<p>I'm really struggling with the logic games, despite reading most of the logic games bible.</p>
<p>I do fairly well on the other two sections of the lsat (5 or 6 wrong). </p>
<p>Is this type of discrepancy common?</p>
<p>Am I not trying hard enough?</p>
<p>I don't think i've been so frutrated in my life.</p>
<p>Logic Games seems to be a tough spot for people. All I can say is practice, practice, practice.</p>
<p>the logic games bible seems like a good book. Keep practicing and try to notice which games in particular are tripping you up.</p>
<p>Practice, Practice, Practice is the best advice anyone can give. There is no secretive, formulated procedure to pass logic games. Continue to practice as much as possible. You'll eventually determine a pattern on how to decrypt the challenges involved in logic games. Think of it as chess or checkers.</p>
<p>Go really, really, really slowly through them. Work through them and try to understand how to get each answer. Do NOT time yourself until you understand how to do them. You can gain time, but it's hard to improve accuracy under a time crunch. </p>
<p>Pick up a book that teaches you how to break down the logic games. That might help. Again, go through the games really, really slowly.</p>
<p>thanks for all of your advice. </p>
<p>i think i went through the Logic Games Bible too quickly (I must admit, often times skipping the explanations). I'm going to re-read and re-work some of the games.</p>
<p>I would also recommend Kaplan 180 for its logic games section. I have the powerscore bible, but havn't started it yet, but after working through Kaplan 180, my time per game has gone dramatically down. This book helps by familiarizing its users with very difficult games, so the easier ones just fly by- helping to save precious time.</p>
<p>I highly recommend purchasing the Logic Games Bible.</p>
<p>I used Logic Games Bible and liked it very much... What I have begun doing is guessing "D" for every answer on one of the games, and giving myself more time to do three of the games well.</p>
<p>If you are having trouble with the time aspect of it, a good guessing/end game strategy may help you pick up a point or two. Here is what I settled on after a lot of experimentation: </p>
<p>1) I work the three easiest games completely, but I skip one or two questions in the process if they are obviously going to be time consuming. I usually have about 5-7 minutes remaining after three games.</p>
<p>2) After the third problem, I fill in my answer sheet, count up the number of times each letter has been used, and note the two (or three depending on time constraints) least chosen letters.</p>
<p>3) Now I have 3-5 minutes remaining. I diagram the last problem, obviously in a rushed fashion, mostly focusing on the most concrete rules that can be used in the process of elimination. </p>
<p>4) Now I have say 2 minutes remaining and lets say I have arrived at B and D as my guesses. I look at answer choice B. If I can quickly eliminate it with my rough set of rules, I choose D. Otherwise, I choose B. </p>
<p>I agree with the positive comments about the LGB.</p>
<p>Edit:
Timekeeping during the test is not exact, so have a guess filled in in advance and change them as time allows.</p>
<p>There is an underlying pattern to the logic games questions; that is, there are only a select few "question types" used in the section. When you know how to approach those question types, answering should be no problem. You should usually be able to knock off two answers immediately, a third after a bit of work, and then you should have two left over which to vacillate:)</p>
<p>Do not forget that every "mini-section" in the logic-games is historical; that is, the answer to a question could provide a quick hint to a later one. For example, the first question is usually "which of the following combinations is possible" or something of the sort, and it is usually the easiest. After answering that, you might encounter a question like "C must be in which slot?" Go back to the possibility question, and see where C is, and in a matter of seconds you have the answer to the later question.</p>
<p>Also, when you are reading the rules for the mini-section, do not just symbolize/write them; convert them into other rules using logical laws. For example, you know that if a->b, then ~b->~a, and so on. The logic games are really easy when you think about it; I think the problem is in "information overload," at least for me; when I see too many rules or too many variables, I tend to panic...</p>
<p>...but that is a good thing; when there are more so-called variables, the question should also be easier to solve. Also, the more rules, the quicker you should be able to deal with the question. Keep in mind that the LSAC expects students to answer correctly (or they make it possible to do so) every question in the logic games under the given time constraints; when you realize this, you also realize that the questions cannot be horribly complicated.</p>