Reading Comprehension word count?

[DownToFloss]

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Hi guys I was wondering how words are there on average in the reading comprehension articles?


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[DAT Destroyer]

Hi guys I was wondering how words are there on average in the reading comprehension articles?


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From my years of experience talking to students passages vary in length and difficulty. It is important that you can prepare and focus on speed and comprehension. Search and destroy does not always work for the reading...Some students get some really grueling passages that are more toned based and those you need to be really prepared for.

Good luck in your studies and on the DAT

Nancy

 

[711769]

Agree with Orgoman, It's really the luck of the draw, so the # of words doesnt matter. My friend had two passages that were 16 paragraphs and the third being 11 paragraphs long. What matters is the speed and your techniques. One thing, in my DAT I didnt even read the ENTIRE passage since the questions asked for what was written in the earlier segments of the passage. Thus knowing how long the passages are is not needed.

 

[DMikes]

1500 words IIRC. That's published somewhere.

 

[flying nimbus855]

Yeah i remember being told that number when i was prepping. 1500 give or take a couple hundred for variability.