Using an eraser during LG practise?

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• Supernovice Alum Member

  November 2018 323 karma

  It's easier and more time saving just to scratch out mistakes and start over. JY mentions it all the time. I had to actually train myself not to use the eraser. Just scratch it out and keep moving. There is plenty of space in the LG section of the test. If you read/hear there is not, that's referring to the old tests. I could've done 4 logic games in the space I had available to do each one on the actual test.
• vxsinha96 Member

  November 2018 58 karma

  @Supernovice Thank you!
• Qualia88 Alum Member

  November 2018 175 karma

  The one time I find it's valuable is when using charts. It's just too time consuming for me to redraw those type of game boards so I like to just add new pieces to my master gameboard (circling them so I can tell them apart from the original pieces) and then just erase them after that question.
• Supernovice Alum Member

  November 2018 323 karma

  You're welcome. Another thing to consider is the digital LSAT is coming soon and from what I understand (what I read) is that you will be given scratch paper and an ink pen--not a pencil--for the logic game section, so you won't even have the option of using an eraser.
• vxsinha96 Member

  November 2018 58 karma

  @Qualia88 Ah okay, that makes sense
• redshift Alum Member

  November 2018 edited November 2018 261 karma

  You don’t need to not use your eraser, etc. As you do LG, though, you’ll find that penciling out old work is more time efficient than erasing. Also, I find that erasing work gets confusing because the old work is still somewhat visible. Insofar as LG is a super visual section, that can get problematic.

  Ideally, though, you want to be in a position where you’re not having to erase or pencil out mistakes. If you must erase, pencil it out instead. Write small so that when you do make mistakes, it isn’t time consuming to fix.
• Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  November 2018 8392 karma

  It's always best practice to practice the way you will do things on test day. So if you plan not to use an eraser, then don't practice with one.

  That said, erasing things is unnecessarily time consuming. You have a lot of space on the test. It's best to just scribble out work that is bad and draw it again. The only time you should really erase is if you need to change an answer on the scantron sheet.
• vxsinha96 Member

  November 2018 58 karma

  @redshift @Leah M B thank you! I'll keep an eraser with me, but plan not to use it unless I really need to