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Tips on studying for the comparative RC passage?How have you guys prepped for that passage? I have gotten good at the harder passages but still manage to miss a few on the comparative passages. Tip…
... passage a second time for detail and I circle any authors ... questions. I usually do the detail questions first because it gives ... MSS questions. I usually end with the MP question. I hope ... and drill with that method for 8-10 RC passages and the ... -
Will doing more RC passages help to increase scores?Hi, So I was drilling RC passages, but I do not see much improvement which is really frustrating... I thought I want to try different methods and…
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Please help RC is not improvingGuys honestly I'm doing pretty well in LR-3-5 and -2LG thanks J.Y....but I just can't get my RC Down to at least -7 or even -8 ... I've tried speed r…
... and do a full analysis with notes before you hit the ... argument? What's the concrete detail? What does the word choice ... the weeds with the full literary analysis of several passages, you'll ... -
PT21.S4.Q27 (P4) - most studies of recent southeastHi all! I was wondering why answer choice C in question 27 was incorrect. Here, the word irony describes Tollefson's conclusion, which I thought w…
... Tollefson offers for the problems with these educational programs. The ... then switches in line 59 with the word "unfortunately," ... I can break down complicated passages into a regular everyday ... here: bureaucracies are extremely complicated, you haven't given ... -
Advice for Second Take.
... the most dry and boring passages they can in an attempt ... up. These smaller pieces connect with other ones, whether they're ... If ever confused about a detail, ask yourself why it's ... correct AC is frequently clouded with referential phrasing, odd and unattractive ... -
Living in RC hellHi all, I've posted about my RC struggles a few times now so I'm few several of you are familiar with my predicament. I have very strong scores in…
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So one thing ... takes, we'll project back with something like: "Critics and proponents ... is what gets me there with accuracy.
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suggestions for difficult science passages?So one of my biggest areas of weakness is hard science passages in RC. I've been trying to read Scientific America a bit more, and I realize some o…
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7Sage Results on RetakeHi everyone, So i'm thoroughly into 7sage now and i'm really feeling like this program is changing the way I originally thought about this test. …
... get faster at going through passages and answering particular sorts ... back at the passage on detail questions, etc.). Still, I ... that my issues lie with timing--there's usually ... passages. My impression is that the memory method only indirectly assists with ... -
Does this happen to you?Reading comprehension is my worst section. Relatively speaking. But on the situations where my timing is a little off and i don't have much time on t…
I started out with the same issue. I' ... be from the first three passages. Then I read the ... method. I combined this with JY's RC tips and ... 3:30 - not in excessive detail, but not skimming) and ... look for before hitting the passages, I could usually determine the ... -
Strategies for a Slow ReaderTo any other slow readers out there--what strategies have you used to understand LR and RC stimuli and passages well? I find myself needing to go th…
... + minutes to get through RC passages (let alone decode the questions ... choices.) I've done well with these sections outside of timed ... question on an RC passage with just a summary of the ... questions for every passage. The detail-oriented questions are going to ... -
Only doing 3 of the 4 RC passages??Hello all! Unfortunately I am really struggling with RC and I am wondering if anyone who also struggles (or did) has seen improvements in their RC…
... truly cannot finish all 4 passages even with a huge amount of ... just taking your time with 3 passages but you MUST aim ... usually answer 1-2 specific detail questions without reading the passage ... passage, answer 1-2 specific detail questions
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How to get above the mid 160s/ I need help with Reading Comp. Thanks! :)
... continue to struggle with this, especially the science passages. What are ... comprehension advice without some more detail. The biggest piece of ...
