Self-study
7Sage suggests you should go through all the questions you feel confident about first, leaving harder ones for your second-go-through. This makes a lot of sense for LR, but I don't know how the approach would work for RC. Do you go through all of a RC section and leave all uncertain questions unanswered before your second pass OR do you do you first pass-through of a passage and then hit the unanswered Qs in that passage before moving on? (or another approach)
There's just a big difference in terms of the information you have to keep in mind between LR and RC. I would love to hear people's strategies on this...
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Do we say this?! I don't recall giving this advice in the RC lessons. But in any case, I think you should always select an answer before moving on from a question. Flag it if you're not confident and to give yourself the option to come back to it later. But don't just leave it blank.
As for when to come back to flagged question (before moving on to next passage or at the end of the section), there's no general rule. I know from tutoring experience that many students will waste too much time if they go back to flagged questions before moving on to the next passage. It's too easy to spend 30 more seconds staring at a tough question without making any progress at all. So I'd advise waiting to come back to flagged questions at the end of the section. This way, you'll also get a better opportunity to assess which questions really deserve a second look as opposed to "I think I'm right...but I'm not as confident as I'd like to be".
@Kevin_Lin Thanks for the response, Kevin! I'm referring to the 'why you must skip questions on the LSAT' lesson (https://7sage.com/lessons/next-steps/resources-for-taking-simulated-lsats/why-you-must-skip-questions-on-the-lsat).
It's possible I misinterpreted it! Anyway, I'll try out your suggested strategy on my next section.