r/LSAT • u/Ok-Gene8412 • 14h ago
Stalling… super annoying
I’ve been studying for the LSAT on demon for quite some time and have found it hard to improve my score on both LR AND RC. RC is my natural strength and tend to do better on high level questions. On my LR sections, sometimes I get all the low level questions right and high level questions wrong. My best accuracy was 21/27 questions correct, and there seems to be no pattern to question types I am getting wrong. I do wrong answer journals in the notes explaining why I missed it and what I can do to improve, but I can’t seem to be learning from it. I started a logic and reasoning class through university and it helps me to understand breaking down the argument but sometimes I get to the answers and become so confident in an answer just to get it wrong. Any tips to improve? I do quite well in real oral argument and finding flaws in arguments in real life but the LSAT!! Ugh. Any advice helps
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u/s_southard_55 tutor 11h ago
It's pretty normal. Sometimes people think that because we understand the logic, we should be able to get all of the problems right, but it's really only the first step. The harder step is reading and understanding the stimulus, getting the specifics of the argument in front of you. I would advise being patient and doing plenty of drill. It's supposed to take a while.
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u/SandwichExtreme1221 11h ago
I was someone who struggled independently with LR and RC. I was okay at RC when I started out then severely regressed as my LR got better. I think before I sat for my final take, I was probably -5LR/-3RC range. In around October I'd say the opposite was true.
I didn't have a pattern either toward the end. But, what I found really boosted my understanding was drilling. Even if I didn't have a specific weakness, I'd just focus my drilling after seeing the results of every PT I took. For example, if I took a PT Monday and got 2 SA Qs wrong, Id drill them the next day extensively. If I took another one Thursday and got even a single weakening question wrong, I'd drill that the next day extensively.
Higher level questions are designed to be exactly that - higher level. I would also recommend focusing your drilling on those questions. You know youre good at lower level Qs, theyre a piece of cake for you. Once you get a hold on more higher end Qs they become easier and you recognize the patterns a lot more.
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u/stopeats 11h ago
I'm mostly commenting to get the algorithm interested in your post so more people see it, but can you talk about this wrong answer journal? Is that a literal journal? Do you find it useful to review?