u/GurMaster3426

I just wanted to say the minor changes that the Demon makes to the platform do NOT go unnoticed. Seriously, thank you for making this studying process go just a little bit easier.

I noticed that in timed sections/tests, it no longer counts any questions that you did not answer - regardless of how much time you spent on a question. I also noticed that the "Your Score" display doesn't immediately pop up anymore, allowing me to peacefully finish the rest of the questions I didn't get to before facing my accuracy score. Love both of those things! Especially given that LSAC is changing the test platform every other day - I know a lot of work goes into this! Thank you to everyone involved!

I want to have a better understanding of good habits when picking an answer. If you make a prediction and one of the answer choices matches that prediction, is that enough to choose that answer and move on? Or should you still entertain the other answers because of the chance that it still works? I feel like I exist within a binary right now: Going full send based on my prediction or entertaining every answer. I just don't know how to properly skim over wrong answers in a way that actually assures me that those answers are wrong. Is this a skill I can learn? Does this just come with more understanding? Would love some input on this.

I recently tried something new out, and I wanted to see if people thought it was a good move or not. I realized that there was a bit of a disconnect between my timed section accuracy and drilling accuracy, with my timed section being lower. I obviously hypothesized that I was going too fast on my timed sections, but then I realized that there was another important discrepancy between how I approach timed sections and drilling. I needed to be much more confident in my answers in drilling than for my answers in timed sections to move on. In drilling, I would look over answers and the passage multiple times (especially in RC) and take as much time as I needed to truly believe I got it right. I have much less tolerance for timed sections, because, of course, it's under timed conditions. I think this made my intuition all out of whack about when it's okay to move on to the next question.

So, recently, instead of acting like I have all the time in the world to answer a question, I essentially drill like it's under timed conditions, equalizing my standard of confidence in an answer choice between drilling and timed sections. This does mean that I get more drilling questions wrong because I am a bit quicker than I used to be, but at the same time, I can flag mistakes that I would've eventually made in timed sections more. And I promise I take review very, very seriously. And I have seen improvement. In the last week, I have gotten 2 sections with 100% accuracy, 1 section with 96% accuracy, and 1 section with 90% accuracy. So, what do we think - pearl or turd?

First, I want to say that the ask button is one of the greatest features on LSAT Demon, and I am incredibly grateful to have access to it throughout my LSAT journey. However, I have a few frustrations about it. I think that perhaps the heroes prioritize speed over utility (which is ironic given what the Demon advises), because there have been quite a handful of times when my specific question isn't addressed and they just give me a generic answer on why the answer is right, or I can tell that the response was generated by AI. Especially when you are going back and forth, and another hero jumps into the conversation - it is clear that they have not read the previous correspondence and just try to provide generic input.

Again, there are some very, very, very great ask button heroes who clearly enjoy or value what they do with the Demon, and I am so grateful for them. But I have learned, in asking over 150 questions on the ask button, that getting a 170+ does not automatically make you a good teacher whatsoever. I am persistent, so I do eventually get the response that I need, but when you are already grappling with a difficult question, it really doesn't help when the ask button hero is not being as meticulous and thorough as the Demon teaches us to be.

I totally understand Ben and Nathan's philosophy about "dominating the test". But I feel like there has to be a certain level of confidence to get to the level to trust your instincts to dominate the test. Later in the episode, Nathan talks about how the person writing in must be misreading a lot of the passages/questions/answer choices, but if you struggle with that - how are you supposed to "disrespect the test"? If that is a weakness, you need to slow way down, understand what each answer choice is saying before removing it as an answer choice. Predicting the answers is something I think that is helpful (even that I feel like is difficult for a beginner though), but I just feel like only people who truly understand the test can "dominate the test" in that way. For example, I have 96% accuracy on drilling - and it is only getting higher the more I study. However, when I try to "dominate the test", assume the answers are wrong before it proves to me that it is right, my accuracy falters. All I am saying is while I think this philosophy is valid in theory, I think it takes a pretty high level student to put it into action.

I understand that the Demon believes that 1 good quality hour a day is enough to study for the LSAT. However, I would like to understand the deterrence from studying 3+ hours a day more. I understand that quality of study is more important than quantity, but does the Demon philosophy assume that quality of study automatically decreases with quantity? I have been feeling like my progress is slower than I would like, and I want to maintain all my good Demon habits, but if I study longer, am I at risk for a decrease in quality?