TBR Bio passages

[osprey099]

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Hi guys. I'm currently doing TBR Bio book 1 passages and I'm getting owned by them. I'm getting like 5/8 right (max) for each passages and I'm giving myself 10 minutes per passage (which is probably more than I should be giving myself). Should I expect the real MCAT BS to be as hard as or maybe even harder than TBR Bio passages?

 

[235788]

Hi guys. I'm currently doing TBR Bio book 1 passages and I'm getting owned by them. I'm getting like 5/8 right (max) for each passages and I'm giving myself 10 minutes per passage (which is probably more than I should be giving myself). Should I expect the real MCAT BS to be as hard as or maybe even harder than TBR Bio passages?

I found TBR to be a bit harder. But its good practice.

 

[SalemK]

Thanks for this thread -- I am having the same experience. I just did some passages in chapter 9 (per SN2's MCAT study schedule, to go with ExamKrackers Bio chapter 2) and completely tanked them. They seem to expect me to have a vast amount of knowledge memorized (for example, what codons go with which amino acids, and not just start/stop codons). Very demoralizing. But I took a few in chapter 10 that weren't so awful, and I have heard that TBR passages are harder than the real thing.

Fingers crossed . . . and good luck to you.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

TBR bio is insanely difficult, even compared to other TBR books. 5/8 right is actually pretty good.

 

[kimicurtis]

OMG!! I actually just signed in to vent about this. I just read Bio CH 1 and did Passage 1 and 2. They killed me! As in, I am dead. I got 2/8 and then 2/5. My college bio course did not teach physio well at all, but they ask questions from material not yet covered. I know this is great practice, but I feel kinda dumb right now...

 

[osprey099]

OMG!! I actually just signed in to vent about this. I just read Bio CH 1 and did Passage 1 and 2. They killed me! As in, I am dead. I got 2/8 and then 2/5. My college bio course did not teach physio well at all, but they ask questions from material not yet covered. I know this is great practice, but I feel kinda dumb right now...

Yea, I know how you feel. After getting demoralized by TBR Bio passages, I haven't been able to concentrate on studying the past couple of days and just being paranoid over how dumb TBR makes me feel..

 

[kimicurtis]

Yea, I know how you feel. After getting demoralized by TBR Bio passages, I haven't been able to concentrate on studying the past couple of days and just being paranoid over how dumb TBR makes me feel..

Oh no! Don't worry, stick in there. Soon you will get up over 5/8.I started feeling really bad about Passage 1 and 2 but then I managed to find humor in my situation, and laughed at myself.

Plus, BR Bio is ridiculous. I just graded passage 3 from ch 1 and got 4/7. It's not fantastic, but its an improvement.

Keep at it! The harder you work, the more you will improve. Don't let these scores deter you.🙂

 

[golfandmedicine]

Thanks for this thread, I aced A&P 1 and 2 granted I worked very hard in them. Was looking forward to the bio and got through the chapter material in BR chapter one. Moved on to the passages and got about half right in the first 5 passages with too much time taken. At least I am not the only one....

 

[nycsoul87]

I needed to see this! TBR Bio has been a bit demoralizing but I'm glad that others are struggling with it too. One thing that I am finding useful with getting so many wrong (I'm getting at the most roughly 50% right) is that it is forcing us to do post passage analysis. I'm breaking down my mistakes into whether they are lack of content/knowledge errors, reasoning errors, or careless errors. I am early into my prep (scheduled for September 1st exam) so at this point I am okay with getting things wrong due to content/knowledge errors. I just make a note of the information I don't know or haven't reviewed yet and move on. It is the reasoning and careless errors that I am concerned with as these are oftentimes more difficult to correct for because they might represent poor test taking skills and problems with strategy. My goal with TBR Bio especially is mostly to try and minimize these types of mistakes.