LR Timing Strategy

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• ENTJ Alum Inactive ⭐

  November 2014 3658 karma

  Going slow is being fast.
• CoCoPerez Alum Member

  November 2014 6 karma

  I was just discussing this with my friend the other day. I tend to be a lingerer on questions and i second guess myself and waste time. So I am implementing a plan that you pick a number, let's say 21.. and you shoot to answer 21 questions. You must be willing to guess on 5-6 questions. This route will give you lee-way on what questions to go for and what questions to skip based on preference. JY has amazing advice on this website towards the end of his course. You should listen. Good Luck
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  shinny117 Alum Member

  November 2014 69 karma

  I had that problem for quite some time and I practiced to meet the time marks recommended by the LSAT Trainer:
  Question 5 - 5 min in
  Question 10 - 11 min in
  Question 15- 18 min in
  Question 20 - 26 min in
  
  This helped tremendously and I'm able to finished all the questions in time. Hope this works for you too!
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  jdawg113 Alum Inactive ⭐

  November 2014 2654 karma

  try focus less on finishing the section and more on answering the questions correctly... When I made the switch I would tend to finish faster bc I didn't have to reread questions as much bc of not grasping the stimulus as much while hurrying trying to finish the section
• esther.adam2013 Alum Member

  November 2014 55 karma

  Are you really good with flaw questions? My study buddy and I found it really helpful when we started working on the flaw packets cambridge, hardest lsat flaw questions. That will help improve with LR. If you can do flaw questions you can do any LR question type.
• Marie4lawschool Alum Member

  November 2014 359 karma

  Skip the 'conforms to the principle' and 'most similar in (flawed) reasoning' questions! These are time-sucking beasts. See if this approach makes a difference! :-)
• bcbias Free Trial Member

  November 2014 8 karma

  I was just in the same boat a month ago. You need to habitualize the processes for handling each question type and the pace to get through them. Focus on drilling the types you miss on PTs and once you start getting accurate at them, time each question but don't worry about going over too much(I gave myself 1m 30s). This will help you judge your pace for each question and get more time efficient with your thinking. After that you want to transition to drilling timed sections if you have the material to. I've been doing it for just about a week. At first I was struggling to get through the sections, now I'm not worried. I know I can still go faster though, so I'm about to start shaving minutes off of my section times. Once you get to the stage of being able to blind review and determine your mistake and the right answer without much problem most of the time, you should have the understanding to start pushing your process. Someone mentioned this above but you need to have benchmark times. Mine are #10-10m, #15-15m, #20-25m. I know mine may be a little extreme, but I like to push the pace because I'm on autopilot from 1-14 for the most part(because the wrong answers are so much easier to eliminate) and I can catch myself when I'm stuck with a faulty answer or 2. Hope this helps!
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  James Ray Alum Member

  November 2014 186 karma

  Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Practice is without trying to hit the time. Just be as efficient as possible. You will eventually hit that time mark