What is a good score on the SN2ed Physics TBR 1/3's?

[FutureERDoc16]

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Just started the 4-month SN2ed MCAT study plan today. Today was Chapter 1: Physics. I scored a 16/19 = 84.2%. Is this "decent"? I was assuming it was God-awful since passages 1,4, and 7 were all covering basic material. I missed one in the first passage because I forgot to add the 100m cliff to my calculated 31 m height. I missed two in the second; the first because I had no idea why standard deviations were included in the question, and the second because I thought the ball wouldn't move at all because the surface was "adhesive" (couldn't they have just added friction)?

Does anyone have any suggestions on handling problems such as the "adhesive" one more effectively?

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Anything above 70% is considered good due to TBRs difficulty.
Usually it's TBR Bio book II that gives people a hard time. 55-65% is a good score for that book.
Your score is excellent.

 

[FeinMS]

Yea somewhere above 70-80% is good, but don't be too arrogant based on your "Chapter One" score. Also TBR's style of problem differs from AAMC's style.

 

[Copernicium]

At some time further down in the SN2ed schedule, you'll reach a point where you no longer care about % correct and will switch your focus to greater understanding of the material because the passages get more difficult and you'll be getting more questions wrong.

At least that's what happened to me. So don't get too hung up on % correct as long as you're reading the explanations for all questions and understanding the logic

 

[optopia]

At some time further down in the SN2ed schedule, you'll reach a point where you no longer care about % correct and will switch your focus to greater understanding of the material because the passages get more difficult and you'll be getting more questions wrong.

At least that's what happened to me. So don't get too hung up on % correct as long as you're reading the explanations for all questions and understanding the logic

Agreed. I had some passages where I got most of them wrong, but those were the best learning experiences because I found out I wasn't really understanding the material very well. Despite some pretty disastrous TBR passages, I've never scored below 12 on a PS on the AAMC practice tests, so I think TBR prepared me well

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Just started the 4-month SN2ed MCAT study plan today. Today was Chapter 1: Physics. I scored a 16/19 = 84.2%. Is this "decent"? I was assuming it was God-awful since passages 1,4, and 7 were all covering basic material. I missed one in the first passage because I forgot to add the 100m cliff to my calculated 31 m height. I missed two in the second; the first because I had no idea why standard deviations were included in the question, and the second because I thought the ball wouldn't move at all because the surface was "adhesive" (couldn't they have just added friction)?

Does anyone have any suggestions on handling problems such as the "adhesive" one more effectively?

Only 84.2%? Wow you should just quit now. If you aren't pulling 100s in these god awful easy TBR books, idk what you're gonna do on the real thing.

...just messin. You're good.

 

[Person0715]

At some time further down in the SN2ed schedule, you'll reach a point where you no longer care about % correct and will switch your focus to greater understanding of the material because the passages get more difficult and you'll be getting more questions wrong.

I definitely stopped caring about the percent after a few chapters. Towards the end, I just lazy and did the problems got the sake of doing them...

 

[gig123]

I would highly recommend not even calculating percentages. I did not do that well on TBR passages for physics because I felt the passages were way too convoluted, and the percentages just demoralized me. Yet I was fine on AAMC passages later on... So I would just review the logic behind each question and move on!

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

I know, I get a bit pissy when I jot down 5-6 second choice answers to find out they 4-5 of them were correct and could've boosted me from a 60%-83% ish

 

[FutureERDoc16]

Does anyone have suggestions for verbal? I got a 9 on AAMC 3, but it seems like the Sn2ed method is killing me. I'm only on day 3, but I don't see how it is possible to finish the passages AND the questions in only seven minutes. Generally I will only have about 4/7 questions done when my timer goes off. When I try completing all of the questions so quickly, I end up pretty much getting all of them wrong.

I understand I'm primarily trying to determine the author's argument, yes. That's not that difficult, but a lot of the questions (at least in TBR and ExamKrackers) requires me to actually recall tiny details from the passage. Such as:

"For which of the following of the author's assertions is NO support provided in the passage?"

That requires me to go back and re-look at each of the statements to see if evidence was or was not provided, which takes up A LOT of time. 😕 Advice, anyone?

 

[ChodeNode]

Does anyone have suggestions for verbal? I got a 9 on AAMC 3, but it seems like the Sn2ed method is killing me. I'm only on day 3, but I don't see how it is possible to finish the passages AND the questions in only seven minutes. Generally I will only have about 4/7 questions done when my timer goes off. When I try completing all of the questions so quickly, I end up pretty much getting all of them wrong.

I understand I'm primarily trying to determine the author's argument, yes. That's not that difficult, but a lot of the questions (at least in TBR and ExamKrackers) requires me to actually recall tiny details from the passage. Such as:

"For which of the following of the author's assertions is NO support provided in the passage?"

That requires me to go back and re-look at each of the statements to see if evidence was or was not provided, which takes up A LOT of time. 😕 Advice, anyone?

I'll start off by saying that I am a slow reader. I seem to take twice as long to read books as my friends do. I felt that reading slow was a barrier to me during my undergrad studies. So I'm sure I can relate to your confidence level when it comes to reading. That said...

You need to have some kind of mental assessment of a sentence as or after you read it. Why was it important? What did it contribute to the paragraph? Is this sentence contrasting something else? The answers to these don't have to be fully developed or verbalized in your head. But you should have some sense of these answers. As I'm practicing more, the answers to these questions in my head are getting to be on the fly and there's less stopping.

The link SN2ed gave for a Verbal guide (by Visadha or something?) was very helpful. The key point, for me, was not allowing myself to re-read when I thought my mind got lazy. It was difficult at first - very difficult. I initially took longer because I was rereading sentences due to not paying attention or not believing that I understood it. Only reading once on the first pass is pushing me out of those ditches. That post was correct. Force yourself to do it, and you will grow out of it.

Lowering your time to 7 minutes is not a strategy; it's a tactic that is only a small part of the strategy. Your strategy is to improve comprehension and critical thinking. Make sure you are employing multiple tactics to accomplish the strategy. The questions people tell you to ask yourself are part of that as well. Being more efficient at that process is another part. Perhaps start employing only 1-2 tactics at a time so you don't overwhelm yourself.

There's no easy answer to your dilemma. Be deliberate in trying to improve. Do not continue doing the same old things hoping you will improve.