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huge gap between BR and actualHi again everyone. So, I've been studying for this test for about a year now, and although I've improved my score 20 points, I still am not scorin…
... ) Going REALLY SLOW when I read cuz I’m careless AF ... , I skim, I get the first question or two wrong. Why ... I am lost after the first sentence, i restart. If I ... 2 questions or for the last passage.
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Struggling to Hit 160I've been having a hard time trying to reach 160. I do blind review, but I think I probably do it wrong. I think I may need more drilling and probabl…
... where I should try to read the passage in three minutes, move ... not perfect by any means). First, and I can't take ... and a half minutes to read a passage, frequently 4 minutes, sometimes ... in my last post, such as predicting where the passage is going ... -
passage orderHow do you guys choose the order of passages you are going to read first? Does anyone choose by how many paragraphs are in each passage or how many q…
... science passage if that's not your cup of tea) or read ... was usually the most challenging passage for me, so this strategy ... when science passages were last or even second-last in order, I ... I started doing the science passage first: I'd just quickly flip ... -
RC Help!Hello, I have been mastering the LR and LG sections but my main issue is with RC ! Can't manage to get less than 9-10 mistakes per section. I …
... even getting to the last passage and trying to get ... you attempt. When I first started doing RC I was ... was rushing through the passage and not understanding what ... understand every sentence that you read, and if you don ... understand one you gotta read it again. -
Maximizing points when you only have 3-4 mins for the final LG or RC passageHey all! I have always had strong accuracy, but struggled with timing. I am making improvements with speed, especially in the LG section which has hi…
... have good accuracy on the first few passages). One thing to ... t highlight excerpts from the passage. When I switched to ... because sometimes excerpts from the passage are referred to by sentence ... associated with it as the last passage I read, meaning I have to ... -
Reading Comprehension -- I need tips!!!!I am aggressively bad at the reading comprehension. Sometimes I get like a 9/27 on the reading (I know, that's terrible) even when I feel confident. …
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Regardless, first and foremost, I would tell ... read the passage fairly quickly. I generally tried to read the passage ... needed to read and understand the passage. On a complicated passage, that ... of the section. The last 6 or 7 questions will ... -
My Guide to Reading Comprehension Part 1 (Long-ish Post)Hi 7sagers! Given that several people expressed interest in my RC methodology, here is the basic outline of my approach for the Reading Comprehen…
... are taking enough time to read the passage properly, that is where ... the first passage typically (not intentionally), and am rushing to do the last passage ... work upfront in the passage and read the passage in ~5 minutes and ... -
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... miswritten a rule in the first game which had seven!7 ... , guessed on the last two and redid the first game. I usually ... taken the exam yet re-read your rules for the love ... 8 min to do the last passage which had 7 questions. So ... -
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... miswritten a rule in the first game which had seven!7 ... , guessed on the last two and redid the first game. I usually ... taken the exam yet re-read your rules for the love ... 8 min to do the last passage which had 7 questions. So ... -
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... was terrible. It was my first LSAT too. I was so ... again during my first passage, and again during my last, and perhaps somewhere ... I was disconnected after I read a passage. By the time I ... -connected, I had to re-read it. Sigh -
My Guide to Reading Comprehension Part 1 (Long-ish Post)Hi 7sagers! Given that several people expressed interest in my RC methodology, here is the basic outline of my approach for the Reading Comprehen…
... neglect to read actively, being "at home" with the passage will reduce ... example would be a passage where the first paragraph describes some very ... I needed to the first time I read the passage.
