How I Would Study for the LSAT if I Had To Do It All Again
A five-step strategy for success.
As much as I am grateful for my LSAT experience — chaos, anxiety and all! — there are many things I would change if I had to do it all again. I am so proud of myself for giving the test everything I had, but with the right strategy, I could’ve given less and seen the same results.
With everything in me, I am an advocate for the fact that the LSAT is not one-size-fits-all. Your worst section might be my best, your favorite logical reasoning question type might be my least favorite. That is why I strongly advise against taking group LSAT classes, and often sound like a broken record when I do. To dominate this test productively, your best bet is to work with a LSAT coach for a personalized studying experience tailored to your skillset. Your next best option is to self-study.
Before becoming a LSAT coach myself, I thought long and hard about the strategies I would encourage my students to adopt, as well as the ones I would beg them to avoid. I am in the extremely exciting position to be able to make this process easier for everyone I work with, and I want to give it my all.
When I reflected on my own LSAT journey, I recognized that I had a sound strategy when it came to taking a holistic approach to self-studying — one that prioritized health and wellness as much as conquering the test material — but I also wasted a lot of time protecting my ego. I made many decisions that, at their core, sought to make me feel better about myself rather than actually improve my LSAT skills.
I nit-picked my entire process, taking note of the many helpful and even-more detrimental things I did, and did the same for all of the LSAT success stories I had heard over the years. Ultimately, I landed on a five-step process that I am extremely confident is the best way to study for the LSAT. While the test is not one-size-fits-all, this strategy is; it is the through-line of mostly every LSAT success story I know, and soon enough, it’ll be yours too.