Answer key strategy:wait to fill it in?

jessicalauryn

Hi guys! I've been taking practice LSATs at 168 with a BR score of 173. I'm trying to improve timing so I can get to that higher score. I just read something that said people wait to the end of a section to fill in the answer sheet. Whereas I just fill it in after every question I complete. I'd really appreciate your insights about whether waiting to fill it in saves you time or whether it increases error rate in the transfer process? Thanks in advance!

m.c lshopeful

For RC, i would bubble my answers after I finished the passage. 4x

For LG, I would bubble my answers after I finished each game. 4x

For LR, I would bubble my answers before I actually turned the page over.

jessicalauryn

Oh that's a really interesting approach, because it seems like the best of both worlds. More efficient and yet still bubbling in when it's fresh. Great insight, thank you!

m.c lshopeful

No problem! Basically, my strategy came down to just filling in answers before I flipped each page. It just so happens that each page flip is one reading passage or one logic game.

I would also fill in 3 answers at a time before looking back at the test. As in, I would finish the reading passage questions, quickly look at answers 1-3, then fill in those 3 on the bubble sheet quickly before returning to memorize 4-6 and repeat. I never had a problem filling in the wrong bubbles.

paulmv.benthem

At first, I was bubbling in every question during LR, and then I switched to the same technique that @"mickey.caleb" described, and I found it far more efficient! Good luck!

jessicalauryn

Oh gosh this is super helpful! Thanks guys!!