RC Preparation Tips

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Hi All,

I have started with my GMAT Prep just a few months back.
I have been solving RC Passages all this while, solved nearly 68 passages consisting of 123 questions in total.
My accuracy has been at an average of 63% correct answers during this while. I started out with 55% accuracy levels.

Could someone help me with some tips/ advice that I could consider from this early stage itself to improve my accuracy levels.

What strategy and Question Banks could I use early on in my RC Prep and also avoid some mistakes early on.

Carcass · Answer

Hi

I suggest to you as first thing to take a look to this link by GMATNinja https://gmatclub.com/forum/reading-comp ... 81091.html

Second you can have a lot of insight by seeing the following guide https://gmatclub.com/forum/shorter-gre- ... 28538.html

Let me know if you need further assistance

Archit3110 · Answer

Practice official questions use GC forum for tips ...

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nikaro · Answer

Practice and more practice is the key

bb · Answer

I would suggest reading books. Read at least 1,000 pages of good quality fiction such as Steinbeck or Fitzgerald or any other authors, just not contemporary Tom Clancy stuff... though I suspect even that may work and help but try to read something with more complex structure. You want to train your brain to process reading info (a lot of it) and faster and you will have fun enjoying some great books while doing it. This can also be done using your low quality time -just find a good interesting book that you would rather read than browse the web.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

For RC, becoming familiar with how inference questions work could be helpful. For reading practice (if you want to save official passages/questions), articles from The Economist that are similar to those on the GMAT could be useful as well. You could look for articles on topics/themes you specifically struggle on as well (e.g. science).

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ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi psa1199,

When you are incorrectly answering Reading Comprehension questions, it’s partly because you do not truly understand what you have just read, right? To understand what you are reading, you likely have to slow down in order to (eventually) speed up. You have to learn to comprehend what you read, keep it all straight, and use what you are reading to arrive at correct answers. At this point, your best bet is to focus on getting the correct answers to questions, taking as much time as you need to see key details and understand the logic of what you are reading. If you don't understand something, go back and read it one sentence at a time, even one word at a time, not moving on until you understand what you have just read. There is no way around this work. Your goal should be to take all the time you need to understand exactly what is being said and arrive at the correct answer. If you can learn to get answers taking your time, you can learn to speed up. Answering questions is like any task: The more times you do it carefully and successfully, the faster you become at doing it carefully and successfully.

Another component to understanding what you are reading is being “present” when reading. Don’t worry about how things are going at work, or what you will eat for dinner, or even how long you’re taking to read through the passage. Just focus on what is in front of you, word by word, line by line. Furthermore, try to make reading fun. For example, even if you are reading about a topic that bores you, pretend that you are the person making the argument. By doing so, you will make the passage more relatable to YOU, and ultimately you should be able to read with greater focus.

One final component of Reading Comprehension that may be tripping you up is that RC questions contain one or more trap answers that seem to answer the question but don't really. So, a key part of training to correctly answer RC questions is learning to notice the differences between trap answers and correct answers. You have to learn to see how trap answers seem to follow from what the passages say, but don't really, while correct answers fit what the passages say exactly. Of course, the better you become at noticing the differences between trap answer choices and correct answers, the faster you will answer RC questions.

Here is an article with additional advice:

GMAT Reading Comprehension Tips: Top 8 DOs and DON’Ts

If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out.

Good luck!

IVYCRACKERS.COM · Answer

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EducationAisle · Answer

68 passages consisting of 123 questions? That's like less than 2 questions per passage on average.

Which passages have you been solving? It is best to stick to official ones.

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