What to do when reviewing and summarizing GMAT?
The highest principles for summarizing are as follows:
1. Do this daily. For every OG passage and every question (regardless of whether you got it right or wrong), perform the following analysis and categorization.
2. Summarize immediately after completing each passage. Do not write several passages consecutively and then summarize them all at once (you’ll forget your previous thought processes).
3. Summarize based on your immediate problem-solving approach before checking the answers. This allows you to identify and correct your flawed thinking. If you check answers before summarizing, you’ll be subtly influenced by the answers and won’t be able to correct your blind spots.
4. Don’t rush through the material or focus on quantity. If you have limited time, even a deep review of just one passage a day will be more effective than blindly drilling questions.
Regarding passages:
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For details, please see: RC Fundamentals (Part 1): How to Develop Structural Reading Skills
At the end of each day, categorize passages with similar structures. Documents from the next day’s review should also be integrated into the previous day’s categories. While integrating, think: “How can I ‘predict what comes next’ when I encounter this type of passage structure?”
Regarding options:
Prepare for the “next question” by thinking about “how to pinpoint information accurately” and “how to identify logical traps,” rather than just reviewing the story content of the passage and options. For details, please see:RC Fundamentals (Part 2): How to Review RC Options?
At the end of each day, also categorize 1. pinpointing details with similar functions/tones and 2. similarly designed questions. The next day’s review should also be integrated into the previous day’s categories. While integrating, think: “When I read this kind of content for the first time in a passage, can I anticipate the types of questions that might be tested later?” and “How are logical keywords in the options used by GMAT to design logical errors?”
Practicing real-world thinking:
If you consistently apply the summaries above, your thought process during the initial reading of a passage in a real test will be like this: you’ll not only understand the main idea of the entire passage and the function and tone of each paragraph, but also know where questions are likely to appear, saving time for later pinpointing. Additionally, when looking at the options, you’ll clearly know where an option is wrong and which logical concept shifts to watch out for when referring back to the passage. This way, RC won’t be about brute force, but truly about cracking the test maker’s traps.
