How fast do you read?

[student12x]

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[Occams Razor]

About 10 or so yrs ago, i bought a program called AcceleREAD to help with speed-reading, which helped me greatly. it incorporated a series of eye exercises that I completed weekly.

I see the product is now called EyeQ on http://www.infmind.com , it has a free demo on the site. I just took it, says i read 693 words per minute.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

It's not how fast you read, but how fast you comprehend the material.

 

[Occams Razor]

BTW...i also got a high score on the reading/comprehension side of the MCAT 😉

 

[Blade28]

Pretty fast - always have. If interesting, I can read most normal-length novels within a few hours. Textbook-wise, if I'm concentrating and just highlighting (not taking notes), it usually takes me around 2 minutes to read a page.

 

[Trismegistus4]

BTW...i also got a high score on the reading/comprehension side of the MCAT 😉

Evidently not high enough to comprehend that there is no "reading/comprehension side" of the MCAT. 😉

 

[Blade28]

Evidently not high enough to comprehend that there is no "reading/comprehension side" of the MCAT. 😉

Maybe he means the VR section?

 

[Occams Razor]

Evidently not high enough to comprehend that there is no "reading/comprehension side" of the MCAT. 😉

cute...thanks for stating the irrelevant. at least Blade28 knows what i mean--sharp one.

i took it 3 yrs ago...give me a break...

 

[Blade28]

i took it 3 yrs ago...give me a break...

I took it 9 years ago. 🙂

 

[LifetimeDoc]

I took it 9 years ago. 🙂

I took it 16 years ago AND 2 years ago, LOL. 😆 😀

 

[Blade28]

I took it 16 years ago AND 2 years ago, LOL. 😆 😀

Whoa! Nice! 👍

 

[Blesbok]

I am a slow reader, but I comprehend theories and general principles well and retain information well.

Coincidentally I always do horrible on verbal reasoning and reading comprehension stuff because I suck at telling you "what the author meant by this passage" kind of stuff.

 

[NoMind]

It's not how fast you read that matters it's how well you read when you're high.

 

[vtucci]

faster than probably 99% of medical school population- one good thing from law school.

reading speed (with comprehension tied in) does matter on shelf exams. Some of those can be brutal with time for some people. A hard (or long/wordy) shelf exam for me means that I will only get through the test 2x or so. If it is not long/wordy, I can usually get through it anywhere from 3-5x. To date, I have never run out of time on an exam. Knock wood.

 

[InternationlDoc]

300 wpm 🙁 would I be able to finish the shelf exam next year???!

 

[Horowitz]

I read at lightning speed but I don't understand a thing.👍