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Notoriously, verbal-type sections have been my weak point throughout standardized testing.
I read slow. I second guess myself. Main idea points sound enticing and I always take the bite on a wrong answer choice.
My MCAT timeline is 2 years away.
The verbal is not something you can increase in short amount of time. So I should:
Read books daily, bi-daily, particularly try to read fast
Read New Yorker, Times and other passages suggested on SDN
Read boring scientific Articles I don’t find interesting because these show up
What about using passages from other standardized tests like GRE/LSAT/etc.
My concern is exhausting my MCAT-based sources for the verbal before I take it, having little actual prep when I actually dive deep into prep material that will be a good predictor of my score and where I stand.
Is it okay to use 101 Verbal now ?
Or maybe use the material Now to get familiar with questions, because I will forget them hopefully in 2 years time when I dive deep into study (my problem is I unintentionally memorize things. I still have tests front to back from certain classes in my head I could rewrite. Not trying to brag, I just think it hinders me and might produce false higher prediction scores).
My concern. Goal. And worry. Is that I want to take the MCAT Once. And that my CARS will be extremely low.
Thank you for the advice
I read slow. I second guess myself. Main idea points sound enticing and I always take the bite on a wrong answer choice.
My MCAT timeline is 2 years away.
The verbal is not something you can increase in short amount of time. So I should:
Read books daily, bi-daily, particularly try to read fast
Read New Yorker, Times and other passages suggested on SDN
Read boring scientific Articles I don’t find interesting because these show up
What about using passages from other standardized tests like GRE/LSAT/etc.
My concern is exhausting my MCAT-based sources for the verbal before I take it, having little actual prep when I actually dive deep into prep material that will be a good predictor of my score and where I stand.
Is it okay to use 101 Verbal now ?
Or maybe use the material Now to get familiar with questions, because I will forget them hopefully in 2 years time when I dive deep into study (my problem is I unintentionally memorize things. I still have tests front to back from certain classes in my head I could rewrite. Not trying to brag, I just think it hinders me and might produce false higher prediction scores).
My concern. Goal. And worry. Is that I want to take the MCAT Once. And that my CARS will be extremely low.
Thank you for the advice
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