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@tuplr it hasn’t been until the last few of weeks. It helped me most to really focus on doing timed sections with intense BR so I could finally get used to applying what I had learned during untimed drills.
@watersofmarch I did untimed! My logic was that you can’t go fast until you can go slow. I did a mix of question difficulties, but focused on getting 100% accuracy and identifying how the LSAT wanted me to think about the question.
It has helped me a lot to focus on my thought process and identifying specifically where I went wrong. After taking each test, I would write through my thought process, think through where I went wrong and what I would need to do to reach the correct answer.
@Farah it’s only been in the last couple of weeks! For the first 2 months of my studying I saw pretty much no improvement between the difference between actual and BR score. I think what helped most was more intensive BR that really focused on my thought process and an increase on timed practice (I have done pretty much nothing but sections for the last month).
Hey! Was in a similar situation to you, with an average 10 point gap between actual and BR score. Here is how I approached it:
I worked on my weakest question type, not only through drilling, but through reviewing my thought process on the questions (both right and wrong) in PTs and sections to see how I was thinking about them in the moment versus how I should have been thinking about them.
After I had gotten the hang my weakest question type, I focused on taking sections & PTs to get myself very used to thinking under timed conditions
Hey! I was in a similar place. The strategy that helped me most was:
When taking practice tests, I did the passages in order and didn't fixate on trying to figure out which passage might be easiest for me.
When practicing for RC, I did two types of drills with extensive blind review after I finished:
4 or 5 star passage untimed focusing on comprehending the stimulus and getting the questions right
Two 1 to 3 star passages with 15 minutes to complete both. This got me used to doing easier passages of various topics quickly. While this drill started out pretty rough, as I got used to intense time constraints, I stopped freaking out while doing my RC, which improved my timing overall!
When I do LR, I try to do the first 15 in 15 minutes. This can sometimes leave me a little bit uncertain on if the answer choices I picked are correct, but this makes it far more likely that I have time at the end of the section to go back and check.
Beyond that, two things that have indirectly helped me improve my LR timing are:
Intensive BR after sections noting how I thought about a question vs. what the correct way to think through it. This is especially important for easier questions, since it is far clearer.
Working on solving difficult questions and really focusing on learning to identify gaps/best practices for tackling question types from them. Once you have gotten the hang (ish) of the 4 and 5-star questions, it is much easier to see the flaws in the easier questions.
HUGE congrats! Definitely seconding the "skip questions that are difficult" strat, that has been huge for my time management. Probably the most useful pieces of advice I have gotten for LR are:
For any SA or NA question, if something new is in the conclusion, then it 98% is part of the correct answer choice.
For any parallel reasoning/flaw question, start by eliminating answer choices with different kinds of conclusions (e.g. proscriptive conclusion when we need something causal) and then eliminate answers that have different levels of strength (e.g. if the stimulus talks about some/most, then the correct answer also must be some/most).
Similarly, for any principle application, if the conclusion/rule is about one thing (e.g. when something is justified), the right answer will most likely also be about when something is justified, it will not be about the negation (in this instance, when something is unjustified).
Final PT Before August LSAT! Finally consistent in closing gaps between actual and BR!!!
Hey! Not a tutor, but I had/have a similar struggle. One thing that has been helpful for me is getting better at identifying the passage style, since that usually gives you a "genre" of main point answer choice to look for (e.g. critique and debate is typically something about the author's thoughts about the perspectives, spotlight is typically something about why the author is spotlighting the thing, etc.).
Hey! Here is the RC Drill set I found most helpful:
First, I did one 4 or 5 star passage completely untimed and I focused on completely understanding the passage and the questions. This helped me get used to the LSAT's writing style and to more easily see what parts of the passage they wanted me to pay attention to.
Second, I did two 1 to 3-star passages with a 15 minute time limit and then intensive BR after. This was rough at first, but it helped me see how my thinking under pressure went awry.
But also, don't be discouraged! -2 on LR is great. RC uses a lot of the same skills, so once you get a hang of it, there will be no stopping you!