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rachiie01 said:
Who is good at CARS here?!

Do you read the questions first, the passage first, what is your method!? Did you get better by practicing tons of passages, or were you always decent at verbal? Help meeeee
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I read the passage, very carefully and make sure not to rush. I focus on the tone, recurring themes, and strong words of each paragraph (all in an attempt to catch the 'main idea'), highlighting words I believe are strong, or the sentence after words such as "but, however, although"... etc. I also highlight names of people referenced with quotes as usually there is a question about them and what they said and I don't want to waste time trying to find them.
 
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mikil100 said:
I read the passage, very carefully and make sure not to rush. I focus on the tone, recurring themes, and strong words of each paragraph (all in an attempt to catch the 'main idea'), highlighting words I believe are strong, or the sentence after words such as "but, however, although"... etc. I also highlight names of people referenced with quotes as usually there is a question about them and what they said and I don't want to waste time trying to find them.
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^ This, definitely. The effort of highlighting buzz words (e.g. strong language, transition words) and key phrases (e.g. assertions) is usually enough to keep me focused on what I'm reading.
 
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I average over an 80% for raw scores for CARS, and I have experimented with both reading Q's beforehand and not reading a single one until after. I am also currently experimenting with reading thoroughly, and then answering the questions without going back to the passage, which is a method Im taking from EK. Read for content, and formulate the main idea in your head very well, and answer the questions based on that main idea. I got an 83% on my last CARS set without looking back at the passage once and following this advice, and I finished with like, 20 minutes remaining. Whereas I usually finish with about 5 left. It also really depends on how hard I interpret the passages to be, but overall I would say not to read the questions first, especially with it being one question per page now.
 
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Abraxas305 said:
Had work for like 4 straight days after my EK 2.

EK 2 score: 508

I don't remember the breakdown and I don't wanna log in while my work computer but I haven't even been able to review my exam yet.

freakin' 12 hour scribe shifts 🙁
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Yeah are you taking some special EK exams that give you a score?
 
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Just took aamc official practice test.

Phys/Chem 73%
Bio/BC 80%
Cars 66%
Psy/soc 71%

Disappointed in verbal score. Thought the questions weren't that hard maybe that's what made my score suffer. I finished with 10minutes remaining and didn't bother to go back and review. I have done hundreds of passages. On Ek I get mostly 8s and some 9s never double digits. For the 4 tpr hyper learning exams I got 11,10,7,9 also have taken past exams usually get around a 9. I'm an ESL student ugh.


For physics, honestly I only memorized the big equations therefore on the circuit stuff I was thrown a curve ball. I mean I'm familiar with most of not all the equations. That's easily corrected tho.

Psychology was a pain in the ass causes some of the terms I have never seen (studied from Kaplan) just ridiculous. Finished with like 20 minutes of time remaining.

Bio was cake, but I need to memorize specifics.


Ugh.
 
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Hey guys.... what are you guys using for practice material? I'm using TPR for all my content review but I have no idea what to practice with since AAMC only released one practice exam. I heard TPR was not at all reflective of the actual MCAT and is way harder than the MCAT. Open to any suggestions.
 
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jerfer said:
Hey guys.... what are you guys using for practice material? I'm using TPR for all my content review but I have no idea what to practice with since AAMC only released one practice exam. I heard TPR was not at all reflective of the actual MCAT and is way harder than the MCAT. Open to any suggestions.
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Have you read through the Compilation of Commentary on the New Exam or the MCAT 2015 FAQ? Both should give you an idea of what's out there and what people have found to be beneficial.
 
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Ugh. I switched over from EK101 to TPRH Verbal and wow. I use to get 0-2 problems wrong on EK 101 and for some reason, I'm missing quite a lot on the TPRH passages. hope i improve eventually... i think i'm just messing up on wording (word choices, extremes).. but damn 🙁
 
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SuperSlim said:
Just took aamc official practice test.

Phys/Chem 73%
Bio/BC 80%
Cars 66%
Psy/soc 71%

Disappointed in verbal score. Thought the questions weren't that hard maybe that's what made my score suffer. I finished with 10minutes remaining and didn't bother to go back and review. I have done hundreds of passages. On Ek I get mostly 8s and some 9s never double digits. For the 4 tpr hyper learning exams I got 11,10,7,9 also have taken past exams usually get around a 9. I'm an ESL student ugh.
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Can I ask how much time you're giving yourself per passage? For me, my practice scores shot up when I slowed waaaaaay down b/c I was reading it too fast. I gave myself 8-10 minutes instead of 6-8 minutes.
 
