I am bombing on the EK verbal!!! I need help. Any suggestions PLEASE

[amoxicillin]

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I am bombing on the EK verbal!!! I need help. Any suggestions PLEASE

 

[zepplinfan]

Just so you know, ur not alone.........the answer, well I have no idea about that either.

Zep

 

[Spang]

I'm an MSII just killing time in the premed forum and thought I might be able to help you here. Check this out if you haven't seen it.

I used the system detailed in this thread, and practiced alot. I got a 31; two 10's and an 11 on the verbal, using this. Not great but it got me in!


http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?threadid=40686&referrerid=883

Spang

 

[Cerberus]

Circle important passages/keywords/etc. Make notes on the paper when reading it. I noticed that I lost a lot of time on the practice test because i kept having to look back to find things like names.

 

[bgreet]

Spang I have a problem with that post for one reason, some passages, albeit very difficult to read have very simple questions while other passages seemingly simpler have very difficult questions. By judging what the entire passage/questions will be like just on the passage alone is a very bad mistake to make.

 

[Nutmeg]

Read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read.

 

[CH3CH2OH]

nutmeg, do you mean reading lots of passages or general stuff (like journal articles)?

 

[dancote]

Ouch!! I just to the first EK verbal test and got a 6!! It seems so hard, there always seems to be at least 2 right answers. Anyone work through this book and see improvement? I am going to try and do one of the tests each week.

-Dan

 

[Nutmeg]

Originally posted by CH3CH2OH
nutmeg, do you mean reading lots of passages or general stuff (like journal articles)?

General nonfiction, particularly with opposing viewpoints. I used Bell Curve vs Mismeasure of Man and Troubled Waters over Evolution vs Climbing Mt Improbable (though I'd now recommend Darwin's Black Box in lieu of Troubled Waters).

If you can read opposing viewpoints, and focus on understanding both sides regardless of whom you agree with, you will do well. Moreover, many of the passages I encountered were on subjects with which I had been acquainted through reading--such as astronomy, memetics, the Dada art movement, etc. If you are well read, you will have a better chance of doing well on understanding passages.

 

[MeowMix]

Originally posted by amoxicillin
I am bombing on the EK verbal!!! I need help. Any suggestions PLEASE

amox, you are getting all kinds of well-intentioned but bogus advice that is contradictory and is probably not going to do you much good (e.g. circling keywords). The EK strategy works, but it takes practice.

Since you invested the $ in EK, go on over to their web site and get their advice on how to use their materials. They will be more than happy to provide quick, helpful advice.

 

[ThatGirl]

I found that I didn't do very well on the EK tests until I had read all their strategies. It really was the third lecture that helped me pull it all together - getting the main idea of the passage and not obsessing over details. Don't get too frustrated until you've gone through the whole book - it takes practice!