prep. questions

[Omyss]

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well i had to void my test (see other thread)... and i guess i'll just try to use this "new extra time" to study more effectively.

MY weak points are verbal.. i can only score from 7-10 (10 only once)... i already did almost all of the Ek 101s and AAMC 3-9.. so that leaves me with little practice material. So what do you guys suggest would be the best verbal practice i could do:
kaplan verbal tests from their FLs along with TPR verbal tests

or LSAT and GRE reading comprehension tests



I've got the kaplan and TPR tests A-d, other than those, are there any good practice tests to try? (i've done all AAMCs) would EK tests be good?


I have the TPR PS review book from 2004 and the kaplan BS book from 02... do you think i should look into some of the EK books aswell, or if the ones i have are adequate enough.


How are the EK 1001 books? are they worth buying? are they representative of AAMC q's. I already have all the kaplan topicals and section tests.

thanks a lot.

 

[Omyss]

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[metastasis]

How much time did you spend on EK? Do an EK test and see how much you can remember. If you can remember the answer to most of the questions than don't do it. Otherwise redo the EKs. Also spend a lot of time analyzing the question stems, why each answer choice is correct, and what makes an answer chioce wrong (obviously after the test). The key to doing well in verbal is not just massive practice, but massive practice + understanding the practice (i.e. why you choose the right answer, or the wrong answer). After having done a couple of EK, I must say they are the only company that actually teach you common MCAT traps, whats make a chioce correct compared to another. TPR just simply quotes lines in their solution. After doing each test I spend about half hour per passage on the question stems, and looking at the solution to each question.

Also try to see if you could pick a philosophy course, that wont alter your GPA by much. Philosophy course are good because they have some dry readings, and teach you what makes for a good argument, a bad argument, etc.

If you need more practice, go with LSAT. I heard thats the closest to the MCAT. PM, and I could send you some MCAT verbal reasoning stuff that someone gave me. I never did it, myself so can't say fo sure how good it is.

 

[Omyss]

has anyone tried the gold standard practice tests in their review book? how representative were they?

I was searching amazon and there were many positive reviews regarding their full lengths.