I did it!! My first drill where I got all right on the first try :-) My intention isn't to brag- but I want to give context that I've been REALLY struggling with reading comprehension, but after really pushing myself it's finally paying off! To everyone else who's struggling- keep pushing!! It'll pay off!!
i'm feeling very discouraged. I do really well on the You Try's that are presented previously in the section and then on these drills I perform terribly. Does anyone have an idea why. I feel like I understand what I'm being asked and reading but get more than half wrong. Is this normal? #help #feedback
@lzagrodnik It makes sense given that before the "you try" questions, Kevin breaks down the passage piece by piece. We also have all the time in the world to analyze each paragraph. So, we have a strong understanding of the passage before even going into the questions.
@LizbethL I'm the same way, I understand what the question stem is asking for, but I always have trouble understanding the passage clearly, especially the wordy and confusing ones.
Consistently scoring 8/12 but then doing well with BR. I seem to narrow my choices down to two final potential answers, but fail to trust my gut about the correct one. I need to work on slowing down and understanding that there is only 1 correct answer.
@PowerUp_Tutoring Yes, it seems like these end-of-chapter drills are treated just like drills that we can generate. I've noticed people referencing certain questions and their text only to find that my question is entirely different. I didn't know for the longest time, either!
I love that my first passage was about Asian American poetry from Hawaii, and my second passage was about Mexican American literature -- two kinda niche topics that I have spent extensive time reading/writing about. Thank you, LSAT RC section, for occasionally providing some fun reading material!
7/13 -> 11/13. If I would stop picking the trap answer when the correct answer is in my top 2, I would be acing this. It's like during blind review, I read the question and interpret it differently and immediately see why my original answer is wrong - just need to figure out how to do it during the actual thing and not during blind review.
Does anyone have any other tips for fully comprehending the passage? I only get the questions right when we do them in lessons and the passage is fully broken down for me, but once I do it myself I'm confident in my answers but I get them wrong because I just don't understand the passage correctly.
I know this is kind of late, but what helps me is taking a few seconds after each paragraph to skim through it and summarize any main points by picking out the most important words. I then do the same thing after the whole passage. Basically the same as the low-res summaries, but I don't worry about creating nice little sentences. They're very abstract and I don't try to make them make sense necessarily.
I'd work on practicing your lowres summaries when doing the lessons - I look at the paragraph first before watching the video to make my own lowres then I compare - this has helped when reading full passages in drills - also at this point I'm writing some stuff down to help me out, it's not ideal to do that during the test due to time but for now it might help your brain better recognize what the passage lays out
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4/15 chat do i celebrate!!!!!!!!!!
I did it!! My first drill where I got all right on the first try :-) My intention isn't to brag- but I want to give context that I've been REALLY struggling with reading comprehension, but after really pushing myself it's finally paying off! To everyone else who's struggling- keep pushing!! It'll pay off!!
Awesome! Keep going. Speed will improve with more practice, too.
4/14 wow I'm good
i'm feeling very discouraged. I do really well on the You Try's that are presented previously in the section and then on these drills I perform terribly. Does anyone have an idea why. I feel like I understand what I'm being asked and reading but get more than half wrong. Is this normal? #help #feedback
@lzagrodnik Literally same! Got 100% on nearly all the "You Try" parts, then I get a 60% when it comes down to drills...idk
@lzagrodnik I think I would just say the difference may be due to the support given in the You Try Passages. I'm having the same experience.
@lzagrodnik It makes sense given that before the "you try" questions, Kevin breaks down the passage piece by piece. We also have all the time in the world to analyze each paragraph. So, we have a strong understanding of the passage before even going into the questions.
Dude, I sucked at this Drill. Anyone else? I need to read the passage more thoroughly.
@LizbethL I'm the same way, I understand what the question stem is asking for, but I always have trouble understanding the passage clearly, especially the wordy and confusing ones.
11/13 Honestly so excited!!!!
Low Res summaries and recaps are helping, now I need to target time..... sighsss.
well shit
First 14/14! I'm making progress. RC has been kicking my ass, compared to LR.
Way over time, though. Not sure how to get that down - hoping it just comes with time and experience.
RC used to feel like a black box to me. This series has been so helpful.
15/16, 4 min under time. But the question I missed I didn't flag, so I likely wouldn't have gotten it if I went back through and reviewed.
this is so stupid. Knowing science is such an advantage
8/15 really sucks this far into training. I have to get better
should I be celebrating 9/12? UGH
14/16!! I'll take it!!!
Consistently scoring 8/12 but then doing well with BR. I seem to narrow my choices down to two final potential answers, but fail to trust my gut about the correct one. I need to work on slowing down and understanding that there is only 1 correct answer.
9/14
BR: 11/14
timing is still bad FAHHHHH
if you got the passage w 12 questions… group hug
@Emily1863 Wait we get different passages?
@PowerUp_Tutoring Yes, it seems like these end-of-chapter drills are treated just like drills that we can generate. I've noticed people referencing certain questions and their text only to find that my question is entirely different. I didn't know for the longest time, either!
@Emily1863 yeah that second passage was foul
I love that my first passage was about Asian American poetry from Hawaii, and my second passage was about Mexican American literature -- two kinda niche topics that I have spent extensive time reading/writing about. Thank you, LSAT RC section, for occasionally providing some fun reading material!
9/13 :( and BR 13/13 :) HOWEVER my timing is horrid :(((((((((
7/13 -> 11/13. If I would stop picking the trap answer when the correct answer is in my top 2, I would be acing this. It's like during blind review, I read the question and interpret it differently and immediately see why my original answer is wrong - just need to figure out how to do it during the actual thing and not during blind review.
Just got my first 100% on RC drill, on medium. So stoked!
13/14 og; 14/14 br thank you Jesus & 7 sage! :)
12/14! 13/14 BR.... lets gooooo!
@JosephWendt That's amazing! Was your first go timed?
@PowerUp_Tutoring it was not, but I finished it on time anyway :)
the passage on fractals was unreasonably fucking difficult.
Does anyone have any other tips for fully comprehending the passage? I only get the questions right when we do them in lessons and the passage is fully broken down for me, but once I do it myself I'm confident in my answers but I get them wrong because I just don't understand the passage correctly.
I know this is kind of late, but what helps me is taking a few seconds after each paragraph to skim through it and summarize any main points by picking out the most important words. I then do the same thing after the whole passage. Basically the same as the low-res summaries, but I don't worry about creating nice little sentences. They're very abstract and I don't try to make them make sense necessarily.
I'd work on practicing your lowres summaries when doing the lessons - I look at the paragraph first before watching the video to make my own lowres then I compare - this has helped when reading full passages in drills - also at this point I'm writing some stuff down to help me out, it's not ideal to do that during the test due to time but for now it might help your brain better recognize what the passage lays out
8/13, getting better but still not great:( didn't do blind review but I should have
@IsabelleSantiago I got the exact same score.