My first LSAT was at a 157 and I raised it to 170+ the second time around. Most of my change in score came during the ~ 3 months of intensive studying on my own. My method worked for me, it may work for you too.
Take individual sections (esp. LR and RC) and do them untimed. You should be shooting for 100% accuracy - time is no longer a limitation. During your BR when you are choosing a new choice, you must reason out why your initial choice was incorrect, why the other 3 choices are incorrect, and why your new choice is the BEST answer.
After reaching near 100% accuracy in untimed sections, you must now practice reaching 100% accuracy in timed sections. Once again, you will follow a similar BR process as in step one, but due to your previous untimed work you should find you make MANY less mistakes.
There are only so many logic games that they can throw at you. Become familiar with them and you'll be able to take on any variation they throw at you. On my LSAT, I got all but 2 of them incorrect. The 2 incorrect were the last 2 of the section I was unable to complete. Don't be me, get them ALL correct.
Take full lengths (including the 5th ungraded sections) every 2 weeks. The final week leading up to the exam, take full lengths everyday except for the day before.
Your early untimed practice sections should begin with the earliest exams available. Your full lengths should be the latest exams available. The LSAT, like the SAT, like the MCAT, like the GRE are simply games that you teach your brain to understand and get good at. You don't need to be a genius, you simply need to put in the time and energy. High test scores on these exams are highly correlated with the amount of time spent going through the material. You can do this.
Good luck!
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Hi there,
My first LSAT was at a 157 and I raised it to 170+ the second time around. Most of my change in score came during the ~ 3 months of intensive studying on my own. My method worked for me, it may work for you too.
Take individual sections (esp. LR and RC) and do them untimed. You should be shooting for 100% accuracy - time is no longer a limitation. During your BR when you are choosing a new choice, you must reason out why your initial choice was incorrect, why the other 3 choices are incorrect, and why your new choice is the BEST answer.
After reaching near 100% accuracy in untimed sections, you must now practice reaching 100% accuracy in timed sections. Once again, you will follow a similar BR process as in step one, but due to your previous untimed work you should find you make MANY less mistakes.
There are only so many logic games that they can throw at you. Become familiar with them and you'll be able to take on any variation they throw at you. On my LSAT, I got all but 2 of them incorrect. The 2 incorrect were the last 2 of the section I was unable to complete. Don't be me, get them ALL correct.
Take full lengths (including the 5th ungraded sections) every 2 weeks. The final week leading up to the exam, take full lengths everyday except for the day before.
Your early untimed practice sections should begin with the earliest exams available. Your full lengths should be the latest exams available. The LSAT, like the SAT, like the MCAT, like the GRE are simply games that you teach your brain to understand and get good at. You don't need to be a genius, you simply need to put in the time and energy. High test scores on these exams are highly correlated with the amount of time spent going through the material. You can do this.
Good luck!