Re-take; Concentrating on RC, HELP! Forum

[lawschoolgirl312]

I need to re-take in October for the LSAT. My biggest weakness is RC, I got -8 on the december test.

I have already done the manhattan RC book and didn't really find it helpful. Do any of you have little tips that you do when you study for RC?

Thanks!

[Clearly]

Try different styles. What I've found teaching this section is that there's really no right approach for everyone. When I was studying RC out of books I tried notations, underlining, bracketing, summarizing, highlighting etc. I got a bit better but eventually found I do best if I can convince myself I'm interested in a passage on a personal level, and just read it straight through like a newspaper article. It turns out that for me, breaking to underline cost more in focus and flow than it generated in...having things underlined. As I got used to the questions naturally, and got better at convincing myself that I genuinely looked forward to learning what this article was teaching, I found my recall improving dramatically, and with it my score.

On the other hand I have many students who improve through a refined system of notation. My real message is experiment and find YOUR solution.

[lawschoolgirl312]

when would you suggest i start re-studying if I plan to take it in October?

[Clearly]

Depends how good you are at other sections, how much material you have left, etc