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Studying for the LSAT / Re: Science RC Passages!!!
« on: June 29, 2006, 09:55:21 AM »
I work in pharmaceutical marketing, but find I do better when I pretend I have no knowledge of science or medicine when approaching any science RC passages or arguments.
I've found the science passages to be the easiest--since the developers know that the testtakers are going to be intimidated by the vocabulary, they will often waste unnecessary time reading the entire passage and trying to understand the meaning. The RC questions test your ability to read carefully, not your knowledge of science, and they are mostly comprised of detail questions, not inference questions (ie, ask you to refer to line 'xx' or ask questions about very specific information in the passage vs asking you to draw a conclusion or make an assumption). Once you know that almost all of the answers can be found right in the passage (often verbatim), it should help you cross the mental hurdle.
I've found the science passages to be the easiest--since the developers know that the testtakers are going to be intimidated by the vocabulary, they will often waste unnecessary time reading the entire passage and trying to understand the meaning. The RC questions test your ability to read carefully, not your knowledge of science, and they are mostly comprised of detail questions, not inference questions (ie, ask you to refer to line 'xx' or ask questions about very specific information in the passage vs asking you to draw a conclusion or make an assumption). Once you know that almost all of the answers can be found right in the passage (often verbatim), it should help you cross the mental hurdle.