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Please help. PlateauGuys, I really need you to help me with advice/strategy/tips on how to move forward. I took September 2016 LSAT and did 154 on official which was ri…
... . That involves reading the passage straight through, turning the page, writing ... low-resolution summary of the passage while reading. For a while ... read the passage, and I found a balance between reading ... my first read through the passage really helped me ... -
Staying focusedHow do you tackle logical reasoning statements without having to read it three to four times just to comprehend what the statement is saying? Should …
Reading the question stem first ... gives you a strategy for reading the passage. For example, if ... again, this is what the LSAT is testing. You ... will improve over time - the question stems will become comfortable ... have to read the passage more than once usually. -
What's your recent victory, small or large?I finally broke 170 today after quite a few tests stuck in the high 160s. I'm still aiming to score higher, but it feels really good to pass a notabl…
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I read a lot ... the next question for the passage. At the end of the passage, I come back to the ... skipped question, reread the ... -
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 …
... thought I just wasn't reading the right details and I ... XYZ mean?). However, seeing the structure helps tremendously because it ... not clear. When you're reading the passage (and especially when you ... will mention is the markings you make while reading. I simply ... -
Any tips to read quicker?One of my biggest problems is that I do not read fast enough and sometimes I tend to skip over words that make or break answer choices. Partially I b…
... think and engage with the passage.
Reading speed could be part ... reading speed. It is because after reading the passage they still can't answer the ... the passage or knowing exactly where in the passage to look.
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Any tips to read quicker?One of my biggest problems is that I do not read fast enough and sometimes I tend to skip over words that make or break answer choices. Partially I b…
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Is a 170 possible for me?Hi 7sagers, So I just had a pretty disappointing performance on LG and I am starting to get worried about my ability to improve my score by Septem…
... actively reading ? How much time are you spending reading the passage versus answering the questions ... . I was reading the passage too fast ... -
Do you write your summaries out?I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to write my LRS on timed sections or if I want to do them in my head. What do you do? I'm trying both out …
... , but like everything on the test there are opportunity costs ... not only the LRS but the general structure of the passage overall?
passage I'm trying to figure out whether the author ... jump into the questions when I get done reading the passage. I don ... -
Will there be more reading calls?Does anyone know if there will be another month of reading comp calls? I would love to join as reading comp is my weakest section.
... of was people took turns reading the passage. It would either be ... person reads the entire thing or people take turns reading paragraphs. ... each paragraph and discuss how the passage as a whole is ... feels fairly confident with the stimulus before moving on ... -
Best rc practicesHey everyone. I know the rule of thumb is rc doesn’t improve by much - that being said I know my rc goes up and down depending on how long / dense th…
... , I've been finding the slides from a series of ... as you're working through the humanities passages. I've been ... incorporate what he recommended over the past couple weeks, I've ... immensely helpful as cues while reading the passage.
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Reading ComprehensionAny ideas on how to get quicker on Reading Comprehension? What techniques have you used that may be helpful for me?
... marking the passage? I tend, when reading the passage, to write a lot of the ... tendency to try to read the passage too fast to "save ... ." However, if you read the passage too fast then you won ... up wasting time re-reading parts of the passage to answer specific ... -
Logical Reasoning Time ManagementI've found my LR scores took a hit ever since I began adopting time management strategies like skipping and doing the first 15 questions in 15 minute…
... PT 83) and some of the most difficult questions were within ... do was:
- If the stimulus made no sense to ... .
- If I thought the question type (specifically parallel reasoning ... consuming, I moved on without reading the passage first. I believe once I ... -
Confidence Drills for RChey all, so I've heard from @"Cant Get Right" and others the importance of doing confidence drills for LR. I was wondering if you guys did conf…
... to memorize all the details when we are reading the passage. When people do ... that, their reading time ends ... is not that great of the passage. So focus on your fundamentals ... -
Skipping for the winFor the love of all that is holy please tell me how to skip questions. I can skip like nobody’s business with LG but I never skip any LR or RC questi…
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- If the stimulus made no sense to ... on.
- If I thought the question type (specifically parallel reasoning ... consuming, I moved on without reading the passage first. I believe once I ... -
"Highlighter pen"What is this mystery thing that we are apparently allowed to use? Edit: Ok so a normal highlighter. Wow. Thoughts on actually using one?
