Help with RC
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:59 pm
I already have a 168 official score, but iv been consistently practice testing around 170-172, with the only occasional outliers being either slightly higher due to an easy RC section, or slightly lower due to a hard RC section. Although I'd guess about 70% of the practice tests I take fall between 170-172.
Obviously I'd like to retake and score as high as I can for scholarship purposes, but my biggest road block is RC. I did the whole 7Sage curriculum(which was great btw, I highly recommend it), and can consistently go -2 or less on LG, my LR sections usually average out to be about -4 between both sections (sometimes I'll go -1 on one and -3, or -0, and -4, but between the two, but -4 is consistently the average) My biggest problem breaking past the 172 mark consistently is RC. I either read slowly enough to absorb the material and be very accurate, but don't finish, or I'll go fast enough to finish all 27 questions while making mistakes. I consistently miss between 4 and 5 on most of them.
I'v tried several tactics, like reading quickly for topics i'm familiar with(I'm a business background), and going slow on the ones I'm not (sciences mostly), but it hasn't really changed my score consistently.
The only books I'v read were the power score bibles, and it didn't really help me past my initial phase of learning the test. Can anybody give me any advice or direct me to material that helped them? I also realize this may just be mental limitations, but I'd like to think that's not the case because I also tend to do very well on LR. Any advice, references, or questions are greatly appreciated!
Obviously I'd like to retake and score as high as I can for scholarship purposes, but my biggest road block is RC. I did the whole 7Sage curriculum(which was great btw, I highly recommend it), and can consistently go -2 or less on LG, my LR sections usually average out to be about -4 between both sections (sometimes I'll go -1 on one and -3, or -0, and -4, but between the two, but -4 is consistently the average) My biggest problem breaking past the 172 mark consistently is RC. I either read slowly enough to absorb the material and be very accurate, but don't finish, or I'll go fast enough to finish all 27 questions while making mistakes. I consistently miss between 4 and 5 on most of them.
I'v tried several tactics, like reading quickly for topics i'm familiar with(I'm a business background), and going slow on the ones I'm not (sciences mostly), but it hasn't really changed my score consistently.
The only books I'v read were the power score bibles, and it didn't really help me past my initial phase of learning the test. Can anybody give me any advice or direct me to material that helped them? I also realize this may just be mental limitations, but I'd like to think that's not the case because I also tend to do very well on LR. Any advice, references, or questions are greatly appreciated!