When Studying Verbal, One at a time, or a few at a time?

[meliora27]

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When you're studying VR do you do a passage, and then immediately go over it or do you take 2 or 3 passages at a time and then go over them. I often feel that when I do several passages at a time before doing a through review of them, I tend to forget parts of the earlier passages when it comes time to review my mistakes.

 

[capn jazz]

Really? Sometimes I wait a few days before reviewing my verbal and I can remember most of the main points of the passages. You should do 3-4 at a time, TIMED and then review. It's very different to be able to do one passage in 6-7 minutes and to be able to do 7 passages in a row in 60 minutes. You need to build your verbal endurance!

 

[0Complications]

Really? Sometimes I wait a few days before reviewing my verbal and I can remember most of the main points of the passages. You should do 3-4 at a time, TIMED and then review. It's very different to be able to do one passage in 6-7 minutes and to be able to do 7 passages in a row in 60 minutes. You need to build your verbal endurance!

I agree with this. I have been doing 3 passages at a time, then I'll review ALL the questions. But it certainly requires more endurance to do all 7 passages. You can't slow down and you don't have time to dilly dally. I think 3-4 is the perfect amount though, because then you can knock out the passages and review in ~1 hour.

I set my times at 25 mins for 3 passages or 32 for 4. If I don't finish in time, then I'll keep going, but note where I got hung-up. Often I'll find that the passages requiring the most time to complete are the ones I do the poorest on, so now if I get a dog I just read through it and select the best answers. I don't dwell on bits and pieces anymore to make sure I really understand what they are saying, because it didn't help when I did.

 

[Buding]

Honestly, as brutal as it is for me right now, I would really recommend doing the 7 passages in 60min. Yes, Im probably a little exhausted after the 4th or 5th passage, but im starting to build a better endurance to it.

All in all, I feel that it just gives you a feel on how efficient you need be on the actual MCAT.

 

[0Complications]

Honestly, as brutal as it is for me right now, I would really recommend doing the 7 passages in 60min. Yes, Im probably a little exhausted after the 4th or 5th passage, but im starting to build a better endurance to it.

All in all, I feel that it just gives you a feel on how efficient you need be on the actual MCAT.

I can see what you're saying, but that's almost akin to saying that in order to prepare for a marathon you need to run the whole 26.2 miles time after time again prior to your race.

To me, it's too exhausting to do this. I save my full length verbals for practice tests. But to each their own. If you have smart clock management, timing won't be an issue.