Starting to study using Manhattan - Should I skip RC book?

Thanks guys, I think I have a fairly good idea of my RC abilities because I had previously studied for the MCAT, which had a similar if not more difficult RC section.

However, I am still very cautious and don't want to underestimate anything. Could anyone give me an idea of how useful the RC strategy book by Manhattan is? I understand that the math books and sentence correction/critical reasoning books are a must for a high score, but no one really seems to talk about the RC book as much

The Manhattan RC book is OK I think. It's pretty short and mostly focused on techniques to help you efficiently get through passages. If you're already doing well on RC, I would skip it.

Here is what you can do

Stage 1 - Initial Prep - Stage during which we learn the basic concepts.

Practice First 5 RCs from OG, noting down the time you take to Read the passage and solve the questions If the average time to Solve the RC is close to 2 minutes per Question with a good accuracy, skip RC book during this stage.

If, however, either of your accuracy or timing is off, you'd need to prepare a strategy to tackle RCs.


Stage 2 - Stage during which we take mock tests to diagnose our weaknesses and fix those issues.

If you got through stage 1 with flying colors in RC, your performance in Mocks will tell you whether you need to refer a guide for RC.