reading comp, QR questions?????

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I was wondering if everybody who took the DAT finished all the passages for reading comp on time.. I just cant seem to finish the last passage, ive tried using kaplans tech writing everything on a scratch sheet and numbering the paragraphs but that just takes way too long, so ive been just lookinn for each ans in the passages which a the biggest time kill... whats the best method??? And does everybody look back at the passage for every question or is it just me??

Also.

QR.. my worst section.. i cant seem to finish QR, the word problems kill me, what book helps the best with QR, kaplan? topscore? DAT achiever? barron? and is there a lot of straight forward algebra and fractions??? Whats most frequently shown up on this section????
 
I have tried various methods and what works best for me is scanning the article and goign straight to the questions. If you want to write some key things on the paragraphs, make them brief because you can get bogged down with facts and statistics. A lot of the articles are full of #'s and specific things that don't really show up in the questions.
The QR is the worst section for me also and what I do is answer the easier ones first and mark the word questions for later. Sometimes a question that you would have gotten at the end you miss for lack of time.
 
ASU-devil said:
I have tried various methods and what works best for me is scanning the article and goign straight to the questions. If you want to write some key things on the paragraphs, make them brief because you can get bogged down with facts and statistics. A lot of the articles are full of #'s and specific things that don't really show up in the questions.
The QR is the worst section for me also and what I do is answer the easier ones first and mark the word questions for later. Sometimes a question that you would have gotten at the end you miss for lack of time.

thanks man.. by the way. did u take kaplan at the dallas center..i remember there was guy that had a lot of arizona pride
 
Denro said:
I was wondering if everybody who took the DAT finished all the passages for reading comp on time.. I just cant seem to finish the last passage, ive tried using kaplans tech writing everything on a scratch sheet and numbering the paragraphs but that just takes way too long, so ive been just lookinn for each ans in the passages which a the biggest time kill... whats the best method??? And does everybody look back at the passage for every question or is it just me??

Also.

QR.. my worst section.. i cant seem to finish QR, the word problems kill me, what book helps the best with QR, kaplan? topscore? DAT achiever? barron? and is there a lot of straight forward algebra and fractions??? Whats most frequently shown up on this section????


Reading is my worst section too. What I can do is...read the question first. Then get the 1 or 2 very important word from the question. For example, the first question on Kaplan practice test says

"Vasodilator nerve fibers that innvervcate teeth in mammals are found in"

then I just write down vasodilator nerve, innervate.

so then when i read, and see any of those two words, I know that answer is near.

well...i bombed SAT, so i am worried about this section. but I am trying hard now. 🙂
 
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