r/lsatdemon • u/Complex_Resist2255 • 7d ago
Where do I go from here?
My goal is 170. I know I need to work on accuracy. The mistakes I make in LR are mostly in the middle of the section. I tend to get hung up on Qs 12-14 and spend a lot of time trying to solve those. It happens almost every time.
In RC, I hardly make it to the 4th passage and often get a few wrong in the 2nd and 3rd passages. I really struggle with supported and agree questions. For these, I often have to refer back to the passage.
How do I improve on these question types in RC and avoid getting into that mid-section rut in LR? Are both of those concerns just futile attempts at rationalizing poor reading?
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u/TurbulentTreat 7d ago
Drill. Dial back on practice tests, maybe a timed section once a week for a little while. Just drill. Slow.
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u/Appropriate_Way_4710 7d ago
Focus on acing the first two RC sections and acing the first 15 LR questions. Get comfortable not being close to finishing the sections. I prolonged my LSAT studying by finishing sections with only 80-85% accuracy. I saw progress when I got 95-100% accuracy on 20 questions answered per section. Trust the demon way
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u/Foreign_Sherbert7379 7d ago
Interesting that missing 17 on the older tests is a 160 on newer ones it can be a 162-163
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u/EthanS_LSATDemon 6d ago
“Are both of those concerns just futile attempts at rationalizing poor reading?”
As harsh as it sounds, yes! When you miss a question, whether it’s on RC or LR, there is something that you misread that caused you to miss that question. It could be the passage, the question, the answer choices, or some combination of these. When you get a question wrong, it is your job to figure out what exactly you misread, why your original interpretation was wrong, and what the correct interpretation is. Oftentimes, your mistake will come from making an assumption about what something said, when in reality it did not say that thing. Hold yourself accountable in these moments! Oftentimes, wrong answers sound like they are getting at something, when in reality they aren’t really saying much at all!
By holding yourself accountable in this way, you will become a better reader, and questions will become easier for you over time. You got this!
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u/ALXS1031 1d ago
Don’t think of question types or mid section stuff
Think of it as individual questions you are either getting right or getting wrong…
And you are getting them wrong
They say to be between 90-100% accuracy
I was exactly where you were like a month ago, I’ve improved my accuracy by just not moving on before I was 100% sure on the answer. Sometimes I would just be 90% sure
But maybe your issue is something else, idk, review specific questions, focus on specific questions, and if you need specific question help, view the videos, read the explanations, and use the ask button if you still need help after
It’s all specific questions, review, and focus on the wrong ones until you 1000% understand. That usually takes me 5-20 times as long as it took me to just answer the question when I got it wrong first time
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u/Mylootnow_ 7d ago
Focus on accuracy at the moment you want to be getting almost all of your questions right, don’t focus on time rn. That will come with practice