Additional Verbal Material

[Bmed]

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Can anyone suggest a source for some good verbal passage problems aside from EK 101, BR Verbal, and TPRH Verbal? I'm trying to do 4-5 a day and these books don't have enough problems for a 4 month schedule.

 

[sully677]

Don't waste your time with BR verbal. I bought their verbal material and it blows compared to EK...there questions are BAD.

 

[doctoroftha313]

Don't waste your time with BR verbal. I bought their verbal material and it blows compared to EK...there questions are BAD.

Did anyone else feel the same way??? I'm planning on getting BR verbal so I'm curious...

 

[sully677]

Did anyone else feel the same way??? I'm planning on getting BR verbal so I'm curious...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=691716

 

[SN2ed]

Those three are basically the only choices.

 

[Bmed]

Has anyone tried MCAT Verbal Reasoning Mastery and know if it offers passages?

 

[sully677]

Has anyone tried MCAT Verbal Reasoning Mastery and know if it offers passages?

I actually bought this two days ago. I don't think the book offers any passages, but it does offer dozens of exercises to improve your skills. They suggest a 6-8 month study period with the book, but after searching through posts people who used it for 2-3 months saw good VR improvements! I like it so far. But to follow this book, you have to put in HOURS of reading a day.

 

[SN2ed]

Has anyone tried MCAT Verbal Reasoning Mastery and know if it offers passages?

It is not recommended and offers no practice passages or useful information beyond that which can be found in the MCAT Guide sticky on here.

 

[sully677]

It is not recommended and offers no practice passages or useful information beyond that which can be found in the MCAT Guide sticky on here.

Well people on here have said that it DOES benefit them. Maybe it's not for everyone, but I am going to try it out in addition to the other materials.

 

[SN2ed]

Well people on here have said that it DOES benefit them. Maybe it's not for everyone, but I am going to try it out in addition to the other materials.

If you take a look at the threads that have been made on it, the vast majority say it's a waste of money. There are only a handful of people that recommend it and those people are usually rare posters which is troubling. It's not uncommon for companies to have their employees sign up on here to promote their products. It has happened several times in the past. Furthermore, the couple of people that claimed they saw improvements were also taking practice passages. Their increase was due to taking practice passages and analyzing the results.