Ultimate LSAT Reading Comprehension Strategy: From 50% to 90% Accuracy
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Reading Comprehension is where many smart students go to have their egos destroyed. You can read perfectly fine in real life, but somehow the LSAT turns you into someone who can't remember what they just read. Sound familiar?
Here's the brutal truth: RC isn't really about reading comprehension. It's about selective reading comprehension. The LSAT doesn't care if you understand every nuance of the passage - it cares if you can find the specific information needed to answer their very particular questions.
This guide will teach you to read like a laser, not like a sponge. Let's transform your RC performance from "I think I understood that" to "I know exactly where to find the answer."
The LSAT RC Strategy: Strategic Reading
Instead of reading everything equally, you're going to read strategically. Think of it as reading with a purpose - and that purpose is answering questions, not writing a book report.
The 3-Layer Reading Method:
Layer 1: Structure (30 seconds)
Identify: Topic, author's position, passage organization
Layer 2: Content (3-4 minutes)
Read for main ideas, key details, and logical flow
Layer 3: Questions (4-5 minutes)
Return to passage with laser focus for specific answers
What to Mark While Reading:
- Transitions: "However," "Furthermore," "In contrast" (these signal structure)
- Author Opinion: Any phrase showing the author's view
- Key Examples: Important illustrations or evidence
- Tone Words: "Surprisingly," "Unfortunately," "Brilliantly"
The Takeaway
Reading Comprehension isn't about becoming a better reader in general - it's about becoming a better LSAT reader specifically. This means reading strategically, thinking structurally, and answering precisely.
Stop trying to understand everything. Start trying to understand what matters. However, the best way to improve with this is to just keep reading more and more RC passages. The more passages you're exposed to, the more accustomed you'll be to reading for it.
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