help!!

[lang023]

Hello Powerscore Community,

I would really love to increase my score by 5 points by July (don't we all, right? haha). Anyway, I was wondering how I should make the most out of these 5 remaining weeks. Would it be beneficial to go over the lessons again and drill problems again? Or should I focus on taking a couple preptests a week and blind reviewing them? What would make the most sense? Has anyone done this? Any advice tips etc? My strongest section is my LR and my weakest is probably LG and RC.

Thank you!

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Lang,

Good question! It's probably a combination of all of these things that would work best, but trust me when I say thousands of people have been in this exact same position as you are

A few thoughts, pulled from https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/retaki ... your-score (which is about retaking the LSAT but the elements I'm pulling out apply to all test takers, first timers or repeaters):

1. Identify your strengths and weaknesses. Track everything that gives you problems. Miss a question? Mark it down and note why. Don't feel 100% comfortable? Same thing—mark it down. Then, every so often, go through those lists and look for patterns in what you are missing. There will be patterns! To best improve, you have to know your weaknesses and then eliminate them. Tracking everything helps with that. If you haven't been doing that, you can still use your prior PTs to figure out what you were missing.

2. Drill on your weak areas, both by doing focused problem sets and specific drills related to isolating relevant techniques. Also, use step 4 in the link above as it can help further isolate and eliminate problem areas.

3. Take PTs and use Blind Review. See steps 2 and 3 in the link above.

4. Make sure you really understood the questions you've done previously. See step 5 and 6 in the link above.


Five points is completely doable in the timeframe you have, and the first step is to be organized. Go after the points that are easiest to get (often LR and LG), and systematically identify areas of problem and then work with them until you are comfortable. I've seen tons of students get this increase—and more—and you can do it too. Good luck and work hard!

[lang023]

Hi Dave,

Thank you so much for your reply! I definitely needed that boost!

Thank you!!