EK Verbal 101

[ThatDude]

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I have been doing the EK Verbal 101. So far I have done four 1 HR tests under timed conditions with no prior practice. My test scores are:
10, 8, 11, 11.

Are these good scores to start out with? I'm not sure how the difficulty of these passages compares to the real MCAT. Usually when I review the answers, I almost always understand why I got the question wrong. I have about 4 more months of studying hardcore until I take the MCAT with a lot of time devoted just to verbal and I am wondering if I should expect to see some score increases if I keep working at these passages. Have people seen major improvement or just pretty much consistent scores regardless of practice.

In addition to EK, I have the Berkeley Review Verbal book.

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[frescoengano]

the real mcat has longer passages...

 

[PiBond]

First post on SDN

I have been doing the EK Verbal 101. So far I have done four 1 HR tests under timed conditions with no prior practice. My test scores are:
10, 8, 11, 11.

Are these good scores to start out with? I'm not sure how the difficulty of these passages compares to the real MCAT. Usually when I review the answers, I almost always understand why I got the question wrong. I have about 4 more months of studying hardcore until I take the MCAT with a lot of time devoted just to verbal and I am wondering if I should expect to see some score increases if I keep working at these passages. Have people seen major improvement or just pretty much consistent scores regardless of practice.

In addition to EK, I have the Berkeley Review Verbal book.

Check out the search function to compare your scores to others. I think there's a thread about EK 101 progress.

On a different note, if you have 4 months before your MCAT you might want to slow down and save your best verbal material (EK 101 included) for the end. If you front-load your verbal prep you'll be left with less desirable practice towards the end.

Traditionally, verbal is the hardest section to improve drastically. Theories abound but it comes down to one's innate ability to read critically, IMO.

Good luck

 

[J ROD]

EK verbal is the best thing next to the AAMCs...dont use all of them up too fast...

Your scores should be pretty close on the real thing. They are pretty accurate.

Use your Berk review for practice and EK right before the test.

 

[Compass]

EK Verbal was very helpful, though I didn't do too many of them. Certainly, if you're aiming for an 11, I think you're on track. Are you?