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

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  LSATcantwin Alum Member Sage ⭐

  April 2018 13286 karma

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

  April 2018 1804 karma

  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 Free Trial Member

  April 2018 edited April 2018 3072 karma

  Bonus: PT 38, Passage 2, Question #12 is terrible.
• westher008 Alum Member

  April 2018 37 karma

  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 Alum Member

  April 2018 2689 karma

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

  April 2018 154 karma

  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 Alum Member

  April 2018 503 karma

  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.
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  Seeking Perfection Alum Member

  April 2018 edited April 2018 4428 karma

  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.
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  TheMikey Alum Member

  April 2018 4196 karma

  the riddled basins of attraction passage SUCKED for me
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  Louislepauvre Alum Member

  April 2018 750 karma

  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).
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  ChaimtheGreat Alum Member 🍌🍌

  April 2018 1277 karma

  Riddled Basins PT 50
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  tylerdschreur10 Alum Member

  April 2018 1465 karma

  The RC from the Sept 2017 test was wicked IIRC. Something about judges maybe?
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  tylerdschreur10 Alum Member

  April 2018 1465 karma

  @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!
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  Lsat taker22 Alum Member

  April 2018 315 karma

  Hey! Where's the candor here? We all know making hasty judgements will lead to no where..
• Accounts Playable Live Sage ⭐

  April 2018 3107 karma

  Any passage that had an analogy question...pretty much was an automatic miss.
• Lawrealty Core Member

  April 2018 71 karma

  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 Alum Member ⭐

  April 2018 8392 karma

  @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 Member

  April 2018 282 karma

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