Opinion time: What do you think is the most soul crushing reading comprehension passage?

lizpil

Just for fun, I'd like to know what you guys think is the worst reading comp passage. My vote is the Navajo blanket passage from PT3. What's yours?

LSATcantwin

I have a personal vendetta against Elieen Gray and her liquirce Wood.

FixedDice

You might find some of your answers here, but then again, soul crushing and disliking are two different things... https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/15605/whats-your-least-favorite-rc-passage-s

I second Eileen Gray. I also dislike Roy Lichtenstein.

goingfor99th

Bonus: PT 38, Passage 2, Question #12 is terrible.

westher008

Anything on nature, space, or science experiments.. for example, in October 1996, the one that begins with "Many birds that form flocks compete through aggressive interaction for priority of access to resources such as food and shelter." ...

AudaciousRed

PT38 RC Q12 was pretty tricky. I got it okay, but yeah... what a mean question.

janelleeng

there was one passage in Dec 2011 about soil and it was by far the hardest one I read! I didn't understand it at all

Return On Inference

I found PT45 Passage 2 to be a killer. Nearly all the questions have a trick AC based on a subtle misreading.

You can easily go -5 without marking a single AC for BR.

Seeking Perfection

The undisclosed February 2017 reading comp passage on bees is the one that was most soul crushing for me. I had already done the other bees passage so it rattled me quite a bit.

TheMikey

the riddled basins of attraction passage SUCKED for me

Louislepauvre

My background is in literature/humanities, so I love everything pertaining to that. When I look at an RC, first thing I do is look at the topics. I rank them in the order I'd like to do them. The one I save for last is always science oriented, especially if it has to do with space or anatomy (if I see the word "peptide", I'm done).

ChaimtheGreat

Riddled Basins PT 50

tylerdschreur10

The RC from the Sept 2017 test was wicked IIRC. Something about judges maybe?

tylerdschreur10

@Louislepauvre said:
My background is in literature/humanities, so I love everything pertaining to that. When I look at an RC, first thing I do is look at the topics. I rank them in the order I'd like to do them. The one I save for last is always science oriented, especially if it has to do with space or anatomy (if I see the word "peptide", I'm done).

Lol, I'm an engineering major with a minor in biology, total opposite. If I see a topic about iambic pentameter or Thoreaus influence on American literature...i use all my lifelines!

Lsat taker22

Hey! Where's the candor here? We all know making hasty judgements will lead to no where..

Accounts Playable

Any passage that had an analogy question...pretty much was an automatic miss.

Lawrealty

Hey guys I need some quick feedback , please... Whenever I go through the test prep slowly I seem to get them right but as soon as I do a test under pressure I am not able to complete the time sections. what do I do...

Leah M B

@tylerdschreur10 said:

@Louislepauvre said:
My background is in literature/humanities, so I love everything pertaining to that. When I look at an RC, first thing I do is look at the topics. I rank them in the order I'd like to do them. The one I save for last is always science oriented, especially if it has to do with space or anatomy (if I see the word "peptide", I'm done).

Lol, I'm an engineering major with a minor in biology, total opposite. If I see a topic about iambic pentameter or Thoreaus influence on American literature...i use all my lifelines!

Haha... it's so funny, because I'm the opposite too. Music major with a lifelong affinity for literature. Hit me with that Thoreau and iambic pentameter any day! I love when any passage has to do with art of literature. Anything science-y and I'm toast.

Also yes, agreed on the judges/candor passage from the Sept 2017 LSAT. Good gracious... it's the first time I didn't even finish a RC section. I literally laughed when time ran out because it was insane how badly I did on that.

lizpil

I find most passages that reference multiple time frames together are the worst.