Schedule for reading

[Uafl112]

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I have cancelled my Aug 28th MCAT due to poor verbal reasoning scores on my practice exams. I plan on rescheduling for a test in roughly 8- 10 months from now I plan on doing some things suggested on this forum regarding the economist and reading books.

However, my question is, how should I schedule this? When some of you guys say you read the Economist, how often did you read? How many articles a day? Also, are there any suggested books that I should read? Any other sites I should read?

lastly, I felt like one of the reasons I was not able to do well in the section was because I have yet to take any humanity classes. I signed up for History of modern Europe. Will that help me at all?

 

[freakingoutabit]

Have you taken any English classes? I would look for classes that use primary sources rather than textbooks as reading material. I think many pre-meds struggle with the verbal section because they have mountains of experience reading textbooks and very little experience reading articles and essays.

As for reading on your own, rather than saying, "I'm going to read 5 articles per day, gosh darnit!" pick articles that interest you and really digest them. Think about how the author presented their argument, the implications of that argument, and the evidence used to support it. Be a skeptic, and think about the strengths and weaknesses of every point made. Read the article as if you're preparing to discuss it with other people or, even better, as if you're preparing to debate someone on that topic. Don't just read for the sake of reading.

I hope this is somewhat helpful. Good luck!

 

[Uafl112]

yeah, that was actually really helpful. Thank you!