Full-length readiness: how the levels work

The full-length readiness bar on your MCAT or SAT page (and on your Dashboard) shows how close you are to your next full-length exam. It climbs from level 1 to level 10 as you complete study cycles.

What counts

A cycle is one diagnostic, the lessons it recommended, and — for the MCAT — the unit test on those lessons. Taking the diagnostic fills the first part of the cycle; each lesson you clear adds more; the unit test finishes it.

• MCAT: 4 complete cycles between full-lengths. A cycle needs every recommended lesson cleared and the unit test passed.
• SAT: 2 complete cycles. A cycle needs every recommended lesson cleared; the unit test is recommended but not required.
• Cycles you finished before the bar existed already count.

Why the early levels go faster

The levels are not evenly spaced on purpose. The first few come quickly — level 2 arrives after about 5% of the work — and the later ones take longer, so there is always a next level in reach. Under the bar, a plain line says exactly where you are, for example “Cycle 2 of 4 · 3 of 5 lessons cleared.”

At level 10

Your Dashboard’s next step becomes the full-length. You can take one on Study Mondo, or sit an official practice test outside the site and enter the score. Either way the bar starts counting toward your next full-length. Nothing is locked: your next diagnostic stays open if you would rather keep going.

Entering an outside score

1. 1Open your MCAT or SAT page and find the readiness bar.
2. 2Choose I took an AAMC full-length (MCAT) or I took a College Board / Bluebook practice test (SAT). Below level 10, use the Enter the score link instead.
3. 3Pick the test, the date, and your total (MCAT 472–528; SAT 400–1600). Section scores are optional.
4. 4Save. The score joins your history, and your teacher can see it on your study report.

Questions

I took a full-length in the middle of a cycle. Did I lose that progress?

No. A cycle you were still working on carries over and counts toward the next full-length.

Why did my level barely move after a lesson?

Later levels need more work than early ones. The line under the bar always shows the real count.

Does the bar change anything my teacher sees?

Only entered outside scores, which appear on your score trend in their study report. The bar itself is for you.