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Parallel Method of Reasoning and Parallel Flaw Strategy

7sagelsatstudent1807sagelsatstudent180 Alum Member
in General 932 karma
Hey guys. During timed prep tests, I take a long time to answer PR and PF questions and I only get them right 20% - 40% of the time. Even with this issue, I score pretty consistently in the low 160's. I am considering skipping these questions altogether by guessing after a 30 second preliminary P.O.E. for questions of these sorts. Actually trying hasn't worked much better for me from a percentage standpoint and I think it would probably save me 3-4 minutes over the course of each LR section. Any recommendations?
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  • 7sagelsatstudent1807sagelsatstudent180 Alum Member
    932 karma
    Oh and I forgot to mention... I am writing the June LSAT and I am comfortable with scoring in my range. Just seeking idea.
  • visualcreedvisualcreed Member Inactive ⭐
    edited May 2015 326 karma
    I'm in a similar boat. I score in the low 160's typically and am going to take in June. I also take forever with these types of questions but I don't run out of time since I can breeze through most LR question types. I have been doing better by quickly eliminating wrong answers and then taking my time with remaining answers. One quick way is to eliminate the opposites/contrapositives/negatives whatever they call it. For example if a is false and be is false so c is false is the question stem, I find any answer that has anything to do with a, b, or c being positive or true to be the wrong answer. This is working for me but again I'm not an expert or know if I'm even doing it right.
  • 7sagelsatstudent1807sagelsatstudent180 Alum Member
    932 karma
    That makes since. I dont know if I have enough time to make headway because of a lack of time between now and test day. I anticipate probably skipping the questions with strategic guesses. Running out of time isn't a big factor for me because I usually finish in under 30 minutes but I think those 5 minutes would be better served checking other answers versus investing them in a mostly losing proposition.
  • visualcreedvisualcreed Member Inactive ⭐
    326 karma
    Whatever you do, good luck. I have a week to figure out how to get a few more points in RC which I think is an even more "losing proposition". Hehe.
  • danielznelsondanielznelson Alum Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐
    4181 karma
    Download the Cambridge LSAT problem sets on both question types. I believe they still have them up.
  • danielznelsondanielznelson Alum Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐
    4181 karma
    Also @visualcreed, you're focusing on the logic of the argument, not the argument itself. Maybe I'm having a mind blip, but these question types can most definitely utilize contrapostives in the correct answer choice.
  • visualcreedvisualcreed Member Inactive ⭐
    326 karma
    @danielznelson I don't remember any recent tests that had a correct answer that utilizes a contrapositive as the correct answer. Of course like I said I might be (or more likely probably) wrong but if you use the contrapositive than wouldn't the logical pattern be different thus not parallel?
  • danielznelsondanielznelson Alum Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐
    4181 karma
    @visualcreed I believe the logic would be the same, but I'm going to attempt to find a question that does this so as to be sure. But @7sagelsatstudent180, @visualcreed is dead on when mentioning the opposites or negatives of the original reasoning. That and some/many/most, et cetera immediately disqualify a lot of answer choices.
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