I'm reviewing my RC section of my Practice Test and I am wondering if it would be helpful to have a space to write low-res summaries next to each paragraph? I write out my summaries on my scratch paper while I'm doing the questions, but I think being able to see each paragraph and being able to write directly next to it, and seeing it while I am answering questions, would help me get more questions right. Idk, it could be wishful thinking lol.
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Hi there! You may be right that writing your low-res summaries right next to the passage could help, and that might be a good think to try on a drill or two to test it out! However, remember that on the actual LSAT you won't be able to do that. You'll only have scratch paper on the desk, and no option to take notes on the screen or easily within your field of view. So if you're using it as a technique to help remember low-res summaries, make sure you're not depending on it in a way that would inhibit your test day performance. In fact, I'd recommend using it like training wheels: maybe open up a sticky note app on your computer or put literal sticky notes on your screen/next to the screen, and use that at first, but work toward being able to remember the summaries without looking at those notes.
I generally advise that the less reliance on checking your notes on test day, the better, because remembering your notes/ideas will help you move much faster. So it would be awesome if the LSAT allowed note-taking onscreen! But since it doesn't, I'd recommend PTing and practicing without any added advantage that won't be there on test day (unless you're using it as training wheels to get better, and then slowly phasing it out with the goal of maintaining your progress without the extra aid). But feel free to try it out and see what happens!
@Josephine Thank you for this advice!