Self-study
hi y'all ◡̈ was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to close the gap on blind review or just reviewing overall without using a wrong answer journal (i don't feel like im actually retaining when i use it because i don't really go back to reference it). thanks in advance for the tips <333
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Unless you're hitting 180 on both you shouldn't be closing the gap. Say you're scoring 150 now and BR is 160. By the time your score timed is 160, your BR will have gone to 170 or something. You should always do better with infinite time, it isn't the symptom of a problem. Just gotta get better overall. Find out why you're getting questions wrong, then try your best not to make those mistakes again. Keep practicing, timed and untimed, and let the patterns sink in. Keep engaging critically with the passages/questions/answers.
@Karl! thank you!
Personally, I did not use a journal, nor do I recommend one with students unless they have specific thoughts on the question or have difficulty recalling their thought process when we review. However, spending the effort to break down every nook and cranny of an answer to understand why it's wrong BEFORE looking at 7Sage's explanation can certainly familiarize you with the intricacies of reasoning, such that the pattern is more likely to embed itself in your long-term memory. So, once you've seen the right answer, hide the explanations. Try to relate it to other similar traps from other questions. There are rare 1-offs, but these are exceedingly uncommon. The more you make the effort to relate a trap or stimulus-reasoning pattern to others, the more likely you are to recall the options the LSAT might explore in the answers.
@BenjaminSegal thank you sm◡̈
I'm having a bit of the same issue, currently PTing in high 160s with BR in the mid 170s. I think to some extent its almost impossible to fully reach your BR score. It also depends on the type of mistakes you are making, but one thing that I have learned is that if a question feels "weird" it is quite possible that you misread it (this accounts for at least 60% of the mistakes I make on PTs). I would say read questions carefully and if you have extra time go back to questions you flagged or were confused about. Good luck everyone!!!
No tips of my own but just wanted to say I'm in the same situation. Feeling like the wrong answer journal just isn't the most effective tool for my brain 💔