... written so long after the PTs in the 30s? Since I' ... ? For example, identifying the structure of the argument. It could also ... get -1 on each practice passage. I'm just... dumbfounded. ... Did you spent more time reading the passage or just rush through questions ... -
Help please!Hello everyone, on reading comprehension I usually miss the questions where you have to go back to the given line number in the question stem. I usua…
... much help to scan the questions before reading the passage. RC deals with short ... term memory, and looking at the ... -
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…
... instead of marking it on the passage itself so you can try ... let myself read and enjoy the passage and the questions came easier. So ... motivated me to try the same thing the next time I ... because they got better at reading the passage, so this might be something ... -
Help please!Hello everyone, on reading comprehension I usually miss the questions where you have to go back to the given line number in the question stem. I usua…
@Kermit750 No, I get them wrong regardless of the type of passage. Yeah, you were right about it being a waste of time. Actually I coudn’t even afford to look at the questions before reading the passage. lol -
"The reference to the... serves primarily to"Does anyone have a specific way of dealing with these problems. I swear I almost consistently get them wrong time after time despite understanding th…
Just keep re-reading the passage until it clicks. Don ... drilling) on a single passage to be sure that ... The ease of the questions generally comes from a solid understanding of the passage ... overall. The questions that you are ... -
Potential RC breakthroughI studied philosophy in undergrad so I never expected to struggle with RC. Hundreds of pages every night were common but RC has nonetheless kicked m…
Yes--reading the passage like a novel/something I'm going to talk about later with a friend has tremendously helped my RC performance! -
Potential RC breakthroughI studied philosophy in undergrad so I never expected to struggle with RC. Hundreds of pages every night were common but RC has nonetheless kicked m…
I had recently found that reading the passage slower allowed myself a greater ... comprehension of the authors point of view and ... -
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…
Recently I read that reading the passages twice before answering the questions greatly decreases incorrect answers. Maybe consider marking the conclusions only or doing less marking. I find that the less I mark, the less confused I get by my markings -
Only complete 3/4 RC PassagesSo, for RC I seem to have a common issue on my PTs. I always seem to run out of time. I finish 3 passages and the questions (usually only skipping on…
... you spend too long on reading the passages or questions. My bet ... would be the questions. You're basically sacrificing ... 5-7 points for the first three passages. I ... and then waste time re-reading the passage when you could've skipped ... -
My decent strategy for RCI always see posts about timing for RC for people who have completed the CC and have decent fundamentals, but are having trouble going faster. Althou…
... you mentioned in regards to reading the passage a second time _after_ ... I try to read through the passage quickly for about 2 minutes ... out as wrong after reading through the passage again. I definitely need ... when I re-read the passage after having a good ... -
For RC masterminds, what is one tip you have for getting a perfect section?It's hard for me to even understand how people get a perfect score for RC, because there are always answers that I can't get, even after BR and then,…
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The benefit of reading the passage solely for structure and ... than within the passage. Watch for places where the audience is ... much (i.e. if the passage is talking entirely about ...
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How long did it take you to improve RC? (e.g. -9 to -4)Hi 7Sagers, I am currently drilling RC as it's my weakest section. Although I [feel] it's improving slightly and slowly, I am not sure if it's tru…
... people are better off reading the passage in 2 minutes and spending ... time on the passage because they can utilize the memory method ... very well. The most improvement, ... easier to work through the passage and your brain will ... -
How long did it take you to improve RC? (e.g. -9 to -4)Hi 7Sagers, I am currently drilling RC as it's my weakest section. Although I [feel] it's improving slightly and slowly, I am not sure if it's tru…
... it connects to the rest of the passage. I see if ... questions constantly while I'm reading the passage. "Why is this theory ... go back to the passage and disprove the four wrong answers. ... supported by the passage.
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Blind review in Reading Comp.Fellow 7sagers, I've long thought that Blind Review was only really necessary for L.R. and not Reading since the questions are mostly based on con…
... it connects to the rest of the passage. I see if ... questions constantly while I'm reading the passage. "Why is this theory ... go back to the passage and disprove the four wrong answers. ... supported by the passage.
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RC time management?Hi! For LR I have 5 min left after the first round to go back to any circled questions but i havent cultivated that strategy for RC. I usually have…
... questions reading the passage, and really trying to do the work up front (understanding the passage ... , looking for any viewpoints or tone from the passage) before heading to the ... -
Anyone else having trouble with RC questions asking you to infer?When I started my LSAT journey, RC was the section I was least concerned about. I finished all the passages, and would get maybe -5. It was something…
... a sly rephrasing of the section of the passage that the question is referencing ... 's tone, as I'm reading the passage I circle descriptive words that ... than that, as I'm reading through the passage, I stop to process ...
