Economist GMAT Tutor Reading Challenge

hmm but i think we have to read it like we are doing the GMAT correct ? Long articles like this should be reading 4 mins max i think

I would take the proportionate time to read the article. Try to keep the GMAT pace. Brisk. Use the timer!
Obviously these differ from article to article but I will put the target reading time based on the multiple of words. E.g. if GMAT article is 200 words and the Economist is 400 words, then you would have 2x the time, which on average ends up about 8 mins (4 min being the average length reading). This is just an example. I actually have not run the numbers yet
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Great challenge, I definitely wanna take part in that.

Hello rpastorilara

Welcome to GMAT Club and welcome and this Reading Challenge. Wish you best of luck

Thank you . It is a great learning experience to develop RC skill .Looking forward to solve more and eliminate mistakes .

Thank you so much for the competition.

These awards really made my day!

Commenting to get a notification. Thank you for taking this initiative. Makes the battle less monotonous (especially when consistency plays such a big role)

The Economist GMAT Tutor Reading Challenge: Week Three Winners

Hello everyone!

Thank you for participating in the third round of The Economist GMAT Tutor Reading Challenge. Our experts from The Economist GMAT Tutor have now evaluated all the responses to the articles from the third week of the competition. We are pleased to announce that this week's winners are BenjaminS and mSKR. Congratulations to both of you, as the winners of the third week of the competition you can now claim the following prizes:

• 1-month GMAT Club Tests subscription
• 1-month Digital Subscription to The Economist
• A discount code for 15% off The Economist GMAT Tutor's Premium or Genius plan.

You will be contacted with further details on how to redeem your prizes.

Thank you again to everyone who participated. To learn more about the benefits of preparing for the GMAT with The Economist GMAT Tutor, please click here. Happy studying!
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Thanks
Finally got a name in week 3rd:

Thank you for this wonderful activity.

While we are waiting for the challenge to resume, would love to hear from all of the competitors and participants about what you thought about the last 3 weeks and 6 questions and if you have any suggestions or criticism
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Thanks so much mSKR! Really appreciate the feedback!

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Thank you for starting this, guys. I haven't had the time to solve many of these - given I'm still completing OG. But one thing I would like to highlight is that reading articles from sources like 'The Economist' in itself boosts your reading speed and interpretation - and trust me this is super crucial when you're optimizing everything to hit the 730+ mark.
It's a cherry on the top when GMATClub makes RC exercises out of them
Also, RC is that one section that can be improved using unofficial sources as well (I've burnt my hands by using unofficial questions for other sections in the past).

Definitely looking forward to more of such exercises - including the butler thread

P.S.: Bought the magazine membership when this challenge started - had exhausted all free reads

Thank you for your suggestions.

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Apologies for replying late.

Thank you so much Sajjad1994, bb, tjbath74 for taking the initiative to creating this challenge in the RC section. One of the things that I loved about the challenge was the open-ended questions - really helped stimulate the brain.

The passages were indeed too long, but I think reading such a long passage and then answering the questions has a lot of advantages to it; it builds patience and improves reading speed while helping us train our brain to read thoroughly as we go along. Practicing these also helps curb the anxiety of losing time while solving RCs.

All in all, it was fun and and advantageous too. For me, the downside to it was that I could not participate in the challenge in Week 2 and Week 3. So, I am really looking forward to this again and other such challenges, hopefully before June this year (Planning to retake by June end).

Thanks a ton.

Thanks for your suggestion, we really count them.

May 11 here.
Waiting for Week4 articles ...

Thank you for your patience, I will post the final week's articles today at 8am Pacific Time.

Good Luck!