Studying for the LSAT while working
I studied for the LSAT while working full-time. I wanted to put up a few quick notes on what I did most days:
Wake up
Eat breakfast / go for a walk
Take a timed LSAT section
Do work for my job
Take a timed LSAT section at lunch
Do more work or my job
Take a timed LSAT section immediately after work
Check in with my tutor.
It just wasn’t worth my time to be looking online for question explanations - the best use of time and money was checking in regularly to get explanations as I went along.
I allow advanced students to book with me in half-hour intervals because I think it’s an effective way for people to keep progressing, particularly once they are above 160. I find it’s best to meet with students after they’ve collected about ten incorrect answers in logical reasoning, or two or three reading comp passages where they have questions. I don’t think there is a point in burning through material if you don’t understand why the right answer choice is correct.
I was able to get to about 155 with self-study. It took me a few weeks to get comfortably into the low 160s, mostly because it took awhile for me to progress in logic games (that’s why I started elleSAT - to help smart women bridge the gap in logic games, since I felt the way they were taught was pretty male-centric). It took a month to get from 160 to 165, and another month to get from 165 to above 170.
Most people need to take at least 20 practice tests worth of material to get to a 170. I think it also takes at least two months if your brain isn’t naturally wired that way from playing Sudoku or doing a ton of math or what have you. I’ll do another post on this soon, but it takes awhile for your brain to rewire itself to get faster at reasoning in this particular way.
This is a process that requires a lot of patience and quite a bit of time. A lot of other test prep companies hire tutors fresh out of school. We have a few recent graduates coming on board, but most of us have done this while working full-time.
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