t0ny Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hmm yeh im having some difficulty keeping up but i think i'll be fine. Worse comes to worse i'll push it back to first or second week september and write at that point. I'll see how things go. How is all your studies with SN2ed? Any hiccups? Things taking longer than it should? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecobeco Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Yeah been a bit behind already 3 days off schedule though i started a week early... hopefully I'll be fine after I finish summer school though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I think most of it is getting the routine down and our endurance building up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Do you guys make notes when you go through the chapters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Just the important stuff that won't stick to my memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwee Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I started off taking notes on everything, but I found it was taking me WAY too long to get through chapters and that I was getting caught up in the details and getting really frustrated with it. I've switched my strategy to just reading through, writing minimal (or no) notes and focusing on the big picture, and it's been much more successful for my overall understanding =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPTORS99 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Yeah, I don't think notes would be too helpful for Physics and Gen Chem, if you feel like you need help grasping some of the concepts I would do questions out of the 1001 books. Even for Bio, the passages from BR that I have done so far haven't focused too much on detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ny Posted May 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Yeh i'm making summary of each chapter just because im paranoid we need to know details. It would go MUCH faster if I didn't do this but Im not sure if this would harm me in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof.A.DumbleDore Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I make summary notes for bio. Flash cards for g-chem and physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I started off taking notes on everything, but I found it was taking me WAY too long to get through chapters and that I was getting caught up in the details and getting really frustrated with it. I've switched my strategy to just reading through, writing minimal (or no) notes and focusing on the big picture, and it's been much more successful for my overall understanding =) Yeah I started out making notes as well and it really does take forever just to get through the chapters. The exam focuses on critical thinking rather than memorization anyway so I'm thinking I'll just make minimal notes for things like formulas and things that are not sticking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottoncandy6827 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Hey guys you know how it says on day 1, read chapter 1 physics. Does it mean read all of SECTION1? (around 30 pages) all the stuff on translational motion? but then it has 10 passages. Which 7 is Sn2ed talking about? Also, where's the review passages and and practice exam passages? Do I have the wrong version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPTORS99 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 It means you read the Chapter on Translational motion (30 pages). Then you look at any passages or discretes your version has after the chapter. Divide these up into 3 groups. First 1/3 for chapter 1 means you do one set of the 3, second set of 1/3 for chapter 1 means you do the second...and so forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPTORS99 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Since we don't end up doing FLs until the end of the schedule, is there any way to get a rough idea of what your score will be on section? Since we aren't doing any practice exams at once from TBR, how do you guess what range you are in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottoncandy6827 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 It means you read the Chapter on Translational motion (30 pages). Then you look at any passages or discretes your version has after the chapter. Divide these up into 3 groups. First 1/3 for chapter 1 means you do one set of the 3, second set of 1/3 for chapter 1 means you do the second...and so forth. Thanks! It doesn`s look like I have any discretes in my versions or practice exams. I just have 10 passages after each section. I guess Ill have to do passage 1,2,3,4, = set1, 5,6,7, = set2, 8,9,10, = set3. Anybody has the same version as me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresachang Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Is anybody going to purchase the FLs exams from Berkeley? or is everyone going with AAMC FL only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thanks! It doesn`s look like I have any discretes in my versions or practice exams. I just have 10 passages after each section. I guess Ill have to do passage 1,2,3,4, = set1, 5,6,7, = set2, 8,9,10, = set3. Anybody has the same version as me? Do 1,3,5,7 so you cover the whole chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick1234 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Is anybody doing the hat trick. Is that where you are suppose to make up your passages and questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Haven't started making hethingat trick cards yet, next week I'll spend soem time doing it or on a break day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGo1990 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 For anybody working on the TPRH science workbook passages, can you come explain to me how to tell whether something is tetrahedral or square planar? :s. I'm talking about number 4 from passage 26 specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ny Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I believe square planar = 4 Ligands + 2 lone pairs And tetrahedral is simply 4 Ligands no lonelairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayne Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Are we suppose to be doing each TBR passage (7 questions) in 7 minutes? That's pretty tough. It usually takes me 10 minutes and i end up making careless mistakes going even that fast. Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGo1990 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I believe square planar = 4 Ligands + 2 lone pairs And tetrahedral is simply 4 Ligands no lonelairs Sweet. Thanks man! Also, is everyone actually adhering to the 6 min 30 seconds time limit sn2ed recommends on verbal/science passages? I've been sticking to that and have been fluctuating from 4-5/7, with the occasional passages that I either end up getting perfect on or completely bombing. Especially the philosophy ones. Those are absolutely brutal and they basically become gibberish by the time I've hit the 3rd paragraph. Princeton says to allot 7.5 mins for a FIVE question passage, 9 mins for a 6 question one, and 10.5 mins for a 7 question passage. That seems a lot more lenient/reasonable. I'm debating switching to the princeton time limits. EDIT: I just comfortably finished a 6 Q passage in 7 mins 10 seconds. I might shave a minute off whatever time princeton says to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayne Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I can do Verbal in 6:30 max, and consistently score 6-7/7. Science takes me ~10 min, and I score 5-6/7, never perfect lol. If I tried to do it in 7, I'd probably end up with 4-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceWayne Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Sweet. Thanks man! Also' date=' is everyone actually adhering to the 6 min 30 seconds time limit sn2ed recommends on verbal/science passages? I've been sticking to that and have been fluctuating from 4-5/7, with the occasional passages that I either end up getting perfect on or completely bombing. Especially the philosophy ones. Those are absolutely brutal and they basically become gibberish by the time I've hit the 3rd paragraph. [b']Princeton says to allot 7.5 mins for a FIVE question passage, 9 mins for a 6 question one, and 10.5 mins for a 7 question passage. That seems a lot more lenient/reasonable. [/b] I'm debating switching to the princeton time limits. Is that for Verbal or Science? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGo1990 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 6:30 max eh. Nice. How long have you been practicing? And did you start off untimed or with a more higher time limit? Or did you always work with 6:30? I find a lot of the questions I get wrong are because I feel rushed towards the end of the time limit. And the breakdown I posted was for VR. Here's the science breakdown though: 5 question passage - 6.5-7 mins. 6 question passage - 8 mins. 7 question passage - 9-9.5 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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