SAT Critical Reading

[BlueElmo]

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Hi all,

I have been running out of Verbal passages to study on for the MCAT. It seems like I have done a lot of the stuff out there, EK, TPR, Kaplan, etc. Do you guys think doing some SAT or AP English passages might be useful?
From what I remember from my high school days, SAT critical reading was easier, but still would it be a good practice?

 

[JA Prufrock]

Hi all,

I have been running out of Verbal passages to study on for the MCAT. It seems like I have done a lot of the stuff out there, EK, TPR, Kaplan, etc. Do you guys think doing some SAT or AP English passages might be useful?
From what I remember from my high school days, SAT critical reading was easier, but still would it be a good practice?

I doubt it. I got a 770 on SAT CR, which I think is pretty good. Judging by EK's book though, the VR is a whole different (and more difficult) animal. You'd probably be better served getting Berk Review verbal which, although easier than EK, will probably give you a better practice.

 

[SN2ed]

No, those two won't be useful. If and only if, you have truly ran out of VR material, try some LSAT prep material. There have been people in the past (since I've been here anyway) that have used LSAT material to great effect. They have a reading comprehension section in every test.

 

[bozz]

What's the difference between SAT and MCAT verbal stuff? I personally found SAT Verbal to be harder (critical reading). In fact, the SAT had way more inference questions: "What would the author think about this? What else would he say in place? How would Scientist 1 refute Scientist 3" OMG, those passages were ridiculous and required you the understand the overall logic/argument way more IMO

 

[HoboCommander]

I took a look at SAT Verbal section, and though I remembered it as hard, now it seems really easy compared to the MCAT Verbal. So it wont' help, but LSAT verbal would help.

 

[Libtech]

What's the difference between SAT and MCAT verbal stuff? I personally found SAT Verbal to be harder (critical reading). In fact, the SAT had way more inference questions: "What would the author think about this? What else would he say in place? How would Scientist 1 refute Scientist 3" OMG, those passages were ridiculous and required you the understand the overall logic/argument way more IMO

The verbal questions from AAMC practice (and on the real test) were ALL "What would the author think," or "how would the author respond to new evidence," or "how would the author try to refute another author's ... argument." Heh I'm not sure which MCAT verbal questions you are looking at?

The SAT's verbal was a joke to me (I had around a 700 so it's not the best) but the MCAT verbal was a pain in the rear.