- Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:07 pm
#76106
Hi ncolicci11
It sounds like you are noticing the tension between accuracy and speed. It can take some individual experimentation to figure out what strategy is best for your individual score. In the LR section, you can skip around fairly easily. Flag any questions where you get stuck. It might be in the stimulus. It might be after eliminating two answer choices. It might be when you are stuck between two. But if you are stuck somewhere in a logical reasoning question, skip it, and move on to a question you are more likely to get correct.
In the games and RC, it's hard to be as nimble. However, you should always read a game scenario and rules before drawing anything. You can usually get a sense from the scenario and rules if the game will be manageable, or if it will be unusually long or difficult. If it's one of the long/difficult ones, leave it until the end. Use your time in the section to be highly accurate in the other three games. With any time remaining, you can handle the list question and some global questions in the final game. In RC, both timing and accuracy are often a matter of spending too much or too little time reading the passage. You want to read with a purpose, looking for the VIEWSTAMP elements, and marking/noting enough to help you find information you'll need again in the passage quickly. Don't use your time in RC trying to learn the information in the passage; spend your time trying to get a good sense of the structure and argument so you can easily use the information in the passage.
If you find yourself still stuck, you may want to think about taking one of our Advanced LSAT Courses. There's one for LR and one for the games. Both are designed to give you advanced strategies to improve on the hardest questions the test can throw at you.
Hope that helps!
Rachael
