LR Time Drills on the LSAT

Time. The one thing that makes the LSAT so much more difficult than it otherwise would be. If only you had unlimited hours to go through all the LR questions you're stuck on and debate between those two choices to the point where you finally, 3 days later, figure out it's B and get on with it. That would be nice wouldn't it? Except that's not how it works.

So what can you do to combat the clock? Today I will share some drills that worked well for me and may be of value to you.

5 in 5 minutes. Take random early Prep Tests and aim to do the first 5 questions in 5 minutes. If you can accomplish this and get all 5 questions right 5 times in a row, move on to the next step which is...

10 in 11 minutes. It's really important to knock out the first 10 questions quickly. After question 10, difficulty gets more variable and you want to have plenty of time to spend as you navigate through the meat of difficult LR. If you can pull this off with perfect accuracy 4 times in a row OR 5 times out of 6 move on.

15 questions in 17 minutes. This is the last one. If you can do this with perfect accuracy and consistently, you are in great shape time wise. Having 18 minutes for the last 10 or 11 questions makes those parallel flaw/reasoning questions and other time sinks near the end much less stressful.

All of these challenges are easier said than done and will take a while to complete, but this should give you an idea of how to approach time drilling. Concepts should still be the main focus but I believe this is a really valuable exercise to throw in there.