My plan is to take every single PT(1-75) under timed conditions, BR every single questions on every single PT, designating notebooks to BR, meaning write out an explanation for every correct, and incorrect answer. With this, however, I will not be doing timed sections, rather my timed sections will be PT's. After every 5 PT's I was planning to create my own PT with the questions I got wrong from all 5 PT's, as well as games I did not score a -0 on. Do you guys think this is a good idea for studying, and perfecting my abilities to dominate this test? I know this sounds like a bit much, and the burn out is prob real, but I feel like to truly get a 180 you need to transfer all of your energy into this test, and this is what I am planning to do. I should mention my LSAT administration is in December.
The second thing I wanted to ask about is the SuperPrep by LSAC. Is it worth purchasing?
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@terencetheus896.janson35 - One PT per week. That admittedly won't work for everyone but I've found that it works best for me. I reprint the test and I retake the entire test untimed. If I am even a little shaky on a question, I watch the video and seek out explanations (Manhattan, 7Sage, LSAC Superprep). I also review the question type. I watch the corresponding videos, read chapters in the Trainer, etc. I print out copies of any questions that I miss and reattempt them once a day for the next few days, similar to the fool proof LG method.
Only you can decide if this study plan is the best fit for you but I'd urge you to consider quality and not just quantity. There is something to be said for repetition, especially as means of allowing for consistent performance, but the danger of reinforcing incorrect habits and concepts also exists. The LSAT is very taxing as you've discovered and taking a test every day (or even pretty much every day) for the next 60 days sounds like a recipe for fatigue even without a single additional obligation. Taking test after test under less than ideal situations (e.g. mental fatigue) can lead to the development of stop gap strategies and that's not what you want.
I understand the urge to want to do as much as possible. It feels good to be doing *something* and for a little while, my study schedule looked like the one you're considering. During that time, my PT scores plateaued. When I focused instead on one (possibly two) PTs per week with *thorough* review of not only the test but every single concept that I struggled with during the exam, my scores increased dramatically. This process sometimes takes days but it needs to be done. In total, I've improved 20 points over my diagnostic and am now averaging mid-170s. I didn't do that by trying to hammer out a PT every day of the week.
Your decision but you need to weigh both sides of the equation. Good luck to you either way.
Dangggggg...Congrats man!!
@gs556950 you took the LSAT and scored a 173 correct?
Congratulations!
lmaooo @terencetheus896.janson35 epiiiccc.
One final tip: DO NOT WASTE PTs before getting the 7Sage curriculum down pat! If you're scoring below 160 I would say that you're better off working through 7sage material than wasting PTs. I spent a month making sure I had a thorough understanding and mastery of LSAT fundamentals.
I would try to focus more on PT 36+ instead of starting from 1. But depending on how much time you have go for it. Also, instead of writing your reasoning for each answer choice during BR I would recommend typing them out lol at first it may be a bit too much to write.
@terencetheus896.janson35 I was thinking the same thing about articulating every single one, and how daunting the task would be, but I was reading a psychology book titled "Managing Your Mind," and it is really emphasizing repetition, and practice, for exams and it made me feel writing, even the obvious ones, over and over would make the answers second nature to me helping me see patterns in the correct answer choices in later tests. As for the SuperPrep, have you had any experience with them?
Sounds like a solid plan. You'll probably find that you won't need to write explanations for every question after a little while, and that continuing to do so can really make BR feel like a chore. Don't get me wrong, articulating why an answer choice is right/wrong is key, but you may eventually find that actually writing them down over and over will get old fast. As long as your game, though, it shouldn't be a negative decision.
Also, good idea about putting together sections of missed questions. It might be most beneficial to re-visit them once a good amount of time as elapsed so that you aren't just remembering every question--at least a couple weeks, but I would shoot for more.
Finally, I like the idea of the SuperPrep because you can see how the creators of the test justify right and wrong answers, which you may find beneficial too.
WOW.
Yea I know the odds lol, but hey what do I have to lose?
I looked it up the other day. There are about 170,000 LSAT scores reported each year on average and about 50 or so 180s. You may need something other than hardwork, but it will never happen if you don't start there. Go for it!!
I scored one 180 and a few 179s during my PTs.
I know one person, but there are several on tls.
@974 LMFAOOOOO. Dam now I have to go overdrive, don't want disappoint my 7sagers.
Does anybody personally know anybody who scored a 180? Highest I personally know is 174.
Depends how badly you miss...
It wouldn't be a long and hard fall down...You'll just be meandering in empty space for all eternity. :)
Well you know what they say! Shoot for the moon; if you miss it'll be a long and hard fall down. Or something like that...
Good luck!
@insidesurgery489 no hype bud just a positive mindset, read a lot of psychology, and some autobiographies of successful individuals, the emphasis on mindset, and belief in one's ability is tremendous. I went to my local state university, but I was not an academic in my earlier life, I was a partier.
Quality over quantity.
@igbodoe249 where did you go to undergrad?
Good luck man (or woman). Just make sure you update us at the end of November with your last 5 PT average so we can see if you lived up to your own hype. You'll understand soon enough
Then go for it man!