Also see the 1-Month LSAT Study Schedule: Premium Day-By-Day Version.
Treat this as a sample 1-month LSAT prep schedule. However, please don't take this post as an indication that I believe prepping in only a month is a good idea. I recommend a minimum of 3 months.
With less than a month left, it's time to crack down, so put the social life on hold. I hope you've been studying for a while. However, assuming you've done no studying at all, this is a very compressed version of my other LSAT study schedules. Alter it according to your needs.
I've reviewed all books and PrepTests below in my best LSAT prep books recommendations post.
Week 1:
Review my relevant articles on Logic Games and complete this list of Logic Games from PrepTests 52-61 ordered by difficulty.
(Note: You may want to use different exams than the ones from 52-61 if you can. Feel free to use games from at least 6 LSAT PrepTests prior to PrepTest 51 (untimed) after reviewing the relevant articles on my site. You can use my list of Logic Games categorized by type (also see this list) to identify them. Review all games that give you difficulty.
Complete several Pure Sequencing, Basic Linear, and Advanced Linear games from PrepTests 52-61 after completing the relevant articles on my site, doing at least 8 games per day. Complete several Grouping and Combination games from PrepTests 52-61 after reviewing the relevant articles. Review all questions that give you difficulty, whether or not you answer them incorrectly.
Complete a few timed sections of Logic Games from these exams.
Week 2: Review my articles on Logical Reasoning and complete several questions of each type from PrepTests 52-61 after reading the relevant article.
Determine which question-types give you the most trouble. Review all questions that give you difficulty, whether or not you answer them incorrectly.
Complete a few timed sections of Logic Games and a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning from these exams.
Week 3:
Day 1: Review my articles on Reading Comprehension and complete some Reading Comp passages from PrepTests 52-61 (untimed). Review.
Day 2: Complete some more Reading Comp passages from those exams (untimed). Review. Do a few timed sections of Logic Games, Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension from PrepTests 52-61. Review.
Use these free Logic Games Explanations, these video explanations, and these other LSAT explanations after completing the relevant exam.
For the full-length tests covered this week in Days 3-7, use 6 recent LSAT PrepTests. (Consider using fewer exams and giving yourself a day off here or there.)
Day 3: Do 4-section test with 10-min break in the middle. Take a long break (1-2 hours), then review wrong answers. Determine which question-types give you the most trouble. Puzzle over questions until you FULLY understand why you got them wrong.
Day 4: Do 5-section test with 10-min break after section 3. (You get the 5th section by splicing in a section from another exam. This 5th section represents the unscored "experimental" you'll do on test day. You won't know which section is the experimental one on test day.) Take a break and review as before.
Day 5: Do 4-section test with 10-minute break in the middle. Take long break and review.
Day 6: Repeat Day 4's schedule but with a different PrepTest. Take long break and review.
Day 7: Do 6-section test with 10-minute break in the middle by splicing in 2 sections from other PrepTests. (Why do 6? Because doing more than you'll actually do on game day makes game day seem easy. Read more on 6-section exams.) Take a break and review.
Week 4: Use 6 or 7 recent LSAT PrepTests. (Consider using fewer exams and giving yourself a day off here or there.)
Day 1: 5-section test with break and review.
Day 2: 6-section test with break and review.
Day 3: 5-section test with break and review
Day 4: 6-section test with break and review.
Day 5: 5-section test with break and review.
Day 6: Relax. Watch a movie, go to the gym, or read a novel. Do anything to get your mind off the exam. If you don't know it at this point, one more day won't make a difference if you've studied adequately.
Finally, rock the LSAT on Test Day.
***
Also check out my other sample LSAT study schedules and plans.
Treat this as a sample 1-month LSAT prep schedule. However, please don't take this post as an indication that I believe prepping in only a month is a good idea. I recommend a minimum of 3 months.
With less than a month left, it's time to crack down, so put the social life on hold. I hope you've been studying for a while. However, assuming you've done no studying at all, this is a very compressed version of my other LSAT study schedules. Alter it according to your needs.
