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To those scoring high in RCDo you read for specific details? Or do you just vaguely remember where details they are? I'm trying to cut down on my time in RC, but I'm having a p…
... me more than anything else on RC. I think this is because ... 't lose interest in boring passages as easily since I am ... had been -10 or more on RC down to -3 at most. -
To those scoring high in RCDo you read for specific details? Or do you just vaguely remember where details they are? I'm trying to cut down on my time in RC, but I'm having a p…
... /> Can you post which PTs' RC are you referring to for ... re-reading the passage when doing questions. how do you manage ... 't reread I spend about 3:30 on the passage. Normally I ... -
Stories of significant score improvementHi Everyone, I'm curious to hear about any stories of significant score improvement. When I say significant, I mean a good 10-15+ point improvemen…
... particular order of passages in RC? What about on LR? These stages ... your studies in stage 3 if you haven't ... to ensure that awesome score on your LSAC report. The ... of support here on this forum, on the same journey ... a 171 respectively. All 3 of us have the same ... -
PTing When You Work Full TimeHi All! For those who work full-time and study before/after/during (lol) work, I'm curious: How many PTs do you take per week and how do you sched…
... usually spend 1-3 days on BR until I ... instead of worrying about doing a full preptest midweek ... , I recommend doing section drilling. Perhaps even ... so on will have a positive impact on your RC mostly ... about one of the RC topics. Knowing subject ... -
To annotate or not ? Annotation or just read through?So far, I've tried circling all transition words (ex: but, however, therefore) and important words that specify the author's viewpoint, but I've foun…
The #1 key to doing well on RC is to read for ... and I have changed RC methods countless of times. ... 2) Author attitude
3) Role of evidence & other ... example, I do everything on RC that the test prep ... I do on the passage. Is my RC score perfect? ... -
No progress? Help!!I started the 7sage core curriculum in March, and finished it last week. My diagnostic was 153. Today, I took my first PT (after my diagnostic test)…
... spending 2-3 months or more just doing the curriculum ... of my better sections on my diagnostic. But learning ... weeks working on the bundle before doing PTs and ... setbacks.
On my first couple of PTs ... made the same mistake on RC on the next PT and ... -
What Order Has Been Successful?Hey, So I have recently started out the 7sage curriculum. My biggest weakness in the past was Logic Games so I have really been focusing on the LG …
... you're already doing in LR and RC. Did you sign ... re getting -2 or -3 on LR and RC, maybe review the lessons ... really struggling with LR and RC and your only weakness ... LG, then sure, focus on that but throw in a ... in the habit of focusing on one area too long, ... -
How to get faster at RCs?Hi, A newbie here. I am really, really slow at reading RCs and LRs and I can never finish them timed and have a good deal of questions unanswered …
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I have been doing LSAT for about a month ... I have been mostly focused on RC and LR. I am using ... 7Sage. I have tried doing these sections under timed conditions ... time I am practising or doing a timed section. I ... I do not get the passages- I do get them ... -
How to improve reading speed on RC?Hi everyone! So RC is my strength and I usually only miss 8-9 questions on the whole section and that is mostly because I run out of time! If I h…
... /> If you spend 3:30 on each passage reading, that ... amount of time spent on passages may vary with the level ... br /> Quick, someone put this on a poster! Or consider getting ... science stuff was an RC passage. If I can ... to answer 7 questions on it, then I can ... -
How to improve reading speed on RC?Hi everyone! So RC is my strength and I usually only miss 8-9 questions on the whole section and that is mostly because I run out of time! If I h…
... skills. Watch videos of JY doing RC sections. Engage with visual ... read (i.e. vocalize) RC passages about fancy pictures, dead dolphins ... which cereal grains were cultivated on the 17th century Irish ... improve not only your speed on RC, but also your accuracy. ... -
How long do you usually spend on reading a RC passage?I am curious how you guys approach RC passages. For RC, some of my friends told me that they spend about 2 ~ 2.5 minutes skimming a passage and h…
... .5-3.5 minutes reading, annotating, and summarizing the passages, depending on the ... level of difficulty and I avg -1 to -3 on RC ... -
I can't see any improvement. Please advice.Hello all, So here I am whining again. I started PTing from PT36 and now I am at PT39. Between PT38 and PT39, I did 50 questions of Flaw and 50 qu…
... I did well on the first three RC passages. I noted how ... the score contrasted with how I was doing ... when I was doing individual sections. @" ... huge-jump-on-rc-section-help
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Problems with stamina rooted in fundamentals?So I took preptest 40, scored a horrid 156. I noticed I did alright on the first two sections, but completely bombed the last two. This was my first …
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- I went -0 on logic games. First time ever ... minutes to go, went -6 on both of them though.
