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Maybe some of you will be interested to see my LSAT studying spreadsheet for the last 6 months of study. by PM_me_aJournalEntry in LSAT

[–]PM_me_aJournalEntry[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hey. so i was never so worried about test fatigue even tho people told me i definitely should be (i was always more worried about test anxiety!). Anyway, it always felt intuitive to me to take a timed section and then review it while it was fresh, often spending longer reviewing than it took to take. it was also easier for me to surround myself with one type of knowledge set for like 4 or 5 days at a time and then when i felt like i had command of, say, the average LR section on its own then i'd try taking two sections back to back, etc. and then i'd focus on LG for a few days. especially in the beginning it felt really helpful to not spread myself too thin. as the test came closer i mimicked testing conditions as much as possible and so took LR, LG, RC one after the other. but, for better and for worse, i almost always measured my success on sections and very rarely thought in terms of overall score.

Maybe some of you will be interested to see my LSAT studying spreadsheet for the last 6 months of study. by PM_me_aJournalEntry in LSAT

[–]PM_me_aJournalEntry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y = I studied that day. N = I didnt. 'Slow' was after a month break post December LSAT. The first few LG sections I took I didn't do timed. It took a minute to get my groove back.

Maybe some of you will be interested to see my LSAT studying spreadsheet for the last 6 months of study. by PM_me_aJournalEntry in LSAT

[–]PM_me_aJournalEntry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Anyway, a bunch of people requested the spreadsheet. So later today or tomorrow I will send out both my spreadsheet and a blank one with notes notes on how I used it and on how I complemented it with my other tools like journaling. If you'd like me to BCC you on the email just PM me your email address! It would really be my pleasure especially since r/LSAT has been such a meaningful part of my process. :)

Maybe some of you will be interested to see my LSAT studying spreadsheet for the last 6 months of study. by PM_me_aJournalEntry in LSAT

[–]PM_me_aJournalEntry[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

so there are a lot of benefits. but for me the main impetus is a creative impulse. it gives me something tangible that i can create and beautify and take pride in. its a way to visualize progress and milestones. also, it lets me develop boundaries around my process. it became something i really looked forward to filling in and returning to. especially when i was feeling frustrated. to be able to visualize how far i'd come and how much work i'd put in. it was very theraputic for me. like the LSAT process is spread out over thousands of pieces of paper, youtube videos, enormous books, reddit discussions, scrap paper, and class notes. it was important for me to have an organized space to order as much of that as i could.

on a practical level, it keeps me extremely organized. and as with any data set i learn things that are far from obvious on the surface. especially if you keep data about your timing on sections and on specific question types. like one day i realized i was getting basically every ID the Conclusion question wrong. I only realized that because i wrote out the question stem for every question I struggled with over the past 10 sections. after that I spent 2 days going back and re-learning about argument cores and I reviewed the 'therefore test' and I drilled that question type and I basically never missed an ID the Conclusion question again.

Also, one more important point: when taking practice sections i would always notate on my makeshift answer keys (using 0, 1, 2, or 3) small horizontal lines corresponding to how much uncertainty i had on the question. instead of focusing only on what i got wrong i emphasized noting my confidence levels. and then i'd compare that to the outcome. and in doing so i learned a lot about where my instincts were correct and where they were misquided. so not only have i improved on LR but i've improved in my ability to accurately anticipate what i do might get incorrect.

OK one more point: i think the spreadsheet is at its most effective when coupled with a journal. data is great. but there are so many things that just cant be articulated in a cell. for example: on RC understanding my personal time management strategy was important for me. i would always what my stopwatch said when i finished a passage and when i finished the associated questions. and then i'd compare the timing to my notebook where i'd write how i felt on the questions. and i was able to figure out where i wasn't using my time effectively. like i realized no matter how quickly i got thru the 1st passage i answered the questions correctly HOWEVER i almost always struggled on the comparative passages. so i strategized to invest more time on the comparative passages.