The above strategy is actually from The Loophole by Ellen Cassidy, I highly recommend it!

Hi there! I have been having the same dilemma as you. I have been drilling LR questions, reviewing, and drilling RC passages in order to keep up the practice. I think reviewing is the most important when it comes to improving LR - reinforce your understanding of the questions you get right and figure out where you went wrong on the questions you selected the wrong answer.

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There could be many reasons why you're missing them, but I know for me the most dramatic change I saw was by truly understanding what each question stem is asking. If you don't have time to finish the curriculum, I'd suggest making notes on the steps to tackle each type of LR question, and then try memorizing them so that when you see a question stem, you immediately now what steps you need to take. Then try applying them on each question you face in a LR section. This tip alone probably gave me an extra +5. No guarantee it would work for you since I don't know exactly why you're missing questions, but it most certainly would not hurt and does not take too much time.

Would you recommend reading the stem before tackling the passage?

Skim to find what the question stem is asking you to do (e.g. are you looking to strengthen or weaken the argument, trying to find the flaw, etc.), then read the stimulus with the purpose in mind and read the stem again - this is important especially if it is an Argument Part question.

Re-reading the stem should take only 5 seconds as you are confirming what you have to do.

I am following this thread - I have the same question as you!

I am interested! I live in Alberta, but will be applying across Canada!