I am writing this in an attempt to help someone studying/taking the LSAT. Scored 154 in November, started lightly studying again in December and took the January LSAT and scored 149. Stopped studying. In April, I decided to take the June LSAT, leaving two months to study. Scored a 161. Some advice:

Beginning Stages

• Don't spend large amounts of money on test preparation courses. I bought a course and made the mistake of extending it. To get the foundations of the LSAT, go to LawHub, review the Lessons, take notes. The issue with test preparation courses is that they can be generic and categorize certain concepts differently than LSAC.

• Taking 3-4 months to build a foundation is a good start.

• Take the Drill Sets and Additional Practice offered in LawHub (some offer explanations).

Practice

• Keep an error log. Originally, this looked like an Excel spreadsheet where I broke down which question types I was getting wrong. I reviewed which were the most common question types I was missing and then put them in a Drill Set in 7sage. Difficulty level was Medium, Harder. I needed to be uncomfortable by being consistently wrong and would reference my notes to expand on areas that needed to improve.

• Error log transitioned from an Excel spreadsheet to a doc. Would screenshot the passage and answer choices and write out why I chose the answer that I chose, what part of the passage was missed, and impressions of the other answer choices. The error log was organized based on question type.

Help

• LSATHacks (free resource that gives additional explanations): https://lsathacks.com/explanations/

If you are having difficulty with the LSAT, that is a good thing, it means you are learning in some capacity. Some approaches to questions will not be automatic, keep an open mind and sometimes resist your natural inclination towards a specific answer type. Practice whenever you can, I cannot emphasize this enough. Good luck on your process.