General Studying Help

[sofiaherrera1]

Hey there!

So I'm planning on taking the September 2016 LSAT and have been studying for almost two months already. For reference, I'm following the 12 week self-study program with alterations for my situation (since I started studying with 20 weeks to go until the LSAT). However, I'm noticing that I'm spending large chunks of time completing the assigned tasks for a single section (e.g. I spent four days learning the material for the Logic Games for the week three assignments). I'm worried that I'm forgetting the materials from a previous section as I try to learn the concepts from a new one. Do you have any tips to help with this forgetting curve?

Thanks,
Sofia

[David Boyle]

Hey there!

So I'm planning on taking the September 2016 LSAT and have been studying for almost two months already. For reference, I'm following the 12 week self-study program with alterations for my situation (since I started studying with 20 weeks to go until the LSAT). However, I'm noticing that I'm spending large chunks of time completing the assigned tasks for a single section (e.g. I spent four days learning the material for the Logic Games for the week three assignments). I'm worried that I'm forgetting the materials from a previous section as I try to learn the concepts from a new one. Do you have any tips to help with this forgetting curve?

Thanks,
Sofia

Hello Sofia,

Since human memory tends to be imperfect, there are probably not any perfect solutions. However, review and practice should be helpful. That is, every so often, skim the earlier chapters you've worked on before, to remind you of the theory. And if you can do various problems that cover earlier material, that continuing practice could help keep you in the loop. One easy way, of course, to do problems that cover a variety of material is to take practice tests, which have all kinds of questions or games, whether Must Be True, Assumption, linear, grouping, etc. Also, some of the homework may have reviews of earlier types of questions. So, don't worry too much about forgetting, since your review and practice will help keep you in shape, and all the other people taking the test don't have perfect memories either!

Hope this helps,
David