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Few to zero wrong on RC... How do they do it?Does anyone know how people can get few (like 1 or 2) to zero wrong on RC. I find it ridiculously hard sometimes to attain the necessary information …
"Maybe a nice, dirty science passage outlining the death of platypuses due to excessive C02 mixed with its embroyonic polarity gone bonkers? "
Samarth, what you are suggesting sounds like hell on earth. And yes, I would like to participate. -
Studying for the OCTOBER LSAT?Is anyone else studying for the October LSAT?
Hi all, i was about to take the June one, but my score kind stuck around 165, so i decided to take Oct, my weakness is def science passage, and logic reasoning. But i think with practices, my LR improves a lot! -
lsat and the economistSo, like many people on this forum studying for the october lsat, I have pretty much been living and breathing the test for the last couple weeks (mo…
Ya there's an article in this week's issue about nanotubes (cylinders made of carbon). It sounds like it was taken straight from an LSAT science passage. -
Tips on Reading CompWhat are your tips on how to improve on the Reading Comp section? I notice that I get a handful of questions wrong on every Reading Comp section a…
One thing I do on the science passage is to use abbreviations for long scientific terms with which I am unfamiliar with so that I can refer back to them more easily when trying to understand the relationship between different concepts and entities -
Tips on Reading CompWhat are your tips on how to improve on the Reading Comp section? I notice that I get a handful of questions wrong on every Reading Comp section a…
... to read a lot more science passage, legal theory passages, and literary ... increase my accuracy on these passage, which are my weak points ... -
Order of Difficulty/Strategy for RC sectionHi- Anyone have a sense of general order of difficulty for RC passages ---- And/Or a strategy based on that? ie If the 3rd or 4th passage tends…
... time to an assessment of passage difficulty and subsequently make a ... no rule of thumb about passage difficulty amongst passages 2, 3 ... difficulty (i.e, being a science passage doesn't absolutely mean its ... the hardest passage in the set) Just ... -
Skimming all RC passages before you start for a pacing strategy?During a PT, does anyone skim the RC passages before you start? If so, do you find it helpful as far finding a pacing strategy through the RC sectio…
Assessing passage difficulty without reading and answering ... glance reveals it is a science passage which may have you thinking ... -
Undergrad major GPA comparsionHow does adcom view a 3.0 in chemistry or physics versus a 3.5 or 4.0 in Com/English/Business? The grades would be coming from a T30 undergraduate i…
... like 10% or less are hard science majors. At my school the ... -
Drop in score - Is it just too much?Hey, I was happy earlier this week. I scored my highest scores of 165, a 165 again, and then a 168. My Blind review was also great, somewhere in t…
... which provided a very easy science passage, which many struggle with, and ... -
RC- Doing Passages With Most Questions First Vs. Easiest PassagesHi all! I was wondering what your thoughts are on RC passage selection. I'm averaging 1-2 (more often 2) wrong per passage under timed conditions …
For me it really just depends on the subject matter. Typically I do much better on the hard science any sort of history/economics type of passages but absolutely suck at the humanity ones. -
February test done!Well, LSAT over and today was my last LSAT day EVER as I've already been accepted to what is probably my #1 law school choice, taking all factors int…
... RCs ive had, and the science passage, which is normally my worst ... -
Jump in Score: Fluke or..?Hi everyone! :) I've been really wary about taking the June LSAT mostly because I started the Ultimate Course in January and although I feel bette…
... for you (less parallel questions? science passage was the easiest instead of ... -
What is an appropriate reading time for a RC passage( for non-native speakers)?I have problems with finishing RC on time. My problem is mainly on "detail except" and inference questions. I feel like when i try to read slowly (4 …
Nilesh S thanks for the tip. I am not really good at science-passage since I am a polisci major. Do know any good books that are difficult to read in natural science? -
Weekly Goal-Setting & Accountability ThreadHi everyone, I'm taking somewhat of an LSAT hiatus for March (school, it happens) but I'm going to start a goal-setting/accountability thread here…
This week I will:
-take and BR PTs 60 and 61
-re-do games from 58
-finish weakening drills
-1 game and 1 RC science passage per day -
Do I hit a wall? Any advice would be appreciated, Thank you!!Hi Everyone, In the beginning of June this summer, I was in the middle 150. In the last 4 prep test, I got 154 in prep test 63(BR 169), 160 in prep …
