<p>for those of you that get an idea of what its about/skim before you look at the questions, how long do you spend on reading</p>
<p>Like, 2 minutes.
But I usually look at the questions before reading the passage.</p>
<p>I timed myself once..it was around 2-3 minutes</p>
<p>My method to reading passages is somewhat different. I skim the questions and then read the passage in depth and mark of potential answers to questions. This whole process takes 2-3 minutes but I can answer almost all of the questions with that one reading. After I read the passage, I go back to the questions and answer them.</p>
<p>I used to skim the passage then look at questions then hunt for the answers in the passage. I found that I was wasting a lot of time when I looked back b/c I had skimmed the passage. As a result, I may have missed a critical detail that would have made a difference in the answer. When I switched to my current method (above), my score improved dramatically.</p>