Another way to trick your brain into staying engaged in what you’re reading is to treat every RC passage as an opportunity to learn something new. For example, maybe on your own you would never seek out information about the monitoring of ice floes in Antarctica. But if you see it in an RC passage, well, you have to read about it, so you might as well get something out of it! And hey, you never know when you’ll be able to whip out your knowledge and impress some people!

The fact is, in reading GRE passages, you can be exposed to a lot of information that you wouldn’t otherwise come across. You can also learn more about topics you have only superficial knowledge of. So, why not take full advantage of an opportunity to learn something new?

You can also try treating each passage like reading material for a class you’re taking. We don’t expect to be 100% interested in every bit of reading material required for college classes, right? But we’re there to learn and we pay attention, and more often than not, we get something out of it.

👉 Key takeaway: Look at every RC passage as an opportunity to learn something new or to enhance your expertise in a topic.

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Warmest regards,
Scott