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My LR scores are erratic. Some days I miss 2, some days I miss 9. I don't know what to do. Taking the October test and I need to improve. Could anyone help? I also disregarded the mapping of conditional statements on the LR portion of the LSAT since it confused me (I do map everything on LG, however).

AfrocentricAsian wrote:My LR scores are erratic. Some days I miss 2, some days I miss 9. I don't know what to do. Taking the October test and I need to improve. Could anyone help? I also disregarded the mapping of conditional statements on the LR portion of the LSAT since it confused me (I do map everything on LG, however).

Are you missing a certain question type consistently and they're just appearing on the test in "erratic" frequencies? Or is there no pattern to it?

Either way, I'd recommend a lot of untimed drilling. I would just narrow the drilling to your weak sections if you have them. Erratic performance is usually indicative of bad habits in your approach.

I think the fact that you're not mapping conditional reasoning could be having a toll on your score, especially for inference questions, because formal logic is common and intentionally made confusing for people who just read it. If you don't understand it, I highly suggest you review and master it. Learning to diagram and fully understand formal logic helped me understand passages much more, and raised my score. Also, I think it's important to have a consistent approach. I think some sections are more difficult than others, but I don't think your score should range that widely. Try practicing pre phrasing, identifying trends in incorrect/correct answers, etc rather than simply answering the questions, if you haven't done that yet. I hope this helps

If you keep missing the same questions or the same type of questions, there is most likely an issue in terms of the method in which you are studying. It might be best to fully read answer explanations and make notes as to why certain answer options are wrong while others are correct. After reviewing your notes, it will trigger that sample question in your mind to help avoid the same mistake.

In addition, it is important to get the concepts and strategies down before timing yourself. Once you feel you have a solid approach, then begin timing yourself and see if that makes a difference.

kcho10 wrote:I think the fact that you're not mapping conditional reasoning could be having a toll on your score, especially for inference questions, because formal logic is common and intentionally made confusing for people who just read it. If you don't understand it, I highly suggest you review and master it. Learning to diagram and fully understand formal logic helped me understand passages much more, and raised my score. Also, I think it's important to have a consistent approach. I think some sections are more difficult than others, but I don't think your score should range that widely. Try practicing pre phrasing, identifying trends in incorrect/correct answers, etc rather than simply answering the questions, if you haven't done that yet. I hope this helps

+1

I also found toward the end of my studying that if my question timing followed an approximate pattern, I'd be in much better shape and have time to review than if it deviated. Not sure if this holds for you, but identifying the "way things should be" really helped me become consistent.