... opinions (or listening to them). Science, Nature, Scientific American and other ... publications can help you for science passage and how arguments are made ... -
Using speedo to increase reading speedBefore I officially became a 7sage/trainer student, I dabbled around on a few other forums and found that many instructors suggest using a website ca…
... your hands on every RC passage the LSAC ever published. While ... you have to read a science passage about fractals or a law ... passage about some obscure law theory ... -
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 …
Update: Getting somewhere. Managed to pull off a 164 on PT 44 even though I completely bombed the science passage and ended with a -9 on RC. Crazy to think I would've been close to a 170 if I had done better on that section. -
Manhattan Prep and RC strugglesWhile I've seen my LG and LR improve a lot over time, I'm afraid I've plateaued a bit in RC. On average I make -4. I've already done the whole 7sage …
... every single word of the passage and I just keep repeating ... I just got through a science passage and had no clue until ... the end of the passage what was going on. It ... , recognizing the "whys" of the passage and knowing what's presented ... -
Reading compFor anyone who has ever had a huge jump in reading comp...what changed? I am struggling a lot with this section. I get like -12 in the section :((
... accidentally glaze over a passage and then I panic ... min to read the passage and annotate it, and ... .
For science passages, I have a slight ... the majority on a science passage (and its a great ... so in my opinion science passages are easier because ... -
Cracking on Comparative Passages?Hey buddies! I feel much progress on RC with the Trainer’s structural method. But still I feel so hard on comparative reading. It’s so confusing to r…
... of several experiments in a science passage. You can start to tell ... roadmap when you mark the passage to recall and contrast details ... -
Need advice.Hey guys! A 7Sager had a question I thought you could help out with. Here it is: <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTb2blbsnm4/Vm9mkNw8yjI/AAAAAAA…
... something as difficult as a hard science journal or something as easy ... -
What is your favorite way to de-stress?Hey guys, I am a big advocate of avoiding burnout by taking one day per week to do NOTHING LSAT related. So what are some fun things you guys …
... particularly challenging game or a hard RC passage, if I just slow ... -
RC PredictionsTo relieve some Pre-September test tension and anxiety, I thought it might be fun to predict what we think some of the topics may be for Reading Comp…
I love this thread. My guess is one on antibiotic resistance for the science passage. -
Tips on Sleep Before Test DayGearing up for the September exam, I consistently made sure to go to bed at 10 pm to wake up at 6 am, but on the night before the exam, my brain was …
... focus really deteriorating during the hard RC passage and LG game, and ... -
A Disappointing Grey DayLooking for some advice. I was averaging about a 168 with a high of 172 and BR scores around 175 in the PT 30-40's. When I started on the 70's about …
... did not skip during a hard RC passage (even though I had ... questions wrong because they were hard I let it cascade into ... -
Reading List for Humanities RCEspecially with the difficult RC passage about lacquer art in the September, I was wondering if there were any publications I could read to be comfor…
Haha @"Alex Divine" what if you have already done pretty much all the RC multiple times? It was usually the hard science passages for me that stumped in the past while I fouund the humanities to be easier. -
Reading List for Humanities RCEspecially with the difficult RC passage about lacquer art in the September, I was wondering if there were any publications I could read to be comfor…
... times? It was usually the hard science passages for me that stumped ... in undergrad.
If science is indeed your weakness, Scientific ... -
Word of adviceSo I decided to look on the discussion board to see what the December takers are doing the night before & I stumbled onto a different discussion abou…
... . There might be a super hard RC passage. These are just the ... -
What defines a splitter?I don't know if there is a technical definition on the matter, but I'm curious what scores/GPAs make you a splitter. Is it overall, or specific to sc…
Also, just to add, major matters here too. Being a splitter as a humanities major is not the same as being a splitter with a hard science major. Not all GPAs are created equal! -
[ENDED] Free RC Tutoring, A-B Passage; PT 65 Passage 3Hi Everyone, Last session was great. Thanks to everyone who showed up. We made RC fun!. : ) So last time we focused on low resolution-high re…
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> Whichever kind of RC passage you ... said:
> I hate science passages too! So this would ... great :)
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Science passage it is! I'll look ...
