Self-study
hi! I'm taking the feb lsat and am running into a new issue with timing for my LR sections. I used to have a good chunk of extra time at the end of my LR sections and would use it to go back to my flagged questions and feel pretty satisfied with my answers (most mistakes I was making were more random things I wasn't catching). Now I'm still using the last 5 min or so to go back to the questions I flagged, but I'm getting really stumped on them even with a ton of time (or BR) and they end up being the questions I get wrong in the section. Not sure if anyone has any thoughts/advice on this but I would absolutely love any help at all!
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It sounds like when you go back to your flagged questions, your brain starts overthinking them, which is super common. One thing that helps me is to really trust my first instinct — a lot of the time your gut answer is actually right, and going back just makes you doubt yourself. Also, I try to flag more strategically now, only marking the ones I realistically think I can figure out quickly, instead of everything that feels tricky, so I don’t waste mental energy.
this is probably easier said than done but trying to view all the answer choices in the context of the stimulus and question stem. i always feel most stumped when multiple answer choices look correct, and i can't decide between them. what usually helps me eventually figure it out is being clear about the task presented in the question stem and what is said in the stimulus. i usually find something in the stimulus that i didn't pick up on the initial take, and that leads me to the correct answer.
TLDR: stimulus is KING and be clear about what the stem wants you to do.