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Reading CompWhat has been your most useful, in summary, tactic in improving your points in RC? I seem to be doing the standard "summarize each paragraph" as I go…
... time and guess on the last passage, you will do better than ... getting some wrong on each passage because I wasn't reading ... read each passage, re-reading sentences that I didn't comprehend the first ... time, I haven't had time for a fourth passage ... -
I'm such an anxious test-taker, I'm anxious about taking the prep tests...I realize this sounds silly, but please understand I have a lot of anxiety that was 100% cultivated through academia. I currently have a full-time jo…
... meditation first, and wait did I get enough sleep last night ... will be an RC passage that causes us to ... the hell did I just read?" There is a 100% ... feature. Hit a game first thing in the morning before ... right after a run. Read a passage late at night before ... -
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... preys, along with the passage about Inuits and territories. ... to remember the third passage, I vaguely came up ... was**
> - the first one is the one I ... the words and I read aloud A LOT when ... were so bad. The last passage about insects and predators/ ... -
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... 7sage!) for the first two games. The last two, econ/museum, ... through the first three passages with seven minutes to read and do ... the questions for the last one, as ... of the questions in the last passage, though I was feeling somewhat ... -
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The first LG section was brutal. I ... did well on the first two games on that one ... got disconnected on the last passage for a few minutes ... I had to re-read the passage all over again which ... made me answer the last few questions pretty fast. ... -
Reading Comprehension Passage ApproachHey are there any strategies to choose which RC passages to read first, second, third, fourth? Or do you guys suggest going 1-4 as given? Is it bette…
... grant the first 2 as "easier" (must-do) and the last two ... least read the passage (as in, don't read any of the questions first ... and then read ... the passage, I can't see ... -
Farewell for now!Got my scores back and actually scored better than any of my PTs to date - a 179. I've prepped full time since June, so had about two and a half mont…
... , you take approximately to read the passage and to do its questions ... much time on average for first 15 q and total section ... till I could solve the first 15 in the 15 minutes ... minutes per question for the last 10 which tend to be ... -
PT91.S4.Q13,14 and Q22: Could a Sage help! Still confused!If anyone could give a breakdown for these two questions, it would help a lot! For #13, I was able to narrow it down to A and B but don't understand …
... Markets experiment worked. In Passage B, the author talks ... winning at the last minute. But Passage A doesn’t ... thermostat (change temperature) while Passage B disagrees with that and ... anything? When I first read the last sentence of the last passage, I didn' ... -
There is hope..Just wanted to put it out there, that it is possible to reach your goal scores!! I'm a horrible standardized test taker and struggle deeply with ADHD…
... quicker at completing the first 12 questions that I ... what I had just read so I could recall ... don't understand a whole passage, the questions won't ... your time reading the passage and you'll get better ... up only on the last passage when time was running ... -
What to do when I face 2 RC sections on test day?I am taking the test for the first time. I am ok with RC scoring on average -7 or -8. However, it is only when I do only 1 RC section. When I do …
... Practice double RC before your first take. I did double ... you do finish the first 3 sections. Or you ... br /> 2) Don't panic, read slowly, and shoot for accuracy ... to rush the first 3 passages. I read slowly and make ... a little bit on the last passage, I know that i ... -
Reading Comprehension section on the LSATis the worst thing that exists in this world.
... working for me: I read the passage one time around in about ... later on_ (because of my first read)
This tactic ... such intense focus on the last passage because of my instinctual panic ... the first time I read it-- no matter how hard the passage was ... -
Reading Comprehension section on the LSATis the worst thing that exists in this world.
... for me: I read the passage one time around in ... intense focus on the last passage because of my instinctual ... first time I read it-- no matter how hard the passage ... pressed for time during the last two, I really dial ... a better job on the last two. Most if not ... -
How did you break into the 170's from high 160's?Looking to hear from individuals who were able to break into the 170's or atleast a 170. I've been PTing in the mid 160's and BR'ing in the high 160s…
... 170s. But when I first started, I was scoring ... my score drastically: target first 10 questions in 10 ... ~20min left for the last 10 questions, and can ... end. I personally read the stem first so I know exactly ... 'm looking for in the passage.
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Please help me with the reading compHello friends, I have been studying over the last 4 months and have seen a SIGNIFICANT improvement on my LR, currently averaging about 1-4 incorrect …
... trick of skimming the passage. Your goal the first read through is just ... trick was to read about the first sentence and last sentence of each ... reason i leave those for last is that the test writers ... -
pre-reading questions on reading comprehensionI was under the impression that, on reading comprehension, reading the questions before you read the passage was a bad idea and a waste of time. How…
... the questions before you read the passage was a bad idea ... changing the way I read the passage. I now read with a focus ... on the passage. I find reading the questions for the first time ... after reading a passage is like someone ... -
How to stay motivated prepping for RC?Clearly reading comprehension is my weakest section. But after close to 6 months of intensive prep, I've gotten to a point where I feel unmotivated i…
... is due to two reasons. First, I don't like reading ... thing I'm going to read"; but it doesn't really ... ). For example, when I read a passage that talks about geological processes ... to less understanding of the passage as a whole.
RC Plan of AttackSorry about the title, but I'm a soldier... I took the overseas June 2012 LSAT and scored in the 160s. I was usually -0 to -6 total for LR and LG…
... NOT read the questions first. I have always gone straight to the passage ... STEMS only before reading the passage?
Possible pro: picking ...A few small tips for your final LSAT prep.Hi everyone -- I know that many of you are getting ready to take the exam, and so with J.Y.’s blessing I thought it might be helpful for me to pos…
... post a few quick last minute tips here on ... end up reading the passage very differently from how ... train your brain to read the passage exactly as you want ... rhythm” for how you read LSAT RC passages. It gives ... student, but if you read this whole thing I hope ...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…
... annotating? Does anyone just read the passage and go straight to the ...
