If I plan on studying logic games for this whole month then what is a good amount of number of games to play per day? I was thinking of going over 8 games a day. I pretty much understand plain sequencing games but in some games like the in/out games you need to know about biconditionals and the demorgan's law, so I need to go back on that little section on advanced logic before I start playing some of the games. I am getting pretty well with the use of "or" and "not both" rules too. So would 8 games a day be enough or should I go for more? I think 8 is a good number to start with. If anyone wants to let me know there strategies then please share. I am planning on retaking the june lsat, and games is my worst section. But I heard that its the easiest to improve so even if I get 15 right on every other section, and get about 20 right for games then hopefully I can get a 150 or above. The last time I enrolled for 7sage, I didn't really spend much time studying the material so I ended up with a 140 so I really hope I can get 10 points or more on the test. So please suggest what is a good idea to go forth with games. Thanks.
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First, I referred back to JY's initial lessons on each game category. Pretty much every game on the LSAT will involve sequencing, grouping, or some combination of the two. But within each there are different categories as well (double layer sequencing, grouping w/a chart, in-out games). Going over JY's initial lessons on each of the game categories I would get really comfortable with the games he used as examples. They are meant to highlight certain inferences that tend to reappear within that particular category of games (for ex: with in-out games, when all the out slots are full, you know every one left must be in). So get comfortable with these lesson games, and start to recognize the inferences that reappear in grouping games/sequencing games etc. You will be asked to make these inferences over and over again on future games.
As far as how many games, I didn't really pay attention to that. I had a set number of hours per day I would work on games. Some days I did more than others because the games were easier that day and I didn't have to spend as much time on each one. Other days I would do less because they were harder and it took me 3 or 4 tries to fool proof them. One thing that I would recommend is to focus on PT 1-35 when practicing. Don't waste practice on newer games. There are plenty of relevant games in the older PTs. Through practice I learned what games I was good at and what games I wasn't. That allowed me to target the amount of time I spent on each game type intelligently. Don't get discouraged as most people make tons of mistakes before they start to really master them.
And yes—I have made the mistake of neglecting the other sections while hyperfocusing on one section in the past and came to regret that. Make sure you are always doing at least one RC passage and a chunk of LR each day—provided that you have already learned the good habits and would not be simply reinforcing bad habits with so much repetition.
Just for some perspective, the first time I took an LG section I got 7/23. Last LG section I took I missed 1 (the last time I missed more than 2 or 3 was with the circle game in PT40 or so due to an unfortunate misread of a single rule!) and I haven't even done the entire LG bundle yet. So methinks there's -0 in me future But BOY is that a different scenario from the one in which I found myself in August!!
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