Reading too fast or in-attentively Forum

AfrocentricAsian · Post by **AfrocentricAsian** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:20 pm

Solutions for this? Many times I have to re-read a lr stimulus before moving on to the answer choices. I also, at times, gloss over keywords. When I don't do this I have high accuracy in lr but I waste a lot of time.

basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:21 pm

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AfrocentricAsian · Post by **AfrocentricAsian** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:23 pm

AfrocentricAsian wrote:Solutions for this? Many times I have to re-read a lr stimulus before moving on to the answer choices. I also, at times, gloss over keywords. When I don't do this I have high accuracy in lr but I waste a lot of time.

basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:27 pm

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nondescript · Post by **nondescript** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:54 pm

I used to have this same problem. I focused on making sure I read every single word. Until you get good at this, it will mean reading slightly slower. Still, reading once more slowly is faster than reading a stimulus twice at lightning speed.

Phoenix97 · Post by **Phoenix97** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:44 pm

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appind · Post by **appind** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:01 pm

basedvulpes wrote:
AfrocentricAsian wrote:
AfrocentricAsian wrote:Solutions for this? Many times I have to re-read a lr stimulus before moving on to the answer choices. I also, at times, gloss over keywords. When I don't do this I have high accuracy in lr but I waste a lot of time.
read slower then practice reading slightly faster until you optimize your method

how much time you take to read the RC passages?

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:08 pm

Speed will come as you master the underlying logic and language issues, so focus on those first instead of timing. Outside of PTs, 99% of my LR sections were untimed, and towards the end I was consistently getting -0 in under 30 minutes. On the real deal, I finished both LRs with enough time left over to relax for a little before the next section (which I think is a big advantage).

appind · Post by **appind** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:14 pm

RZ5646 wrote:Speed will come as you master the underlying logic and language issues, so focus on those first instead of timing. Outside of PTs, 99% of my LR sections were untimed, and towards the end I was consistently getting -0 in under 30 minutes. On the real deal, I finished both LRs with enough time left over to relax for a little before the next section (which I think is a big advantage).

how about RC?

basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:27 pm

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appind · Post by **appind** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:31 pm

basedvulpes wrote:
appind wrote:
how much time you take to read the RC passages?
Normally finished pretty close to the 35 min mark.

i meant the time to read one passage and the time to do its questions

basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:44 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:59 pm

appind wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:Speed will come as you master the underlying logic and language issues, so focus on those first instead of timing. Outside of PTs, 99% of my LR sections were untimed, and towards the end I was consistently getting -0 in under 30 minutes. On the real deal, I finished both LRs with enough time left over to relax for a little before the next section (which I think is a big advantage).
how about RC?

RC is definitely much more about reading speed and less about understanding logic, etc. I barely studied for RC though, so I don't have much specific advice to give.