Spend more time doing verbal passages, or correcting them?

[aldrich]

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Which is higher yield, to prepare for Verbal MCAT on Aug 12th:

Method 1: maximizing sheer exposure to verbal passages by maintaining a high quantity of verbal passages in daily regimen, and studying only questions that were answered incorrectly

Method 2: focusing less on taking more passages, and instead spending more time in the 'correction stage' by trying to understand why exactly you got answers wrong or right

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According to EK, it's a waste of time to understand 'why you got the right answers correct'.

However, in a previous post, someone said that one should spend up to 2-3 times as much time correcting and understanding the answers (for both correctly or incorrectly answered questions).

Currently, I am using Method 1. I am taking 6 passages a day, 5 days a week. I am correcting and directing my attention only to questions I got wrong.

Should I switch to Method 2, in which I take 3 passages per day, and during correction, study the reasons why I answered incorrectly AND correctly?

 

[Colonol Forbin]

Which is higher yield, to prepare for Verbal MCAT on Aug 12th:

Method 1: maximizing sheer exposure to verbal passages by maintaining a high quantity of verbal passages in daily regimen, and studying only questions that were answered incorrectly

Method 2: focusing less on taking more passages, and instead spending more time in the 'correction stage' by trying to understand why exactly you got answers wrong or right

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According to EK, it's a waste of time to understand 'why you got the right answers correct'.

However, in a previous post, someone said that one should spend up to 2-3 times as much time correcting and understanding the answers (for both correctly or incorrectly answered questions).

Currently, I am using Method 1. I am taking 6 passages a day, 5 days a week. I am correcting and directing my attention only to questions I got wrong.

Should I switch to Method 2, in which I take 3 passages per day, and during correction, study the reasons why I answered incorrectly AND correctly?

Definitly jsut do them, the only way to really get better is sheer practice....it's easy to understrand something after the fact, with verbal it can only help you so much

And to be honest, doing 6 a day isnt the best option....you really need to do 7 at once...as in a full test to really get good at it bc one of the hardest parts of verbal is mainting that strict intense focus for the full hour

 

[AliDeLaLouisa]

🙂The most effective way is to understand both why you got a question right and most importantly why you got a question wrong. A general overall awareness of the question you get right will become repeat for you. This will allow you to zero in on the questions that you are getting wrong more intensely. 5 passages a day gets you a high score. Practice makes perfect as everyone seems to say hear on these forums. What I do is take a mock verbal test everyday just like if it was test day. Its only a hour of your time. After I finish or the timer goes off. I check each answer, a little time consuming but it allows me to understand what I am doing wrong and my train of thouhgt. I am beginning to get a feel for the passages better. Hope this helps. Happy reading!🙂

 

[AliDeLaLouisa]

Definitly jsut do them, the only way to really get better is sheer practice....it's easy to understrand something after the fact, with verbal it can only help you so much

And to be honest, doing 6 a day isnt the best option....you really need to do 7 at once...as in a full test to really get good at it bc one of the hardest parts of verbal is mainting that strict intense focus for the full hour

Good Point!

 

[NavyJoe]

Is that you are going to quickly run out of worthwhile passages.

Each test takes is different. If you are finding that you start losing focus and are making more errors by the fifth or sixth passage, then it is probably more useful for you to practice using more passages.

If you are finishing in plenty of time, but getting random questions wrong, then maybe it is better for you to do 3 passages a day and to keep practicing every day.

I bought an LSAT prep book and rotate that in with my EK101 and am hoping that will hold me over until the TPRH is released in June.