Guest eager2bdoc Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 hi guys i have searched the whole amazon and ebay website for Verbal Exam krackers, but they have the complete package which i dont need 'cause i m taking TPR. so any suggestions where to go about this? also is there any of u here who might want to sell there VERBAL examcrakers? please do reply to this or email me @ this address. eager2bdoc@yahoo.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madz25 Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Here is the amazon link to 'examkrackeres 101 verbal reasoning passages.' www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos...38-4036835 Madz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave927 Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 www.chapters.indigo.ca/it...oks&zxac=1 it's cheaper at chapters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eager2bdoc Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 thanks i ordered it on amazon, do you guys know, if it arrvies within 1-4 business days or a bit longer? eager2bdoc!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madz25 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 I remember last year I ordered my copy on a Tuesday night and it arrived on Thursday morning (the same week). A little over a day, not bad. Madz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mazd A Mino Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I went on amazon, and chapters. On both sites, it states that the book is "Not Available". How were you able to order? Is there another site from which I can order the book? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eager2bdoc Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 hi i ordered from the website that Madz gave, but today i recieved the mail that the item is not available and will take approximately 2-3 weeks to be shipped....so now i m really scared what do you guys think? should i cancel my order? is there anywhere else where i can get it shippped faster? i really want it and NEED it dearly.... any advises? if i were to wait then it would be so close to the MCAT and i would not be able to complete all the passages and it would be sooo late any advise would be appreciated or any one here selling there's ???? thanks a lot eager2bdoc!!! P.S. should i just only work with my verbal workbook by TPR then??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madz25 Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Hi, I remember last year a few of my classmates for the princeton review course ran into this problem. There is probably a large number of students wanting the book that they run out. Unfortunately, the students in my class couldn't get it in time (it was shipped before the MCAT test date but way too close to the actual exam date to go through it properly). I would suggest trying to find someone who is selling it second hand. That would be your best bet at this point. How about ebay??? Has anyone tried going to the stores themselves to see if the book is there? eager2bdoc - I suggest working through the TPR material for now. They do provide a lot of passages. Also, you will find by the time the course is over that there are a lot of passages in the compendium that you don't do in class. That provides at least a few additional passages to go through. Hope things work out, good luck! Madz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fudu Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 straight from the source: www.examkrackers.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madz25 Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 even better ignore my post then lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eager2bdoc Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 thanks guys!!! i ordered it from examkracker and i called them, the guy said that it will be shipped around 6-10 days. so hopefully i can now get it .. thanks eager2bdoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gem2005 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Hi I bought the complete examcracker series. Although I heard that verbal in EXC is very good, I find it completely deviates from Kaplan strategy. Is the book recommanded above the same style as EXC? Also, does anyone know which strategy works best, EXC (do not read the passage, read questions) or Kaplan (focus on passage first(topic, scope)? Thanks GEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elaine I Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Could you expand a little on the Examkracker strategy for the VR passages? I'm working my way through the EK 101 book, but since I didn't buy the rest of the series, don't know what strategies they suggest. Thanks for the info, Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PerfectMoment Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 i think you've got the examkrackers strategy all wrong man. if anything, their main thing is to READ the passage. i think it's the most intuitive of any of the approaches to VR, and there are a great many people that seem to say that it's also the best, after having tried both princeton's and kaplans strategies. their strategy is as follows: -read the passage like you would a novel or a newspaper (ie: not for detail, but to understand what the "plot" is) -read at your normal pace -read the passages in consecutive order and not skipping around -do not annotate or underline anything -take 5 seconds before each passage to allow your brain to rest, so that you can focus on the passage -after reading the passage, take a few seconds to develop the main idea, tone, etc in your head -analyze the question stems (ie: answers that are out of the scope of the passage, answers that are too extreme, etc) -answer the questions, taking care not to refer back to the passage as much as possible that's pretty much it, intuitive, but it seems to be working for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dl Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 i used the exam krackers method and ended up getting a 12 on the real thing up from around an 8 on the mock test. The suggestion to rest for 5 seconds between each passage really helped so that you wouldnt be thinking about a previous passage while your reading the next one. good luck dl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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