improve LR under timed condition

[ttunden]

Hi everyone I have been studying for a retake using the Manhattan guides and have also been drilling my biggest weaknesses ( flaw and assumption )

I have been reviewing several PTs i have taken and my score is typically -10 avg on LR ultimately getting around 152/153. I would like to improve my score to at least 162. to do so I need go improve LR as my LG and RC have improved thanks to Manhattan.

I've been drilling flaw and assumption q's but when taking LR timed im missing 7 or 8 flaw and assumption questions that I personally know that i can get right if I was drilling untimed. I usually elim to 2 contendors and pick the wrong one.

I was wondering how to improve LR timed. do you guys improve just by drilling problems or is there a habit you guys develop , or strategy you use? if I can improve this section timed it would help massively in achieving my goal. when reviewing I can easily see my mistake and why I got it wrong, early diagnosis says that it may partially be due to short time left since traditionally I always get first ten right and majority of my wrong answers fall between 15 and 23

[chike_eze]

I think u can improve really quickly on flaw questions by re-reviewing and categorizing flaw questions on PTs you've already taken.

what type of flaw was it? Part to whole, whole to part, mistaken necc/suff, circular, lack of proof therefore true/false etc.

Also note the different ways the Lsat authors phrase the flaw in the answer choices, especially the right answer. This will make u faster at IDing flaws.

Note: you probably won't be able to categorize every flaw. But this exercise will help in eliminating definite wrong choices, because you'd definitely be able to say "hmm.. I dont know what this flaw is, but I know it's not A or C!!"

Knowing what something is NOT is sometimes just as important as knowing what that thing IS. At least in this case.

[chike_eze]

Subject: improve LR under timed condition

I think u can improve really quickly on flaw questions by re-reviewing and categorizing flaw questions on PTs you've already taken.

what type of flaw was it? Part to whole, whole to part, mistaken necc/suff, circular, lack of proof therefore true/false etc.

Also note the different ways the Lsat authors phrase the flaw in the answer choices, especially the right answer. This will make u faster at IDing flaws.

Note: you probably won't be able to categorize every flaw. But this exercise will help in eliminating definite wrong choices, because you'd definitely be able to say "hmm.. I dont know what this flaw is, but I know it's not A or C!!"

Knowing what something is NOT is sometimes just as important as knowing what that thing IS. At least in this case.

Is there anything i can do to improve on Q with the philosophy information such as , morality or sociology type of info. I struggle when i read that type of stuff because its so abstract and difficult to understand.

[chike_eze]

Not sure you'll have enough time to read Kant, Aristotle, Socrates etc I don't...

I think it may be advantageous, though not sufficient, to have a general sense of the purpose of humanities, sociology or science papers. (now that I think of it, this is more important for RC)

There are sources out there that provide more info on this.

But I think it is important to pay more attention to the logic structure of the passage rather than the specific topic. Ha! easier said than done.