What's the general consensus for the best RC guide? Forum

[Psingh]

What's the general consensus for the best RC guide? I have powerscore RC but don't wanna start spending time on it if it's not useful. I also have 7sage paid course but their RC isn't very helpful. What do you guys recommend?

I should add that I average around -5 on RC but have also gone as low as -3. I've spent like 4% as much time on specific RC prep compared to LR and LG.

[Jeffort]

If you're really only missing 5 on average in the RC section of fully timed PTs, you don't need to learn the basics from another source, you need to review your mistakes and figure out what went wrong with each missed question so you can ID and fix your weaknesses.

Have you tried deeply reviewing the questions you get wrong to figure out the actual specific reasons/mistakes that lead to thinking the CR was wrong and a wrong one was correct for each question?

[Psingh]

If you're really only missing 5 on average in the RC section of fully timed PTs, you don't need to learn the basics from another source, you need to review your mistakes and figure out what went wrong with each missed question so you can ID and fix your weaknesses.

Have you tried deeply reviewing the questions you get wrong to figure out the actual specific reasons/mistakes that lead to thinking the CR was wrong and a wrong one was correct for each question?

The reason I get questions wrong is either because I'm pressed for time, the question is just too abstract (the parallel analogy ones), or because I just didn't understand that part passage properly (lack of time and just reading comp issues for lack of a better term).

[Jeffort]

If you're really only missing 5 on average in the RC section of fully timed PTs, you don't need to learn the basics from another source, you need to review your mistakes and figure out what went wrong with each missed question so you can ID and fix your weaknesses.

Have you tried deeply reviewing the questions you get wrong to figure out the actual specific reasons/mistakes that lead to thinking the CR was wrong and a wrong one was correct for each question?

The reason I get questions wrong is either because I'm pressed for time, the question is just too abstract (the parallel analogy ones), or because I just didn't understand that part passage properly (lack of time and just reading comp issues for lack of a better term).

That isn't deep review or a detailed understanding of the specific mistakes you are making. While timing is part of the difficulty of the test, writing off your problems as just being timing related issues ignores looking at exactly what you are and aren't doing with the time, how you are doing your analysis, what exact specific mistakes you are making in your analysis and decision making processes, etc. by simply labeling them as 'timing problems', instead of taking a deep look at what types of trap answers you are getting suckered by and why, etc.

This in part means figuring out every single bad decision you make with each question because you were in a hurry/having 'timing issues'. What exact bad reactions and bad decisions did the 'timing problems' materialize as with each question? There are many different types of common mistakes people make when rushing through the passage/questions due to timing issues. They play out in many different ways, you need to determine all the various different exact ways 'timing issues' lead to/caused you to think the right answer was wrong and a wrong answer right with every question you get wrong and look for patterns in your mistakes after having deeply reviewed a bunch. Seeing patterns in your specific timing related/careless errors is key to figuring out the underlying problem(s) that need to be addressed/fixed to stop making those same types of mistakes anymore.

Read this thread and the article I linked in it. I wrote up a longer description about reviewing RC and ways to improve your skills.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 6&t=229099

Deep detailed review is the key path to improving your RC approach and skill level, it sounds like you are only doing superficial review at best.