My Humble opinion, which is not so important in the end. It is just ..my opinion on this great post!
How NOT to Answer a Reading Comprehension Question.To succeed in the GMAT Reading Comprehension, you should avoid certain common mistakes that can lead to incorrect answers or low scores. Here's how not to answer a GMAT Reading Comprehension questions:
Taking No Interest: Totally true. Not only if you do not engage with the passage but also you do not have a HUGE interest in it - after all those passages most of the time come from an academic source, therefore, you could learn a lot about the world we have around us - you will fail. Hands down
Going out of scope: Don't answer RC questions based on pre-existing knowledge. Totally true
Rushing and Skimming: Don't skim or speed-read the passage. Totally true. A passage is in the GMAT/GRE with the specific purpose by the creator of the test to read it fully. Only this way - via your percentile - they know if you are able to READ something in English or not.
Un-educated Guessing: verbal is different form quant. On the quant side you have, suppose you are doing a problem solving, 20 % or 1/5 of the probability to nail the correct answer. Why ? because it is just a matter of math. On the verbal side, educating guess when you did not fully grasp the passage is similar to the probability to shoot at the moon. Basically, irrelevant. In the RC section: or you understand or you DO NOT understand
Neglecting the Author's Tone: Totally true
Ignoring Keywords: Totally true. The keywords are like your compass in the journey through the passage. They are the tool you have out of the maze
Overthinking: Totally true
Echoing the Passage: Totally true
Changing Answers Unnecessarily: Totally true
Not Managing Time: Totally true. One of the key aspects of the RC section
Focusing Exclusively on Details: Focus exclusively on details is wrong. However, the flip side is that this means you also need to focus on the overall picture, and still, some detail is important to pay attention to. mhhhhhhh it is a debate. For me the key thing is the overall idea and the big picture. To create a map of the passage. This way, you can easily go back and forth between the passage and the question, finding the portion of the text where the details are located
Not Practicing: Partially true. It is pivotal to practice. However, if you practice the wrong way, strategy, or approach, then more passages will lead you to cement your bad habits, NOT to improve. Be careful on that. In theory, if you buy one GMAT
OG and the
OG has 10 in it passages , ideally for GMAC, you need to practice only 10 passages to nail the RC section
Bottomline: Totally trueGood Luck!