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idsh82 count me in on the reading amnesia. Its impossible to read text and remember everything.

But, I just bought a book on active reading and it says that by making notes (underlining, circling, highlighting, adding comments) it will help you break down each paragraph into separate passages so you are not memorizing the entire passage, but rather breaking down each paragraph into a main point with facts.

The book says that active reading will help you read "faster" and develop critical reasoning skills. I guess that why the testers include it on the LSAT.

Book: Active Reading Skills, by Kathleen T. McWhorter
Its about $70 bucks but has helped me a lot.

Good luck.
lydiuz Thanks for all the advice. I think the problem is that I am reading so fast because I am too concern about my timing that I am not focusing on accuracy.

I did a few questions and ignored the clock and I scored well. I will try to read slower, make more notes and focus on accuracy. I will also hire a tutor.

Should I hire a tutor from PR or PS? What about Kaplan?
sbaco Try a tutor. May help isolate your real problem. I think its better to get a tutor early on that too late in the process.
adivi Active reading is the key to pasing the RC section. What you should try to do is to read a paragraph and then on a separate piece of paper re-wright and paraphrase what you just read. With enough practice & repetition, you should be able to focus and concentrate on what you are reading. Once you solve is challenge, then you can actively read the passages with your sidebar notes.

I have to work at this also.
lydiuz I can ready a passage and forget what i just read within 10 seconds. I know that I need to "actively read", bt what else should I do to actually retain what i am reading? I am so worried about the stop watch and the timing that I am not reading the questions well and my accuracy blows.

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