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Hi Guys,
Taking the test next week. Sick of the waiting so I decided to take the plunge.
I believ that I made some headway into RC. Here is my strategy.
1. Read the first question before you start the passage, it's right beside the passage. So when you start reading, you are looking for the answer. Usually you can get the answer before you complete the passage. Answer it.
2. Now you are on the second question and you have saved some time.
3. Get involved in the passage.
4. When I start loosing it, i.e. when it starts getting intricate, I assume I will be asked questions on that part. If it is too dense, I jot down a note, if not I read it again to understand that piece. 100% of the time this has come true. Once I find something fuzzy, lo bhold, there is a question or two on it.
5. Cursory reading as suggested did not cut it.
6. Tough Detail questions take the most amount of time, especially when you have to go in search of the details and especially if the question is on an assumption/inference based on those details. For e.g. "Based on the results of the experiment in para 2 (the results are details and because para2 is mentioned GMAT doesn't give the line#s) which among the following are most likely to happen (inference)?"
7. Practice develops intuition on detail questions.
8. If in a few seconds you are not confident you can answer, again practice tells you when to determine this, start eliminating immediately.
9. I practice in bunches of 30 questions each-about 4 to 5 passages from the
OG. I ALWAYS time myself.
10. I have stopped using Kaplan. Most of their answers to tough question do not make sense. You can train yourself to think like them but believe me there is no method to their madness and it will not help you to learn dubious logic when answering GMAT questions. From my experience I have found GMAT's logic to be devious but rarely dubious. Once you learn to traverse their logic, the explanations are quite clear and soon you will be racing away with the right answers. But Kaplan is god for some techniques.
Anyway there it is.