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Hi Guys,
I have been trying to get my timing down on the sciences which means spending no more than 8 min per passage/accompanying questions. I have done some Berkeley Review passages and I feel like the length of the passages are too long that it's hard extrapolating and connecting the ideas in the passages. As such, I sometimes miss questions I could have gotten right had the passages been shorter. On the other hand, on say the EK Bio 1001 questions, I find the passages short enough and most of the time I get all the questions right because I am able to refer to the passage and find the relevant portions easily. Besides I am able to connect the dots better when the passages are short.
So for those who have already taken practice tests do you think the AAMC and real MCAT science passages ( excluding the graphs and tables) are like the Berkeley Review or they are shorter. I'd be glad if all of you could give me some input. Thanks.
I have been trying to get my timing down on the sciences which means spending no more than 8 min per passage/accompanying questions. I have done some Berkeley Review passages and I feel like the length of the passages are too long that it's hard extrapolating and connecting the ideas in the passages. As such, I sometimes miss questions I could have gotten right had the passages been shorter. On the other hand, on say the EK Bio 1001 questions, I find the passages short enough and most of the time I get all the questions right because I am able to refer to the passage and find the relevant portions easily. Besides I am able to connect the dots better when the passages are short.
So for those who have already taken practice tests do you think the AAMC and real MCAT science passages ( excluding the graphs and tables) are like the Berkeley Review or they are shorter. I'd be glad if all of you could give me some input. Thanks.