Which is more predictive: EK101 or TPRH Verbal?

[oxelhs]

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Been going through TPRHL Verbal workbook (2011 edition) and seem to be doing better than when I was going through EK101 last year. Is it just easier or have I just gotten better at understanding the passages?

 

[milski]

TPRH felt closer to AAMC and somewhat easier, EK had overly convoluted questions where the answers felt rather forced. For what it's worth, I never scored above 10 on EK, TPRH was around 10-11 and I never dropped below 10 on practice AAMCs.

 

[brood910]

EK passages are not representative of the real thing AT ALL.
They are way too easy to read. Besides, the length of the passage is much shorter.

 

[N7chell]

I've used both and I thinkTPRH was closer to the real thing. The reasoning used by TPR for right and wrong answers felt more in line with AAMC logic.

 

[knooch]

EK passages are way too much of an "easy read". Actually liked reading those and in general I don't like reading at all.

 

[jitterbug778]

EK passages are not representative of the real thing AT ALL.
They are way too easy to read. Besides, the length of the passage is much shorter.

I'm starting to believe that, too. I just finished taking an AAMC FL, and the passages seemed longer and more difficult to read. Somehow, I did end up with the same VR (10) on the AAMC just like my last EK 101. I might have to look into a TPR verbal book.

 

[Jjkwest1]

Been going through TPRHL Verbal workbook (2011 edition) and seem to be doing better than when I was going through EK101 last year. Is it just easier or have I just gotten better at understanding the passages?

For me EK 101 was wayy harder than TPR and the real thing. On the Ek I never went pass an 8 and even scored a 6 a couple of times. However, for my aamc verbal and tpr verbal book I would usually get around a 9. On the real thing I surprisingly got a 10.

 

[Back 5]

EK and TRPHL are two totally different approaches for Verbal. Use them both to practice pacing and reading for content.

After I started with aamc FL's and GuideBook, I never touched another TPR or EK passage as I didn't want to get confused.

I started to get really good with TPR verbal, 85+% correct answers. Their material just clicked with me. My first transitions into aamc materials, I scored below my TPR average and was hitting 9-10 because I was answering the aamc questions like I would TPR questions.

Hopefully my MCAT score will be a 10+ when we get the results in a couple weeks.

 

[Elevencents]

While using EK and TPR are great starts while you're doing content review just to get used to analyzing passages, I suggest dropping them about a month out when you start doing FL's because at least for me personally, and what others have said, scores are not really representative of one another and doing poorly on EK or TPR can actually hurt your confidence.