PCAT Reading passages..

[fengye920]

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Hey Guys!
I was doing the reading passages out of the Kaplan 2008-2009 Review Book, and it seemed like they were a lot easier than the critical reading passages on the SAT.

Does anyone else feel this way and can verify that the reading passages on the PCAT are similar to the ones in the Kaplan..or a lot harder?

Good luck to the people who are getting their scores from the June PCAT 🙂

 

[Farcus]

yeh I thought they were 10x easier than SAT on the january PCAT and i ended up with a terrible score. I know so many people with really bad reading scores but good other scores.

 

[busyizzy]

A similar question, I have been doing both MCAT and PCAT practice exams for practice, and the MCAT is significantly harder. In fact, I'd agree with the OP and say the SAT reading comprehension seems easier than the one on the PCAT. All the PCAT reading reviews I've seen seem so... basic. Basically, you just need to search for the correct key words in the passage. The MCAT practices involve much more thinking and deduction. I'm confused; are the PCAT review books just making this part of the exam seem so much easier than they actually are? I'd rather not waste my time studying things that are easier than the test since that lets your guard down, but at the same time, if they are that easy, then I would much rather dedicate time spent studying those MCAT reading practices on other parts of the exam. Thanks.

 

[Farcus]

A similar question, I have been doing both MCAT and PCAT practice exams for practice, and the MCAT is significantly harder. In fact, I'd agree with the OP and say the SAT reading comprehension seems easier than the one on the PCAT. All the PCAT reading reviews I've seen seem so... basic. Basically, you just need to search for the correct key words in the passage. The MCAT practices involve much more thinking and deduction. I'm confused; are the PCAT review books just making this part of the exam seem so much easier than they actually are? I'd rather not waste my time studying things that are easier than the test since that lets your guard down, but at the same time, if they are that easy, then I would much rather dedicate time spent studying those MCAT reading practices on other parts of the exam. Thanks.

there is no "choosing key words" its all about main idea, inference, whether the author would agree on certain issues, there is probably like 1 "find this word" problem. All the reading are really detailed and technical on the real thing so I don't know what you guys are reading. They'll like give you a something and in the middle all the detail is what you need to focus on.

 

[GT500]

Busyizzy, keep practicing on the MCAT passages. Even though the MCAT passages are more difficult, it will adequately prepare you for the actual PCAT exam.

 

[prescribeWoW]

kaplan's reading comp review paragraphs for the pcat were much harder than the actual pcat reading comp questions for me but I think kaplans questions are the ones they use to prep for dat

Hope this helps