LSAT RC negative impact on GMAT RC

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Hey - putting this out there, I've been doing LSAt RC and I am getting now near perfect 1-3 wrong. Recently transitioned back to GMAT RC and I literally cannot read those passages. They are light, no contrarian points, and seem superfluous when compared to the depth in an LSAT RC passage. I keep looking for the wrong hints for what the main idea is and get stuck misunderstanding points of the article???

GMATNinja what am I doing wrong? Do I need to unlearn or just adapt / get used to GMAT materials (I've done 30 LSAT section 4s - RC)

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GMATNinja  what am I doing wrong? Do I need to unlearn or just adapt / get used to GMAT materials (I've done 30 LSAT section 4s - RC)

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GMATWhizTeam · Answer

Hey,

When you practice RC questions, I would recommend you to stick with the official ones or the one which are related to them. GMAT has a specific pattern in the answer choices and you need to identify them correctly to eliminate the incorrect answer choices. First of all, you need to understand the purpose of RC questions on GMAT.

How to approach GMAT RC passages?  
RC questions on GMAT mainly test your inferential skills. If you can understand the intention behind writing the passage, then you can solve RC questions with ease. So, I would suggest you to  read the passage in an inferential manner . Do not focus on the details because you can always come back to the passage when you come across the detail based questions. Understand the purpose of each sentence and make a mental summary of each para. Once you are done with all the paras, derive the main point of the passage.

Please go through the recording below to understand the approach in a better way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0VhuzaV6P0

Having said that, do not focus on time when you are learning the methodology. During the initial stages, take your time to solve the passages using the right methodology. The focus has to be on getting the approach right. Once you start getting a decent accuracy, you can start timing yourself.

If you need any more help with the approach or with study strategy, feel free to get in touch using the below link.

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

If you've run out of Official RCs, there may be some more in the Online only question banks you could avail

GMATNinja · Answer

There are some differences between LSAT RC and GMAT RC -- but, in general, those differences tend to make LSAT passages  harder  than GMAT passages, not the other way around. For instance, vocabulary on the LSAT tends to be more difficult than GMAT vocabulary.

When our students do worse on GMAT RC than on LSAT RC, it almost always means that they're doing something differently when they get to GMAT questions. If you're studying for the GMAT, chances are that you care much more about your performance on GMAT sets than on LSAT sets. While it is natural to care about your results, the extra level of nerves and strong desire to do well can make you do unhelpful things. Based on what you've said above, it sounds like you are potentially over-reading GMAT passages, looking for complex and twisty arguments instead of simply assessing the passage in front of you.

If GMAT passages seem light and easy, great! The strategies that are working for you on tougher LSAT passages should work just as well on an easier passage. Just don't squeeze the passage to death and look for complexity that isn't there.

Put another way: if you're approaching ALL RC passages in a consistent, systematic way, then there's absolutely no reason why you would perform badly on passages that feel easier to you. If you're suddenly struggling on GMAT passages, it's because you're not reading in quite the same way as you were before.

I suspect that our RC videos are too basic for your needs at this point, but I do a lot of not-very-exciting preaching about consistency in them. The full list is  here .

I hope that helps a bit!

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