How should I improve on my 14 RC?

[balancy737]

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ok, here are my scores:

three years ago-

22 AA
22 PA
29 QR
17 RC
20 BIO
23 GC
22 OC
21 TS

And then UDM called me a month ago and told me to retake the test, because it would be expired by the end of April. So I did, after a month of studying, I got

18 AA 🙁
20 PA
17 QR 🙁 (QR's gotten really and long complicated, which I didn't expect.)
14 RC 😱
17 Bio 😕
20 GC
20 OC
19 TS

I heard that UDM interview all the way through June, so I want to keep my hopes up. But I think I should also think about reapplying. For my re-application, I'm sure I'll have to rewrite the DAT. I'm thinking I'll prob retake the test in August, which means I have three months to improve. I know I could definitely do better in all other sections, but my problem is RC..! Even if you take 'me having carsick during the exam' into consideration, it's still the worst (to the point where it's acceptable, IMO...) I know it's the hardest area to improve for such a short period of time, but still, I desperately need help. Any suggestions???

 

[4thMolar]

I used topscore pro for practice with the RC, which I think is the best material out there to practice for this section. Others have said you can start reading science articles daily, but I dont know how much that would help. Topscore will provide timed tests and the RC portion of it is pretty accurate to what the actual DAT is like. Also, what strategy did you use on the RC? I used Kaplan's method in which I wrote down keywords for every paragraph and then went on to the questions, and I ended up with a 21 in RC.

 

[balancy737]

thanks for your help! I used the same method for the first DAT. For my second one, I read the first question, and then the first paragraph, second Q, and the second paragraph, etc. Apparently it was not a good idea.