GMAT Ninja RC Ep 1: How to approach GMAT Focus Reading Comprehension

How should you approach a Reading Comprehension passage on the GMAT Focus or Executive Assessment? Read one paragraph at a time, or read the whole passage in one go? Should you take notes? What should you focus on? What questions should you ask yourself as you're reading?

This is the video for you if you've ever asked any of these questions. In this video, Charles -- the original GMAT Ninja, and owner of a perfect 800 GMAT score -- will show you a process for working through Reading Comprehension passages. He'll talk you through the things you should (and shouldn't) do to succeed in RC.

This is video #1 in our full-coverage series of GMAT Reading Comprehension lessons. For updates on upcoming videos, please subscribe!

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction

Passage 1 - Jon Clark's study of...
13:16 Paragraph 1
17:03 Paragraph 2
21:19 Paragraph 3
24:51 Paragraph 4
29:09 Question 1
32:49 Question 2
37:04 Question 3

Passage 2 - Conodonts, the spiky phosphatic...
42:56 Paragraph 1
47:55 Paragraph 2
53:00 Paragraph 3
57:32 Question 1
1:01:21 Question 2
1:06:33 Question 3

Here are links to the passages covered in the video:
Passage 1 -- Jon Clark's study of...
Questions covered in the video: #1, 5 & 7

Passage 2 -- Conodonts, the spiky phosphatic...
Questions covered in the video: #1, 2 & 3

[albertofalcone]

Thank you GMAT Ninja team! I watched basically all of your videos/series (RC, SC, CR, Quant, ...) and it was extremely helpful. I was able to go from low 700s to high 700s (while working FT) just in a couple of months. I honestly believe this is the best prep material out there, and I would highly suggest anyone interested in improving their GMAT score to subscribe to the channel. Great work!

[dwadeshsehgal]

For all the aspirants out there ditch everything else and listen religiously to this guy, it will get you the result for sure.

[amrithap]

I dont know how to thank you, Charles. After joining a disastrous GMAT coaching centre, you helped me achieve a 99 percentile in verbal. It was just a week before my exam watched this particular video and tried out taking notes while comprehending the passages. I also started to understand the passage, as you said in the video, I asked myself why the author is discussing this. Asking 'why' myself really helped me to tackle RC s. I am from India. I wish I had a chance to visit you personally and thank you. Thanks a lot, Charles.

[VolleyballChick]

I took a gmat practice test yesterday and missed almost every single RC question with incredibly low confidence. Today after listening to this vid I got 70% of the questions right and the ones I missed were the “2nd choice” answers. Very very grateful for this video.

[canadakevin]

Hey this video helped me a lot! I went all the way to a 93 percentile in RC. Thanks a LOT ! Words cannot express my gratitude.

[bombaybarbell]

I struggled in the first passage but getting the reading strategy right (that I learnt from the first passage) - I was able to get all 3 questions right in the second passage. Y'all are doing god's work! Can't thank enough!

Nothing but gratitude & thankfulness to be able to learn from the very best in the game!

[VishakhaSingh-sw]

It is always such a treat to watch videos with Charles in it. Yes, my brain feels like mashed potatoes right now but I can also feel the fog lifting as far as RC passages are concerned. Thank you so much for these videos!

[justkennedy]

Thank you for this! I just found out that my prospective university requires the GMAT. I started studying today and will study diligently up until November 2nd. I'm praying to be in the 90th percentile. I'll keep you updated!

[RegularGuy]

It's amazing to see how paraphrasing can simplify a complex looking passage. Thank you Charles.

[finnbalor]

This channel deserves million subscribers

[darrendeng]

Thank you so much! This is much better than the lectures I had before, even the paid ones. Look forward to seeing more

[itsak]

i just started with this RC series and i REALLY want to thank you for the material and the explanations. i struggled A LOT throughout the video but blatantly kept going back until i grab the explanation and i truly am better as i finish this video than i was when i started it.
great explanation and thank you for the material again.

[sotirisapostolopoulos]

Hello GMAT ninja team ! i would like to really thank you for your big help to my GMAT journey. Your videos, especially in RC and SC helped me achieve my target score of 700 (Q48 V38) with 3 months prep while working full time long demanding hours and not being a native speaker ! Words cannot describe my gratitude for your youtube series and the fact that you offer so much quality for free is something that has earned my utmost respect . Keep up the good work and keep helping people to get one step closer to their dreams ! will definately recommend your channel to anyone starting his gmat journey!

[hemantgairola]

Thank you, Charles. The simple tip of paraphrasing each paragraph's summary is helping me immensely. I feel a lot more confident.

[sarthaksinha]

Thanks a lot GMAT Ninja for walking us around in a unique way.

[hritikgoelYT]

Thanks GMAT Ninja Team for solving tough passages, so easily

[Milansinh]

It's an amazing explanation by the Tutor, Clears so many doubts, and gives a strong method for solving RCs.

[wisamey]

again... Charles is K I N G !
I was always stuck at 700. couldnt get it up for the life of me! mainly problems with speed.
But just following your playlist on Quant and Verbal... opened my eyes to a lot of my shortcomings. and improved my speed A LOT!
But it remains to be seen if this will improve my score...

will keep you posted !

[aryaman]

Thank you sir for the good work. Giving education is like giving eyes to the blind.

[eastsidelakerfan]

This second passage is so, so, so challenging for me! I've repeated it daily for 5 days in a row and still having a hell of a time coming up with repeatable processes to get this one. Moving on from this one starting tomorrow (with a blow to my confidence)