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Hey all, I’m sure there’s a ton of questions like this on the forum but I haven’t quite found anything that really helps.
I’m currently getting about -8/-10 wrong on reading comprehension and scoring in the mid 160’s. Does anyone have any advice on how to lower that number to maybe -4/-5?
For context, I usually blind review my practice tests with a fresh copy, look for structure and make notes (all that jazz) but I’m not sure what else I can do to improve this number. I started doing untimed reading comprehension passages just for practice and I can tell I’m noticing trends but still getting about -2 per passage so still -8 in total but any advice would be appreciated!
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Thank you both! It sucks because as you said if I understand the passage fairly well I can go into the answer choices with a pre-phrased answer other times it’s a lost cause.
I used to write low res summaries for every paragraph and then as I kept progressing stoped since I thought it was making me waste time. However, I did try going back to writing low res summaries for each paragraph and I think that helped. I took a pt yesterday and it was only -7 which isn’t a lot lower but hey I’ll take what I can get :) so maybe that is the problem after all!
Hi! So, I was experiencing a similar issue a month back or so. As you mentioned, untimed tests really helped me. I saw a post about a certain technique where you read the passage and then write out a low resolution summary, summary of P1, P2, P3, etc. The post also suggested writing down different points of view and stuff. I personally have been doing RC passages writing down low res. summary and summary of the paragraphs and it has really helped. I've been doing this until I get -0/-1 on the passages. I think pre-phrasing helps too, as mentioned above, but doesn't really work for me if I don't have extremely fine-tuned knowledge of the passage and specific question being asked. When I do my summaries I oftentimes don't have to look back in the passage for help answering the questions which is a plus!
Try pre-phrasing the answers, just like in LR. Read stimulus, imagine answer, scan choices for your answer.
Thank you going to check that out now!
Definitely readspeeder and the book "Speed Reading with the Right Brain: Learn to Read Ideas Instead of Just Words" I just got the book, and the program is free and they have helped me with reading speed and comprehension a ton. I wish I would have gotten them when I started studying lol. This Reddit post actually helped me a lot. https://www.reddit.com/r/LSAT/comments/balthx/unconventional_rc_advice_from_someone_who_went/