This 28-week schedule is intense. Follow it only if you’re studying for the LSAT full-time, or if you’re able to study for several hours each weekend. You might have work/school/life obligations that make this impossible. If that’s the case, skip some of the “re-do” and “review” weeks, and complete the rest at a more relaxed pace.
Month 1:
Review my relevant articles on Logical Reasoning and complete some Logical Reasoning from PrepTests 52-61 ordered by difficulty during the first 4 weeks, untimed.
Week 1: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Must Be True + Most Strongly Supported, Necessary Assumption and Sufficient Assumption
Week 2: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Strengthen, Weaken, Parallel Reasoning, Flaw in the Reasoning
Week 3: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Main Point, Fill in the Blank, Point at Issue
Week 4: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Resolve the Paradox, Method of Reasoning, Role of a Statement, Principle
Month 2:
Week 5: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Except, Evaluate the Argument, Cannot Be True, Interprets to Mean, Logical Force & Others
Week 6: Complete any Logical Reasoning section in older exams of the types that give you difficulty. Complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning. Review.
Week 7: Continue Logical Reasoning work from Week 6. Complete a few timed sections of Reading Comprehension
Week 8: Continue Logical Reasoning work from Week 6. Complete a few timed sections of Reading Comprehension
Month 3:
Week 9: Complete any Logical Reasoning section in older exams of the types that give you difficulty. Complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning. Review. Complete a few timed sections of Reading Comprehension
Week 10: Complete Logical Reasoning work from Week 6 with additional question-types and complete a few timed sections of Reading Comprehension
Week 11: Complete several timed sections of Logical Reasoning from PrepTests 19-28. Review. Complete a few timed sections of Reading Comprehension
Week 12: Read my articles on Reading Comprehension and complete several sections of Reading Comp from PrepTests 52-61 (untimed). Complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning,
Month 4:
Week 13: Complete several timed sections of Reading Comp from older exams. Review. Also, complete some timed sections LR.
Week 14: Catch-up and review week. Re-do some LR sections from PrepTests 52-61. Try to solve them more quickly and make new inferences. Complete timed sections of all types.
Week 15: A brief return to Logical Reasoning: Complete any Logical Reasoning questions in older exams of the types that give you difficulty (untimed), then complete several timed sections of Logical Reasoning. Review. Complete timed sections of all types.
Week 16: Catch-up and review week. Re-do some RC sections from PrepTests 52-61. Try to solve them more quickly and make new inferences. Complete timed sections of all types.
Month 5:
Week 17: Catch-up and review week. Re-do the Logical Reasoning questions from PrepTests 52-61 that gave you trouble. Complete timed sections of all types.
Week 18: Complete the 3 tests in LSAC’s SuperPrep (timed) and review the explanations. Although the explanations are technical, it’s good to learn how the test-makers think. Identify weak areas.
Week 19: Re-read my articles on Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension about question-types still giving you trouble.
Week 20: Use my Logical Reasoning categorization to do question-types in older exams that still give you difficulty. Review. Complete some timed sections of LR and RC.
Month 6:
Week 21: Do question-types in older exams that still give you difficulty. Review. Complete some timed sections of RC.
Week 22: Do Reading Comp passages about your least-favorite topics in older exams using my Reading Comp passages categorization. Complete a recent LSAT PrepTest under timed conditions. Review.
Week 23: Complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comp, and review. Complete a recent LSAT PrepTest under timed conditions. Review.
Week 24: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests under timed conditions as 4-section exams. Review each exam on alternating days.
Month 7:
Week 25: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Review each exam on alternating days.
Week 26: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Consider using one section to create a 6-section exam for extra practice. Review each exam on alternating days.
Week 27: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. (Again, consider using one section to create a 6-section exam). Review each exam on alternating days.
Week 28: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. (Again, consider using one section to create a 6-section exam). Review each exam on alternating days. More thoughts on how to simulate the experimental section in this article.
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