I have been studying for 1 month now after a 7-month long break from the LSAT. Last week I scored a 155 and had a hard time getting out of that plateau. Today I scored a 161, my official score on record is 153 last October, and my next official administration is in September. A 157 used to be my dream score, but I am quite positive that I can score higher now
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How did you get to 161!!! I am currently scoring at about 155/156 and really want to get a 161+!
@ZulymarPerez Quality over quantity. Looking for patterns in repeated mistakes. If I fell for traps, I would note which type of trap it was, why I fell for it, and what to look out for next time. This way I could recognize what was a trap and what wasn't. Why the right answer was right, why the others were wrong. I did this for RC (highlighting support for my answers) and for LR.
how lmany PT youv done?
@Lidiia Before my break, I was doing 1 PT a week, and taking multiple sections per day - prioritizing quantity over quality. After my break, I reset all of my analytics and data, so I could get an accurate readings of my strengths and weaknesses this time. Doing one PT a week.
Amazing!!
@allstarsimi Thank you!!
@AvishaiTaylor Congrats on the improvement!! How did you get there? Do you have any tips and tricks for what you did in between your PT from last week and this one? I'm in a very similar situation and taking the August test!
@Isabella! I'm taking the August test and just got into the 160s last week after being in the 150s for a while, although my blind review was reaching the 160s. My advice, just in case it helps (espically in a limited amount of time)
-Really focus on the question type priorities you have. No need to constantly drill ones you have an easier time with. This helps build the foundation of the question types you're struggling with and will limit some of those mistakes on your test
-a big thing for me with seeing if LR or RC was my weakness. I know it would be obvious, but just in case you are in the same spot as me, I want to mention it. I realized that on all my tests, I do significantly worse on RC. If i could be in the same accuracy range for RC as i am for LR i would be so happy, so thats what i am focusing on ( in case yours is RC too: i know its hard because we will more likely get more LR sections but LR foundations stay the same, reading comp needs to be practiced if its your weekness)
-Narrow 1-2 PT a week. Practice teaching yourself the mistakes and drilling.
-The crystal ball was also pretty helpful; it's free to watch if you haven't already
- Lastly, PLEASEEE be kind to yourself the last few weeks; it is so important!! As pressure gets heavier, being your biggest supporter is needed now more than EVER.
@LLAW24 What is crystal ball and where can i find it?
@LLAW24 thank you for that last tip!!! As the august lsat is coming up, that is something I've been struggling with this past week or two.
@Yasmineelk I second this ^
@Isabella! Well, for all the question i got wrong - i would ask why, since most points came from second guessing and failing, it was a confidence problem. Many times i was between two answers and guessed. But by forcing myself to explain why it was wrong and why the right answer was right, I was able to develop a much more complete understanding of the answers I would choose and become more confident. For RC, I also would ALWAYS highlight support for the answers I chose, since the answer come from support within the passage. This way, I would be a lot more confident, and if i got it wrong, I could go back and find exactly why I got it wrong, instead of guessing.
@ZulymarPerez https://pages.barbri.com/PSWBN20260716August26CrystalBallRecording_LP-RecordingTY.html. The founders of power’s core track LSAT trends to help to “predict” the upcoming test (they explain how they do it in the video) but talks about question types we are seeing more, most common logic being used and potential topics of RC. My opinion about it is even if it’s not 100% accurate your still studying and becoming a better tester it will 100% not hurt especially if you still studying the overall test
@Yasmineelk https://pages.barbri.com/PSWBN20260716August26CrystalBallRecording_LP-RecordingTY.html. The founders of power’s core track LSAT trends to help to “predict” the upcoming test (they explain how they do it in the video) but talks about question types we are seeing more, most common logic being used and potential topics of of RC. My opinion about it is even if it’s not 100% accurate your still studying and becoming a better tester it will 100% not hurt especially if you still studying the overall test
@AvishaiTaylor heavy on the second guessing myself!!!
@AvishaiTaylor Amazing, thank you!! Did you find that asking why and reviewing each AC you got wrong has been translating into long-term improvement? I usually go through each question I get wrong or guessed and go through each AC but then a week later in doing new questions and drills I feel like I forget everything I learned the week before! I don't know if you or anyone else on here has struggled with this, but I feel like I've learned a huge number of lessons and strategies in the Core Curriculum and in Drills, but when I'm doing questions under time pressure, I can't consciously recall all of them. How do you consolidate that knowledge without trying to remember hundreds of individual tips?