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rachiie01 said:
Checking in!

Took the test in April, scored in the 80's overall but my CARS section was crap, so I'm retaking June 20th to improve that section.
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That's a great overall score!!! What did you use to study? If you used Kaplan, did you find the review material useful?
 
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loloschicken said:
That's a great overall score!!! What did you use to study? If you used Kaplan, did you find the review material useful?
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Thank you!

Yes, I found their books to be useful! I used their books to review every subject and I thought they were all great, save one. The psych/soc book did not cover all the content in the AAMC guide, so there were a few concepts that I had to research on my own (not a big deal). For the most part, I thought they were great. Also worth noting: I used the Kaplan books from like 2010 to review physics, chem, bio and o-chem. Nothing has changed, so buy the older/used books to save some money.
 
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Second EK test taken. Plan on taking the 3rd next week sometime to hopefully improve more. CARS is just kicking my ass, and I thought this time around I did MUCH better. Anyone care to weigh in? Hope everyone is having a good week!

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JohnDoe12 said:
Second EK test taken. Plan on taking the 3rd next week sometime to hopefully improve more. CARS is just kicking my ass, and I thought this time around I did MUCH better. Anyone care to weigh in? Hope everyone is having a good week!

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I scored a 77% on the AAMC FL weeks before I scored in the low 70's on EK FLs 1 and 2. And my average EK CARS score was ~75%, whereas on AAMC material both new and old I was consistently scoring 85%+. So, moral of the story: EK's exams are definitely hard.
 
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SuperSlim said:
give myself 8 minutes. only cause the tpr and ek seem to be shorter.
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I don't know if you are using 2015 mcat versions of EK and TPR, but if you use old material, you will be more than fine. The new CARS is exactly like old verbal. EK101 for old verbal or TPRH and aamc practice tests should be a good estimate. I would say slow down to 10 minutes then go up to 8 minute.


mcatjelly said:
I scored a 77% on the AAMC FL weeks before I scored in the low 70's on EK FLs 1 and 2. And my average EK CARS score was ~75%, whereas on AAMC material both new and old I was consistently scoring 85%+. So, moral of the story: EK's exams are definitely hard.
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AGREED. Via old EK 101 verbal, I was getting 8-9, TPRH 10-11. AAMC 80%+
 
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SuperSlim said:
Just took aamc official practice test.

Phys/Chem 73%
Bio/BC 80%
Cars 66%
Psy/soc 71%

Disappointed in verbal score. Thought the questions weren't that hard maybe that's what made my score suffer. I finished with 10minutes remaining and didn't bother to go back and review. I have done hundreds of passages. On Ek I get mostly 8s and some 9s never double digits. For the 4 tpr hyper learning exams I got 11,10,7,9 also have taken past exams usually get around a 9. I'm an ESL student ugh.


For physics, honestly I only memorized the big equations therefore on the circuit stuff I was thrown a curve ball. I mean I'm familiar with most of not all the equations. That's easily corrected tho.

Psychology was a pain in the ass causes some of the terms I have never seen (studied from Kaplan) just ridiculous. Finished with like 20 minutes of time remaining.

Bio was cake, but I need to memorize specifics.


Ugh.
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Did you take the official guide questions? If you did how did they compare to the practice exam?
 
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JohnDoe12 said:
Second EK test taken. Plan on taking the 3rd next week sometime to hopefully improve more. CARS is just kicking my ass, and I thought this time around I did MUCH better. Anyone care to weigh in? Hope everyone is having a good week!

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I got a 75% on the EK1 cars section and a 63% on the second. The second was definitely a pain.
 
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JohnDoe12 said:
Second EK test taken. Plan on taking the 3rd next week sometime to hopefully improve more. CARS is just kicking my ass, and I thought this time around I did MUCH better. Anyone care to weigh in? Hope everyone is having a good week!

