I also did better on RC, which I believe was due to the fact that I was genuinely interested in the readings. I only got about 9 right on the first LR section, and then 15 or 16 right in the second LR.
... a break and then used 7 sage and the foolproof method ... assume you mean you missed 9 over two sections. That is ... curriculum which comes with any 7 sage package will help you ...