boourns Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hi all, I am writing my MCAT this september and applying this cycle. I really want to kill the VR section in order to cater my application towards Calgary. A month into my studying, I have raised my VR score from starting out around a 6, to consistently a 9-10 (around 73%), on my TPR and EK101 passages. I am struggling to get to the next level though- my aim is to get to around a 12-13 in verbal in the next 2 months. I am consistently getting around 5/7 on TPR passages, and 5-6/7 on EK passages. My timing is okay, capping myself at 8 minutes per passage Any tips on how to step up my VR game? I am particularly struggling with questions like, from the passage, what can you infer about blah in the future. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle_MD Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hey! I'm in a similar situation and have managed to score 11-12 a few times so far on my EK 101 practice...the first time I wrote I scored a 7. Honestly I think for me practicing a ton of full length verbal tests is the best help; I made a list of tips from TPR related to common questions and answer types and I posted those up to help guide me. I find my scores have improved with these tips and really paying close attention to answer types and common traps. I also read articles online every day and practice mapping them and finding the purpose and tone... Not sure how helpful that is! Bottom line I say practice as many verbal tests as possible and really think about what the question is asking and which answer is the best (use the tips from the book!)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tms Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 I am also using the TPR and EK verbal passages for practice. I have yet to do a full length test. How do you guys determine that your scores are consistently around 9-10 (for the TPR)? I am doing a few passages each day from the TPR verbal workbook and getting 5/7 or 4/6 mostly on the passages. How do I find out what score range I am in? i know there is a scale for the older EK but what about the TPR passages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 It's about the same, use that scale in the back of the EK book or look up conversion on SDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceshrp Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 If TPR and EK don't work for you, try Kaplan course! I don't know, ppl say Kaplan is really bad... but I raised my verbal score to 12+ with kaplan. I guess the main thing is trying to find the best study plan for you. Also, try to time yourself to about ~7 mins per passage. I thought Kaplan passages were extremely long and hard. After practicing like that for two months, when I took the actual MCAT, I had 7 minutes left on the verbal section, which was plenty of time to go through the answers I was not sure about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Stone Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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