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Yup I've also taken two EK tests. Planning on taking the third maybe next week. First one, I got a 58% overall and second one I got a 67% overall. But yeah the CARS on the second test was definitely brutal. Got 75% on the first test and 72% on second test. Still haven't taken the AAMC official test, saving that till closer to my test date.
 
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The AAMC test is cake compared to these. The same as someone who poster earlier, I did better on it BEFORE I took EK 1 and 2.
 
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From the May test takers Physics seemed to be hit or miss. Some people say barely any whilst a huge amount of Biochem, others were suprised by the amount of Physics. I really hope I will be in the former category
 
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How about organic guys? Do you think organic will be heavily emphasized on June's test, considering all the rxns. and stuff were not really asked on the April and May tests?
 
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rachiie01 said:
Thank you!

Yes, I found their books to be useful! I used their books to review every subject and I thought they were all great, save one. The psych/soc book did not cover all the content in the AAMC guide, so there were a few concepts that I had to research on my own (not a big deal). For the most part, I thought they were great. Also worth noting: I used the Kaplan books from like 2010 to review physics, chem, bio and o-chem. Nothing has changed, so buy the older/used books to save some money.
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rachiie01 said:
Thank you!

Yes, I found their books to be useful! I used their books to review every subject and I thought they were all great, save one. The psych/soc book did not cover all the content in the AAMC guide, so there were a few concepts that I had to research on my own (not a big deal). For the most part, I thought they were great. Also worth noting: I used the Kaplan books from like 2010 to review physics, chem, bio and o-chem. Nothing has changed, so buy the older/used books to save some money.
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Thanks for the response!! Yea, I really like their books as well. Did you use their new biochem book as well? If so, do you think if I memorize the heck out of that book, will I be ok for the MCAT or would your recommend taking an actuual biochem course? Also, what were your thoughts on their practice test? I am not doing too great on them (have taken 2 so far)?Thanks again 🙂
 
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@loloschicken I did use their biochem book but I thought it went a bit too in depth, to be honest. I spent too much time memorizing details that are beyond the scope of the MCAT. In my opinion, it's much more important to understand general relationships in biochemistry than it is to know minute details. Of course you should know the major players of everything, but anything beyond that I think is wasted time.

Along with that, I would not advise memorizing the heck out of anything because the new MCAT will largely test you on your application of information, not the rote memorization of it.
 
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rachiie01 said:
@loloschicken I did use their biochem book but I thought it went a bit too in depth, to be honest. I spent too much time memorizing details that are beyond the scope of the MCAT. In my opinion, it's much more important to understand general relationships in biochemistry than it is to know minute details. Of course you should know the major players of everything, but anything beyond that I think is wasted time.

Along with that, I would not advise memorizing the heck out of anything because the new MCAT will largely test you on your application of information, not the rote memorization of it.
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Yea, I agree about your advise on not memorizing. I guess what I should have asked was do you think it is absolutely imperative to take a biochem class or would thoroughly reviewing the Kaplan biochem book suffice for the MCAT?
 
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I have studied exclusively using the EK books which don't have a specific biochem book and I generally do well on the questions tagged "biochem" in practice exams. There are a few things that EK doesn't cover, but it honestly does a great job of the conceptual thought you need to approach problems.
 
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BryanBeid said:
I have studied exclusively using the EK books which don't have a specific biochem book and I generally do well on the questions tagged "biochem" in practice exams. There are a few things that EK doesn't cover, but it honestly does a great job of the conceptual thought you need to approach problems.
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You should supplement. May test-taker here, read the EK books front to back ~3 times. Would've been a goner without my biochemistry class slides.
 
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carpediem22 said:
You should supplement. May test-taker here, read the EK books front to back ~3 times. Would've been a goner without my biochemistry class slides.
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I have the kaplan book from a friend but haven't looked at it yet. Also have been looking at the khan stuff. Thanks for the tip!
 
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Uh.. Do I have to click next next next next next to review my EK exams? Is there a way to only see the questions I got wrong?
 
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How have you guys and gals been finding your practice full length scores to be? Mine are all over the place, and I am having trouble identifying trends in my mistakes.
 
