@Malak Thank you!! Honestly, it was really really hard, it's not at all like LR where you can learn specific question types, so I totally get you!
The best thing for me is identifying the author's opinion throughout the passage, writing down quick summaries on scratch paper about each papragraph, and then try to prephrase what the MP will be. I also highlight very intentionally, so author opinions will be in yellow, other's opinions will be in pink and green, and MC will be in blue!
Overall, it's trying to retrain your brain out of focusing on minute details, and more on the larger picture, which was always the hardest part for me to do!!
Edit: I would also suggest doing drills of specific passage types (it sucks but it'll help)
@Morgeva right, LR is so much easier to get the hang of when you learn the question types! i will try out your tricks! thanks so much for the advice! i hope your lsat day treats you amazing!!! :)
@RT.IBL LR: Prephrase is the biggest thing in my opinion; try and find the argument and try your best to dismantle it. Even if it isn't one of the ACs, your training your brain to pick out issues and patterns with the stimulus which will help you later down the line. Something that also really helped me is not looking for the "right" answer choice, but looking for what is wrong in each one to lead me to the right one!!
RC: I answered kind of what I do under Malak's comment!!
When it comes to studying tactics, I try to get in at least 2-3 hours of studying in the morning before classes, and then in the afternoon join 1-2 classes to work through questions with one of the teachers to review back later.
When you look through your Wrong Answer journal, try your best to actively deconstruct and examine what exactly stumped you and implement what you should've thought to get to the correct answer!! I know this was a lot, but I hope it was helpful!!
@Farah Thank you!! It took me about a month and a half or so of buckle-down studying, but I've been sort of familiarizing myself with the test/question types since last August, so it's a lot of reinforcement and perfecting -- joining in on lives has been really helpful to see how they think, and learn certain tips I knew absolutely nothing about lol
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so impressive, congrats! how did you get so good at reading comprehension? its tearing me up!
@Malak Thank you!! Honestly, it was really really hard, it's not at all like LR where you can learn specific question types, so I totally get you!
The best thing for me is identifying the author's opinion throughout the passage, writing down quick summaries on scratch paper about each papragraph, and then try to prephrase what the MP will be. I also highlight very intentionally, so author opinions will be in yellow, other's opinions will be in pink and green, and MC will be in blue!
Overall, it's trying to retrain your brain out of focusing on minute details, and more on the larger picture, which was always the hardest part for me to do!!
Edit: I would also suggest doing drills of specific passage types (it sucks but it'll help)
@Morgeva right, LR is so much easier to get the hang of when you learn the question types! i will try out your tricks! thanks so much for the advice! i hope your lsat day treats you amazing!!! :)
@Malak Thank you so much, I hope your's does too!! <3
@Morgeva that's something I always wondered how people scoring high use highlights. Do you have tips for how to use highlights in LR too?
do you mind sharing some of your study and test strategies?
@RT.IBL LR: Prephrase is the biggest thing in my opinion; try and find the argument and try your best to dismantle it. Even if it isn't one of the ACs, your training your brain to pick out issues and patterns with the stimulus which will help you later down the line. Something that also really helped me is not looking for the "right" answer choice, but looking for what is wrong in each one to lead me to the right one!!
RC: I answered kind of what I do under Malak's comment!!
When it comes to studying tactics, I try to get in at least 2-3 hours of studying in the morning before classes, and then in the afternoon join 1-2 classes to work through questions with one of the teachers to review back later.
When you look through your Wrong Answer journal, try your best to actively deconstruct and examine what exactly stumped you and implement what you should've thought to get to the correct answer!! I know this was a lot, but I hope it was helpful!!
how long did you see this change with your LR scores? congrats!
@Farah Thank you!! It took me about a month and a half or so of buckle-down studying, but I've been sort of familiarizing myself with the test/question types since last August, so it's a lot of reinforcement and perfecting -- joining in on lives has been really helpful to see how they think, and learn certain tips I knew absolutely nothing about lol
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