Blind Review and make sure you are really doing a thorough blind review. When I started studying I took a test every week and spent 2-3 days going over that test in a blind review. I took the tests after 60, and used the ones up to that to drill.

Drill specific question types in LR and make sure you understand why you are missing them and how the question type works.

Drill logic games. Do a game, time yourself, watch the 7 sage video, do the game again if you missed any, watch the 7 sage video, try to beat the time, if you missed any watch the video and run the game again. This may take an hour per game at first. I practiced every game before taking my final LSAT and scored perfectly on games.

Like others said, you will definitely have ups and downs. Don't get bummed out when you slip back a little. Analyze your results on 7sage and find out why (after you blind review.) You should be getting the easy and medium difficulty questions correct and missing mostly hard ones. You may see that you're doing better in some areas and missed things that you weren't prepared for yet.

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Blind Review and make sure you are really doing a thorough blind review. When I started studying I took a test every week and spent 2-3 days going over that test in a blind review. I took the tests after 60, and used the ones up to that to drill.

Drill specific question types in LR and make sure you understand why you are missing them and how the question type works.

Drill logic games. Do a game, time yourself, watch the 7 sage video, do the game again if you missed any, watch the 7 sage video, try to beat the time, if you missed any watch the video and run the game again. This may take an hour per game at first. I practiced every game before taking my final LSAT and scored perfectly on games.

Like others said, you will definitely have ups and downs. Don't get bummed out when you slip back a little. Analyze your results on 7sage and find out why (after you blind review.) You should be getting the easy and medium difficulty questions correct and missing mostly hard ones. You may see that you're doing better in some areas and missed things that you weren't prepared for yet.

Thank you. any other specific tips for doing BR? also I can't figure out how to put those answers and the original timed answers (both sets) into 7Sage, so that it gives me two scores.

Sorry for the late reply. I haven't done it in a couple of years, but you put your answers in first. Then you go back and can select answers again in blue for your blind review score. I think you used to hover over it longer. I'm sure 7sage has directions on how to do it.

For BR, just challenge yourself to come up with the answer. It is ok to change it from what you originally thought. Spend as much time as you need. You're mainly concerned with BR on the LR sections. The reading isn't that improvable, and the logic games you'll be practicing differently. Still run the games, but keep running those after watching the videos and timing yourself.

Also, time your practice tests. Use the app or whatever proctor you find. Do it in different environments to get a feel of distractions on test day. Be strict with the time, don't go over bc you won't be able to on test day.

I'm a rising 2L. I don't think you need to prep much. I read a couple of books which helped (Getting to Maybe and Law School Confidential) but they were more about the process of school and exams. I did pick up how to do a book brief instead of a full on case brief from Law School Confidential.

Law School will teach you how to think differently and how to make a legal argument. You will learn about the different topics from your professor's point of view and from the textbook. They will open you up into new ways of thinking about the issues. There isn't much you can do to prep for a professor's style of teaching.

I think everyone says to take it easy because the work load the first few weeks of Law School is immense. Learning how to read cases and be ready for class cold calls will take endless amounts of time at first. Once you get a couple of months into the semester you will be much better at it. At that point you'll start outlining in the extra reading time you're saving, and once you get that under control you'll be onto your writing assignment. By the end of the semester and year you'll realize how easy the first few weeks actually were!

My school offered a Law Prep week in the summer where they taught a class to get you ready for the preparation. I wasn't able to attend but I don't think I missed anything. I think you need to be in the classes to know how to make a proper legal argument and make sense of what you read. Reading general information about the classes will prepare you with knowledge of the topic (which could shave off a little time when you're reading for class,) but I don't think it's necessary. The professors will break it down for you as you go. It is good for meeting students before school starts though.

I wouldn't have done anything differently. Be prepared to hit the ground running. Do all the reading before class and be prepared to talk about it. Don't get behind. Outline after you finish bigger topics. Realize there is always a bigger picture than the daily topics. Usually you will cover a few bigger units per class. Keep that in mind when you're reading the smaller topics, it will make it easier to understand the class at the end of the semester.

Many people worked well in study groups (3-4 people). You can bounce around concepts from readings and discuss hypotheticals which will help with exam issue spotting. I recommend setting yourself up with a group the first few weeks of class and discussing the readings with them.

Enjoy 1L!