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Taking notes is only a way to make sure you are understanding the paragraph. It is particularly useful in the beginning phrase of the active reading trainning. However when you have mastered the skill and are able to understand the paragraphs, there is no need to take much notes at all, in my opinion. I didn't take any notes when I wrote my GMAT.
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Manhattan GMAT tips:

- read the first question before reading the first passage
- determine the number of questions and set your time expectation at 2 mins/question
- look at the length of the passage to see if you can afford to read each paragraph thoroughly. If it's a long one, you should read the first paragraph fully and skim the rest

So far, it has worked for me.

But I think the overall thing is attitude, as mentioned by many others. Your absorption rate increases with how interested you are.
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I read this thread and started taking RCs personally...as if I am reading my future (!!)
GMATMBA, your quote is very good.
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Guys, Read your future carefully.
It does not matter whether you are in Desert, Ocean , space (viz., in 11th Century economics, recent change in foreign exchange policy, latest Bio oxy 12 sun proof liquid vacuum) Read your future carefully. :-D
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Manhattan GMAT tips:
- determine the number of questions and set your time expectation at 2 mins/question

How can one determine the number of questions for a given RC in CAT ?? I think this strategy would work for paper format tests only. If I knew in advance that a very-very long RC has just 3 questions to answer, I would probably skip the whole RC, saving almost around 10 min of my time.
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