July 17th, 2011

Good Afternoon journal,

I was introduced to this great blog called, “Down the Legal Rabbit Hole,” by its author and it helped me figure out what I needed to do to stay on task for preparing for the LSAT.  I got completely off task last week because I worked overtime every day, but Thursday, so I was exhausted by the time I got home I could barely read a word or concentrate on practicing questions.

Well, remember I told you that the Reading Comprehension is my best section & Games are my worst section. I have to revise that statement.  Realizing, that Argument count for 50% of the test, actually Arguments are my worst section, but RC is still my best.  So my game plan has to change.  So what I have done is consult the Powerscore website to see what I should focus on in the games section.  According to their website, since there are 3 types of games that have appeared more & consistently since 2005:

1. Pure Sequencing
2. Basic & Advanced Linear
3. Numerical Distribution

Starting with these three games, I will focus here with more practice than the others.  Next, I will tackle the games that appear consistently, but less often since 2005:

1. Grouping
2. Identify the Templates
3. Grouping Linear & Identify the Possibilities

I have to go back and read the corresponding LGB chapters for the Numerical Distribution & Identify, but afterwards, I will be practicing only on these type of Games to be able to focus more on the Arguments.

Unfortunately, Powerscore did not have any kind of guidance to which type of questions appear more frequently from the argument section on their website.  I guess since this section counts for 50%, you should concentrate on all the question types!

Since I have to concentrate more on the Argument section, I have decided to not focus as much on RC.  I will study and do practice questions because I am going to need to do just as well here as in Games to capture at most 35-40 correct answers between the two sections.  I am also reading from the Nation magazine to help build up my comprehension of complex reading throughout the week.

I have also decide to create a LSAT daily log to keep up with all of my studying I am doing every day & I have created a LSAT Prep Timeline to help me see what I need to cover each week.  This will help me stay on task. I will try to update you at least once a week so you can see my progress or I will tweet what I have accomplished.  Let’s get this party started!  Now, I am so excited!