<p>Hey all, I was wondering if some of you can share your method for studying the LR part of the LSAT. For example, after you complete a section -- what do you do but besides check what you got wrong, and why the answer you didn't pick was correct?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>My D said, that in the logical reasoning section, the questions seem to get harder as you go forward. what worked for her especially when it came to getting the timing down is working backwards in the section. This way you are getting the harder questions done first, and the easier ones are at the end giving you a little more time (vs. working forward where you can tend to burn time because the questions require more thought and you have the additional agnsthoping that you do not run of out of time)</p>
<p>Many of the books I read do not recommend that approach however -- these books claim that its best to spend time on the easy questions because all points are created equal, regardless of level of difficulty.</p>
<p>But I'd say your D is right about the general progressing of question difficulty and has a good approach to counter.</p>
<p>To think of it, I've come to realize that most of the points I miss are from the last 5-7 questions at the end of the LR section. Also I've noticed myself always feeling pressed for time when I reach the 20s, and get tempted by attractive wrong answers.</p>
<p>I will optimistically try out your D's strategy and see how I do, and hopefully it'll help. Thanks.</p>
<p>Anyone else have any other suggestion they'd like to share? About how to effectively review mistakes made in the LR section after the test, or good advice to apply for the LR section during test-taking?</p>
<p>She picked up the tip from her testmasters instructor. Her take was that you want to be able to hit every question. Your score goes down the same # of points whether you miss the question or answer it incorrectly. If you miss the question, it is automatically marked incorrect. If you get a chance to answer the question, there is a chance you could answer it correctly.</p>
<p>When she started using this approach, she not only had time left at the end of the section to review, she went from -5/6 to -1/0 in the LR section.</p>
<p>Also are you using the powerscore logic games bible?</p>
<p>Yeah, I definitely wouldn't recommend doing the harder questions first. You will burn more time at the beginning and may have to end up rushing easy questions. If you rush easy questions, you may end up losing points that you should have certainly gotten. All questions are worth the same so go in whatever order will allow you to get the most points. I would definitely recommend starting with the easier questions and knocking off all the problems you know you should get right.</p>
<p>Starting from the beginning worked best for me, but I didn't really have a timing issue on LR. I guess you can try both ways and see what you like better.</p>