HOW TO DESTROY READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES BY RHYME

Bumping this decade old thread, experts, is this strategy worth it/ reliable, just to get through those 600-700 level passages? bb GMATNinja

We really don't recommend skimming RC passages -- it's just not a reliable way to accurately capture the author's intent.

As for this method in particular, there's no way of knowing that the first sentence of each paragraph is anything particularly special. The author might start with his/her main point... but maybe he/she will start with an example that leads to something else, or a quotation, or a perspective that then he/she criticizes, or a perspective that he/she supports -- do you see the issue? If you just read the first sentence, you might get lucky. More likely, though, you'll miss something really, really important, and your accuracy will suffer.

Check out this article or this video for our recommended approach to RC. Sadly, we really don't see a way around reading the passage, especially if you're shooting for an elite score.

I hope that helps a bit!

Thank you for replying, GMATNinja !

PS- I found your video playlists really helpful