Verbal Strategy

[Ehwic]

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Hi All!

I was hoping if someone can give me a couple suggestions as to how to solve my issue. The problem I'm currently experiencing is the fact that occasionally I cannot efficiently go back to the paragraph that it's referring to either because I forget where it was stated in the passage. That being said, I was wondering if anyone had this same encounter and ultimately what did you end of doing to solve this. I've tried previewing the questions before, but that didn't seem to work for me that well. Thanks!

 

[Alejandro]

Hm. Not sure if this will work, but you may try just reading passages, or even reading articles on the atlantic, new yorker, whatever, and trying to just recall what each paragraph said earlier. I mean, I wouldn't try to over stress yourself out on it, because I feel maybe that's why your retention might be a little off. Like, think of a newspaper-I think you can read a newspaper and follow a story and its details, right? So I don't know-just think of it as if you're reading a newspaper, and perhaps try to learn something from your reading, instead of just trying to PLOW through it. Part of the verbal is psychological-you have to somehow appreciate what you're reading rather than just trying to seek n destroy questions.

My two cents.

 

[Ehwic]

Yeah I understand that it's partly psychological, but it's the timing that stresses me out because I am always afraid that I won't be able to finish on time. For me, and I'm assuming and others too, it's a gamble, where certain passages would only take me a couple minutes while other passages would take me a while. I tried reading the economist for some time; however, I've noticed that reading style-wise it's all the same. I want more sites that cater to humanities. Besides the New Yorker, I don't know any other places that are humanities related.

 

[BBlocker]

Yeah I understand that it's partly psychological, but it's the timing that stresses me out because I am always afraid that I won't be able to finish on time. For me, and I'm assuming and others too, it's a gamble, where certain passages would only take me a couple minutes while other passages would take me a while. I tried reading the economist for some time; however, I've noticed that reading style-wise it's all the same. I want more sites that cater to humanities. Besides the New Yorker, I don't know any other places that are humanities related.

Slow down while reading to maximize comprehension. This alone helped me bring my score from 8 to 10. Once you comprehend the passage, i think you will be able to answer questions to get at least a 9/10. The rest are the touchy feely quesitons that imo are really hard and require extra practice. Also, it might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with topics that are confusing by doing many practice passages (preferrable aamc; buy the verbal self assessments). First time i took AAMC i plowed through the passages, focused on FINISHING the section rather than comprehension. I got an 8. I've slowed down while reading to maximize comprehension and have been getting 9's, 10's and 11
s. You should notice that once your comprehension is good, you naturally spend less time on questions.