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Venous Returnus said:
How have you guys and gals been finding your practice full length scores to be? Mine are all over the place, and I am having trouble identifying trends in my mistakes.
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Next Step 1/2 Diag: 497 (taken at beginning of prep)
TPR Demo #1: 502 123, 126, 125, 129
TPR FL #2: 502 125, 125,125, 127
TPR FL #3: 502 123, 126,126, 127 (Just recently taken)

AAMC Official FL: 63%, 85%, 73%,64% (This was taken at the beginning of my prep)

What are your scores?
 
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rachiie01 said:
Kaplan should be sufficient! I took biochem like 4 years ago and honestly repressed most of that semester. Most of MCAT biochem seems to be general biology + exercise physiology, anyway.
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Thank you so much for all your advice! One last question. What did you think of the Kaplan practice tests?
 
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Venous Returnus said:
How have you guys and gals been finding your practice full length scores to be? Mine are all over the place, and I am having trouble identifying trends in my mistakes.
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Type Date Total Physics Chemistry PC% CARS CARS % Biology B % Psychology P %
TPR 1 28-Feb 500 125 62.71% 124 126 125
TPR 2 8-Mar 503 68.26% 124 33 55.93% 126 39 73.58% 127 43 72.88% 126 42 71.19%
TPR 3 11-Apr 506 72.17% 126 42 71.19% 127 40 75.47% 127 44 74.58% 126 40 67.80%
TPR 4 18-Apr 506 73.48% 125 38 64.41% 127 40 75.47% 127 45 76.27% 127 46 77.97%
Kaplan 19-Apr 502 67.39% 124 33 55.93% 128 47 88.68% 125 38 64.41% 125 37 62.71%
TPR 5 26-Apr 507 75.22% 126 41 69.49% 128 46 86.79% 126 42 71.19% 127 44 74.58%
Kapl2 9-May 505 73.48% 124 34 57.63% 129 48 90.57% 127 47 79.66% 125 40 67.80%
TPR 6 16-May 507 75.22% 125 40 67.80% 126 39 73.58% 127 43 72.88% 129 51 86.44%
TPR 7 24-May 507 74.78% 126 40 67.80% 125 35 66.04% 129 51 86.44% 127 46 77.97%
TPR 8 25-May 506 72.61% 126 41 69.49% 125 35 66.04% 127 43 72.88% 128 48 81.36%

Will take Offical AAMC this weekend.
 
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I'll chime in here with my stats thus far. As background, I just completed a rigorous SMP medical curriculum - pretty much the 1st year of med school and covers anything relevant to bio/biochem/chem/physiology on the MCAT. Completed content review and have been doing MCAT passages for about 10 hours a day for the last 2 weeks. June 19th MCAT. Got a 13 in Bio on an mcat 3 years ago but BOMBED verbal. Honestly didn't prepare as well nor have the critical thinking and maturity I have now though so I feel better.

TPR FL 1:
Chem/Physical: 127 - 79.66%
CARS: 126 - 71.7%
BIO: 129 - 84.75%
Psych: 127 - 74.5%
Total: 509

TPR FL 2:
Chem/Physical: 127 - 79.6%
CARS: 124 - 60.38%
BIO: 129 - 88%
Psych: 127 - 72.8%
Total: 507

AAMC Official Guide:
Bio: 76%
Chem/Physical: 80%
Psych: 66.6%
CARS: 86.6%

AAMC Bio Pack 1:
86.6%

AAMC CARS Pack 1:
88.39%

AAMC Chem Pack:
84.17%

And for a fun number, total passage problems done since 5/17 = 1127

Anyway I'm a little weary of CARS. TPR seems much harder to me, and I've struggled with some of their passages. I took the TPR FL 2 today and I thought I did fine then got the 60%. I've recently found a great technique in grammar and rhetoric analysis that has lead me to start really understanding CARS. AAMC CARS seems much easier to me than TPR, and I've been performing much better in the AAMC CARS Pack 2 (not completed). I really hope that these are reflective of the actually MCAT.

Going to take TPR 3 on Tuesday, then finished some hardcore notecards and take the AAMC FL in a week.
 
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Also pitching in here, I'll put everything in chronological order. Test date is June 20 Started my prep in the beginning of Feb. using "TPR complete MCAT2015" one big book for content along with taking a full course load with Physics II and Biochem as relevant classes.