-Still bombing the RC section, but I actually finished ... previously finishing the first 3 passages and guessing on the fourth one. It ... -
How to improve reading speed on RC?Hi everyone! So RC is my strength and I usually only miss 8-9 questions on the whole section and that is mostly because I run out of time! If I h…
... week i've been doing nothing but drilling RC with different annotation ... settled on 7sages technique, but found that as I kept doing more RC ... t work, just keep drilling RC passages. They'll really help your ... Yesterday I went -12 on a section doing a PT, but then ... -
How many pts a week do you high scorers advise?i have done 10pts in total and im taking LSAT in october and december. currently plateaud at 155
I'm doing two a week, Wednesday/Saturday. ... 164 yesterday was on PT 59 with -8 on LG :( I ... read a rule wrong on the first game, realized it ... on question 5, then started ... points (weird I know) went -3 on RC. My point in all this ... -
List of Most Difficult RC/LRHI Folks! I am looking for the previous post(s) that had a compilation of the hardest passages. I am especially looking for hardest RC and LR. Tha…
It's very subjective as to what constitutes a hard game. For example, RC is by far my worst section, but I usually go -0 or -1 on the "hardest passages," but miss 3/4 on "easy/medium passages. It all depends where your strengths and weaknesses lie. -
Law Passages are so hard :(Hi Everyone! This is my first time writing in the forums. I am totally struggling with understanding Law passages in Reading Comprehension and I'm no…
... Best way to improve on RC is to read a lot ... Law RC packet. I'd say you do 12 passages (3 sections ... and then read the passages again to get practice ... for instance, from an RC passage, then that will ... it to RC passages, IMO, and likely only passages within a ... -
Do you watch JYs explanation of every RC video?Wondering what your strategy is regarding RC review and JYs video that breaks down the passage. I understand the passage, but usually dont watch his…
... on RC. After working through the curriculum and watching JY do the RC passages ... know that when I was doing RC passages about a month ago I ... a week or two drilling RC passages and watching the entire ... increased substantially. If so, keep doing one or two a day ... -
Plateauing at low 160sHi all, I've been taking a mixture of recent tests (60s-70s) and with some exceptions of outliers on lower 60s tests (165~167), I've been consist…
... grasp the stimulus fully on your first read, circle ... POE.
RC: This section has frustrated me ... I could go -2 on RC which was a big ... a general rule in RC, you have 8:45 ... on one passage, move on. Some people advocate the strategy of doing the passages ... -
Pt-72 more difficult?i did pt-72 recently and got one of my worst RC scores in recent pts at -9. Did anyone who usually does 170+ in modern PTs find that they slipped …
... I scored on them.
I spent about 3 minutes reading ... spent more time on the questions for some passages than for others ... worked until the last minute on RC.
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Pt-72 more difficult?i did pt-72 recently and got one of my worst RC scores in recent pts at -9. Did anyone who usually does 170+ in modern PTs find that they slipped …
... 3 min per passage reading, does it mean that for some passages ... I scored on them.
I spent about 3 minutes reading ... spent more time on the questions for some passages than for others ... worked until the last minute on RC.
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Trying out something new... thoughts?Hello All: Quick preface: 1. I am taking the Dec. 2015 LSAT. 2. I started at 132 3. average PT score is 152/154 4. Target Score: ANYTHING over…
... ? He got 12/14 on questions he attempted (and ... got jobbed on his 20% - 1 out ... when he attempts all four passages, and it's clearly ... preferable to go with doing less questions because of ... d probably have advocated for 3 passages and not 2 due ... -
Anyone having trouble loading videos?I don't know its just me but the videos arent loading at all. YouTube is playing fine and other sites are are loading without problems but these vide…
... not seeing all of the passages when I do the logic ... game and reading comprehension sections on the PTs. For example, I ... -6, but not the other 3 passages required to answer the remaining ... first section of LG and RC. Unless I'm missing something ... -
To those who took their third retake and hit the 170s this December...Lend me your advice! I'm planning on taking the June test after having taken the June 2014 test (basically a 6 month hiatus away from the LSAT minus …
... , and how were your scores on these?
... these pretty quickly, stopping on games and questions that gave ... much finished LG, I started doing RC passages, though for these I don ... if you ever find yourself doing this on RC, make sure you fix ... -
Seeking advise on drilling methodFinally finished the curriculum today, (except when upgrading to + this week, may have a little more coming) I know it took a while, I was just reall…
... well, so I was literally doing every single game 10 to ... times and repeat 2 0r 3 times again the next day ... gets a little better after doing it 10 times. So that ... also do some LR and RC on the side just so that ... above? Or just doing some LR and RC by the type from ... -
Question about score improvement potentialI got a question regarding my LSAT score improvement potential and would be grateful if you guys could tell me your opinion. My current score is …
... you're only getting to 3 out of 4 games, I ... . I would say reading dense passages in English - like the Economist ... material outside of just doing as much actual RC as you can. -
Question about score improvement potentialI got a question regarding my LSAT score improvement potential and would be grateful if you guys could tell me your opinion. My current score is …
As Allison stated, start with the games. Once you've got those down, work on LR question types that you're not doing exceptionally well on. That should bring you up to the 155+ range. For RC, read passages. That's really the only way to practice. -
PT based on Testing Center Setup?This may seem like an overly anxious question, but I was wondering if people take their practice tests in the same way they expect to be taking it on…
... . Practice taking the test on one of those desks, ... the answer sheet available on the desk to bubble ... all of the RC and LG passages/games at once ... your test booklet. Doing your diagrams on the 2nd page vs ... . Some people really like doing it this way, while ... -
From 170 to 180For anyone who is trying to get to where I am, I'm happy to provide any insights. For anyone far beyond where I am, I'm reaching out for help. I'…
... 's what you should be doing no matter what your score ... 't think you should be doing anything differently if you were ... doing, is I would drill the hardest LR questions and hardest RC passages on ... each day. Doing this might help you pick up on the sneaky ... -
Tips on moving from 175-177 range to 178-180 range?I've been stuck in the 175-177 range for the past 15ish practice tests. Any advice on moving up to a 180? I've been getting anywhere from 0-3 wrong…
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On RC I take up all or ... . Maybe make a mark on each answer as you read ... N). Don't focus on score, focus on doing it right. See if ... through the section with 2-3 minutes to spare instead of ... go Yep, yep, yep on a couple of questions you ...
