Timing problem

[Aquamarine]

I have a question about the strategy of answering questions.
It usually takes me around three to four minutes to read the whole passage and I can understand most of it and memorize/summerize before solving questions.

However, it usually takes me too much time to answer questions. For example, 3 mins to read a passage, but 6 to 7 mins to answer questions. So of course, I usually run out of time to take RC.
It drives me crazy even if I understand the passage when I read.
So I have no idea why it takes me so much time and what I'm going to reduce the time to work out questions.

Can anyone give me some advice?

[tommywallach]

Hey Aqua,

I'd look around the forum, because this issue has come up many times for many people, so it's discussed at length. To give you a short answer, our books suggest you utilize a time bank, in which you recognize when a passage is easier or harder, and then decide how much time you're going to let that whole passage take up. On easier passages, you bank time for later, on harder passages, you use up that banked time. Other than that, you just need to maybe read a little bit less in-depth up front, so you have more time to answer the individual questions.

Good luck!

-t