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General · Stuck: BR Low 170's, Timed mid 150's

mireneicg835

Monday, Jan 23 2017

1) Excellent idea. I need to make pre-phrasing my highest priority for the LR questions. I freeze up with the length of a stimulus, then increase to speed reading, which is completely useless as I have to re-read the stimulus because I did not understand nor retain any of the information in the stimulus.

2) I am horrible at skipping. But I understand the logic of skipping difficult questions. For me, it is learning to swallow my pride, and adapt to a different approach, especially with time as the main obstacle.

3) Yes! I have learned that speed reading results in re-reading. For me, it is a snowball effect, resulting from not skipping the difficult questions as you mentioned above.

I appreciate your comments and ideas!

Thank you again:)

General · Stuck: BR Low 170's, Timed mid 150's

mireneicg835

Monday, Jan 23 2017

@.moon.howler94

I like your idea of timed smaller segments. It would be easier to achieve given my schedule:)

I have completed 7 timed exams. Returning to the RC questions may be helpful, I will give it a go and see if it helps improve my speed.

At this point in time I feel withdrawing would be the most logical decision. Thank you for your well wishes and ideas!

General · Stuck: BR Low 170's, Timed mid 150's

mireneicg835

Monday, Jan 23 2017

@ I have a tendency to waste time on more difficult LG games. The first 2 are roughly 16-18 minutes. I think the only way to improve speed is more drilling of similar sets until it becomes second nature. Unfortunately I have rushed through sets and not given them proper understanding.

I struggle skipping difficult LR questions. Its more of "why the f... cant I see this" ..."no I'm not going to cave and skip." Andddd 2:30 wasted. And I want to burn the exam. I waste time forcing out the correct answer. Generally struggle with parallel reasoning questions - tend to panic with the longer stimulus questions.

I agree. Withdrawal from the Feb exam is the logical decision.

I appreciate your feedback!

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Sunday, Jan 22 2017

mireneicg835

Stuck: BR Low 170's, Timed mid 150's

I am working towards a faster pace for the test questions but have tremendous difficulty lowering the time spent. I can score close to perfect on the logic games with an additional 20 minutes and LR & RC roughly the same. I am not certain how to overcome this with multiple factors of working full time and being a single mom of 2. I am scheduled to take the Feb 2017 LSAT and feel unprepared for the time factor. What is the most efficient way to decrease time? And should I schedule to take the LSAT in June 2017 given the issues above? Thank you for your help:)