Not sure how and what to do now
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:08 am
I took the LSAT in June in as an international student. Before the actual test, I was doing BR average of 173ish with occasional dip to as low as 165. The actual test that I sat for came up with a score that I am really not satisfied with and I plan to retake it this October.
The problem, I'm not sure how I can consistently bring myself to score in the high 170s. I know the different approaches to the types of questions and about 80% of the time, I can correctly guess what do look out for and what the expected answers would be. Thus, it seems that I do have basics pretty much covered, but I still get questions wrong because 1. I wasn't able to completely comprehend what the stimulus wanted to say 2. The answer choices were worded in a way that I found it hard to connect back to the stimulus. For example, I feel pretty confident about questions such as identify the flaw, and even times when I cannot immediately spot the flaw, I can still do POE and find the correct answers. But there are times when even when I know what the flaw is, I cannot pick the right answer because the way answer choices are written. If we are to categorized certain questions difficulty level as easy, intermediate, and hard, it's the hard questions that pull me down. What should I be doing to overcome that? Some would say to do the drills, but I feel drill at that point doesn't really help me solve the similar questions on other PTs.
I would really love to have advice on this problem. This has been the most frustrating part of studying LSAT and I would love to see at least some light into this problem so that at the very least, I can see that there is a solution to the problem.
P.S. Sorry for the jumble, the frustration builds up as I wrote and looking back, I'm not sure if I made any sense at all!
The problem, I'm not sure how I can consistently bring myself to score in the high 170s. I know the different approaches to the types of questions and about 80% of the time, I can correctly guess what do look out for and what the expected answers would be. Thus, it seems that I do have basics pretty much covered, but I still get questions wrong because 1. I wasn't able to completely comprehend what the stimulus wanted to say 2. The answer choices were worded in a way that I found it hard to connect back to the stimulus. For example, I feel pretty confident about questions such as identify the flaw, and even times when I cannot immediately spot the flaw, I can still do POE and find the correct answers. But there are times when even when I know what the flaw is, I cannot pick the right answer because the way answer choices are written. If we are to categorized certain questions difficulty level as easy, intermediate, and hard, it's the hard questions that pull me down. What should I be doing to overcome that? Some would say to do the drills, but I feel drill at that point doesn't really help me solve the similar questions on other PTs.
I would really love to have advice on this problem. This has been the most frustrating part of studying LSAT and I would love to see at least some light into this problem so that at the very least, I can see that there is a solution to the problem.
P.S. Sorry for the jumble, the frustration builds up as I wrote and looking back, I'm not sure if I made any sense at all!