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itachiuchiha wrote:My weakest section is RC and I take the LSAT in June. I have the whole Winter 2013 semester ahead of me and was wondering whether I should take a literature course or not and if it would actually help me. But at the same token, I do not want to risk getting my first B or B+ in college, from what I saw on rate my professors, all the professors who teach literature are tough and I may end up with a B+ or A-

TylerJonesMPLS wrote:You don't encounter literature in RC, but you do encounter dense criticism of literature. Also, not all English courses are about fiction, some are about non-fiction, e.g. Orwell's essays.

If you need to improve your RC skills, taking an English department course is the way to go. But don't register blindly into any course. Ask around to see which prof is best at teaching text analysis and interpretation. And talk to that prof at the beginning of the semester, say you want to improve your reading skills and ask for her advice. As far as the A grade goes, nothing pleases a professor as much as a student who wants to learn and says so, provided that the student realizes that profs don't have a lot of time and don't like to waste it. So go to office hours whenever you need help or advice, but do it in a professional way- as if you were asking advice from a partner in your firm.

Another consideration is that admissions committees are going to think it is weird that a person who wants to go into a profession that is 80% reading has never taken an English course. Also, admissions committee members are very used to the easy A strategies and they don't like students who use them. And remember it is just as easy for them to check Rate My Professor as it is for you.

TylerJonesMPLS wrote: Also, admissions committee members are very used to the easy A strategies and they don't like students who use them. And remember it is just as easy for them to check Rate My Professor as it is for you.

Nova wrote:OP, read the Economist or the New Yorker if you want to improve your reading in ways other than than doing LSAT passages. Youre better off starting at PT 1 and doing every RC passage known to man, though.

TylerJonesMPLS wrote: Also, admissions committee members are very used to the easy A strategies and they don't like students who use them. And remember it is just as easy for them to check Rate My Professor as it is for you.

LOL, no. They dont give a shit.

InGoodFaith wrote:You can read dense, boring shit without taking a course in it, but whatever helps you sleep at night.

TylerJonesMPLS wrote:And remember it is just as easy for them to check Rate My Professor as it is for you.

Br3v wrote:No

nmop_apisdn wrote:

Br3v wrote:No

nmop_apisdn wrote:

Br3v wrote:No

TylerJonesMPLS wrote:You don't encounter literature in RC, but you do encounter dense criticism of literature. Also, not all English courses are about fiction, some are about non-fiction, e.g. Orwell's essays.

If you need to improve your RC skills, taking an English department course is the way to go. But don't register blindly into any course. Ask around to see which prof is best at teaching text analysis and interpretation. And talk to that prof at the beginning of the semester, say you want to improve your reading skills and ask for her advice. As far as the A grade goes, nothing pleases a professor as much as a student who wants to learn and says so, provided that the student realizes that profs don't have a lot of time and don't like to waste it. So go to office hours whenever you need help or advice, but do it in a professional way- as if you were asking advice from a partner in your firm.

Another consideration is that admissions committees are going to think it is weird that a person who wants to go into a profession that is 80% reading has never taken an English course. Also, admissions committee members are very used to the easy A strategies and they don't like students who use them. And remember it is just as easy for them to check Rate My Professor as it is for you.