Hi y'all!
I hope y'all can give me some advice. I have done several practice timed sections, untimed sections, and PT's and I have noticed a pattern when I look back at my scantrons. I have been consistently missing the early 20's questions in any LR section!! For example, I will nearly always miss questions from 19-25, and unfortunately, sometimes I just miss all of those.. The rest of LR has been going pretty good. occasionally, I'll miss maybe one question before #19 but I catch it during BR and it's actually a silly mistake.. After that, it's just awful. It's not a timing issue either, as I have been doing this timing strategy: 15 mins for questions 1-15 so I have approx one minute per question, then I can take up to two mins per question on question 16 and after. Generally, i don't use that much time, but it's nice to have that cushion and the timing strategy really works for me! Is there something I am missing about these questions? Are they the hardest of the section? During BR, I can usually get them right my second go, but some of them have left me stumped. so I watch JY's videos, and then I get it. I have also checked Q types and i can deff say it's not a specific Q type (besides MSS and SA... those are my weaknesses annoyingly). I also do skip Q's and they are almost always 1-2 of this range of questions. At this point, I have been missing 5 or 6 on both my LR sections in JUST THESE QUESTIONS which is driving me up the walls!
TL;DR: is there something special about the 19-25 questions in an LR section? How do I fix this strange problem of mine? Should i switch up my timing method? Am I overthinking these last few questions and thus costing myself points?
i just had to deal with this and am currently still studying for my 2nd round at the LSAT! First, much love to you! It's so hard to deal with parents constantly griping like that. I still get it every day, lol, now I just kind of make a mockery of it, so they've gotten the point that it doesn't affect me. I scored really low my first time too, so the whole "maybe it's not your thing" mantra is definitely one I've heard before as well. Just like you, i have to start supporting them, but i'm currently doing Teach For America whilst studying and the income from that has kept them pretty okayish/happy with my decision to retake. SO is there a job or something that you're doing? or are you just studying? I ask because, while beneficial to study full time, it can be so hard to convince parents that it's worth when you're not doing anything else. Maybe a part time gig would help? Volunteer position you could take up? Also, for the depression, what really helped me was exercise, therapy, and taking a break whenever I needed it. Of course, parents saw I wasn't studying and then started to nag again lol! I just say you do what's best for YOU, especially when it comes to such a big decision and investment for your future. Don't let your parents bring you down. Again, much love and know i've been in the same situation as you before!