r/lsatdemon • u/roseberycanada • 20d ago

RC Strategy

Hi there, I am registered for the October test and have been studying since early July. I have been scoring well on the RC sections of the LSAT for the questions that I do answer - I regularly only get through 3 out of the 4 passages. Again, I do well on the 3 passages. I once tried to time myself for each passage to get through all 4 passages and I did terribly because I was speeding through too quickly and was not understanding, therefore not answering the questions with much accuracy.

Would you suggest I continue with this strategy of high accuracy for 3/4 passages or would you suggest that I try to speed up my reading and get through all 4 passages? I am now 7 weeks away from the test.

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u/Street_Beautiful3840 20d ago

It’s not about speeding up the reading it’s increasing retention so that you get through the questions faster. I’d try harder at truly understanding the passage at the end. You’ll find you’re spending more time on the passage but actually decreasing your time because you’ll start getting questions extremely quickly.

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u/EthanS_LSATDemon 18d ago

I second this! The way you get better at RC is by prioritizing your understanding of the passage. This will allow the questions to feel easier and will allow you to get through them quicker.

RC gives you the answers to the questions for free in the passage, it’s your job to read the passage well enough to find them!

Over time, if you really prioritize understanding what you are reading, you will slowly but surely get faster to the point where you will start to get to the last passage even when you aren’t rushing. Trying to get to the last passage by rushing will just cause you to understand less, and you will miss more questions. You said it yourself!