It seems like besides the intentional time sink LG, your missing points are from LR. What has helped me significantly is abandoning the reading the stimulus first beforehand, and getting to really understand what it is you're reading. It's not necessarily a lack of ability from your part, as any 160 scorer is already doing well on the LSAT, but inaccuracy due to what seems to be you focusing on time, and how much time is left. The LSAT is designed in my belief to have questions designed to take more of your time, besides the obvious parallel / match the flaw type questions. The method that has helped me is being confident in your answers for easy questions, saving you time in the end to answer the 6 or so difficult ones in the middle and end. I may run out of time sometimes, but that sacrifice allows me to be more accurate.
RC is different from LR in that you can sift out a lot more information, and get the structure and purpose of each paragraph to answer questions directly.
I will say that when I approach the LR section and immediately begin looking for the conclusion, I tend to not comprehend the words on the page because I'm too concerned with trying to find the conclusion. It's like my mind can't multitask in that regard. I don't know, I'm still trying to lock down an approach (bringing back my pencil point, visualizing the stimulus and then breaking it down after I have a general understanding of the argument, hunting out the conclusion first, etc.)
My RC is -4. I think I just read the passages for the gist of them. I try to visualize the words, but I rarely summarize the paragraphs or notate the passage as I find the section difficult to finish if I do those things. When I search for the main point I again feel as though I miss pertinent details.
For your RC, a quick outline isn't always necessary, but it will help you answer questions more quickly, similar to how we reference our diagrams in logic games. The reality is that even though there is 35 minutes for each section, the first and second passage are usually easier than the comparative, and last passage. The same thing with LG sections, and LR questions in the middle and end.
Tl;Dr prioritizing accuracy has allowed me to perfect the questions that I would normally miss due to the stressful nature of the test. The stimulus first strategy is useful, (and the one I had originally used) but for your obviously harder questions, just really get to know what it is you are reading. Give your self time to slow down, and be patient if the answer doesn't immediately reveal itself.
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It seems like besides the intentional time sink LG, your missing points are from LR. What has helped me significantly is abandoning the reading the stimulus first beforehand, and getting to really understand what it is you're reading. It's not necessarily a lack of ability from your part, as any 160 scorer is already doing well on the LSAT, but inaccuracy due to what seems to be you focusing on time, and how much time is left. The LSAT is designed in my belief to have questions designed to take more of your time, besides the obvious parallel / match the flaw type questions. The method that has helped me is being confident in your answers for easy questions, saving you time in the end to answer the 6 or so difficult ones in the middle and end. I may run out of time sometimes, but that sacrifice allows me to be more accurate.
RC is different from LR in that you can sift out a lot more information, and get the structure and purpose of each paragraph to answer questions directly.
I will say that when I approach the LR section and immediately begin looking for the conclusion, I tend to not comprehend the words on the page because I'm too concerned with trying to find the conclusion. It's like my mind can't multitask in that regard. I don't know, I'm still trying to lock down an approach (bringing back my pencil point, visualizing the stimulus and then breaking it down after I have a general understanding of the argument, hunting out the conclusion first, etc.)
My RC is -4. I think I just read the passages for the gist of them. I try to visualize the words, but I rarely summarize the paragraphs or notate the passage as I find the section difficult to finish if I do those things. When I search for the main point I again feel as though I miss pertinent details.
For your RC, a quick outline isn't always necessary, but it will help you answer questions more quickly, similar to how we reference our diagrams in logic games. The reality is that even though there is 35 minutes for each section, the first and second passage are usually easier than the comparative, and last passage. The same thing with LG sections, and LR questions in the middle and end.
Tl;Dr prioritizing accuracy has allowed me to perfect the questions that I would normally miss due to the stressful nature of the test. The stimulus first strategy is useful, (and the one I had originally used) but for your obviously harder questions, just really get to know what it is you are reading. Give your self time to slow down, and be patient if the answer doesn't immediately reveal itself.