Schedule for the Oct LSAT

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• c.janson35 Free Trial Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  July 2015 2398 karma

  Looks good to me! I would do as many PT as possible, combined with really solid BRs, until the test date. If you've been through the curriculum and the trainer already, it's time to get down to business and just PT. Once you build up some solid analytics you can review the types of questions that give you most difficulty, but really the bulk of your time should be taking tests and blind reviewing them. As far as the order goes, personally I'm not going to leave the most recent two tests for last. I may take 74 and 75 sometime in the middle of September so that I can iron out any last issues in the couple of weeks before the test. Psychologically, I don't want to be let down right before the test with a lower score on the most recent test (if that happens), so I'm giving myself a little bit of a cushion.
  
  Hope this helps! Good luck!
• Quick Silver Alum Inactive Sage

  July 2015 1049 karma

  Looks good - are any of them retakes?
  
  Most important - I want to stress quality over quantity. Yes, top scorers often take lots of PTs, but Proper Review is so important. I'd rather a student properly review and get the most out of PTs - even if it means doing less PTs overall.
• mes08 Alum Member

  July 2015 578 karma

  Hey, thanks for your quick replies
  @"Quick Silver" Yes, I took a couple of the PTs in the 60s about a year ago, pretty early on in my studying.
  
  @c.janson35 I'm leaving about a week and a half at the end to solidify/do basic review. I won't be leaving the last PTs til the *very* end, but I was planning on doing them sometime in early/mid September (rather than now-ish or in August). I was just wondering if anyone had a different approach/a compelling reason to do them earlier than that.
  
  I guess the main takeaway from this is that I should really make sure I do careful review regardless of the number of PTs I end up doing?
• mpits001 Alum Member

  July 2015 938 karma

  @mes80 yes careful review is a very important part of the learning process. B.R. as much as you can!
• poohbear Alum Member

  July 2015 496 karma

  We seem to be on a really similar schedule! I've also been studying for about a year and I was planning to do the same thing up until the exam. Best of luck!!
• mes08 Alum Member

  July 2015 578 karma

  @poohbear Thanks, you too!
• JayLau18 Free Trial Member

  July 2015 29 karma

  @mes08 Man!! can I have an ounce of your motivation please ? Good Job!
• mes08 Alum Member

  August 2015 578 karma

  Haha @JayLau18 thanks but to be honest, I have zero motivation. I'm pretty burnt out. It's just a lot of self-discipline, since I know this is my last shot and I desperately need the scholarship money/want to make it to my dream school. Also, I have this notebook where I write down how much I study and at what times every single day. It helps keep me accountable and helps with time management.
• Matt1234567 Inactive ⭐

  August 2015 1294 karma

  @mes08 said:
  since I know this is my last shot and I desperately need the scholarship money/want to make it to my dream schoo
  

  Don't put too much pressure on yourself, though! That can lead to tremendous stress as the test date nears.