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Hi yaygmat,

We discussed your prior CAT/mock result 2 weeks ago. Have you taken any new CATs since then (and if you did, then how did you score?)?

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Thanks for your response!
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Hi yaygmat.

Do you have any sense of why your accuracy is low for questions on RC passages about social and political topics?

Are you having a hard time understanding the passages?

Are you bored with the passages?

Are you having a hard time finding the right information in the passages?

What's going on?
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Hi yaygmat.

Do you have any sense of why your accuracy is low for questions on RC passages about social and political topics?

Are you having a hard time understanding the passages?

Are you bored with the passages?

Are you having a hard time finding the right information in the passages?

What's going on?

Thanks for your response! :D

I kinda know whats going wrong:

1. The passages are too dense. I don't comprehend it well, especially because of the jargons mentioned. :cry:
2. I keep re- reading the passages, trying to find out the proper meaning.
3. I do not get how to spot the part of the passage where the information is contained.
4. Even if I struggle and find the meaning of the passage to some extent, I either take a lot of time-->I would say 5-8mins on just a question or end up answering it wrong.
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Hello All, :D

In RC, I am fine with 700-level science and tech passages but my accuracy drops down to 50% in passages related to social and political topics.

Any suggestions as to how I could improve this?

PS: GMAT after two months!

Thanks in advancee :)

Hi yaygmat

One of our students, Mantavya, was in a similar situation as yours. You can probably get some tips from his journey:


Hope it helps!
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