r/LSAT • u/Cold_Construction602 • 2d ago

RC study advice šŸ˜©

I took an LSAT diagnostic a month ago and scored a 161. I have been studying since. I have taken two timed practice test. I have an average of 85% accuracy on LR across both test (2 sections 92%+). However, I have an average 71% accuracy across test on RC.

On untimed drilling I have an 86% average accuracy on RC. On LR Iā€™m doing intense wrong answer review, but Iā€™m struggling on how to replicate this for RC. I havenā€™t seen any improvement in my accuracy for RC over the month, and I feel stuck on where to go from here. Just keep drilling? Any suggestions on what helped you get to that next level.

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u/New_Accountant_7574 2d ago

the gap between your timed and untimed RC scores is telling you something. you clearly understand the passages but you're losing time somewhere. for me it was spending way too long on the first passage trying to get every question perfect then having to rush the last one. try strictly capping your time per passage no matter what

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u/Cold_Construction602 2d ago

I honestly feel like this part of my issue now, is that Iā€™m trying too hard to ā€œfinishā€ the section. Thatā€™s why my accuracy improves so much when doing untimed. I guess I really just need strategies/study habits to maintain accuracy of untimed practice while improving speed.

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u/bigg222022221canrsto 2d ago

How did you improve on lr was it just reviewing?

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u/Cold_Construction602 2d ago

For every single wrong answer I write out in my own words:

  • What the stimulus is saying
  • if there are conditions, what those conditions are
  • if there are any assumptions being made
  • what can we absolutely prove based on the information given.
  • why the wrong answer is wrong
  • what led me to picking the wrong answer
  • why exactly the correct answer is right/how it is right.

I also started predicting a lot more. I assume every answer choice is bullshit until one proves me wrong.

I still struggle on accepting that sometimes correct answer choices arenā€™t perfect, and may require slight assumptionsā€¦but Iā€™m working on that.

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u/PureEagle8168 2d ago

reading a lot in my spare time helped a ton