aclementine Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I just started recently, but I did 3 verbal tests from 101 passages, and I'm consistently getting 8s. Has anyone else experienced the same thing? What the heck is going on? What's worse is the fact that I feel really confident when I finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfette Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Go back to your old tests and take a look at what types of questions you're getting wrong. It might be the same type of questions (eg. If you're consistently getting questions about specific details in the passage wrong, then maybe you need to put more effor to go back and find details for that type of question.) Or do you get all the questions wrong in an entire passage? I think that might help you figure out what the next step might be for you. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Watch out for timing errors... I used old MCAT tests and consistently got 12 or 13, but when I got to the real exam, the timekeeper stopped the exam five minutes short of everyone's count, which meant i guessed point blank at the last 6 questions, not having had time to read the 9th passage. I got 9 in VR because of this, though I believe I would have gotten at least 11, which I got in previous actual MCAT sittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 For some strange reason, I completely don't remember what my Verbal on last August' MCAT was like. I really have a fuzzy recollection of it, but for people who remember their MCATs, how much of it is really based on the big idea? Kaplan likes to test details sometimes, yet I find EK hardly ever tests details. Is AAMC more 'big-idea' focused or detail-focused? This is really bugging me now..I can't believe I wrote it and have no recollection! I just remember feeling weird after the thing, and then no memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I definitely recall detail questions. There were also a lot of conjecture-type questions - "given the information in the passage, how do you think the author would feel about issue X?" "do you think the author would support issue Y?" and the likes. Given that, I had the same scores on EK and AAMC Verbals (I took 3 EK and 2 AAMC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 What would be the best way to handle detail questions? Now we cant' circle, underline, write notes, etc. and it's really annoying me. The highlighting thing is SO slow, did you guys even use it when you were writing CBT? I try to remember, but it's hard to go back. And I heard that the search function wasn't even there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a41 Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 What would be the best way to handle detail questions? Now we cant' circle, underline, write notes, etc. and it's really annoying me. The highlighting thing is SO slow, did you guys even use it when you were writing CBT? I didn't find the highlighting function to be slow at all when I did the free CBT 3R test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I didn't find the highlighting function to be slow at all when I did the free CBT 3R test. I mean relative to just underlining it yourself by hand. The plus side is that there's no more bubbling. Did you guys also have the "Review" answers at the end? I find that thing really helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roycer Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 In the new Kaplan Premier book, it says there are 6 passages in VR for the CBT. Aren't there actually 7 passages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renz Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 With verbal, the best advice I can give is get into it. Don't read it like it's a test, read it like it's the most amazingly interesting thing you've ever read. Actually convince yourself that you're interested, even if you couldn't care less. It's hard to "learn" to write verbal, I found it's more of a mindset thing... if you can read it like it's your favorite book, it makes things a whole lot easier; it helps keep things in context, and you'll remember details better. Doing that, verbal ended up being my best section!! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 In the new Kaplan Premier book, it says there are 6 passages in VR for the CBT. Aren't there actually 7 passages? There were 7 VR passages on my exam. Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shehpar786 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 That's news to me! I thought there were six passages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 There are 7. In the 2007 MCAT Essentials it reads, "The test consists fo seven passages, each of which is about 600 words long..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 There were 7 VR passages on my exam. Elaine Oh, have you written already, Elaine? When? How did it go? I must've missed your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 There are 7. In the 2007 MCAT Essentials it reads, "The test consists fo seven passages, each of which is about 600 words long..." This is probably due to the experimental passage. So you'll have 7, but only 6 will be used to calculate your score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 This is probably due to the experimental passage. So you'll have 7, but only 6 will be used to calculate your score. Hmmm...true. They also add this line, "Please note that each multiple-choice section will include some experimental items that do not count toward your score." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riona55 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 hey guys, i've recently discovered this forum and i'm so glad i did! I'm actually taking the kaplan course right now and the instructor told us that the MCAT VR will actually consist of 7 passages. AAMC originally intended to only include 6 (which is why some of the kaplan books say 6) but they changed it. My instructor also pointed out that one or two would be "experimental" passages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roycer Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 So there are 7 passages, but only 6 are used to calculate the score? Is one passage just going to be left out during the scoring, or are certain questions within each passage going to be left out? What are 'experimental' passages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 So there are 7 passages, but only 6 are used to calculate the score? Is one passage just going to be left out during the scoring, or are certain questions within each passage going to be left out? What are 'experimental' passages? I can only answer your last question. The results of experimental questions are for AAMC's sole use. How everyone performs on the experimental questions helps AAMC create future sittings of the test. Some of those experimental questions may appear on a future MCAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roycer Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Thanks Jixe! If anyone knows the answer to my other questions, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share your knowledge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shehpar786 Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I find it really unfair! What if you run out of time and finish only 6 passages? In that case, you have actually only done 5 because one of those 6 passages does not even count! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoithinkyouare Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Is there actually a 'search' function on the real Verbal Reasoning computer exam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Is there actually a 'search' function on the real Verbal Reasoning computer exam? There wasn't on my exam. I wrote mid-May. Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoithinkyouare Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 There wasn't on my exam. I wrote mid-May. Elaine good to know, since it is a feature on the AAMC practice tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoDoc Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Some verbal advice here. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=404613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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