I'm about to begin my junior year of college. I'm on the accelerated Masters program - so in June 2012, I will graduate with both a B.A. in English and a M.S. in Communication. Because I always have a full course load of classes and a a lot of time-consuming homework (papers, long reading assignments, etc.) it's hard for me to always be consistent with my LSAT Prep. I just started studying and was unpleasantly surprised to see that on my first practice test, I had trouble with both timing and accuracy.
I'm planning to take the LSAT next June; I have about eleven months to prepare.
My plan:
-One hour of prep every week day, practice-exams on weekends
-15-20 minutes reading newspaper/news magazine articles each day
-I have purchased a book on propositional logic that I plan on scrutinizing
-I'm going to comb these boards regularly to pick up tips and ideas from other people who are studying
Do other people on this forum have any tips or advice for me? For those of you who have already taken the LSAT and have received your scores, do you have any regrets? What would you have done differently if you could begin your LSAT prep all over again?
Thank you!
I have one year to prepare. I'm open to all advice. Forum
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Re: I have one year to prepare. I'm open to all advice.
what he said ^
Also, since you have enough time I would look into learning maybe two or three diff strategies (companies). It helps to see other approaches and will make games that arent easy to classify more doable. Atlas is a good company with great Games techniques and a pretty solid RC book.
Another thing, it might seem trivial but getting your brain healthy again (after yrs of living on ramen for me) really helps. Eat healthy, work out, make sure your sleep routine allows you to be up and alert really early.
Classify all the questions youre using for practice, that way you can drill them in question types to eliminate weaknesses. Make copies.
Save enough tests to do as actual PT's closer to your actual exam, dont use too many questions too early or youll run out. REVIEW everything you do, whether you got it right or wrong and review heavily.
Take enough breaks from LSAT prep so you dont burnout...if youre doing this for almost a year it'll get killer boring without mental vacays.
You have enough time, so do ALL the PTs, either as practice sets, timed sections or actual PT's. Some are hard to find but if you look, or buy the Grouped by Type books should be ok.
Thats all I can think of now. If you browse this forum enough you'll pick up a lot of useful tips, and PithyPikes study guide is solid, definitely incorporate his setup into your study schedule.
Goodluck
Also, since you have enough time I would look into learning maybe two or three diff strategies (companies). It helps to see other approaches and will make games that arent easy to classify more doable. Atlas is a good company with great Games techniques and a pretty solid RC book.
Another thing, it might seem trivial but getting your brain healthy again (after yrs of living on ramen for me) really helps. Eat healthy, work out, make sure your sleep routine allows you to be up and alert really early.
Classify all the questions youre using for practice, that way you can drill them in question types to eliminate weaknesses. Make copies.
Save enough tests to do as actual PT's closer to your actual exam, dont use too many questions too early or youll run out. REVIEW everything you do, whether you got it right or wrong and review heavily.
Take enough breaks from LSAT prep so you dont burnout...if youre doing this for almost a year it'll get killer boring without mental vacays.
You have enough time, so do ALL the PTs, either as practice sets, timed sections or actual PT's. Some are hard to find but if you look, or buy the Grouped by Type books should be ok.
Thats all I can think of now. If you browse this forum enough you'll pick up a lot of useful tips, and PithyPikes study guide is solid, definitely incorporate his setup into your study schedule.
Goodluck
