What does it take to achieve an LSAT score in the 170s?
A couple of things:
- Working not only to consistently apply LSAT prep strategies, but to understand why the strategies work. I consider this equivalent to reading the beginning of a chapter in a math textbook where they explain how the formula is derived in the first place.
- For LSAT Reading Comp, consistently find the exact lines supporting a given answer choice in the passage. The answer is always in the passage - inference questions don't actually give you a license to go beyond the text.
- Seeing the exam more from the LSAT test-makers' perspective. Patterns in tempting wrong answers and discouraging correct answers.
(For more on the test-makers' perspective, check out this book of interviews I did with a former LSAT question-writer.)
One more thing - at this point, you should have a strong foundation, so it's time to work on pacing and endurance. You also want to be ruthless in skipping tough questions to come back to at the end of a section. Avoid getting bogged-down in any one question. At this point, it's probably more mental than anything else.
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