all have a beautiful gift, YOUR BRAIN, trust it!
HELLO WORDSOLOGY, Hey Soheil, I AM NEW HERE.My question: is this info relevant to the AMT exam as well? I am taking the AMT MT exam in a 2-3 months. Do you know the parameters for passing the AMT exam? Is it similar to the ASCP passing guidelines? Will having an AMT certification make me less of a candidate for jobs?
I would have preferred ASCP but I am not qualify for any route since I have finished my master degree in 2009 but I like medical lab work and want to make my career so. Can anybody give me advise that is that site helpful for me for AMT certification?
This site really helped me and it is very imperative that I announce my success here. I took my MLS(ASCPi) yesterday and the preliminary result was “PASS”. I really appreciate you Sohail-the author of this site and every that has contributed in one way or the other. The passing strategy really helped me and the materials recommended were good resources for me. Thanks to you all. To those that are preparing or planning to take the exam, you can do it.
Follow the strategy, prepare as much as you can and trust God for the best. Not sure if you’ve already taken the exam at this point but I used Wordsology’s advice with studying for both AMT & ASCP. I took the AMT exam last week and passed. I used Bottom Line Appraoch, Polansky note cards, LabCE & online practice exams offered on AMT.
I am also MLT ASCP certified and feel like that exam was more difficult than the MT AMT. The only difference is it’s a test of endurance with 230 (AMT) questions versus only 100 (ASCP). Now I am taking MLS ASCP exam in two weeks and have continued with the same study resources but supplemented the online AMT practice exams with aceascp and practice exams offered through ascp.
Hopefully these sources will provide that extra edge. Best of studies to you! My name is Rabia. My exam is on 9th march.I have a BOC book and did chemistry, hematology, microbiology and blood bank. But i felt like I do not remember anything. For now I’m going over the topics at the website and the labce test and some flash cards on internet. Do you think its enough to pass the test?
And I read that BOC book is not recommended. One more question please, If I just go through the topics that have the 25% of the whole exam like, chemistry, hematology, micro and blood bank would be enough to pass the exam? Please, help. Auto body repair manual. Itook my MLT 5 years ago and passed with flying colors. Now I’m trying to take my MLS exam, I took it twice and failed. First time I scored a 384 and knew I failed before I saw the results.
This time which was today I failed again and was so surprised because my questions got so much easier at the end and I was confindent in a lot of my answers. I keep thinking there was something wrong with the exam but it’s doubtful.
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Anyways I studied Labce, aceascp, passascp, the boc book, harr, and the notes on here. I don’t really know what to do now. Any suggestions would be helpful? Sohail words cannot express the immense gratitude I have for this lovely website you have put together for future lab technicians/technologists alike. Yesterday I passed my MLS ASCP. Those reading my post and questioning the process/themselves, please don’t. Following the prescribed study regimen will guarantee you a PASS.
Background on me is I finished my MLT ASCP back in 2011 and had been out of the lab since 2014 working in more research administrative roles. I definitely needed a thorough review so I began my studying at the beginning of January of this year. The study materials I used were: LabCE where I took around three tests a week (usually in review mode) and averaged 55-59% on computer adaptive mode, Bottom Line Approach where I read through it three times and used it to reference when I didn’t understand a LabCE question, Polanski note cards which make much more sense after reading through bottom line approach, and Wordsology’s high yield notes and charts where micro & BB ones were extremely useful.
I also purchased the green BOC book, Harr’s review book, and the ASCP recommended online practice exams but did not find much use of them (personal opinion and I can see how some learning styles benefit from them). Finally, whenever I did not understand a specific test or had never even heard of a particular organism/enzyme/etc I turned to our good old friend Google to gain a better understanding and honestly aided in me remembering it the next time I seen it.
This long winded post is intended to encourage those of you studying and facing self doubt as I was literally in your shoes two days ago. Try to avoid holding too much weight on posts about people saying they failed even after following what was laid out on this website as it somewhat discouraged me at times and stay focused on the goal of studying and passing.
Best of luck to you all and once again thank you so much Sohail for your continued contributions to the CLS community! I took my exam MT( AMT) last Friday June 8 unfortunately I didn’t pass my grade was 69%. I feel so devastated. I’m a graduate for more than 2 decades ago.
It was really hard for me to go back and study medical technology. Even if I’m a graduate of it.
Now, I’m working here in Oklahoma as a medical technology they allow me to work but I need to take pass the registry. During my exam the level is questions is really close to labce and BOC looks so simple but very tricky. I feel bad that no calculator was provided I got around 5 computation. I know the formula but due to time constrain I decided to guess. I actually finished the test 7 mins before the time. I tried to answer right the first time and avoid in going back.
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I studied HARR, JARREAU, some BOC and Polansky. I used LABCE and took 5k questions. Start with a grade of 34% and before I took my exam it was 62%. I’m not really that ready to take the exam but I took the risk since my due to take is June. I’m just blessed that I got a very supportive supervisor he understand and told me just to retake again. I’m very very sad but I know God has plan why. I’ll start studying again next week again and re apply after 45 days.
I tried to recall and write down all the questions I remember so I can focus which ones I’m not familiar with. I of course study wordsology since you put so much relevant consicise topics which is very helpful.
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I congratulate you in putting this site. I hope on my next email I got good news to share to everyone.