Verbal and reading comprehension

[dave233]

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hi guys!...
only few days to go until the p-day

i m really scared for verbal part and reading comprehension...

guys wid 70+ in verbal and reading comprehension...
any last minute tips to ace (or atleast not do horible in verbal part)

Any tactics to tackle the verbal part question when you dont have a slightest idea wht the particular word or choices mean?


Any help will be highly appericiated!!!!

 

[dave233]

someone.. anyone?

 

[RachGator]

I sais this in a seperate thread but it may help you: You can even use Princeton Review books from the OLD SAT (which still had analogies) to help you prepare for the sentence completions and analogies. I found the PCAT vocab here easier but the techniques helped alot. Princeton's book can help you learn to work backwards and show you how to get rid of things it can't be so you up your chances when you guess on words you don't know the meaning to.
Good !

 

[twester]

Remember that, in most standardized multiple guess exams, you can almost always eliminate one or two choices as being completely illogical. Then if you end up having to guess, you've got a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

I didn't think the verbal section was all that difficult. If you've done reasonably well in English classes and are a regular reader, you should have the vocabulary to handle it. But Rachgator's suggestion is a good one.

 

[kynsik]

Reading comprehension should be the easiest section on this test. Maybe it isn't for everyone, but as an avid reader, getting the answers to these problems were easy. Just trust yourself to be able to glean the correct ideas for the essay. I think the studying of old SATs and the kaplan book are good ideas. Good luck

 

[xTonEx]

How similar is the Reading Comprehension section on the actual PCAT to the practice PCAT on the Harcourt website (besides the fact that one's displayed on the computer while the other is not)? Do they number each paragraph out to you? Is the reading and questions as tough/easy as the practice PCAT?

Also, how good of a determining factor are the scores on the practice to the scores on the actual?

 

[KKLPharmD]

How similar is the Reading Comprehension section on the actual PCAT to the practice PCAT on the Harcourt website (besides the fact that one's displayed on the computer while the other is not)? Do they number each paragraph out to you? Is the reading and questions as tough/easy as the practice PCAT?

Also, how good of a determining factor are the scores on the practice to the scores on the actual?

The formatting of the questions and the passages is exactly the same on the actual exam. The level of difficulty is very similar between the pratice and the actual. I did slightly better on the actual exam than the practice exam. I thought it was a much better preparedness guage than the Kaplan practice exams.