How do you work with TBR verbal? (Timing etc)

[texasholdems]

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So I started doing TBR Verbal book.

I've experienced Kaplan (online and book), Princeton, and EK101, and AAMC.

I would agree AAMC + EK are most "realistic" tests. Kaplan seems a little bit easier. Princeton tends to be a bit more dense in context yet concise in length.

After doing a couple TBR passages, I can't seem to get a sense of this book.
1. It's damn long, and I know real MCAT isn't this long
2. While being long, I can tell this is BS...too much BS info in the passage. I feel like other books, while sometimes still being "bs", at least relate to the topic and illustrate the characterstics of real MCAT verbal passages.
3. Sometimes the question is a paragraph long...wtf?
4. Some passages have ~8 paragraphs and 4 questions. I think this is so irrelevant to real MCAT

For those of you who learned a great deal from TBR verbal book, how did you study it? How did you time it?
I can't seem to finish TBR passages in time (~8minutes/passage). It's just unnecessarily long.

For all readers, should it just focus on other books and NOT TBR? Is TBR really worth finishing for improving verbal?
I'm a scorer between 7~9 from previous practice tests.

 

[chemhead123]

I think you bring up some good points about all the various verbal practice materials available. I agree with what you said, except that I am not a big fan of exam krackers. I think there passages are too detailed based. Its a shame there isn't something better out there. I don't have a solution for you (I find myself in a similar boat), but I just wanted to echo that what you are experiencing isn't just you.

 

[texasholdems]

I decided to throw out TBR verbal.
Im gonna revisit some of EK verbal i did long time ago (probably earlier test 1~5).
I'd rather do them again and review them question by question THAN doin TBR and confuse myself even more.

I havent finished PR verbal and have some AAMC left so they should keep me busy too..

 

[Godric]

I've read numerous times that TPRH Verbal Work Book is a great tool to study for the MCAT. I read part of the TBR Verbal, and like you said it was very long, I then did a few passages in TPRH Verbal and I have to say I liked it better. I have not done anything in EK101 but many of my friends say they like. But my main concern is that the answer key for TBR and EK101 is just ridiculously long, while TPRH is very concise.