Test Prep Starting February 1 for June LSAT Forum

[AmIElleWoodsYet]

Hey everybody!

I've been lurking on TLS for quite sometime and decided to finally make an account and this is my first post, Yippee! So, I'm a junior and looking towards graduation and unfortunately I'll probably be ending with a 3.6 GPA so I absolutely have to score top percentile for LSAT because T14 is where it's at. About a year and a half ago I decided to take a preptest to see where I was at (don't judge- been obsessed with law school forever) and I scored decently, 160 but the goal is 175+. For the past month or so I've been attempting 5-6 LG daily while I'm at work since that was my weakest section. But I just ordered the powerscore bible for LG and the LSAT trainer so I'm going to kick off hard prep starting Feb.1. I plan on taking a practice test this weekend to get a more realistic picture of where I am at but I just wanted to say hey to everybody. If anybody has tips, advice, suggestions, etc. for developing a prep plan or anything relating to admissions process I am all ears!

[R. Jeeves]

Hey everybody!

I've been lurking on TLS for quite sometime and decided to finally make an account and this is my first post, Yippee! So, I'm a junior and looking towards graduation and unfortunately I'll probably be ending with a 3.6 GPA so I absolutely have to score top percentile for LSAT because T14 is where it's at. About a year and a half ago I decided to take a preptest to see where I was at (don't judge- been obsessed with law school forever) and I scored decently, 160 but the goal is 175+. For the past month or so I've been attempting 5-6 LG daily while I'm at work since that was my weakest section. But I just ordered the powerscore bible for LG and the LSAT trainer so I'm going to kick off hard prep starting Feb.1. I plan on taking a practice test this weekend to get a more realistic picture of where I am at but I just wanted to say hey to everybody. If anybody has tips, advice, suggestions, etc. for developing a prep plan or anything relating to admissions process I am all ears!

if that 160 was on a timed test and you had never seen an LSAT before that's pretty good.

Youre burning through those LGs pretty fast. How much improvement are you seeing? I would be wary of the fact that you could run out of LGs to do. Maybe slow down on those until you've reviewed the strategies in powerscore...unless you are improving considerably just by doing what youre doing now.

Also, post in this thread:
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 6&t=255667

[AmIElleWoodsYet]

Yeah, it was on a timed test! And before that I had looked at questions but never attempted to study or anything. With LG I've seen slight improvement just from familiarity I think. The first couple I was only getting about 2 right but now I usually miss 2-3. But some games I am totally lost on. I haven't learned any strategies yet so that's what I'm hoping the prep books will help with because a lot of the questions I miss I just don't understand where to even start.

[CPAlawHopefu]

Yeah, it was on a timed test! And before that I had looked at questions but never attempted to study or anything. With LG I've seen slight improvement just from familiarity I think. The first couple I was only getting about 2 right but now I usually miss 2-3. But some games I am totally lost on. I haven't learned any strategies yet so that's what I'm hoping the prep books will help with because a lot of the questions I miss I just don't understand where to even start.

I'd say Manhattan LG is a good foundation builder.

[AmIElleWoodsYet]

Yeah, it was on a timed test! And before that I had looked at questions but never attempted to study or anything. With LG I've seen slight improvement just from familiarity I think. The first couple I was only getting about 2 right but now I usually miss 2-3. But some games I am totally lost on. I haven't learned any strategies yet so that's what I'm hoping the prep books will help with because a lot of the questions I miss I just don't understand where to even start.

I'd say Manhattan LG is a good foundation builder.

Okay, I'll check them out! Thanks

[carasrook]

I'm a little older (graduated from undergrad already) but in the same boat!! I've been self-studying with all 3 Powerscore bibles and so far I really like them. I'd definitely recommend.

[lymenheimer]

Okay, I'll check them out! Thanks

Before you try LG books and strategies, I'd encourage you to go to a few of the ones that you don't know (that you ran into during a PT or just practice), and sit with it until you figure it out. Don't time yourself, but force yourself to method out the answer. Make your own diagram for it. What I often see is people who become so reliant on the methods in the books/strategies in videos that they become dependent, and any variation causes concern. If you teach your brain how to read the problem without knowing how to diagram it, it will allow you to be able to do the same when you run into a rare game on test day. Feel free to use the videos/books/outside strategies. But definitely try at least one or two more difficult games without them, first, so that you are not falling victim to potential struggles later.

[AmIElleWoodsYet]

Okay, I'll check them out! Thanks

Before you try LG books and strategies, I'd encourage you to go to a few of the ones that you don't know (that you ran into during a PT or just practice), and sit with it until you figure it out. Don't time yourself, but force yourself to method out the answer. Make your own diagram for it. What I often see is people who become so reliant on the methods in the books/strategies in videos that they become dependent, and any variation causes concern. If you teach your brain how to read the problem without knowing how to diagram it, it will allow you to be able to do the same when you run into a rare game on test day. Feel free to use the videos/books/outside strategies. But definitely try at least one or two more difficult games without them, first, so that you are not falling victim to potential struggles later.

That's what I've been doing for the past couple weeks! I've come up with a diagramming technique that works for the majority of questions but on the harder games there is consistently 1-2 questions I can't answer. I've just purchased the trainer and powerscore bible to see if that will help on the more difficult questions

[AmIElleWoodsYet]

I'm a little older (graduated from undergrad already) but in the same boat!! I've been self-studying with all 3 Powerscore bibles and so far I really like them. I'd definitely recommend.

It's good to know I'm not alone haha has your score improved with using the bibles?

[lymenheimer]

That's what I've been doing for the past couple weeks! I've come up with a diagramming technique that works for the majority of questions but on the harder games there is consistently 1-2 questions I can't answer. I've just purchased the trainer and powerscore bible to see if that will help on the more difficult questions

Have you been going back to the 1-2 questions with no timing, and working them out to completion? There is always a long way to solve the answer, and it generally involves working out each answer choice. good luck!

[AmIElleWoodsYet]

That's what I've been doing for the past couple weeks! I've come up with a diagramming technique that works for the majority of questions but on the harder games there is consistently 1-2 questions I can't answer. I've just purchased the trainer and powerscore bible to see if that will help on the more difficult questions

Have you been going back to the 1-2 questions with no timing, and working them out to completion? There is always a long way to solve the answer, and it generally involves working out each answer choice. good luck!

Yes! That's exactly what I've been doing! I can usually get there but it takes awhile haha I feel like I'm just not understanding how to start tackling these tougher questions in a timely manner. For easy games I'm solving in about 6 minutes but the hard ones are not even close to that

[lymenheimer]

That's what I've been doing for the past couple weeks! I've come up with a diagramming technique that works for the majority of questions but on the harder games there is consistently 1-2 questions I can't answer. I've just purchased the trainer and powerscore bible to see if that will help on the more difficult questions

Have you been going back to the 1-2 questions with no timing, and working them out to completion? There is always a long way to solve the answer, and it generally involves working out each answer choice. good luck!

Yes! That's exactly what I've been doing! I can usually get there but it takes awhile haha I feel like I'm just not understanding how to start tackling these tougher questions in a timely manner. For easy games I'm solving in about 6 minutes but the hard ones are not even close to that

As you work out more of the harder ones, it should start to help see how the pieces connect to be able to make quicker assumptions, etc. But, you have my blessing to use the supplements, now.