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Quick Tip: Review Mistakes Thoroughly!
One of the most common misconceptions about studying is that you just need to grind through and do as much LSAT material as possible. In reality, you want to take your time working through material and carefully Blind Reviewing questions you were not 100% certain about. Or, maybe you want to keep a Wrong Answer journal to promote thorough review of questions you missed. In any case, quality review beats out seeing a large quantity of questions!
The Skipping Process: Choose your Battles!
Skipping is a core component of great time management and any good timing strategy on the LSAT. Yet, it’s a component of the test you don’t see a ton of discussion on–when should you skip, why, and how can you create a more methodical and consistent skipping strategy than your current process?
While knowing exactly what and how to skip will vary between sections, one general theme underlies them all: each question is a point, and the more points you get, the higher your score. Therefore, your skipping strategy needs to revolve around the accumulation of as many points as possible–that means skipping questions where you know you may be beat or know you’re going to spend a lot of time analyzing; that time could be spent picking up easier points later on in the section!
One rule of thumb I instruct my students on is that when your thinking becomes unproductive, it is time to move on to another question. You know the feeling–you’ve read an LR stimulus about 3 times now, and that flaw is just not sticking out. Your thinking has moved from productive analysis to panic, worry, and general confusion, while questions I know you can get right still linger later in the section. Tackle those, then come back to this beast. A second look at a question is always more helpful than the extra 20 seconds it may take to find your mistake.
You should dictate the flow of the section! Don’t let those pesky test takers direct how you go about a section. For more excellent timing strategies and further discussions, check out this free webinar: https://7sage.com/webinar/time-management-strategies/
Further, come discuss your own timing strategy one on one with a tutor, and hear more about how the tutoring program can help you choose your battles: https://calendly.com/7sage-tutoring/7sage-tutoring-free-consultation