Self-study
Hi! I took the LSAT in April and am taking it again in August. As I've been studying again, I'm wondering if I should be studying with larger time blocks (more drills), but spend less time on my WAJ and analysing my thought process or with shorter time blocks where I can really focus on my patterns and what I am getting wrong.
I am trying to make a jump from the mid 160s to the 170s. I'm not sure how to approach this goal as efficiently as I can and improve my score as much as I can in the next two months.
I'm greatful for any advice! Thank you!
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Good question! I agree with @LowriThomas that in most cases, shorter time blocks will be a better approach! As you aim to jump from the mid 160s to the 170s, you'll benefit a lot from blind review and the wrong answer journal, because your mistakes are going to be limited to a smaller set of questions that you can really learn from.
I would always prioritize quality over quantity, and especially at this score level gaining insight into your thought process and potentially unhelpful patterns could be what's necessary to improve by a few points. However, if you're already clear on what your weaknesses are, you can focus on more targeted drills. I would only focus on doing more drills if you feel like one of your challenges is stamina, so you do noticeably worse on multiple questions in a row later in a section or do generally worse on later sections. Here, the goal is reducing fatigue and test-taking strategy.
So shorter time blocks will likely be more conducive to your goal, but there's also no reason not to mix and match your time blocks if you think that improving stamina would make a difference to your score.
@LowriThomas I just took the LSAT in June and plan to take again in August and feel like stamina is my #1 issue. How would you recommend I study for that, should I do longer studying blocks?