Low Score on Verbal

[tesfawMD]

Hey guys,

First off, I won't be taking the MCAT for a year or two. But my friend just gave me his KAPLAN verbal tests for free and I figured I would give them a try. After taking a couple of tests I scored a 7 (on the first) and 6 (on the second). On top of that, I never could finish within the allotted time. I was really surprised at how bad I did . My question to you guys: should I be concerned?

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[Entadus]

No, you shouldn't be concerned. You've said you have 1-2 years to study. Start reading more! You can definitely bring up your verbal score at least a few points...

 

[apoptosis123]

Read a lot and try to get familiar with difficult humanities and social sciences writing. I wouldn't recommend wasting any of your study materials at this point.

 

[canIbeAdoctor]

And try to build up your efficient reading speed. My biggest problem is that to understand what I read I have to read pretty slowly, so some passages can take me like 4 minutes to read, giving me less tahn a minute per question. If you could start reading now so you can read a passage in say 3 minutes and still understand everything you read, that'll help in my opinion.

 

[tesfawMD]

No, you shouldn't be concerned. You've said you have 1-2 years to study. Start reading more! You can definitely bring up your verbal score at least a few points...

On EK though it says that reading more will NOT help...is that correct? At this point, I'm just feeling gloomy right now...I don't see how I can increase my verbal score.

 

[hiyaman]

On EK though it says that reading more will NOT help...is that correct? At this point, I'm just feeling gloomy right now...I don't see how I can increase my verbal score.

Don't listen to EK verbal strategies, they suck.

 

[canIbeAdoctor]

don't listen to ek verbal strategies, they suck.

+1

 

[tesfawMD]

Does anyone else have anymore input....