Strategy for guessing on questions?

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• inactive Alum Member

  December 2015 edited December 2015 12637 karma

  There is no strategy for guessing questions. Guessing isn't something I'd recommend to get a habit of. If you find yourself guessing, it means you don't have the material down and you should revisit.
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  173817381738 Member

  December 2015 19 karma

  Thanks for the quick response. I totally understand, I'm just taking the LSAT tomorrow and figured if i got stuck in a situation of guessing for one reason or another than i be ready. Any other last tips?
• Jonathan Wang Yearly Sage ⭐

  December 2015 6869 karma

  If there were a pattern, people would be using it to check their answers even if they didn't guess.
  
  Just pick and pray. The entire point of a guess is that you're not spending time on it and just accepting the blind 20% chance. If you're spending time agonizing about what to guess, you're defeating the purpose.
  
  Decide now what you're going to bubble (I chose C because I'm a sucker for symmetry, though it didn't end up coming into play) and just do that on the test.
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  December 2015 8021 karma

  Always pick F.
• LSATKingsman Alum Member

  December 2015 1024 karma

  @Pacifico Always
• Accounts Playable Live Sage ⭐

  December 2015 edited December 2015 3107 karma

  I always pick D since my first name starts with D. Plus, in my total confirmation bias opinion, I tend to find the answers to questions 18-25 on LR to be in the C-E range. But, that's totally anecdotal, and I have other evidence of that.
  
  Edit/Addendum: PowerScore has some stats on it that are a little interesting to read:
  
  https://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/guessing.cfm
  
  http://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/bid/326362/Advanced-LSAT-Guessing-Strategy-Referring-To-Prior-Answers
• pritisharma Alum Member

  December 2015 477 karma

  Thanks @"Accounts Playable" liked the second link .. when I am out of time.