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 Sedwards
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Hello,

I was hoping to get some help on how to improve my LSAT score. I diagnosed very low on the LSAT, hitting a 131. Since, I've been self studying part time for about 5 1/2 months. I worked full time over the summer but I took All of August and half of May off to devote to studying. I worked full time 50 hours a week June and July and studied on my
Days off. At the end of May I decided to switch to the powerscore books as the books I was using from another company were not really helping me. I finally got through the Powerscore books at the start of September and I am hitting 148-149 on prep tests. I am trying to be realistic about the score I want for the November 17 LSAT. I am hoping to get a 155, which would be about 13-15 more questions right on the test...I am in school part-time right now so the time I have to spend on the test is about 24-30 hours a week. I feel like I wasted way to much time on theory on not enough on questions which I am trying to change.

I am weak in logical reasoning (getting only 13-15 right during times sections) specifically and was wondering if you had any tips on how to improve. I am also not to strong in logic games but I have been practicing a lot more with them and have been seeing major improvements

The hardest questions for me tend to be principle and flaw questions. For flaw questions, I have a hard time figuring out how to pinpoint the flaw when a traditional flaw is not present. I was hoping to get some guidance on this particular question type.


Thanks
 Malila Robinson
PowerScore Staff
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  • Joined: Feb 01, 2018
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Hi Sedwards,
I wish there was an easy answer to this, but without looking at your work it is difficult to give you an exact answer about how to raise your score. At this point it may be time to consider working one-on-one with an LSAT tutor. It sounds like you are trying to put in the required time and effort to raise your score on your own. A tutor should be able to quickly and efficiently go over your specific areas of difficulty to pinpoint where you are going wrong and help your to tweak your logic and/or your approach to the questions.
You have made a lot of progress, try not to get discouraged!
-Malila

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