Timed vs Blind Review Score

[Oz29xr8]

Hello I just recently took a timed Logical Reasoning section and scored 11/15. My Blind Review score was 12/14. What does my score on this section tell me about my performance? What I mean is do I need to work on my timing or my accuracy/understanding of the material? How can I have a good balance between accuracy and timing? I've been taking timed practice sections because I want to practice my timing and see where I am with my accuracy/understanding of the material. I also want use the Method 2 Delayed Blind Review. Is it possible that I can x out of the option to blind review after I complete a timed section or timed practice test and come back to blind review it? When Blind Reviewing do I focus on only the questions I missed and answered correctly or do I also focus on the ones I got incorrect? I really want to improve on my timing because based on my performance I feel like timing is what's hurting my score. Please let me know what can be done. Thank you.

[Jeff Wren]

Hi Oz,

First, I'm not entirely sure what your numbers here represent. For example does 11/15 mean that you got 11 correct and 15 incorrect in the section? (I usually see numbers expressed as the number correct compared to the total, such as 11/26 or just the total number of questions missed in the section.)

Second, I want to double-check that your blind review was untimed, as blind reviews should definitely be done untimed (taking as long as you want).

If that is the case, then the fact that your untimed blind review is nearly identical to your timed score means that your problem is more likely in understanding/accuracy rather than specifically related to timing. (In other words, if your untimed blind review score was significantly better than your timed score, this would suggest that the problem was timing related rather than understanding related.)

If this is the case, I expect that you likely would see the best results by studying the fundamentals of Logical Reasoning, such as reading "The Logical Reasoning Bible" if you haven't already done so and practicing specific question types and concepts individually before moving back to full timed sections.

Here is a link to a good article on how to review practice tests/sections.

https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/the-be ... ice-tests/

As to your question about finding the right balance between accuracy and timing, the short answer is to focus on understanding/accuracy first and the timing will come naturally with practice. If you start worrying about timing before you know how to correctly solve the questions, then it can really cause you problems. As the saying goes, "you have to learn to walk before you can learn to run."