Comments on: Speeding Up On the LSAT http://www.manhattanlsat.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/13/speeding-up-on-the-lsat/ LSAT Prep Strategies, Logic Games, and more.... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:40:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cory@manhattanlsat.com http://www.manhattanlsat.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/13/speeding-up-on-the-lsat/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 Cory@manhattanlsat.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:40:55 +0000 http://www.atlaslsat.com/blog/?p=68#comment-2461 The LSAT has driven many a person to the edge! For RC, one nice thing is that on average you have 8.5 minutes per passage (35/4 = 8.75). So, think of your time as a savings account. On the easier passages, move faster and save time that you’ll spend on the easier ones. One thing we notice is that some students tend to relax and slow down on easy passages because they’re feeling successful. Practice pushing the pace on the easier passages! Also, set goals for how many you’ll get wrong – and get that number wrong (and be realistic). It’s a lot easier to cut bait on a tough question if you’ve given yourself permission to get, say, 4 wrong per RC section. Finally, reading in the way that the LSAT (and law school) demands is essential. This is a huge topic (in fact, we wrote a strategy guide on it – hint, hint!), but in general, reading the way you’ve been reading in high school and college may not be the best way to read for this test. I hope that helps! The LSAT has driven many a person to the edge! For RC, one nice thing is that on average you have 8.5 minutes per passage (35/4 = 8.75). So, think of your time as a savings account. On the easier passages, move faster and save time that you’ll spend on the easier ones. One thing we notice is that some students tend to relax and slow down on easy passages because they’re feeling successful. Practice pushing the pace on the easier passages! Also, set goals for how many you’ll get wrong – and get that number wrong (and be realistic). It’s a lot easier to cut bait on a tough question if you’ve given yourself permission to get, say, 4 wrong per RC section.

Finally, reading in the way that the LSAT (and law school) demands is essential. This is a huge topic (in fact, we wrote a strategy guide on it – hint, hint!), but in general, reading the way you’ve been reading in high school and college may not be the best way to read for this test.

I hope that helps!

]]> By: C http://www.manhattanlsat.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/13/speeding-up-on-the-lsat/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 C Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:20:36 +0000 http://www.atlaslsat.com/blog/?p=68#comment-2459 How do you read an entire passage and answer the questions all in 6 minutes? To me this seems like something completely inhumane and impossible. Each question takes at least 30 seconds to answer. 30x7= 3.5 minutes. And each reading comp takes at least 4 minutes to read inorder to fly by those questions. F#@% this test I f#$&ing hate it. How do you read an entire passage and answer the questions all in 6 minutes? To me this seems like something completely inhumane and impossible. Each question takes at least 30 seconds to answer. 30×7= 3.5 minutes. And each reading comp takes at least 4 minutes to read inorder to fly by those questions.

F#@% this test I f#$&ing hate it.

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