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Whatever little I have understood by learning from the posts of gmatgurus and high scorers is that
1) A robust strategy is required for nailing the RC - For Accuracy
2) Master the strategy so much that for any given passage the question can be answered within the time limits - For time saving.
Strategy can only be mastered when it is practiced so many times that it just becomes routine and in this process I MUST stuck to the strategy formed , so here the strategy is very important because it cant be changed every day else the results are nil.
I know its very subjective for every person to read , comprehend , answer etc. but I have tried to devise one strategy for RC , which I wanna master with practice with a standard deviation of 10% only, and I need help of masters to correct me if I am wrong because I don't want to waste time on devising wrong strategy first then realizing mistaken and then again revising a new strategy ( which again may or may not be true )
Long RC passage
Main point questions -
a)Active reading for first paragraph.
b)Active reading for the first line of each para.
c)Predicting the answer for main point, structure , tone question and answer them before seeing AC.
Other Detail Questions :
a)Taking notes from each para ( max one sentence ) and jotting down the key words
(Dates , Names etc )
b)Referring back to the part of the para , structure the answer and then choose the
Answer.
Short RC passage - Active reading the entire parts of passage and taking notes from each para to answer the question with the same strategy of the long RC.
Pls suggest me if you think there is anything wrong with this approach e.g. something that may give good results initially , but harm in long term or etc.
Pls give me suggestions to improve the strategy....... Because once I am thru with strategy I will focus only on this strategy, what I have done wrong in last month since I started my prep is trying different strategies and then reaching nowhere because everytime I am confused with new strategy ( some say skip to succeed , some say don't � ) .
Thanks very much for your time and contribution.
1) A robust strategy is required for nailing the RC - For Accuracy
2) Master the strategy so much that for any given passage the question can be answered within the time limits - For time saving.
Strategy can only be mastered when it is practiced so many times that it just becomes routine and in this process I MUST stuck to the strategy formed , so here the strategy is very important because it cant be changed every day else the results are nil.
I know its very subjective for every person to read , comprehend , answer etc. but I have tried to devise one strategy for RC , which I wanna master with practice with a standard deviation of 10% only, and I need help of masters to correct me if I am wrong because I don't want to waste time on devising wrong strategy first then realizing mistaken and then again revising a new strategy ( which again may or may not be true )
Long RC passage
Main point questions -
a)Active reading for first paragraph.
b)Active reading for the first line of each para.
c)Predicting the answer for main point, structure , tone question and answer them before seeing AC.
Other Detail Questions :
a)Taking notes from each para ( max one sentence ) and jotting down the key words
(Dates , Names etc )
b)Referring back to the part of the para , structure the answer and then choose the
Answer.
Short RC passage - Active reading the entire parts of passage and taking notes from each para to answer the question with the same strategy of the long RC.
Pls suggest me if you think there is anything wrong with this approach e.g. something that may give good results initially , but harm in long term or etc.
Pls give me suggestions to improve the strategy....... Because once I am thru with strategy I will focus only on this strategy, what I have done wrong in last month since I started my prep is trying different strategies and then reaching nowhere because everytime I am confused with new strategy ( some say skip to succeed , some say don't � ) .
Thanks very much for your time and contribution.












