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I'm sort of in a dilemma: I use a watch because I need to keep track of time in each section, but when I look at my watch and if I see I'm a bit behind my pacing, then I get stressed about not having enough time to finish a section, and do worse!
RC is a good example. Sometimes I'll get to the last passage with, say, 6 minutes left, but then I get stressed that's not enough time to answer all of the questions, and I ultimately do worse overall on that section than if, I imagine, I kept on going and maybe did not reach the last question. Same with LR; if I don't finish the first 10 in 10, then I feel pressured to rush through the next questions, and see my performance drop overall.
The takeaway seems that I need to improve on timing so I don't feel rushed (which I imagine also will improve my LSAT confidence). I've also thought about no longer using a watch.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation or have any advice?
@, that's great advice about building an internal time clock, thanks for passing along. I'm definitely going to try the highlighting technique you linked to. And I agree, I think I often over-dwell on both easy questions ("is it that simple?") and more difficult ones ("why can't I get this, AAAGH").
@.Sieradzki, Yes, something I started trying is shifting from answering the first 10 questions in 10 minutes to netting 10 questions in 10 minutes. This allows me to skip questions that are harder, skip flaw questions on the first pass, and instead focus on my strongest question types (MSS, AP, ID etc.). Still experimenting with this approach, but it's worked out pretty well so far.
@, it's great to hear your personal approach; I like your max 1-minute cutoff per question strategy. I think building an internal time clock will help give me a sense of when one minute has passed. And I think just having an overall strategy will give me a greater sense of confidence, and prevent me from falling in these anxiety time loops!
Thanks for the great advice, everyone!