OK, HEAR ME OUT. Something that helped me go from -7/9 to -4 on RC is, and some might be against this but we get desperate sometimes, actually skipping a passage all together, specifically the comparative passage. NOW BEFORE YOU HATE ME FOR THIS, JUST SEE WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE.

I always struggled with timing on RC, and when I read faster, my accuracy went down. So what my tutor taught me is as you go through the section, read the passages slowly, take your time really understanding what the passage is saying, and don't move on to the questions until you have a good understanding. Then, do the questions as normal. When you get to the comparative passage, pick a letter and answer that letter for all the questions. Don't even read the passage or questions, just fill in the letter and move on. Go back to in-depth reading and answering for the rest of the passages.

What you might find is because you skipped a passage, you'll have about 3-6 minutes left over to go back and review the skipped comparative passage (this will fluctuate as you get more confident with RC). When you go back to the comparative, don't read the passage, but skim over the questions and see which you can answer without actually reading the whole passage. These will be questions like ones that only deal with passage A/B, ones that reference a specific area of passage A/B, or structure questions that you might be able to point out. Look at the answer you selected while skipping and see if the answer makes sense. If it doesn't, change it to one that does make more sense or simply a different one.

Normally, with selecting the same letter for all of a passage's questions, at least one is going to be right. After that, your review with your extra time should help you get one or two more right. Now, the key to this strategy is that you must work on getting all of the questions right on the other passages that you took your time on. This might sound scary, but you might surprise yourself on how much you can understand and answer when you give yourself the time. If you get all the other passage problems correct, and you get at least one right with your skipping due to all of them being the same letter, you will automatically go down to -6/7 depending on how many questions the comparative passage has. Add the questions that you might get right from your second quick review of the comparative and you can bring that down to -4/5.

I HATED RC and I never thought I could conquer it, but this strategy has allowed me to be so comfortable with it because I can slow read and really understand the passages which makes the questions a lot easier, while still using analytical skills, that are easier to master than speed reading, to squeeze out those extra points. If anyone has any questions, please reach out to me. I'd love to help a fellow RC strugglers :)

Disclaimer: Making sub-game boards might not be the method that works best for everyone, and 7Sage states that it is possible to do every question WITHOUT a sub-game board. This is simply my testimony on how it has made me the most confident I've ever been on LG.

While logic games has always been my best section, it took a while for my brain to naturally do them in an organized manner. I was good at seeing the rules and creating my master game board, but I didn't make second level deductions, which meant no sub-game boards, which meant 10 different copies of my master game board that were extremely unorganized.

As I have practiced doing logic games more and more, I have come to realize that sub-game boards, even if they are not 100% filled out or solved, are life saviors. Most people think that sub-game boards are only worth doing when you can fill them out completely, but this is untrue. Sub-game boards, no matter how filled out, are simply additional visuals for you to write down facts about the rules that you already know. When I first starting considering sub-game boards, I found myself finishing with about 2 minutes left but getting -3/4 from silly mistakes. After I really started making deductions a natural step in my LG routine, I started to finish with 6-8 minutes left, only getting -1/0. Logic games has always been my best section but today I hit my personal best by finishing PrepTest 81 Logic Games with 9:40 left on the clock and getting -0, and it was all thanks to the sub-game boards (I did one for every question so maybe I just got lucky lol).

To those struggling to complete Logic Games or those who finish but just find themselves making little mistakes, try focusing more on your ability to create sub-game boards. Granted, not every game will be ideal for sub-game boards, however, they are beyond helpful when you can find them. Also, it will get you into the habit of naturally connecting rules and deducing inferences. DONT BE AFRAID TO SPEND TIME ON MAKING THE SUB-GAME BOARDS. I might spend six minutes on writing the sub-game boards but when it allows me to do each question in less than 30 seconds, you'll find that you spend a lot less time on the game despite the perceived 'slow start'. They also help you from making small mistakes because they provide more detailed anchor points to compare the questions to so you don't get lost or panic in making 8 or 10 copies of your master game board.

I HATE this section with a passion. I was never good at it, I never was able to finish on time, I tried every skill out there for studying and practicing and NOTHING worked. I do not consider myself a slow reader, but I do consider myself someone who tries to pay attention to every detail. My thought process was comprehension > generalization; I thought it was worth going slower if it meant I could understand the passage better, but this didn't help. What it did do was make me focus so much on the details that I would not only be snail slow, but I would second guess answers due to me giving my brain enough time to over-evaluate questions or focus on the wrong things. HOWEVER, I think I have finally hit a holy grail...and it might sound unorthodox...but LSAT be making you do some crazy things sometimes.

My Method: What I found works best for me is an alternating method of focus and skim. As I start the passage, I read the first sentence slow and ask myself what is going on. I make sure I can pick out a focal topic or something to anchor my mind to. Then, I skim through the main body of the paragraph, focusing on simply acknowledging the details and what they are generally saying. Once I get to the last 1 or 2 sentences of the paragraph (nothing more), I slow down and focus on identifying how the author closes out the paragraph. I do this process for each paragraph: first sentence focus, main body skimming, last sentence focus. (If the paragraph is short, such as only consisting of two long sentences, then I read the whole thing in a medium pace manner, mainly paying attention to its topic & what its purpose is for being so short.)

What I have found is that this method not only allows me to recognize the details of the passage, but it helps me naturally focus on the general idea. Focusing on the general idea when each paragraph is saying something different is easier said then done, but pin pointing specific spots in the passage that you know you're going to slow down at and focus on makes it easier to keep track of your thoughts and passage development. By doing this method, I still find myself having to reference the passage, but I can usually find where the evidence is fairly quickly and move on.

I used to NEVER be able to finish the RC section, and even when I gave myself more time, I still would get -8/9 wrong. Now that I do this method, I am finishing the section for the first time, and I even finished one yesterday with a whole 5 minutes to spare; that's probably because with this method, I went from reading the passage in 4 minutes to reading it in under 3 minutes. That is a huge accomplishment if you're like me and also want to make the RC section illegal for mental health reasons. I still got -5 wrong, but that's at least some improvement, and I mostly got them wrong due to my lack of reading the answer choices correctly, not because I didn't understand the passage. I pray and hope this method works for some people because RC can be a major pain and sometimes the average methods just don't work. So here's something new. LMK if it works!