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How do I improve my RC score in 4 weeks for November LSAT?

ruddenrialeyruddenrialey Core Member
in Reading Comprehension 52 karma

Hi Everyone,
Looking for advice or tips on how to improve my RC score. I'm currently getting 6 wrong on LR and 10-13 wrong on RC which is decreasing my score drastically. I've watched the 7sage core curriculum, and I am working with a tutor but we haven't gotten to RC yet. I read nonfiction and fiction daily to improve my reading comprehension skills, but I have such a hard time with RC passages because of the structure and convoluted language, also with the questions I find myself struggling to choose between 1-2 answer choices and i usually always end up choosing the wrong answer. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated!

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  • gracemk1903gracemk1903 Live Member
    4 karma

    I actually am in the same exact boat. I wouldn't say I am fully there yet but I have been focusing more on low res summaries and giving myself 1-2 more minutes (instead of 8 1/2 min) for each passage and my score has improved a lot. Once I get the timing down, it should make a big difference for me. Kinda just waiting for that breakthrough.

  • chriselmore111chriselmore111 Core Member
    4 karma

    I am right there with you. Like the last commenter, I am also working on low res summaries. I'm running drills with three passages each, one at a level 3, one at a level 4, and another at a level 5. I've ran 10 of these drills in the last ten days and I'm getting a lot of good results and internalizing a little bit more about what details are important to include on my low res summaries and what is not. Even the questions I'm getting wrong are really close calls, where maybe I just didn't fully read the question or missed on one minute detail of the passage. We got this!

  • Aks_ZenMasterAks_ZenMaster Live Member
    77 karma

    I'm in the same boat! What I've been doing is really acting like I'm interested in the passage and in my mind saying "wow" and "omg why'd they do this" etc and am making it seem more interesting. This has definitely helped me stay more engaged. I have also been making low-res summaries. Going to start doing drills to get faster though.

  • anyasrinivasanyasrinivas Core Member
    14 karma

    Not sure if you highlight or not, but I saw the most improvement in my RC (went from around -8/10 to -2/4 now) by stopping highlighting completely. I found that it helped me pay more attention because I wasn't just looking for things to highlight. I also think looking at the passage more vaguely and just getting the structure, noting when the author expresses an opinion, and not worrying about the very specific information would help.

  • mirabambmirabamb Live Member
    edited October 22 98 karma

    Try RC Hero, it was the only thing that helped me after MONTHS of studying! I went from -13 to -6 avg. as much as i love 7sage, some people just learn certain things differently. also if you're not in live classes, i recommend doing them for about a month or so for rc specifically. i found the classes more helpful than the CC for RC

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