Should i guess on the lsat

Most-Significant Findings 1. However, the variation in likelihood of each letter being the correct answer has grown less extreme over time.

Looking only at the answer keys for the last 10 years, D is only 1. That's still a significant-enough difference to be worth knowing, though. Take-away: When guessing randomly between a few choices, if you haven't eliminated D, choose D. Don't choose E when you're down to a few choices and can't decide between them. If you have to randomly fill in bubbles, choose D. In the last 5 answer choices of a given section, D is more likely than others to be the correct answer.

A is the least likely. Take-away: When guessing randomly on any of the last 5 questions in a section, if you haven't eliminated D, choose it.

Whatever you do, don't choose A if guessing randomly. If you run out of time and have to randomly fill in bubbles, choose D. The probabilities vary depending upon the section type, so feel free to look at the data below if interested in the nitty-gritty. Best Constitutional Law Supplements September 30, Best Property Law Supplements September 16, Best Criminal Law Supplements September 15, Best Contracts Law Supplements June 26, Best Torts Supplements October 2, Statistically, the most common credited response is answer D.

On the last 5 Reading Comprehension questions, you should guess D. On the last 5 Logic Games questions, you should guess A. Related Posts. For the graphs below, I focused on PrepTest 60 and up because I wanted to capture any recent trends. The outcome, however, remains the same across all 83 PrepTests.

Here's how each strategy performs when a student guesses on the last 3 questions:. You'll see later on that D and E are more common answer choices towards the end of most LR sections see the arrows on the last graph in this blog post. I hypothesize that those questions are typically harder, and they often tempt students with wrong answers that appear before the correct answer.

Here's how each strategy performs when a student guesses on the last 6 questions:. These results make pretty good sense Always choosing A still looks like a bad idea, probably for the same reasons mentioned in the previous situation. Always choosing E results in a better outcome than always choosing D, mostly because E is a pretty common answer choice for questions see last graph and for some reason D is very uncommon on questions 21 and So always choosing D or always choosing E seem to be pretty effective strategies when guessing on the last 3 or 6 questions, but it might be difficult to decide between them.

Choosing the Least Selected answer choice is significantly better than always choosing D here, and significantly better than always choosing E in the previous situation. So, in the interest of having a consistent strategy, it seems like the clear winner. In the end, guessing is not only okay on the LSAT, but it is an important part of your test-taking strategy.

There will be some very difficult and time-consuming questions on the test, and it might be unreasonable to attempt all of them. So, do your best to eliminate unlikely answers, and choose the one your gut leads you to. Or, be prepared for shortages of time with a pre-decided guess! She scored in the 96th percentile on the LSAT and loves finding better ways to understand logic and solid arguments.