Q for Admin - LSAT Bible + Workbook Study Plan

[safddb8]

Hi,

I'm new here, and was hoping one of the admins could answer this question for me.

I began studying for the LSAT in October, and have been using the 2 month PowerScore study plan.

Long story short, I got caught up with law school apps between week 3 and week 4, and fell behind the "type training" portion of the schedule. I'm up to speed in terms of the bibles and preptests (with the exception of PT 68, which I mistakenly took untimed instead of timed). With this in mind, I have a few questions:

1) How big of a deal is it that I don't catch up with the type training chapters? With the December exam coming up, I feel that my time would be better invested in working with the bibles and workbooks, instead of playing catch-up with the type-training books.

2) What would you recommend I do in order to make the most out of my time remaining?

3) Should I take PT 78 to make up for 68 which I took untimed?

I would really appreciate any feedback I can get. Better yet, if the admins would be gracious enough, I would be immensely grateful for a custom 3-week plan for just the Bibles, Workbooks and prep-tests. I'm getting anxious now, given that the exam date is looming and because I've been working so hard, I don't want all of this to go to waste. I genuinely feel that I've improved since I began, and even though I took PT 68 untimed, I got a 164. I'm motivated and ready to put the work in. All I need to know is how to make the best use of my time remaining.

Thank you so much!

[Jonathan Evans]

Hi, Saffddb8,

Excellent questions.

Let's cover this point by point:

1. Obviously, in a perfect world we'd hit all the assignments, including the type training, but we don't live in a perfect world, and in fact eliding some of the type training to remain up to speed with the rest of the assignments is not a bad compromise.
   Type training is an excellent tool for drilling down on question-task-specific approaches, but with the remaining time you should be focused largely on the more holistic practice, except where otherwise indicated. Therefore, I'd continue on the existing schedule. If you notice a particular weak area (such as assumption questions), return to the appropriate chapter and consider doing targeted review or question-type training.
2. For your time remaining, make sure at a minimum that you are covering the weekly practice tests with appropriate review as instructed. Make notes of your performance based on our analytical tool on the Self-Study site.
   (http://students.powerscore.com/self-study/index.cfm). It's time for you to create a coherent plan of attack for this test. Start pulling together the loose ends. For each section of the practice exams, set an intention and goals. Don't look at the tests as a chore. Instead, look at them as opportunities to achieve milestones you set out for yourself. Use the other practice homework as opportunities to refine your approach. Focus on the practice tests as opportunities to implement what you've learned and to get comfortable with everything.
3. Yes. That's a good plan. I concur.

Please follow up with further questions. I will monitor this thread.

[safddb8]

Hi Jonathan,

Sorry for the delayed message.

Thank you very much for your response.

I was wondering if I should take the order of PT's as recommended by the schedule (73-77), or if it would make more sense to do my last 5 PT's using the most recent ones? (77-81). Does it make a difference, or would it just be waste of money buying them beyond PT 77?

Thanks again,

Take care.

[Dave Killoran]

Hi S,

thanks for the question! Either lineup would work just fine, but in some ways 73-77 is preference since the the June and Sept LSATs of this year (81 and 82) were so similar. Based on that, once expects that December won't have the same setup (harder RC and easier LG). Very hard to know, but all the recent LSATs are great, so stick with what you have.

Thanks!