Can't seem to get better than -6 on each section

[RedBadger2112]

Hello,

I am retaking in December and I can't seem for the life of me to get better than minus 6 on each section. I have even stopped the timer and check my answers as I go through and it keeps happening. Once in a while I can get it down to 3 or 4 but it's rare. Any tips to try and improve a bit in these last couple of weeks?

Thanks,

[nicholaspavic]

Hi RedBadger,

Welcome to the forum! And thanks for your question.

I unfortunately don't know much about you (yet!), or how you are preparing for this test. For us to provide the best advice we can, we need more information from you as to how your studies have progressed. Dave Killoran wrote an excellent article that explains the info we need:

https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/need-l ... s-help-you

If you could post the answers here to the questions in that article, then we will do our best to give you some specific steps to take.

Thanks!

[RedBadger2112]

Hi!

I took the September test and scored a 149. I have been studying on and off for close to nine months and my target score is anything above a 162. I have a hard time sitting still for a super long time and remembering the stimulus'' most of the time because I likely have ADHD and hence why I believe that reading comprehension is my hardest section and LR is my second most difficult. Before my September test I was testing in the 157-162 range and I was still getting about 6 wrong in LR. I plan on taking the December test.

Thanks!

[nicholaspavic]

Hi again badger!

So I am not a medical professional, so I cannot really help you out with your diagnosis of ADHD. But as someone who can sometimes forget stimuli that he just read as well, I want to share with you what I know I need to do when that starts happening. I realize that I have to slow down. And I mean, really stop myself and begin to focus harder on the stimulus. How do I do that? I read the first sentence of the stimulus and I ask myself: "Did I understand what I just read?" If I don't, then I have to obviously reread. But assuming I got it, then I move on to the next sentence. Same question: "Did I understand it?" Now, what's the relationship of the sentence I just read to the previous sentence? If I cannot understand whether it's additional premise or counter-premise or conclusion etc then I know that I am not putting information together and I am trying to read both sentences to contextualize things for myself. I continue to do this until I am done with the stimulus.

This is nothing more than a drill. Something to refocus my mind so that I force myself not to tune out. Give this a shot the next time you feel your mind drifting.

Also, if you have not read it, I highly recommend this post by Dave Killoran that gives you a review strategies for your practice tests. https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/the-be ... tice-tests

He really breaks down the granular review that you need to do for PT's in that article.

Best of luck in your test preparations!