Self-study
I have been studying for several months and am stuck in the 150-153 range when taking PT's. Does anyone have recommendations for study strategies? I am specifically struggling with Conditional Reasoning, Link Assumption, and Flaw/Descriptive Weakening areas. However, my current strategy does not seem to be helping enough.
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Hi fellow 7sager! I'm sorry to hear your woes. That was me for YEARS, so I definitely remember that feeling. Would be curious to hear your current strategy? It's great to hear you've already IDed some focus areas. Gains for me showed up when I drilled with intention. Squeeze reviewing questions & ACs , using questions until you feel confident you could teach them/the logic. Funny enough these are the Qs I struggle with most. LSAT is patterns, so if you've really understood something, you'll know next time it shows up. My guess is you might be shallow dipping with Q review. Also consistency! When I say years, during that time I was not studying with full-brain mode on or regularly. Now I am and it;s showing..hoping to end my LSAT journey this year! Wishing you the best - you got this!
@BlissfulGroundbreakingAverage Hello! Thank you for the info I really appreciate it! My current strategy is taking a full-timed PT once a week, doing a Wrong Answer Journal/Review, and drilling on the areas that are my weakest based on 7Sage analytics. I would say that I put 10-15 hours a week into studying. Any thoughts?
@mwood42 this is great, but yes! definitely make sure you focus on drilling. I might recomend instead of a PT 1ce every week, doing one every other week in order to save clean questions. again, really spend time on drilling and revieiwng those questions thoroughly. For me, once I've built confidnece with question types then I use my PT days to focus on the timing mindset and endurance of the LSAT. Good luck!
are you studying every day and for how long
@DominickChaves I would estimate that I study for 10-15 hours a week. There are some days where I have more time to study than others due to my college classes. Specifically, I study a lot Friday-Sunday and sprinkle in studying throughout the other days.
@mwood42 what do you do when you study? Do you focus on question types, drills (how many questions), how long is review. If you’re really still stuck your review game may need some work
I'm in the 140s so at least your at a higher score, wishing you the best.
@irizene94 Thank you for the support! I am wishing you the best too, you got this!
@irizene94 I’m in the 140s too. What are you doing to improve because at this point, the only thing I’m bringing to the table is my faith because the wisdom and intelligence has yet to show up.
@GSUDREAM thats a good start faith and wisdom are needed. As you mustn't give up. Honestly I would say you need undistracted, CONSISTENT studying. That's key I also used Gemini AI to express my faults when doing the test and it created some problems for me to practice. Taking practice test once a week is good. I honestly hated studying for the test because it was so time consuming and boring. Try Gemini AI and express areas your struggling with, see if it can make some suggestions for you it honestly helped me. I went from 142 to 147.
@irizene94 thank you so much. I’m going to try Gemini for sure.