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Five Prep Tests Later - Can't Break out of the 145-150 rangeI started 7sage back in September 2016, with the intention to take the September 2017 LSAT (which I pushed back to December). After doing the core, …
... questions and/or issues with each section. I ... now have a super complicated bin system. Again, ... don't read LSAT passages anymore. I read legal ... the most difficult of passages trip. Unfortunately, I ... answer everything in RC with confidence. I accept this ... -
Hard RC Passages/Time ManagementI'm in the midst of my first really intensive bout of studying on RC, and I'm a little hung up on strategy. Out of the last 5 or 6 sections I've done…
... on maybe 1 or 2 passages/section in certain circumstances: 1 ... spatially I'll mark them with numbers 3) If I notice ... over for some sort of detail. -
understanding the sticky spots in RC (and letting urself do so)In almost every reading passage I've done, there's always ONE paragraph that gets complex and it requires me to take some extra time to re-read and u…
... studying and can struggle with this as well. How ... finish all of the passages? How much does your ... that have helped me with some form of the ... first paragraph for most passages, or the confusion will ... to remember when things get complicated in the middle. Take ... -
RC strugglesWith only days before the December test... I am struggling to improve RC. I have tried every possible strategy to improve my timing on this sectio…
... Now I complete all the passages. And my comprehension is better ... I usually choose the most complicated New York Times articles I ... said:
> Completely agree with @BillGreenpoint - marking up RC was ... I stopped marking up the passages, I did much much ... -
How to Approach RC For Feb testSo I did write the December test but I have already registered to write the Feb one. RC has been my weakest section and I honestly thought I had i…
... , is it possibly the comparative passages that are throwing you off ... . Then I repeat this process with Passage 2. It's similar ... doesn't have to do with this particular passage type, then ... want to see it in detail: https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion ... -
How to Approach RC For Feb testSo I did write the December test but I have already registered to write the Feb one. RC has been my weakest section and I honestly thought I had i…
... . Then I repeat this process with Passage 2. It's similar ... doesn't have to do with this particular passage type, then ... want to see it in detail: https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion ... you recommend drilling for RC passages, especially since I have limited ... -
How to Approach RC For Feb testSo I did write the December test but I have already registered to write the Feb one. RC has been my weakest section and I honestly thought I had i…
... 60s+) that include the comparative passages. If you think you might ... minutes for the passage, with another 4 or so minutes ... to the passage. Otherwise, with the remaining ACs, check against ... />
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How to Approach RC For Feb testSo I did write the December test but I have already registered to write the Feb one. RC has been my weakest section and I honestly thought I had i…
... answer choices from memory for detail/inference questions. Then, if ... you've finished all the passages to hunt for details. ... 've found that interacting with the text organically and ... on difficulty...). After practicing with old passages, focusing more on a ... -
Can reading The Times help my very specific weakness in RC ?I've always loved to read. Obsessively, truly. When I was younger I would get in trouble for trying to read under my covers with the lights off. My m…
... the CC again. JY does passages and shows you how to ... in detail. I would also suggest re-doing old RC passages and ... are more than enough RC passages that I don't think ... your issue seems to be with the questions. -
Not struggling with time on RC but rather accuracyHi guys, RC is by far my worst section. Though I have improved by a point or two, I haven't seen any drastic improvements and I have been studying…
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Anyone crushing Reading Comprehension(RC)?I would LOVE to hear from someone that just kills Reading Comp every time you get to a passage. What is it that you do? Have you always done well at …
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Calibrating the level of detail to hone in on is ... away too much information. Work with your limitations. A solid ... helpful. There are two LSAT passages drawn from source material that ... and many others on subjects with which I am intimately familiar ... -
Who else finds the difficulty of the RC passages to be pretty subjective?So for whatever reason I found that I struggled WAY more with the easy to moderately easy passages involving law/economics stuff than I did with the …
... my problems with 5-star passages is retaining the amount of detail under ... For 5-star passages the difficulty lies also with those questions too ... still love tackling the difficult passages, and this is a ... I know that these difficult passages are essential to my ... -
What makes RC so inconsistent?I see these posts a lot on 7sage about students who are unable to reign in their inconsistencies with RC. In my recent prep, I've noticed the same ph…
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2) Whether it' ... has definitely changed over time with passages from the 60's onward ... urge to remember every little detail in the passage instead of ... worth, however, I think RC passages can be foolproofed in their ... -
What makes RC so inconsistent?I see these posts a lot on 7sage about students who are unable to reign in their inconsistencies with RC. In my recent prep, I've noticed the same ph…
... perform better on non-science passages)
> 2) Whether ... has definitely changed over time with passages from the 60's onward ... urge to remember every little detail in the passage instead of ... , however, I think RC passages can be foolproofed in their ... -
RC InconsistencySo in some of the 7-8 question RC passages I'm getting -0 or -1, and in others, I'm getting -4 or -5-- even on the passages I find moderately interes…
You need to BR these passages before you check the answer ... you a chance to read, with detail and with time, and it allows ... -
Reading Comp suggestions for art/law/humanitiesHi friends! I'm looking for advice/suggestions from those of you with backgrounds in liberal arts, law, humanities, art, and social sciences. My ba…
... . I can credit this magazine with making me appreciate and visualize ... great interviews that go in detail about the thought behind a ... or humanities passages were the bane of my existence. But with the ... gone to countless of events with my friends. But because I ... -
RC Passage Speed ImprovementHi 7sagers, I needed some advice on reading speed for RC. From my understanding, RC and LG are similar in the manner that if you spend the tim…
... I have to play around with works with me. One thing I ... passage means in the hardest passages I have noticed that I ... LOL of annotation - which is detail oriented but it helps to ... />
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Reading Comprehension TipsI am absolutely terrible at RC. I can't finish all 4 passages and even without finishing all 4, I still get quite a lot of questions incorrect. Any R…
... hours of reading/practicing with the entire RC section, ... learned (only to practice with) is to read the ... concepts (usually in science passages) are mentioned a sentence ... t pick up on a detail, that's fine. ... the answer. Keep rolling with the punches, and you ...
