Check out this new Learnboard with a step by step guide to conquering RC once and for all!

Step 1 — To start, here’s the mandatory books you’ll need to get:

• GMAT Official Guide – 13th edition

• GMAT Official Guide – Verbal review, 2nd edition

You’ll want to know the RC questions in this book backwards, forwards, and upside down.

Other books with lots of passages to practice:

• Veritas Prep – Reading Comprehension Guide

• Manhattan GMAT – RC Strategy Guide

• Artistotle Prep – RC Grail

Step 2 — Read The Economist, or other high-quality publications!

The Economist is a weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news. Not only is its subject-matter right up GMAT’s alley, but its written in a more advanced vernacular than your average newspaper — a level matched by the GMAT RC.

As you read these articles, do the following:

• Circle the topic

• Underline any transition words

• Write down the purpose of each paragraph

• Write down the author’s point of view in your own words

• Write down the Main Idea in your own words

Do all of this to build your RC skills — ALWAYS read with a pen in your hand, and always ask the million dollar question, “Why is the author saying this?”

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For Steps 3 through 7, check out How to Destory GMAT Reading Comp (once and for all)!