taking the november lsat and just took my first full length practice test. Is there any way to study timing? I find myself takin gtoo long on the easier questions and thehn being pressed at the end.
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taking the november lsat and just took my first full length practice test. Is there any way to study timing? I find myself takin gtoo long on the easier questions and thehn being pressed at the end.
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Hi there! Timing can be tough, and your blind review shows that you've clearly got a solid understanding in untimed situations. To improve your timing on easier questions, I recommend trying drills of 1-3 star questions at 100%, then 90%, then 80% time. Try to get your instincts and thought process nailed down for those simpler questions, and gradually speed up as you feel comfortable. Make sure that you're not overthinking easy questions, since I find that often leads to a lot of wasted time. And to avoid overthinking, stick to a clear question process and don't let yourself change your answer unless you can explain why the old one is wrong, and why the new one is right.
Once you're comfortable with easier questions in short amounts of time, start aiming to do the first 10 questions in the first 10 minutes on LR sections, with the goal of getting them all right! I usually recommend no more than 1:00 per question for the first 15 or so questions, though you can spend up to 1:30 on questions that feel unexpectedly tricky. That will leave you with more time for the harder questions, though even on the harder questions I usually recommend flagging and moving on after 1:30-2:00 spent. Ideally, you'll be able to flag and move on without overthinking too much, and that will leave you 3-5 minutes at the end of the section to look back on the flagged questions and modify your answers if you realize you picked a wrong answer. Hopefully that helps!
Try aiming first 15 questions in 15 min.
My tricky spots are necessary assumptions. As soon as I see a necessary assumption thread, I flag and move on. I also do that with parallel and parallel flaw, since they are very infrequent and I’d rather spend time on other questions that I can get right. I also flag questions that I either don’t understand quickly or am getting stuck on. Spend time on the question types that are most common (ie flaw) and soon you’ll blaze through those. Also, first 15 in 15 minutes.