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I keep getting the hard questions in LSAT passages wrong. In passages with overal difficulty of 555-605 and 605-655, I get the hard questions right and usually get about 5-6 / 7 questions correct. But for the harder LSAT passages with a lot of questions in the 75%-95% difficulty range, I get them wrong quite often and this is really frustrating me because I don't seem to improve. (I'm practicing LSAT passages because GMATNinja 's 13 week plan suggests it, and because I am done with the OG RC passages)

GMATNinja KarishmaB ScottTargetTestPrep MartyMurray @‌bunnel or anyone who reads this, please could you suggest what approach I should take/change here? How can I improve my accuracy?
Keep in mind that the GMAT is an adaptive test, and your score is based not only on HOW MANY you get wrong but also on the DIFFICULTY LEVEL of what you get wrong. So if you're doing better on the lower-level stuff but not seeing much improvement on the hardest stuff, you likely ARE improving, even if it doesn't feel like it.

Also keep in mind that the hardest LSAT questions tend to be harder than anything you'll see on the GMAT. So if you seem to be hitting a wall with the hardest LSAT questions, you might actually be just fine. (For more on that, check out this article if you haven't already.)

Just make sure you aren't making "unforced errors" on questions that are doable for you. If you miss two medium questions and two hard questions, you should be more concerned with the former than the latter.

Lastly, remember that you can miss 5-10 questions and STILL get a mid-80s verbal score. Chances are good that you'll get stumped a few times, and that's fine -- good things will happen if you don't get stuck on those harder questions, and take care of business on the stuff you can handle.

I hope that helps a bit, and have fun studying!
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I keep getting the hard questions in LSAT passages wrong. In passages with overal difficulty of 555-605 and 605-655, I get the hard questions right and usually get about 5-6 / 7 questions correct. But for the harder LSAT passages with a lot of questions in the 75%-95% difficulty range, I get them wrong quite often and this is really frustrating me because I don't seem to improve. (I'm practicing LSAT passages because GMATNinja 's 13 week plan suggests it, and because I am done with the OG RC passages)
GMATNinja KarishmaB ScottTargetTestPrep MartyMurray @bunnel or anyone who reads this, please could you suggest what approach I should take/change here? How can I improve my accuracy?
So, first off, I have a very important question for you. What was your accuracy like when doing official GMAC RC questions? Also, here is some general advice on how to improve your GMAT TC

When students get RC questions wrong, it’s partly because they don't truly understand what they have just read. To understand what you are reading, you may have to slow down even more (for now) 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.

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