lsat verbal reasoning

[javandane]

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i've got a bunch of old LSATs lying around, and am wondering how comparable the verbals passages are to those found on the MCAT. a brief comparison leads me to believe that the LSAT passages are more dense, with the corresponding questions more difficult. any other opinions?

 

[finnpipette]

the lsat ones are more dense and more difficult. my kaplan verbal instructors told us to practice lsat verbal passages because they were more difficult than the mcat ones and would prepare us well for the mcat...

 

[red ruby]

lsat verbal passages are nothing like mcat verbal. They are much easier to understand and the questions asked are straight-forward. As well, you always time to finish the lsat verbal, whereas the mcat verbal is difficult to finish. That was my experience anyways....

 

[javandane]

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[acab]

Having take both, I think Mcat verbal passages are a lot harder than Lsat ones. As mentioned previously, Lsat questions are straight-forward. What makes Mcat verbal passages difficult is the "more than 1 answer is right, but chose the best".

 

[HollyJ]

I teach MCAT verbal and LSAT, and I definitely think that MCAT verbal is harder. The passages on the MCAT do tend to be a little less dense, but the questions and answer choices are much more ambiguous.

 

[jlee9531]

yeah my friend is studying for his lsats right now and im looking over his books....

the readers are dense and i hate that haha but the questions arent that bad actually. i guess it compensates for the reading.

mcat questions i felt were much tougher tho the passages on the whole were not as hard to get through.

 

[evescadeceus]

Have to say I agree that MCAT verbal passages are a good deal trickier, even though they may appear somewhat simpler at first glance. I took the LSAT and got a 92% overall score, so I thought the verbal section of the mcat would be cake. I was expecting a 12 or 13 to pull up my weak physics score. I got an 11 on the April 2003 exam, which was widely perceived to be easier than the recent August exam. My friend who scored 88% overall on the LSAT got a 10 on her mcat verbal.

 

[Samoa]

I took them both. 98th percentile on the LSAT, 13 MCAT Verbal. The major difference to me was the topical content. MCAT content varied a great deal more, while the LSAT was mostly sociology, history, etc. Also, the MCAT questions focused more on inference and inductive reasoning, while the LSAT was more about explicit logic and deductive reasoning. Still, I think the passages are good practice, and in terms of reading level, the LSAT passages are harder to follow.