Self-study
So I scored within variance, which is totally expected, but one thing I realized is that my LR is far more superior than my RC, how do I close this gap, I believe if I close the RC gap I will be in the mid 160s, and how can I make my LR even better to the point where it’s -2, -1?
For preface, I know that personally right now I neglected RC in my studying previously, but i was looking for tips and advice on top of doing the RC core curriculum
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I took a peek at your analytics, I think it would be helpful if you did more drills and timed sections! This will help both LR and RC.
As for RC, what kind of questions are you missing? It seems like you're missing the first and last questions, this might be indicating an issue with understanding author's point or inferences. What kind of passages are you struggling with, and what kind are you comfortable with?
If you find LR more comfortable, my best advice is to treat RC as LR. They are targeting the same underlying skills, but RC obviously requires reading and identifying the tone of a passage. I found that once I got better at LR, my RC also improved.
I still struggle from time to time with RC, but it depends on the passage. Some part of it depends on luck I think, but I try to approach every passage methodically and the same way as I do with LR stimuli.
I'm also trying to read more outside of studying, I get the Daily from NYT as a light easy read on my phone, and I read literature on my kindle. I'm not in school anymore so I have to be more motivated in finding scholarly articles, but there is definitely a wide variety of subjects to choose from on Academia or JSTOR.
But overall, I think more practice under timed and untimed conditions will be your best bet.
I felt fairly confident on this RC section and obviously I was proven wrong 😭