- Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:33 pm
#92428
Hi!
Thank you so much for this forum and your dedication to helping students! I have a few questions about preparing for the January LSAT.
I took the LSAT in November of 2021 and received a 167. I began studying for the LSAT later than I wanted to unfortunately starting the last week of August beginning at a 151 diagnostic. I studied full time for about three weeks and then began school so studied for a total of about 8-10 hours a week for about 5 weeks. After studying for the month of September, I was consistently hitting 165s. I had thought I could improve to a 170 in the last 5 weeks, and scored one 170 on a PT but generally plateaued at a 165.
As I have a high enough GPA (3.97 from a top university) to be a competitive candidate at a T6 school, I was wondering what the best method of study for the January LSAT is. I believe that since this test is only 2 weeks into my quarter and I have three weeks over winter break to study, it is possible to improve, especially since I am willing to study full-time. Do you recommend utilizing the Power Score one-month study plan?
I also realize that I did not feel completely prepared in November. I felt that I had not done enough practice tests as I had naively only been doing three-section practice tests every two weeks. When taking the LSAT, I definitely felt burnt out and wish I had built up more endurance. I also feel like I cut corners which allowed me to quickly improve, but didn't help in the long run. I rarely reviewed practice tests (dumb!) and do not think I had mastered aspects of the Logic Games and Reading Comprehension sections.
Any advice on how to improve and if achieving a 170+ (ideally a 172/173) is possible or even likely would be helpful! I am willing to work very hard and tediously if necessary.
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this forum and your dedication to helping students! I have a few questions about preparing for the January LSAT.
I took the LSAT in November of 2021 and received a 167. I began studying for the LSAT later than I wanted to unfortunately starting the last week of August beginning at a 151 diagnostic. I studied full time for about three weeks and then began school so studied for a total of about 8-10 hours a week for about 5 weeks. After studying for the month of September, I was consistently hitting 165s. I had thought I could improve to a 170 in the last 5 weeks, and scored one 170 on a PT but generally plateaued at a 165.
As I have a high enough GPA (3.97 from a top university) to be a competitive candidate at a T6 school, I was wondering what the best method of study for the January LSAT is. I believe that since this test is only 2 weeks into my quarter and I have three weeks over winter break to study, it is possible to improve, especially since I am willing to study full-time. Do you recommend utilizing the Power Score one-month study plan?
I also realize that I did not feel completely prepared in November. I felt that I had not done enough practice tests as I had naively only been doing three-section practice tests every two weeks. When taking the LSAT, I definitely felt burnt out and wish I had built up more endurance. I also feel like I cut corners which allowed me to quickly improve, but didn't help in the long run. I rarely reviewed practice tests (dumb!) and do not think I had mastered aspects of the Logic Games and Reading Comprehension sections.
Any advice on how to improve and if achieving a 170+ (ideally a 172/173) is possible or even likely would be helpful! I am willing to work very hard and tediously if necessary.
Thank you!!