Some important Logical Reasoning Tips

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The logical reasoning section of the LSAT can certainly be hard to conquer. Below are some tips to help you improve.

Develop checkpoints for time and questions finished. For me, I would check the time at about every 5 questions. I would try to finish the first five questions in five minutes and the first ten in ten minutes. Then I would slow down a bit and try to finish questions 11-15 in about six minutes. These were rough checkpoints and I was pretty flexible with them. However, they helped a lot because I knew that if I was a bit behind I would have to increase my pace slightly, or if I was ahead I could take more time on questions.

Give yourself time to answer the harder questions. This goes along with the previous tip. The mid to later questions tend to be more challenging and time-consuming. Each question requires a different amount of time. I liked to move quicker on the easier questions so I would have time to be more methodical on the more challenging questions.

Take time to notice what your weaker question types are. Give special attention to these question types when blind reviewing. Additionally, take time to notice what question types take longer for you to complete (even if you frequently get questions right). This can be helpful if you are running out of time. You may want to skip a question type that takes you a long time even if you are good at that question type.

Be very skeptical. One of the biggest ways to improve on the LSAT is to become a skeptic. Ask yourself if the premise absolutely means the conclusion is true. There are constant jumps in logic that are much easier to spot if you go into the section with a skeptical mentality.

Understand that for some question types you can take an educated guess at what the right answer will be without looking at any of the answers. For instance, in many flaw questions, you can spot the flaw and understand that the answer is likely going to be about that flaw. Doing this can save time and can help you avoid trap answer choices.

I hope this information helps you improve on logical reasoning. Keep working at improving.