When to move on in LGB?

[nmaugust]

Hi Powerscore!

I am taking the November 17 LSAT and I just finished Chapter 4 in the Logic Games Bible. I’m wondering how to gauge whether or not I’m “ready” to move on to Chapter 5. I don’t want to move on if I don’t have the skills down well enough yet - but there’s only a month and a week left til the test. How do I properly test myself to gauge this? I have completed a few basic and advanced linear games and have a much better understanding of them, but do occasionally make careless mistakes + I haven’t timed myself on them yet but I’m sure I’m taking far longer than I’ll be allotted on test day to complete these games. Sorry this is such a vague/general q but I’m a little stuck!

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Powerscore!

I am taking the November 17 LSAT and I just finished Chapter 4 in the Logic Games Bible. I’m wondering how to gauge whether or not I’m “ready” to move on to Chapter 5. I don’t want to move on if I don’t have the skills down well enough yet - but there’s only a month and a week left til the test. How do I properly test myself to gauge this? I have completed a few basic and advanced linear games and have a much better understanding of them, but do occasionally make careless mistakes + I haven’t timed myself on them yet but I’m sure I’m taking far longer than I’ll be allotted on test day to complete these games. Sorry this is such a vague/general q but I’m a little stuck!

Hey N,

Thanks for the question! With just over a month you need to start timing yourself, but for now I'd move on to the next chapter. the ideas build within the book, and you need to get through them quickly as possible, and then practice, practice, practice! Learning the ideas is one thing, but the practice is what will make your score move. The analogy I'll make uses driver training: once you read the driver's handbook, you then have to go drive the car a lot to get better. If you were struggling with the driver's test, you wouldn't just read chapters of the manual over and over, you would instead practice driving (and occasionally you'd go back to the manual to make sure you had it all straight). So, get through the manual, but then start driving the car as much as possible!

Please let me know if that helps. Thanks!