Scoring well on early passages and bombing towards the end

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  btruswel Core Member

  July 16 18 karma

  Im the opposite lol. I finished a section yesterday where I got 2 questions wrong in the last 2 passages and 5 wrong in the first 2. I was like whaat kms
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  blackberryvanilla Core Member

  July 17 19 karma

  I have this same issue as well. I do pretty well on the first two sections but I just bomb the third section, even after the break.
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  giseleeym Core Member

  July 17 41 karma

  dang so we all struggling
• Audreyandphoebe Core Member

  July 25 3 karma

  @btruswel said:

  Literally me, even though they are typically the harder passages. I feel like it's honestly because I start to get into a little bit more of a groove and for some reason stop second guessing myself, but I don't know how to fix this for test day
• giseleeym Core Member

  July 25 41 karma

  @Audreyandphoebe said:

  @btruswel said:

  Literally me, even though they are typically the harder passages. I feel like it's honestly because I start to get into a little bit more of a groove and for some reason stop second guessing myself, but I don't know how to fix this for test day

  Are you testing in August?
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  khudson Live Member

  July 27 9 karma

  Hi! So what I started doing is doing the passages that I know I'm better at first, regardless of what order they come in. For example, I know I am much stronger at humanities passages and very bad at law passages. I took a practice test yesterday where the humanities passage came third, and the law came first. So what I did was do the humanities first, focused on getting those right in the right amount of time, and then did the law passage last (still despite it being first). This is because I know I am more likely to get law wrong anyways, so I tried to maximize the amount I got right at the beginning when my mind is fresh and then save that for last!
  The only thing with this approach is that you have to be quick from the get go--dont waste time deciding on which one to do first--just go and do it! For me, harder science and law passages go over my head anyways, and when I do them before humanities and other easier passages, I lose time and ultimately stress myself out when I get to the ones I know I'm good at. I think this approach might be worth a try!
• giseleeym Core Member

  July 30 41 karma

  @khudson said:
  Hi! So what I started doing is doing the passages that I know I'm better at first, regardless of what order they come in. For example, I know I am much stronger at humanities passages and very bad at law passages. I took a practice test yesterday where the humanities passage came third, and the law came first. So what I did was do the humanities first, focused on getting those right in the right amount of time, and then did the law passage last (still despite it being first). This is because I know I am more likely to get law wrong anyways, so I tried to maximize the amount I got right at the beginning when my mind is fresh and then save that for last!
  The only thing with this approach is that you have to be quick from the get go--dont waste time deciding on which one to do first--just go and do it! For me, harder science and law passages go over my head anyways, and when I do them before humanities and other easier passages, I lose time and ultimately stress myself out when I get to the ones I know I'm good at. I think this approach might be worth a try!

  Thank you for the insight! I'm gonna try this approach today! My LSAT is a week out I need all the help and advice I can get!
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  gordylsat Core Member

  August 1 50 karma

  This isn't a technique or anything, but something that has helped me is just reading a book that I really love for like 10 minutes before I take an exam. It helps me get into the rhythm of reading. Kinda cools my nerves a bit.