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Hi all, I am currently planning to focus on RC questions. I am currently solving by summarizing each paragraph before moving to the next paragraph. This is taking up time and I am spending 5-7 minutes on reading the passage, and then more time on the questions.
How much time should I ideally be spending on RC's without loosing my accuracy?
How much time should I ideally be spending on RC's without loosing my accuracy?
Hi! Happy to help. Your time is not far off. Usually the verbal timing strategy revolves around optimizing your time on the CR to get more time on the RC. It would look something like this:
Total: 45 mins / 23 questions
4 Passages (usually 2 short and 2 long); 14 questions
9 CR Questions
Timing Approach:
Most people find that if they slow down on the RC, they get a much higher percent of the questions answered correctly - esp. if you pair it with the technique of summarizing each paragraph and taking pauses (it helps your mind to catch up and digest the information and make connections vs. just zooming through a bunch of words). You want to read for the intent (why the heck is author is writing this - what agenda is he trying to push here and how is he going to trick me?)
Ultimately, you are going to succeed on the RC if you can succeed on the CR. It is one of those weird strategies but you get 2 victories if you can master CR timing. For that, the most reliable way is to answer the question in your own words. No other strategy works better to save you time and deliver accuracy. (it has its limits but 80% of the time it is solid)
Total: 45 mins / 23 questions
4 Passages (usually 2 short and 2 long); 14 questions
9 CR Questions
Timing Approach:
| CR | RC | Total |
| 9 questions | 14 questions (4 Verbal passages) | 23 Questions 45 mins |
| 1.5 min/question | 7 min/short passage (5 mins to read and 2 mins for questions) 9 min/long passage (6-7 mins to read and 2-3 mins for questions) | |
| 9x1.5 = 13.5 mins | 2x7 = 14 2x10 = 18 | 45.5 mins |
Most people find that if they slow down on the RC, they get a much higher percent of the questions answered correctly - esp. if you pair it with the technique of summarizing each paragraph and taking pauses (it helps your mind to catch up and digest the information and make connections vs. just zooming through a bunch of words). You want to read for the intent (why the heck is author is writing this - what agenda is he trying to push here and how is he going to trick me?)
Ultimately, you are going to succeed on the RC if you can succeed on the CR. It is one of those weird strategies but you get 2 victories if you can master CR timing. For that, the most reliable way is to answer the question in your own words. No other strategy works better to save you time and deliver accuracy. (it has its limits but 80% of the time it is solid)
