TPRH Verbal Workbook vs EK 101?

[quadomatic]

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I've been doing EK 101 practice tests for VR, and I've been doing pitiful. I took 2, and got a 9 and an 8. On the last one, I got 14 wrong out of the 40.

I just took an AAMC practice VR section, and got a 12. By comparison, I only missed 5.

I really don't feel like EK 101 accurately duplicates the kind of questions that show up on the real tests. Is the TPRH Verbal Workbook any better?

 

[Genemo]

Different people have been saying different things. Some say they are similar and some say AAMC is easier. I personally feel difficulty level EK>TPRH>=AAMC. I feel TPRH and EK really stress on different things.

 

[PingPongPro]

I think most would agree 101 is harder than others. Its not a bad thing though since it overprepares you for a verbal section that is hard to study up on.

TPRH is a little easier, but not sure how it compares to a real AAMC verbal section.

 

[MDminded]

Different people have been saying different things. Some say they are similar and some say AAMC is easier. I personally feel difficulty level EK>TPRH>=AAMC. I feel TPRH and EK really stress on different things.

I disagree with this comparison, and here's my reasoning:

EK: Harder questions.
TPRH: Harder passages.

I lke TPRH better because of the passage difficulty. I had trouble keeping up with the real thing because of length and the BORING stuff they had you read. EK's passages at least captured my attention because it was written in plain English (even if it was business-y, I could interpret it).

I think TPRH passages are closer to the real thing, but EK simulates the difficulty.

So for my success, TPRH > EK.

 

[Genemo]

See thats what I mean different people feel differently 😛

 

[quadomatic]

I disagree with this comparison, and here's my reasoning:

EK: Harder questions.
TPRH: Harder passages.

I lke TPRH better because of the passage difficulty. I had trouble keeping up with the real thing because of length and the BORING stuff they had you read. EK's passages at least captured my attention because it was written in plain English (even if it was business-y, I could interpret it).

I think TPRH passages are closer to the real thing, but EK simulates the difficulty.

So for my success, TPRH > EK.

If what you say is true about TPRH passages, I think I'm going to have to find a workbook. The passages in the AAMC test were definitely tougher to comprehend, and I think that's what primarily made it difficult.

 

[Genemo]

If what you say is true about TPRH passages, I think I'm going to have to find a workbook. The passages in the AAMC test were definitely tougher to comprehend, and I think that's what primarily made it difficult.

I actually feel that too. TPRH can have really hard passages. Although my % correctness is always higher for TPRH than EK.