I am officially locked in for september. All I want is a 158/160. I just scored a 156 with great LR sections and then a -13 on RC.
Nothing is clicking in RC - any tips to get to atleast a -9/-8 in just over 2 weeks…?
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I am officially locked in for september. All I want is a 158/160. I just scored a 156 with great LR sections and then a -13 on RC.
Nothing is clicking in RC - any tips to get to atleast a -9/-8 in just over 2 weeks…?
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I'm still working on my improving, however, I noticed my biggest change came when I started spending significantly more time on the passage. I was always going back and forth for a lot of questions, but once I invested the extra 2 to 3 minutes on reading the passage instead and maybe writing those little summaries, everything flows a lot better once I get to questions and I often make up that time.
Also being more confident in any question that almost feels instinctual. I used to want to go back and check for most questions, even ones that the answer felt as natural as 2 +2 = 4. Now, I don't have to go back to the passage and find it, that wastes time, if I felt that confident, I need to go to the next question and spend that time somewhere else.
If you're not trying to get a perfect RC, a thing a friend of mine does (similar score goal to you), they spend extra time on the passage style that they are comfortable with. So, if it's law and science? They are investing in trying to get perfect scores on those passages, not every single one. Often times they have little to no time for that last section, but they are way more confident in the sections before it.
Also, just something I've started doing that's made me more confident is reading instead of rotting in my day to day. I already read books, but generally biographies or political science pieces that interested me. Now, if I have time to be on my phone, I'm using it to invest in my future. I'll find some science articles, humanity pieces, etc. This way when I take the LSAT these passages read much more naturally to me. I've already noticed a difference in the science pieces.
@mom this is great - I am going to try this. Thank you!!!
Untimed passages- force yourself to find direct textual evidence for every single question before moving onto the next. And don't be afraid to spend more time reading the passage (especially in untimed); more thorough reading typically means you spend less time on the questions!
It's hard to know what specifically is giving you trouble just from how many you are missing but in my experience students miss questions because they:
1 - spend too long reading - being in "pop quiz"/memorization mentality rather than "open book" mentality
2 - answer from (fallible) memory, often in part because they don't have time to do otherwise because they spent too long reading
3 - go back to the wrong place to look up the answer
4 - go to the right place and don't read/interpret carefully
If you can identify which of these issues is/are giving you trouble it's easier to provide specific advice.
following this, thanks!