Split EK 101 verbal sections up or take as whole?

[sully677]

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I will be taking the MCAT in April and will start TPR in late Jan...I have been preparing for a couple of months doing a little verbal mostly with BR which isn't that great. Anyhow, should I take the EK 101 verbal passages in a section in one sitting or split them up?

Thanks!

 

[robbinblue458]

I will be taking the MCAT in April and will start TPR in late Jan...I have been preparing for a couple of months doing a little verbal mostly with BR which isn't that great. Anyhow, should I take the EK 101 verbal passages in a section in one sitting or split them up?

Thanks!

Study the Verbal Reasoning manual very well and then practice the strategies you attain from the manual on individual passages in EK 101. Do this for one practice "test" or "section" and then take fully timed section. It'll wear you down but it will pay off. Best of luck to you and your MCAT prep

 

[sully677]

Study the Verbal Reasoning manual very well and then practice the strategies you attain from the manual on individual passages in EK 101. Do this for one practice "test" or "section" and then take fully timed section. It'll wear you down but it will pay off. Best of luck to you and your MCAT prep

Did you space out the different sets each week until the exam or what?

 

[TurkSurg]

I will be taking the MCAT in April and will start TPR in late Jan...I have been preparing for a couple of months doing a little verbal mostly with BR which isn't that great. Anyhow, should I take the EK 101 verbal passages in a section in one sitting or split them up?

Thanks!

I'm splitting it up as 3 passages/day. I can see why SN2ed likes this split-up way. First, you build endurance by taking 3 passages everyday. Second, if you take all the 7 passages at once you'll probably run out of passages pretty soon. Oh well that's just my opinion.

 

[SN2ed]

I'm splitting it up as 3 passages/day. I can see why SN2ed likes this split-up way. First, you build endurance by taking 3 passages everyday. Second, if you take all the 7 passages at once you'll probably run out of passages pretty soon. Oh well that's just my opinion.

That and I think consistent practice everyday is vital for verbal. If there were more quality verbal resources, I'd say take 5-7 passages per day. However, there aren't, so we must ration them out.

 

[lb114]

When I took my MCATS, I found that timing was the biggest problem. Not to scare you...but the passages seemed long and the questions seemed long as well. I would definitely practice timing and taking full-length EK 101 passages.

I found that Kaplan online section tests for verbal are comparable to the MCAT exam I took.

good luck.

 

[sully677]

When I took my MCATS, I found that timing was the biggest problem. Not to scare you...but the passages seemed long and the questions seemed long as well. I would definitely practice timing and taking full-length EK 101 passages.

I found that Kaplan online section tests for verbal are comparable to the MCAT exam I took.

good luck.

I haven't taken Kaplan, but I am taking TPR. Multiple people have told me Kaplan's verbal is awful and that it does not compare to the actual MCAT.

 

[Insulinshock]

I haven't taken Kaplan, but I am taking TPR. Multiple people have told me Kaplan's verbal is awful and that it does not compare to the actual MCAT.

I'm saving the AAMC tests until the 3 week mark, but I've been doing EK 101 and Kaplan FL's, and Kaplan questions are vastly different than EK (I've been told the latter is as close to real MCAT as it gets). It's much more direct recall than actual reasoning, and I have to go back on almost every question because they ask about minute detail.

Again, I haven't taken any of the AAMC's yet, but the Kaplan passages are just.. different.

 

[TurkSurg]

I'm saving the AAMC tests until the 3 week mark, but I've been doing EK 101 and Kaplan FL's, and Kaplan questions are vastly different than EK (I've been told the latter is as close to real MCAT as it gets). It's much more direct recall than actual reasoning, and I have to go back on almost every question because they ask about minute detail.

Again, I haven't taken any of the AAMC's yet, but the Kaplan passages are just.. different.

I feel the same with TPRH verbal workbook for the first couple passages I've taken... 😎

 

[robbinblue458]

Did you space out the different sets each week until the exam or what?

Do a passage and go over the answers. Then move onto the next passage and do the same thing. The next day take a full length without reviewing in between. After your done going through the practice section go through the answers and make sure your technique is solid. If you technique is lagging then go back to your EK verbal manual read up on the techniques again and try applying them to practice passages (kinda like what I proposed for day one). If you study this way you'll simply increase your score and begin to love verbal. Make sure to keep that positive energy up, thats the core to success in the MCAT

 

[sully677]

Do a passage and go over the answers. Then move onto the next passage and do the same thing. The next day take a full length without reviewing in between. After your done going through the practice section go through the answers and make sure your technique is solid. If you technique is lagging then go back to your EK verbal manual read up on the techniques again and try applying them to practice passages (kinda like what I proposed for day one). If you study this way you'll simply increase your score and begin to love verbal. Make sure to keep that positive energy up, thats the core to success in the MCAT

How long does it take to see progress on verbal? I have been going off and on for a month and have barely noticed any improvement.