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RC StrategyI have a question about RC. When starting the RC section of the LSAT, is it a smart strategy to glance at the number of questions per passage and th…
... But I'd be much more interested to discover why you ... what order we do the passages in. The main thing ... easy passages with 5 questions may tend to represent as much or more point ... potential than the hardest passages with 8 questions. So just ... -
How to Go Over RC PassagesI'm struggling in RC. It's my worst section, and I'm obviously trying to improve. I feel like going through the stories untimed doesn't exactly help …
... you are reading RC passages you have to take interactive role with the passage ... , you have to constantly engage with the passage by pushing back ... things that he is? Engaging with the passage is def a ... down to one core idea with the rest of the sentences ... -
Deciding which passages to do first???How can you tell the level of difficulty for the passages in the RC section? I know the passages have gotten more difficult recently and they are not…
... had some 1-2 star passages that I found pretty challenging ... passages a bit more, as you can fall off the rails in passages with ... eight questions ... panic if you get to questions where you don't remember ... -
Score decreaseI just took a PT and scored a 141 with a BR score of 162 and my previous PT being 147 with a BR score of 154 about 2 months ago. I don’t understand h…
... more difficult, certain LR sections will produce a greater number of questions ... better than others, and some RC passages are more difficult to comprehend. Take ... -
Reading Comprehension: What’s your average time spent on each passage?I’m trying to gauge whether or not my experience is normal. How much time does everyone spend on reading the passage? JUST reading it, not answeri…
... (reading and answering questions) should take you. Since there are 4 passages and ... less time. Some passages have more questions attached and will take more time.
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Struggling to focus and concentrateHi all, I need your advice on how to better focus and concentrate while I'm studying and taking PTs. I have the CC down, I understand the material, a…
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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 …
... lot of the talk about more questions first is all about timing. If ... you want. Most people do more questions first so that if they are ... of time, there's less questions to try and skim for ... -
LSAT Score - Does it Stick?The only two schools I have my sights set on (both top 30 schools) are waiting for this score to possibly admit me for the next academic year. Alth…
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-Acceptable situation questions are almost guaranteed if you ... educated guess on the other questions (provided you didn't ... have the same amount of questions, so even if you ... you understood an easier game with more questions.
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Reading CompFor some strange reason, I find myself preforming better on passages that have less questions (5-6), regardless of difficulty. I use the same methods…
That may have something to do with it, but there appears to be a pattern with this. I have done a lot of passages, which is my weak section, but I seem to do better on passages with less questions. I use the same approach to all of the passages. -
Life-Changing RC Tips? Help me friends.Hello! So RC is consistently my worst section. Do y'all have any life-changing RC tips that really helped you raise your score or changed the way yo…
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In need of Help!!!!My goal is to get at least 150 to be able to be accepted into the JD Law program. i am not trying to get 160's +, I am just trying to break the 150's…
How is your LR and RC? Do you get through all ... question 1-20 with high accuracy! Along with answer 3 RC passages with high accuracy ... !
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In need of Help!!!!My goal is to get at least 150 to be able to be accepted into the JD Law program. i am not trying to get 160's +, I am just trying to break the 150's…
... ; How is your LR and RC? Do you get through all ... question 1-20 with high accuracy! Along with answer 3 RC passages with high accuracy ... !
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When Will The Five-Section Test Return?More information needed to answer this. The question I can think to ask is: did 4-5 sections have any disparate impact (on protected groups) that the…
@SufficientCondition why would it be dissapointing? Is it because of the chance at scoring higher with more questions? Cause otherwise I don't see how having one less section of that horid LR would be bad lol. -
Does it make sense to do the longest (as in most questions) set first in RC or LG?Was wondering how people do this. I have recently done the first RC/LG, and then go to the longest one. then do the rest.
