Weekly set-up with IDEAS for how to study around a full-time work/student schedule
Come up with a specific, reachable goal each week. Make these timing, accuracy, and/or question type-oriented, and structure many of your tasks throughout the week to work towards these goals.
Ideas include: Mastering MC and AP questions types, getting +2/3 more right on LG, finishing all 4 RC passages under the ideal timing indicators (first 2 in 15 min last 2 in 20), etc.
Goal for week:
LR: +2 more right focusing on flaw
LG: master grouping with sequencing so that I get +3 more
RC: master author’s position/inference questions (MSS for LR)
Tasks you plan to complete by the end of the week:
0-2 PTs per week
1 full timed LG
1 full untimed LG
1 full untimed RC
1 full timed RC
1 full untimed LR (add timed if you want but I’d focus more on half-and-half drills for LR timing)
UNTIMED > TIMED RC (x2? if you can!)
10 4-5 star MC and AP questions untimed (focus on mastery)
10 4-5 star MC and AP questions timed (2 min/q, focus on transferring mastery to time limit)
10 4-5 star SA, NA, and PSA questions untimed (focus on mastery)
10 4-5 star SA, NA, and PSA questions timed (2 min/q, focus on transferring mastery to time limit)
All 6 parts of the half-and-half drills:
first 15 LR in 15 min / 1.5 time: 22.5 min
last 11 LR in 20 min / 1.5: 30 min
first 2 games in 15 min
last 2 games in 20 min
first 2 passages in 15
last 2 passages in 20
“Bare minimum” ideas to ease back into studying:
Mini LSAT: 5-10 LR questions, 1 game, 1 RC passage (make them all easy if you really are hating the LSAT that day... easy is better than nothing and you will keep getting faster at the easy stuff to save time for the hard stuff!
Warm-ups: any of the easier half-and-half drills
Re-read a passage you have already read and jot down a bullet point for structure, content, and author’s position for each paragraph. Even if you remember the answers, go through the questions and see how much of a difference the strong read makes!
15 min of dense reading on a topic you don’t like
Daily set-up IDEAS
Strengthen LR and RC skills while establishing consistency in LG
In general, each week you should get in:
3-4 full timed sections (and/or the half and half drills)
1-2 untimed sections
2-3 targeted drills each day
First 10-15 Speed Drill most days
0/2 PT/week
And, try new drill types and stick with what works!
Choose LR or RC day to skip and alternate each week