I need some verbal succes stories here!

[SleepPsych72]

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My sciences are doing fine and my verbal needs improvement. What is the final word on verbal can it be brought up or not? I mean I will get my 30 by studying sciences if I have to.

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Thank you for your encouragement and for sharing your experience with us all!

 

[willthatsall]

I was making 7's when I first started my practice tests and I was determined to work as hard as possible to bring it up. I worked on verbal passages for at least 2 or 3 hours a day and I was reading The Economist every morning and night. After a month of this, I started making 11's and 12's on practice tests. By the week before the test, I was up to 13's on some of the tests. All the hard work really pays off. On the real thing I made an 8. 👍 👍

 

[dave613]

I was making 7's when I first started my practice tests and I was determined to work as hard as possible to bring it up. I worked on verbal passages for at least 2 or 3 hours a day and I was reading The Economist every morning and night. After a month of this, I started making 11's and 12's on practice tests. By the week before the test, I was up to 13's on some of the tests. All the hard work really pays off. On the real thing I made an 8. 👍 👍

An 8 is a success story?

 

[SleepPsych72]

Thanks yall,
Keep them coming I plan on doing at least one verbal passage per day until the test day. I hope that I get at least an 8. There are people in my Kaplan class who do nothing and get 12's everytime. I told them you need to be a writer not a doctor.

Keep the stories coming this is good stuff I'm sure I'm not the only one struggling here!

 

[willthatsall]

An 8 is a success story?

Well I started at a 7.

 

[Dr. N]

I was making 7's when I first started my practice tests and I was determined to work as hard as possible to bring it up. I worked on verbal passages for at least 2 or 3 hours a day and I was reading The Economist every morning and night. After a month of this, I started making 11's and 12's on practice tests. By the week before the test, I was up to 13's on some of the tests. All the hard work really pays off. On the real thing I made an 8. 👍 👍

you are joking right? 8 - a good score? joke right? what happened to your 11's, 12's, 13's? Also did 8 in verbar get you medschool?

 

[willthatsall]

Yeah, that's not a true story.

 

[Marvin O'Connor]

OP, shoot for between 9 and 11 and focus your energies on the sciences.

 

[blz]

started off at a 7 in verbal. highest i could get on any practice exam was a 10 (and i only got this like twice). I ended up gettign an 11 on the real deal.

 

[PRamos]

Not sure if it's a success story, but the first time I took the MCAT I started at 6 in verbal and climbed to a 10 on practice exams by improving my focus. I combined both EK methods and PR methods in a hybrid of the two approaches. The EK methods seemed crazy at first, but I started to get used to them after a while. I was getting 10s on their stuff by the end. My PR scores were eratic. Sadly, the EK stuff wasn't like my actual MCAT, and their techniques didn't work as well as they did on their passages. I managed to get an 8, but know what to do differently this time to improve back to 10 or 11.

This time I'm back to using a mixture of techniques, having added some of the BR strategies to the pot. I've made it a point to read magazine and journals every day for a half hour to hour. I like the BR stereotyping technique. I like the EK question stem and BR question composite techniques. I like the PR common sense suggestions. No system is perfect and each has good and bad points. I agree with my teacher that says you need to try everything a couple times, even the most absurd suggestions, even if all it does is strengthen your conviction in another method.

Don't take any course's method as the end all be all. Pick out things for yourself from each style and form your own customized hybrid.

 

[redstar18]

First time I got a 6; second time I got a 9. I didn't focus on acquiring new techniques (since most of them slowed my down anyway). Instead, I increased my reading speed by reading A LOT.

 

[Chouster]

Hey guys,

I was getting 9s and 10s on my practices just two weeks ago, but suddenly I'm gettin like 7s and 8s. I DONT KONW WHATS GOIN ON. I SEEMED TO HAVE LOST MY EDGE BUT ITS NOT LIKE I'VE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT. I'm stressin out like a b*tch. Any suggestions???

 

[dukejen04]

i got an 8 on the diagnostic, and a 14 on the last practice test (only an 11 on the first one). it's all about the reading.

we'll see if i can keep up my score- but right now i'm feeling pretty good. i really tried to understand why i was ****ing up, and then learned not to think TOO hard, and read quickly (i am reading as much as i can in little increments and it seems to be going well)

DON'T PANIC- you'll make it harder than it is. just go in with a cocky @ss attitude- and you won't feel tripped up.

 

[ASDIC]

I got a 7 on the April test. Rite now I am getting 9s and 10s on practice tests. The keys to verbal are:

1) Fatigue management. Dont give up because you get tired.
2) Approach each passage with enthusiasm
3) Read the question stem and the answer choices very carefuly. One subtle word can make the entire choice wrong
4) Time management. If you are stuck on a question...move on. Answer all the other questions then come back. Dont check your watch like every minute. Instead after 3 passages you should be at 25-27 minutes, another 3 passages you should be at 55-57 minutes and the last three passages 81-83 minutes.