Best strategy to get from 160 to 165+ by August?

jbeck1414

Long story short--took the LSAT in Nov. 2019 and had a disastrous experience. I had been studying for about 8 months, and PT-ing in the 165+ area.

Had a 4 hour delay and then was given a faulty tablet. I was allowed to take the Dec. 2019 retake offered, but I was really thrown by the whole experience and I think it really affected by mindset. I got a 160, and my applications were late--I sent them in late Jan. Got a good chunk of acceptances and waitlists but didn't feel like I had realized my potential. Decided to retake/reapply in June, but had a death in the family and didn't get to start studying again until beginning of July.

My achilles heel has been LG, always. I usually hit -4/5 on LR sections and -3 on RC but LG is anywhere from -8/-10. It comes down to timing--I've probably spent dozens and dozens of hours drilling games and I've gotten better but I honestly have terrible spatial visualization skills. Given unlimited time I can get -0 on the games but timing kills me.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed trying to determine the best path to get ready to retake in August. My work hours were recently cut, so I'm able to study 4-5 hours a day and more on the weekends. Taking in Oct isn't an option, so I'd appreciate how best to optimize my studying from now until Aug. 29---particularly re: LG.

Thank you!!!

Logical Breezoning

Do you bounce around the games section to optimize your time? For instance if you’re better at sequencing games do you knock them out first to save the extra time for the other games?

When you find yourself making mistakes, what’s the problem? Misinterpreting the question or rules or just not figuring it out in time? You can get them on untimed review so your grasp of the logical concepts is fine, it’s just a matter of time management.

The whole “sufficient failed, rule irrelevant” and “necessary satisfied, rule irrelevant” concepts do help narrow down what actually matters in the games. Each question normally hinges on the interpretation of only one of the rules, so being able to identify and execute faster saves you time.