Study skills advice needed: Time in physical sciences, and "applying passage" Qs

[Sonya]

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Are there any suggestions on how to speed up in physical sciences? Take into account, i'm inately slow in nature. 🙁 but, knowledge wise, physical science is my best subject, extremely beyond question. I'm a bioeng major, and have done excellent in all physics/ chem. and, if I identify a topic i've forgotten, i can learn them in no problem. but, that still doesn't mean i'm fast at it.

Do you think i should read passages fully? I'm right now working from princeton review. I finished the topic wise questions in berkeley review, and studied areas i'm bad at (high number wrong, that is).

Thing is, i also get a lot wrong, when it's do to applying material in the passage (i.e. i h ave all the neccesary knowledge, and most of the knowledge comes from thouroughly understanding the passage, but I still can't f ind the answer. ). and here, i'm not talking about algebra mistakes. This is common in bio science too. But, if i read more briefly in phys sci, i'm likely to have even more trouble.

As is, i'm usually left with 5 - 10 questions undone (or extremely rushed through).

Sonya

 

[Ramoray]

I am not sure if it is a problem wtih you but for me, in PS espeically i found that there are problems, especially ones with calcluations or ones that i know tha ti know, i can spend too much time making sure i have an answer right, like esp. with calculations, but i found that i make myself move on after i come up with an answer, and if its a calculations, Star it and come back at the end but that usually never happens but u must remember they all worth the same so leaving 10 u may miss like8 easy ones.
Another thing is to do ALL discreets first, esp. PS caues they are MUCh easier usually than passages so do all of those, then go back adn do the passages in order, that way you wont miss the discreeets at teh end. That worked fo rme, and i always finished quite. Also dont read the passage too thoroughly, i dont think its as important in PS to read the passage yet u have to read just dont take too much time! ok good luck, it is a tough scection fo finish

 

[klp14]

I have the same problem on PS Sonya. Kaplan suggested that you do the discretes first because you spend less time on them - you know it or you don't and there's no passage reading involved. Another helpful thing is to look at the charts/graphs/data box before reading the passage. It's usually a good synopsis of what they're looking for and answers are often hidden there. Once you do those things it's all about practice - repetition will help you get faster. Good luck!