I did about 4 RC test using Bootcamp and went from 15-17-19-19. I've never been an avid reader and generally take longer to read than the avg person. With that being said, I ended up saying f it and just stopped caring about the RC and focused on other areas to study.
Today, I took the real DAT without doing any RC practice for the past month or two, and ended up finishing it about 5 minutes early and got a 19 on it.
My method; I walked into the test room after getting hype on some trap music during my break to help boost my confidence/mood and then did straight Search & Destroy. Granted the first passage was about 1/2 S&D, the second was almost all S&D (thank you, Jesus), and the third was terrible with barely any S&D.
I didn’t fully read any passage, just went straight to the questions and used key words in them to scan the passages with. I also guessed on a few that just seemed too time consuming.
So if you’re like me, and just want to wing it with S&D, be careful. I probably could have done better if I practiced a more balanced method for tackling the RC but at the same time it’s really easy to plateau with your RC scores. I feel like it’s one of those things where you either have it or you don’t (I clearly don’t compared to others).
Ended up getting a 19AA if that makes my reply mean anything to you guys.
