question to all 170+ers Forum

[itachiuchiha]

estimate the TOTAL # of hours you put into studying for the LSAT including retakes

[noobishned]

If I had to estimate, I would put it at around 350 hours.

[albanach]

If I had to estimate, I would put it at around 350 hours.

Probably about this. Maybe a little more.

[bernaldiaz]

If I had to estimate, I would put it at around 350 hours.

Yeah that seems about right. Probably between 300-500.

[FlowBro]

I took it a total of 3 times.

Summer 2011-Testmasters Course + studying at home (150hrs)
Summer 2012- Self Study 25hr/wk for 8 weeks (200hr)
Winter 2012-Restudy for December administration (25hrs)

I would roughly guess 375 hours...HOWEVER, this DOES NOT include lurking time on TLS!

[Micdiddy]

I would roughly guess 375 hours...HOWEVER, this DOES NOT include lurking time on TLS!

If we included TLS as prep, it would 1,000,000 hours.
But yeah the 300 range seems about right.
TLS was awesome motivation, but does not count as prep.

[eyfl]

Around 150

[LSAT Hacks (Graeme)]

80-120?

I'm a bit of an outlier though. I didn't know about TLS, Powerscore, any of that when I started. This was 2007. I've always been pretty good with tests.

I got a lot better at the LSAT once I took a job with testmasters. The total amount of time it took for me to become really confident, and consistently 175+ would have been about 500 hours.

[jselson]

Around 150

+1

[uvabro]

around 500. multitasked though.

[cynthiad]

about 60?

[CristopherG]

I started at 162 in October. My tests have been concentrated in the 172-174 region over the last 10ish tests I took. I've scored a single 180. I'd estimate I've put in between 50-60 hours so far, exclusively spent doing practice tests or sections.

Granted, that's not an official score yet. I'm hoping for a 175+ on test day.

[03152016]

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[racrfish]

60-80? I studied casually for two months, and took practice tests for one month.

[IAFG]

I took it a total of 3 times.

Summer 2011-Testmasters Course + studying at home (150hrs)
Summer 2012- Self Study 25hr/wk for 8 weeks (200hr)
Winter 2012-Restudy for December administration (25hrs)

I would roughly guess 375 hours...HOWEVER, this DOES NOT include lurking time on TLS!

pretty much exactly this.

[06162014123]

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[mephistopheles]

~45/50 ish?

[vzapana]

100 to 125?

[elterrible78]

I started at a 166, and I would say I spent probably a total of 250-300 hours. I would say that after roughly 100-150 hours, I was consistently scoring 174+, but I just continued prepping to decrease the chances that, on test day, my score would drop significantly.

[bluepenguin]

About 30 the year of the test (2009). Another 30 or so a year before.

Apparently I'm gonna need another 250 if I do the June test.

[guinness1547]

Around 150

+1

[dingbat]

I'm gonna ballpark that I'm under 100, but not far under (my first PT was in the high 160s)

[RhymesLikeDimes]

Planning on 20hrs/wk. + 2 PTs a week from 1/1 to 6/9. So probably going to be ~400.

[mindarmed]

it's really dependent, some people naturally grasp the material. for example, i spent almost no time doing LG because the problems are elementary version of things i've done in engineering. consequently, i had to study RC a shitton because i have the shortest attention span ever. LR is really just making sure you see the finite amount of ways problems will present themselves, then identifying those problems. i'd say between PTs, and LR drilling i probably spent about 200-300 hours.

[epiphinous7]

went from 160 to averaging PTs 174-176 (tests in Feb)
300+ hours PTing
3 prep books