Reading paths
Don’t know where to start? Follow a path.
Each path is 10 essays from one RC genre, from the easiest to the hardest, each with CAT-style questions. Finish one and that genre stops scaring you in the exam.
10 essays · easy → hardPhilosophy for CAT RCPhilosophy passages in CAT and GMAT rarely ask you to know a philosopher.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardPsychology for CAT RCPsychology is one of the most frequent RC genres: studies, biases, emotion, memory and the self.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardArts & Literature for CAT RCPassages on art, books, film and music reward readers who can follow an opinion about taste without being thrown by names and references.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardCulture & Society for CAT RCAnthropology, sociology, food, travel, ritual and language: this is the genre where the author often argues against a common assumption.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardHistory & Civilization for CAT RCHistory passages test whether you can hold a timeline, a cause and an interpretation in your head together.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardPolitics & Governance for CAT RCDemocracy, law, policy and war appear in exams as arguments with two or three competing positions.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardEconomics & Business for CAT RCMarkets, inequality, work and money come with data, qualifiers and cautious conclusions.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardScience for CAT RCScience passages are dense with terms but built on simple logic: a question, a method, a result and its limits.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardTechnology & Future for CAT RCAI, automation and digital life produce passages that weigh promise against risk.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardNature & Environment for CAT RCClimate, ecology, animals and oceans appear as arguments about trade-offs and responsibility.Start the path →10 essays · easy → hardEducation & Knowledge for CAT RCEssays about how we learn, think and read are about the very skills the exam measures.Start the path →