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I feel very good about my LR skills. My RC is extremely inconsistent and volatile. If you had 5 weeks and a 7Sage subscription how would you best go about improving RC?
I'm right here with you. The advice I'm putting into practice most is to slow down on the passages. Front load your reading. Spend 3:30-4:00 per passage reading and the questions will be much quicker. My LR is -3 or -4 on average and my RC is -7. Hoping to get it closer to -4. Good luck this week!
I think it comes down to personal preference. For me personally Kevin's explanations are essentially perfect. He explains his thinking in a way that I understand instantly.
Yes, this must be it. It's at the very end of the section and I would argue it's not realistic to search the passage for keywords in every answer choice. In blind review it certainly is though.
Yes. 100%. I scored a 159 prediagnostic and tested at a 167 a few days ago after 6 weeks. I'm working full time though and have not taken any tutoring.
@teowmomm That was my issue. I forced myself this time and was not feeling great. That's why I thought I had missed 5!
Today I decided to implement a new strategy for LR. As soon as I choose an answer and I'm fairly confident, I move on. In recent practice I tend to skim each answer choice again and reread the answer I selected a few times. I would also briefly skim the question itself. On this section I finished all the questions with 5 full minutes remaining which allowed me to go back and look at a few of the questions I had flagged. This suggests to me that my initial instincts are correct more often than not, and spending that extra time reviewing is mostly unnecessary. I'm feeling extremely motivated. I test in October!
I had something similar yesterday during a practice test. I clicked an answer choice and everything froze completely except the timer. I couldn't change questions either. When I refreshed the timer reverted to prior to the freeze and I was able to continue. There was also some general sluggishness when reviewing questions.
@zunair Lol, if you can learn to test with little sleep you'll be a demon with a good night's rest
I have been sleeping really poorly the last week or so due to a combination of social obligations, working full time, and fitting in 3-4 hours a day of LSAT study. Last night while exhausted I performed very poorly on an LR section relative to my expectations.
It felt extremely demotivating. I was super short on time and really struggled to interpret anything I was reading. Instead of doing a blind review right then, I decided to just go to sleep. I knew I'd end up even more sleep deprived while obsessing over every wrong answer.
I got a ton of MUCH needed sleep and did my BR this morning. Soon after I did another LR section. It felt incredibly easy by comparison. I know the sample size is small, but I've noticed a major correlation between my scores and how well rested I am. It makes sense to me that something as difficult as the LSAT would prey on a tired mind. If you take 10 extra seconds on every question (which as a percentage of the recommended time per question is really not that crazy) you will end up in a major time deficit.
All of that to say, I'm feeling a lot better. Time to improve on the concepts I didn't understand in the BR! Good luck everyone.
I don't test until October but this is a great video. Thank you for making it!
Thank you so much for your advice!!!