Reusing Powerscore Bibles

[roshan07]

Hello,

I just took the October LSAT a week ago and was scoring in the upper 160's prior to the test. However, I will most likely retake it in an effort to get a 170+. I've read all three of the Bibles and have exhausted about half of the available LSAT PTs, I have about ten of the newer tests remaining and ~20-25ish of the old ones. I'm not so sure about the best way to approach these next six weeks in term of how to study and how to go about reusing old material and Powerscore Bibles. My weakest section by far is Reading Comprehension, I'm okay at LG (sometimes I really mess up), and very strong at LR. What is the best way to study up until the December exam? All advice will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[Ricky_Hutchens]

Hi Roshan,

I was in a similar spot when I took the LSAT. I was scoring well going in to the October test, but left feeling like I could do better. This is what I did in those few precious weeks between the October test and the December test.

First, I did as many practice tests as I could under real timed conditions. While I am taking the test, I mark any question that I am unsure of with a small dot next to the number on the answer sheet. And when I finished the test, I go back over all of the questions that I missed and that I marked. I don't move on until I feel like I understand the question fully.

Second, I made spread sheets of all of the questions that I missed. There was a sheet for each of the three sections, and I broke the questions down by type (must be true, assumption, linear game, grouping game, etc.). This allowed me to pinpoint where I was losing points, and focus on those areas.

Now making a spread sheet of all your missed questions might be overkill, but you mentioned that sometimes you can really mess up in the game section. If I were you, I would go back over the games where you are making the big mistakes and see if you can spot a pattern. There might be something you can work on to help reduce the risk of messing up on the test.

Reading comprehension is a tough section to improve upon in a short time. But the Bible has everything you need to know to master the section. Practicing those techniques will help your performance. Doing some RC sections and thinking about what your struggling with can only help. Are you losing focus while reading the passage? Are the questions or answer choices confusing you? Evaluating where the problems are arising and then attacking those areas by using the Bible will help.

Ricky Hutchens

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Roshan,

Let me add a quick link to Ricky's excellent comments. The question you have about having seen questions before and about restudying is one that has come up before, and I wrote an article about it a while back that you might find helpful. That can be found at: http://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/bid/239 ... -questions (also, this post addresses it as well: http://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewto ... f=2&t=7779). LSAT questions can be extremely complicated, and that article discusses the idea that seeing them multiple times is very beneficial. If you do that and track the problems that you have via spreadsheet, you'll be able to very quickly move up a level in your testing ability.

Thanks and good luck!