... that hard game or passage with more questions is not someplace you want ... in just bc it has more questions. We should strive to be ... , the fact that it has more questions may in fact support skipping ... 5 questions? Are you even seeing all of this to begin with ... -
No Improvement w/ 2 Months StudyingI have been studying consistently for about 5 hours a day, 5/6 days a week and I am seeing no improvement. I took a PT and my score was exactly the s…
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Which Qs to Answer FirstLately I have been looking ahead at the games and start by doing the ones with the most questions tied to them. Is this a decent method? Should I i…
... often give the tougher games more questions (assumedly to increase the difficulty ... even more), but they also sometimes give the tougher games fewer questions ... sure how much starting with the games with more questions would help or hurt ... -
LSAT Raw Score ConversionI'm finding myself confused with how LSAC scales your raw score on prep tests. I'm in a prep course and have taken several official prep tests and ha…
... determines that some tests are "more difficult" than others. Some people ... if you miss, say, 5 questions on a test considered challenging ... same is true for tests with more questions. The only thing you may ... want to consider with four section tests is that ... -
Taking Legacy version vs Modern VersionI've been taking my last few LSAT prep tests under the Modern version because I was curious to see what it was like, and I did not see much change in…
... ; 1. More questions to work through, familiarizing myself with more questions and question ... especially having to blind review more questions. 2. Endurance - if ... to undergo 35 more minutes of questions, I can do ... same logic of running with a weighted vest so ... -
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…
... finish all four passages (which I had ... reading comprehension a lot more straightforward because I approached the passage with ... because reading an RC passage without reading the questions beforehand ... find reading the questions for the first time after reading a ... -
Down the rabbit hole: My existential battle with RCThis is long, rambly story of going from about a -14 on RC to -4 on RC because I stopped being stubborn. So a couple of days ago I had a substanti…
... maybe gotten 2/4 passages completed on RC (Averaging about 12- ... tried to look up LSAT RC reading structures (look them up ... .
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Advices for RC: POE, reading for structure, notationHi all, I just finished the first reading section "introduction on reading comprehension" in CC. I also watched @"nicole.hopkins" video about her …
... finished the first reading section "introduction on reading comprehension" in ... " video about her RC notation strategy. Both ... 8-12min on questions! Passages about art review ... can only finish 3 passages, with average -1 per ... There can be more than one level ... -
RC: The Power of Just ReadingHey all, I thought I'd share this discovery. 7Sage advocates doing what works best for you, but to be honest my "works best for me" patterns …
... influenced by the first prep-materials I ... PowerScore heavily advocates diagramming RC passages. **Of course then, ... RC is less nitpicky about certain word usage, and will ask more questions ... agree with which statement?). Consequently, just reading the passage ... -
RC Approach: Harder questions first?Hi! I was wondering what your approach is when completing the RC section. I tend to start with the passage that has the most questions, but I'm re…
... when completing the RC section. I tend to start with the passage ... that has the most questions, but I ... end up with -7 or -8. Would it make more sense to ... start with the harder passages first? I would ... -
Comprehensive Strategy for RC - response to KS in 3 partsHi KS, Perhaps you are taking the Feb LSAT, but given that the Dec test is only 3 weeks away, let me share my RC strategy. Not sure if you have t…
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All RC Passages have the same deep, ... linear thought progression with claims and supporting ... to life in a more expansive way. Generally ... persons in its questions. That arrow and ... first question that was raised - mark that as A2. Keep reading ... -
RC Help!Hi everybody, I am in desperate need of help with the RC section. The interesting thing about my progress is that it is getting continuously worse…
... desperate need of help with the RC section. The interesting thing ... . Back when I first started reading comprehension passages, I didn't ... passage one more time before moving on to the questions. Unfortunately, ... a perfect score on the RC section.
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RC Strategy Skipping PassagesSo I recently took RC 67 and I saw a relatively large drop in RC score. While I admit that I have paid less focus to RC and this was the first test I…
... a relatively large drop in RC score. While I admit ... less focus to RC and this was the first test I ... relatively more difficult. I found myself bogged down in the first few passages ... around passages and putting some early work into those with the most questions? -
Mistakes on first RC passageQuick question, I've noticed that I am more prone to missing questions on the first RC passage than I should when I do PTs. I think, I could be wrong…
... I am more prone to missing questions on the first RC passage than ... can be more prone to missing more questions on the first passage? Is ... it like something to do with ... warming up as you go through the passages? Or ... -
My RC strategy that got me to -0Hi everyone, I'd like to share a RC strategy that's been working for me. **PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHER SITES/ COMMUNITIES**…
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When I first began the LSAT prep, I ... have much trouble with the GRE RC passages, so I thought ... to share with you- how active reading and reading for structure ... I now have a more clear picture about this ... 15 min and answered the questions in 4 min. Total ... -
Warning: Recent RC Main Point QuestionsHi All, I've made an observation regarding Main Point questions on some of the most recent RC passages (70s primarily). I was reading a post on th…
... questions on some of the most recent RC passages (70s primarily). I was reading ... a broad answer choice with unwarranted strong language ( ... most” or “prominent”) or with incorrect time frames (like “ ... something more direct, narrow, and only concerned with the ...