I've reviewed all books and PrepTests below in my best LSAT prep books recommendations post.
Week 1:
Review my relevant articles on Logic Games and complete this list of Logic Games from PrepTests 52-61 ordered by difficulty.
Complete several Pure Sequencing, Basic Linear, and Advanced Linear games from PrepTests 52-61 after completing the relevant articles on my site, doing at least 8 games per day. Complete several Grouping and Combination games from PrepTests 52-61 after reviewing the relevant articles. Review all questions that give you difficulty, whether or not you answer them incorrectly.
Complete a few timed sections of Logic Games from these exams.
Week 2: Review my articles on Logical Reasoning and complete several questions of each type from PrepTests 52-61 after reading the relevant article.
Determine which question-types give you the most trouble. Review all questions that give you difficulty, whether or not you answer them incorrectly.
Complete a few timed sections of Logic Games and a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning from these exams.
Week 3:
Day 1: Review my articles on Reading Comprehension and complete some Reading Comp passages from PrepTests 52-61 (untimed). Review.
Day 2: Complete some more Reading Comp passages from those exams (untimed). Review. Do a few timed sections of Logic Games, Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension from PrepTests 52-61. Review.
Use these free Logic Games Explanations, these video explanations, and these other LSAT explanations after completing the relevant exam.
For the full-length tests covered this week in Days 3-7, use 6 recent LSAT PrepTests. (Consider using fewer exams and giving yourself a day off here or there.)
Day 3: Do 4-section test with 10-min break in the middle. Take a long break (1-2 hours), then review wrong answers. Determine which question-types give you the most trouble. Puzzle over questions until you FULLY understand why you got them wrong.
Day 4: Do 5-section test with 10-min break after section 3. (You get the 5th section by splicing in a section from another exam. This 5th section represents the unscored "experimental" you'll do on test day. You won't know which section is the experimental one on test day.) Take a break and review as before.
Day 5: Do 4-section test with 10-minute break in the middle. Take long break and review.
Day 6: Repeat Day 4's schedule but with a different PrepTest. Take long break and review.
Day 7: Do 6-section test with 10-minute break in the middle by splicing in 2 sections from other PrepTests. (Why do 6? Because doing more than you'll actually do on game day makes game day seem easy. Read more on 6-section exams.) Take a break and review.
Week 4: Use 6 or 7 recent LSAT PrepTests. (Consider using fewer exams and giving yourself a day off here or there.)
Day 1: 5-section test with break and review.
Day 2: 6-section test with break and review.
Day 3: 5-section test with break and review
Day 4: 6-section test with break and review.
Day 5: 5-section test with break and review.
Day 6: Relax. Watch a movie, go to the gym, or read a novel. Do anything to get your mind off the exam. If you don't know it at this point, one more day won't make a difference if you've studied adequately.
Finally, rock the LSAT on Test Day.
***
Also check out my other sample LSAT study schedules and plans.
Hi Steve,
ReplyDeleteI'm taking the LSAT on October 9th 2010, and I have been studying for the exam by completing lr lg and rc problems starting from mid august to the present. However, from june to the present I have been enrolled in a repeater course for the LSAT. I had previously taken the course last summer, so I don't know if I could still attempt to apply your one month course to my present circumstances as I am a college student in my last semester. Also, I only have three weeks until the given LSAT, any advice?
agreed. same here
ReplyDeleteI have a little more than a month until the December exam, and I've been studying on and off since July. However, it is time for me to kick it into high gear, although now I'm wondering if it's too late. The highest I've scored is a 146. I'm aiming for a 160, but every day my hope dies a little. I'm about to take a practice exam to once again pinpoint my weakness (a lot of it has to do with time), but I'm wondering if I'm going to have to put off law school again. The thought of it has left me without sleep for way too many nights already...
ReplyDeleteI heard the silent timer works, costs a bit, but may be worth a shot. I've also seen java based "test" proctors that simulate actual test proctoring
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