First thing I did was an old practice test (AAMC 11) back in January:
PS-9
VR-7
BS-10
26
I could have done much better on PS if I had any Physics II knowledge whatsoever. The VR scared me of course and has been my nemesis ever since.

TPR complete #1 (mid-Feb; a few weeks into content review and my semester):
Phys/chem/BC- 125
CARS-124
Bio/BC-126
Psyc/Soc-125
500

AAMC question packs, all were taken a couple of weeks ago as somewhat of a diagnostic:
Bio volume I: 86% (78sec/question)
Bio volume II: 91% (73 sec/question)
Chemistry: 89% (70 sec/question)
Physics: 82% (85 sec/ question)

Saving the CARS packs for next week after I finish TPRH verbal workbook which I started off averaging ~60% now I'm averaging 70-75% so I'm hoping that means something. I also started off with 7's in EK 101 now I'm getting 8/9's

TPR complete #2 (last week; after completion of content review and semester):
Phys/chem/BC-127
CARS-124 (ughh..)
Bio/BC-128
Psyc/Soc- 126 (needing to touch up on this)
505

I started TPR # 3 a few days ago but it was an awful day after a late night out and I didn't even finish. Anyways I got a 126 on Phys/chem and 123 on CARS.

My friend gave me TBR materials a couple of weeks ago which I just used for passages. Great practice but Idk what to think about how I'm doing. Ive done sections 6-8 of biology (the biochem stuff) and I'm averaging 80% on the dot but I'm taking about a minute and a half per question on average. The funny thing is that while I'm doing them, I feel like I'm failing miserably and expecting a score <70% lol. I'm doing sections 9 & 10 this weekend

I plan on taking one, maybe two EK FL before test day and of course the AAMC FL.

 
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piii said:
I'll chime in here with my stats thus far. As background, I just completed a rigorous SMP medical curriculum - pretty much the 1st year of med school and covers anything relevant to bio/biochem/chem/physiology on the MCAT. Completed content review and have been doing MCAT passages for about 10 hours a day for the last 2 weeks. June 19th MCAT. Got a 13 in Bio on an mcat 3 years ago but BOMBED verbal. Honestly didn't prepare as well nor have the critical thinking and maturity I have now though so I feel better.

TPR FL 1:
Chem/Physical: 127 - 79.66%
CARS: 126 - 71.7%
BIO: 129 - 84.75%
Psych: 127 - 74.5%
Total: 509

TPR FL 2:
Chem/Physical: 127 - 79.6%
CARS: 124 - 60.38%
BIO: 129 - 88%
Psych: 127 - 72.8%
Total: 507

AAMC Official Guide:
Bio: 76%
Chem/Physical: 80%
Psych: 66.6%
CARS: 86.6%

AAMC Bio Pack 1:
86.6%

AAMC CARS Pack 1:
88.39%

AAMC Chem Pack:
84.17%

And for a fun number, total passage problems done since 5/17 = 1127

Anyway I'm a little weary of CARS. TPR seems much harder to me, and I've struggled with some of their passages. I took the TPR FL 2 today and I thought I did fine then got the 60%. I've recently found a great technique in grammar and rhetoric analysis that has lead me to start really understanding CARS. AAMC CARS seems much easier to me than TPR, and I've been performing much better in the AAMC CARS Pack 2 (not completed). I really hope that these are reflective of the actually MCAT.

Going to take TPR 3 on Tuesday, then finished some hardcore notecards and take the AAMC FL in a week.
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Would you mind sharing what is helping you improve your cars score?
 
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lkjy92 said:
Would you mind sharing what is helping you improve your cars score?
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Keep in mind that while I've seen improvements, I still don't feel 100% improved and my 60% in verbal today on the TPR 2 reinforced that. I seem to do better on the AAMC official stuff, but most of that was untimed (maybe 11-13 min per passage). Also keep in mind that this process takes time to get used to. I've been doing about 4 passages every day with analysis.

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I'm by no means a verbal expert. But I've significantly improved by percentages in AAMC passages from 60% to 85% by watching the 4 cambridge learning center videos on youtube.

It encourages an in depth reading of the passage. You use analysis on rhetoric (relationship of sentences) to identify:

Topic sentence of each paragraph (usually first sentence) - Key idea of the paragraph. Every thing after will by used as support or to elaborate. Also can be the main point of the passage if this paragraph is the thesis paragraph.

