I had two LRs-- found both of them very hard! Does anyone know what type of classification the 'zoos' question would be? I want to try to drill more like those the next time I take the test.

I am going to get a 170+ on the Feb 2024 LSAT!

I'm in a bit of a similar position; I usually PT high 160s low 170s, but will BR low-mid 170s. But when I first started, I was scoring similar to you.

For me, what worked for RC was doing untimed sections and just going for accuracy. The more I did, the faster I got over time. I started off initially only finishing 3/4 passages within the time, but now usually have 1-1.5 min left with slightly better accuracy. I essentially started off giving myself 45min and working my way down to 35. I also recommend RC Hero: I never actually finished the course (which you should, many people rate it very well) but it simply changed the way I looked at RC and drastically improved my performance.

For LR, this helped me increase my score drastically: target first 10 questions in 10 min, target next 5 in the next 5 min, flagging anything you aren't 100% sure on. Then hopefully you have ~20min left for the last 10 questions, and can go back to the ones you flagged. I do all in order with the exception of parallel reasoning questions that I need to diagram (which personally take me the longest) and go back to those at the end. I personally read the stem first so I know exactly what I'm looking for in the passage.

Making sure LG is -0 is important to make sure you break into 170+. Following 7sage's curriculum was great (I didn't watch the videos but just did the psets in order). I generally find it easy do well here, but the newer exams sometime seem harder. One thing I think is important on the newer exams is recognizing when you can't really diagram out possibilities for a game, so you don't waste time: just start going through each answer choice 1 by 1. This doesn't happen on every test, but when it does it can be stressful, so like JY says you just have to stay calm and accept it. Because this can happen, you want to make sure you have time for it. Don't double check all answer choices once you've found your correct answer--trust your diagram and spend the rest on the time on harder games/questions. I personally found that my target times for the sections I found 'easy' on LG, I had to be faster than what 7sage says in order to have more time for the games I found hard.

Kind of similar to some of the points I made regarding whole LG games, occasionally I come across a question in a game where I have diagrams drawn out, but no leads to answers. I'll leave it blank, and come back to it after answering other questions in the game. I'd say around 1/2 the time, a diagram I drew out for a different question will help me find the answer (or at least cross some out).

I haven't actually taken the LSAT yet (I'm taking the February in 3 days!), but I've taken around 30 PTs and done many problem sets since late December when I started and this is what has worked for me so far. I'd love to hear other people's tips and insights as well!