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ALL RC Strategy+Official Q by Experts&Legendary Club Members Updated on: 08 Mar 2014, 01:13
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Hi Folks,
I found the several topics discussed by experts like e-GMAT,GMATPill etc. and questions and/or strategies shared by Awesome GMAT Club heroes like bb/rhyme/Souvik/Carcass etc. on RC very helpful,I'm trying to help you guys all by putting them altogether in this thread for quick reference.

I think this will gonna help all of us who are already in the club(almost everything available in our Club about RC under one thread) and also will be immensely helpful to the new comers.

Here it goes:

Topics and Questions by e-GMAT:


Topics and Questions by GMATPill :


Strategies discussed by MGMAT


Strategies discussed by Magoosh:


Carcass's collections of RC strategy docs
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Efficiently tackle Inference questions in RC and CR by Marcab


GMAT Club RC strategy guide


This post is consolidated by bb himself and updated as on Mar12,2011



Video Collection to takle RC passages by Ron Purewal



RC: Long Passages & Main Idea Questions



Sorry but for this video is not possible to incorporate. Follow this link


A Trick for Finding the Main Idea

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/18632588[/vimeo]


Reading Comprehension - Inference & Suggestion Questions

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/24618742[/vimeo]


Reading Comprehension - Inference & Suggestion Questions 2

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/23228039[/vimeo]


Reading Comprehension: Short Passages & Miscellaneous Question Types

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iaOtZVi0k[/youtube]


How to Break Down a Science Reading Comprehension Passage

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZuU9WcYM0[/youtube]


Please come up with your suggestions & comments.

Hope this helps :)
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Hi Experts,
1. Is it correct that we get 3 RCs in exam?
2. Out of 3, 1 is long passage & 2 are short passages?
3. Total RC Questions: 12-13 ??
You will get 4 RC's one of them will be really late in the exam around 30-34 probably around that number
1 Passage is pretty long and 3 of them should be around medium to small but usually the smaller ones have really tricky questions.
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The only correction I will make to what fozzzy said ----
Everyone does get 4 passages.
Most people get three short passages (250-350 words) with 3 questions each, and just one long passage (350-450 words) with 4 questions, for a total of 13 RC questions. Those folks will get 14 SC and 14 CR.
Some people, though will see two short passages and two long passages, for a total of 14 RC questions. These folks will either get 13 SC & 14 CR, or 14 SC & 13 CR.
Also, I don't know that the questions are necessarily easier or harder for short or long passages --- the difficulty of the questions has much more to do with the complex algorithm that the CAT is following. For more on this, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/what-is-th ... tive-test/

Also, here are a few more strategy articles on GMAT RC:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/inference- ... rehension/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-rc-el ... g-answers/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-readi ... ully-once/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-reading-list/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/curiosity- ... n-success/

I hope all this helps.

Mike :-)
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Put the post permanent sticky. So we have ALL the vaiable resources ready for use.

I would have done this post after these holidays, but you did before me. awesome :)

I think that all is in (at the moment). I do not see enything else.

Thanks.

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Put the post permanent sticky. So we have ALL the avaiable resources ready for use.

I would have done this post after these holidays, but you did before me. awesome :)

I think that all is in (at the moment). I do not see enything else.

Thanks.

Best regards,

carcass.

PS: cheers 8-)
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Thanks carcass for confirming that this is all we have as on date....But didn't get you as highlighted above !

Happy New year to you..Cheers :thumbup:
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Put the post permanent sticky. So we have ALL the avaiable resources ready for use.

I would have done this post after these holidays, but you did before me. awesome :)

I think that all is in (at the moment). I do not see enything else.

Thanks.

Best regards,

carcass.

PS: cheers 8-)

Thanks carcass for confirming that this is all we have as on date....But didn't get you as highlighted above !

Happy New year to you..Cheers :thumbup:
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permanent sticky is a post put at the top of the page of the forum.

I edited your post. Now I think is a bit better ;)
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Very good post Debayan!
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Put the post permanent sticky. So we have ALL the avaiable resources ready for use.

I would have done this post after these holidays, but you did before me. awesome :)

I think that all is in (at the moment). I do not see enything else.

Thanks.

Best regards,

carcass.

PS: cheers 8-)

Thanks carcass for confirming that this is all we have as on date....But didn't get you as highlighted above !

Happy New year to you..Cheers :thumbup:

permanent sticky is a post put at the top of the page of the forum.

I edited your post. Now I think is a bit better ;)
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Ah! It's really cool carcass...:)
Do you work in web designing or something like that? :wink:

BTW, how to use the permanent sticky and where do I get it? What's its utility ?
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Very good post Debayan!
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Thanks Souvik...
Sent you a couple of PM..have a look man!
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Sorry it is a feature for mod :roll:
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A thread can be made into a sticky so that it always appear on top!
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A thread can be made into a sticky so that it always appear on top!
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That's really good.So, as the conversation goes on in a thread, several pages get associated with it.So, I think with the help of this permanent sticky the main post of the thread will always be on the top of every page associated with this thread.Let me know if I got it right ?

But, please tell me whether the thread initiator can use it(in that case where to get it)? Or it can be done by forum moderators only?
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@debayan
A thread can be made into a sticky so that it always appear on top!

That's really good.So, as the conversation goes on in a thread, several pages get associated with it.So, I think with the help of this permanent sticky the main post of the thread will always be on the top of every page associated with this thread.Let me know if I got it right ?

But, please tell me whether the thread initiator can use it(in that case where to get it)? Or it can be done by forum moderators only?
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I already answer to your question. it is only a feature for the staff of the board ;)
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@debayan
A thread can be made into a sticky so that it always appear on top!

That's really good.So, as the conversation goes on in a thread, several pages get associated with it.So, I think with the help of this permanent sticky the main post of the thread will always be on the top of every page associated with this thread.Let me know if I got it right ?

But, please tell me whether the thread initiator can use it(in that case where to get it)? Or it can be done by forum moderators only?

I already answer to your question. it is only a feature for the staff of the board ;)
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Hmm..sorry didn't see that earlier.
So, headache is yours not mine... :P
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Was struggling with inference questions in RCs .. Ron's videos helped me a lot.. simply amazing they are
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Hi Experts,

1. Is it correct that we get 3 RCs in exam?
2. Out of 3, 1 is long passage & 2 are short passages?
3. Total RC Questions: 12-13 ??
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Hi Experts,

1. Is it correct that we get 3 RCs in exam?
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3. Total RC Questions: 12-13 ??
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You will get 4 RC's one of them will be really late in the exam around 30-34 probably around that number

1 Passage is pretty long and 3 of them should be around medium to small but usually the smaller ones have really tricky questions.
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Mates you all rock....this is really cool All in One......
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Mates you all rock....this is really cool All in One......
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I'm glad you find all this helpful. Let me know if you have any RC questions in the future.
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It is a great post. Thanks a lot.
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so compehensive. @bagdmba keep up the good work!
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