Self-study
TLDR- for those who have found success above 165, do you have any tips for how to use a wrong answer journal and how to make it something useful and not just an endless notebook of writing I will never refer back to after working out a problem?
I finished core curriculum a few weeks ago and am starting to get to more consistent practice on PTs and full sections. When I took the LSAT in the fall I had a digital wrong answer journal that I used mostly to track trends (I wasn't using 7Sage at the time). Now that I am using 7Sage and have analytics, I get better data without having to compile all that myself.
The wrong answer journal/recording why and how I got something wrong, is still certainly helpful now as another means of forcing me to walk through my incorrect thought process, but I am still barely going back and looking at answers after doing an initial blind review plus notes.
Does anyone have tips or ideas of how to use a wrong answer journal in an effective way that will help me get better?
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With the caveat that everyone is different, I found that having a digital copy worked much better for me because of how functional it is (copy/paste/search/sort by Q type/sort by mistake).
What I wish I started earlier in my studying that actually helped me is a separate 'revelations' journal to write all my ah-ha moments.
As for the WAJ itself, using techniques like translation as well as analogizing to get to the root of my misunderstanding was super helpful for me.
All the best with your studying!