How to improve on Timing

lilliangriffith02

Timing seems to be my biggest issue, because when I blind review I do vastly better than during a timed test. What are tips for improving timing or ways to study which improve timing.

1625Ford

Go slower. I'm not kidding. This is not something I learned from 7Sage, but from the LSATDemon podcast. Unless you're trying to score a 175+, you should rarely finish a section. To get a 160+, you just need to do have 100% accuracy on the ones you attempt (about 19 correct a section is the bare minimum for a 160 I believe). Its completely fine to guess the last 3 to 4 questions in a section as long as your confident enough in every other question you attempted. If you do finish a section, that's great! But don't sacrifice accuracy for the sake of speed. The feeling of NEEDING to finish a section is self-imposed pressure that will cost you accuracy in the long-run. Make sure you get paid for 100% of the work you did on a section, not just 60% (which is what happens when you try to finish a section).

My advice: turn off the clock for your timed sections and focus on the accuracy of the questions you do answer, unless its a question type you are particularly poor at answering. When the 5 min warning hits, do a quick review of any questions you flagged and take educated guesses of the questions you didn't answer. If you only answer 15 of the questions, that's nothing to be ashamed of. Speed comes from understanding. When you begin to understand the first 15 easier, the last 10 questions become easier as well.