Conclusion sentence - this is the significance of every thing stated between it and that first topic sentence of the paragraph.

These are the main points you remember on your first read through. While you read the paragraph, you also look for rhetorical cues, or indicators of importance. Here are some examples:
Pivotal words - but, and, therefore, etc...
Quotation marks - author is saying, pay attention to this - and it either is support for the topic sentence, a clarification/definition, or most importantly, irony - where the author means the opposite.
Semicolons and colons - the author uses this to indicate importance. He's saying, this is important and I'm going to say it twice in two different ways. Usually the most important thing is what comes after the semicolon/colon.

So you read the paragraphs, reflect on the key ideas (topic sentence) and significance of the paragraph (conclusion sentence) and you have mapped out the important cues of each paragraph but you don't really need to memorize them, just know where they are when you need to answer a question.

So how do you tell the meaning of these sentences? You use grammar analysis. Grammar is the relationship of words in a sentence. You basically find the main clause of that thesis/conclusion sentence, the NOUN VERB part of the sentence that doesn't rely on anything else to support it. You strip down the modifiers and you have the idea.

When you answer questions about the passage, you are asked to identify key ideas, reasons why author mentioned things, and inferences. This is actually pretty simple. You identify the location of the question reference within the passage and you use the thesis or conclusion sentence to associate the key idea or significance.

For inferences, you usually relate key idea and significances (PLURAL) together to draw a conclusion about why the author mentioned it. This also goes for questions the author asks in the text.

Now these things aren't always black and white, but with enough consistency and practice, it becomes second nature. This is what I've been noticing in my work with it, and as I understand this more and more, it saves me time answering questions.
 
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Sir.SavaLottaLife said:
Also pitching in here, I'll put everything in chronological order. Test date is June 20 Started my prep in the beginning of Feb. using "TPR complete MCAT2015" one big book for content along with taking a full course load with Physics II and Biochem as relevant classes.

First thing I did was an old practice test (AAMC 11) back in January:
PS-9
VR-7
BS-10
26
I could have done much better on PS if I had any Physics II knowledge whatsoever. The VR scared me of course and has been my nemesis ever since.

TPR complete #1 (mid-Feb; a few weeks into content review and my semester):
Phys/chem/BC- 125
CARS-124
Bio/BC-126
Psyc/Soc-125
500

AAMC question packs, all were taken a couple of weeks ago as somewhat of a diagnostic:
Bio volume I: 86% (78sec/question)
Bio volume II: 91% (73 sec/question)
Chemistry: 89% (70 sec/question)
Physics: 82% (85 sec/ question)

Saving the CARS packs for next week after I finish TPRH verbal workbook which I started off averaging ~60% now I'm averaging 70-75% so I'm hoping that means something. I also started off with 7's in EK 101 now I'm getting 8/9's

TPR complete #2 (last week; after completion of content review and semester):
Phys/chem/BC-127
CARS-124 (ughh..)
Bio/BC-128
Psyc/Soc- 126 (needing to touch up on this)
505

I started TPR # 3 a few days ago but it was an awful day after a late night out and I didn't even finish. Anyways I got a 126 on Phys/chem and 123 on CARS.

My friend gave me TBR materials a couple of weeks ago which I just used for passages. Great practice but Idk what to think about how I'm doing. Ive done sections 6-8 of biology (the biochem stuff) and I'm averaging 80% on the dot but I'm taking about a minute and a half per question on average. The funny thing is that while I'm doing them, I feel like I'm failing miserably and expecting a score <70% lol. I'm doing sections 9 & 10 this weekend

I plan on taking one, maybe two EK FL before test day and of course the AAMC FL.
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How did you do on the aamc official guide and aamc practice test?
 
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GEToutLADYits6AM said:
How did you do on the aamc official guide and aamc practice test?
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Haven't done the AAMC practice test but I was ~60% on the official guide questions. I didn't include them here because I unwisely took them more as a means to see the new questions than to gauge my knowledge/practice and I was pretty unprepared. I could have certainly done better and don't feel it's indicative of how I'll score on the test as much as everything else so I'm not worried about them.
 
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