u/TheLSATStudyGuy

A lot of people treat the next LSAT administration like it has to prove everything.

It does not.

Before deciding that you are “ready” or “not ready,” I would look at a few concrete things:

1. Your recent PT range

Not your best score. Not your worst score. Your actual range over the last several tests.

If your goal is 170 and your last five tests are 162, 164, 163, 165, 164, then June is probably not a 170 test unless something unusual happens.

If your last five tests are 168, 170, 169, 171, 170, that is a different story.

2. Your blind review gap

A big timed/BR gap usually means there is still something fixable: timing, confidence, question selection, rushing, or execution.

That does not mean you should panic. It means you should stop treating every missed question the same way.

A question you miss both timed and untimed is probably an understanding issue.

A question you miss timed but get right in blind review is usually a process issue.

Those need different fixes.

3. Whether your mistakes repeat

This is the biggest one.

If you are missing random questions for random reasons, there may not be much to cram.

But if the same issues keep showing up, that is useful:

• weakening questions with causal reasoning
• necessary assumption questions
• comparative RC passages
• science passages
• answer choices that are too strong
• losing time on questions you should skip sooner

Repeated mistakes are frustrating, but they are also the easiest to target.

4. Whether taking later actually changes anything

Pushing to August or September only helps if you use the extra time differently.

If the plan is just “do more PTs,” that may not change much.

If the plan is “fix the specific patterns that keep costing me points,” then the extra time can matter a lot.

5. Whether your score goal matches your application goal

Sometimes people rush because they want to be done. I get that. But if a few more points could change your admissions or scholarship outcomes, it is worth being honest about whether the earlier test is actually helping you.

Earlier is better only when the score is good enough for your goals.

A later higher score beats an earlier lower score.

For the next few weeks, I would not overhaul everything. I would keep it simple:

• Review the misses that keep repeating
• Do timed work, but stop panic-drilling
• Protect sleep
• Keep your routine stable
• Do not chase five new strategies at once
• Make sure every review session gives you one thing to do differently next time

June matters, but it is not a referendum on your intelligence or your future.

I am opening a small number of one-on-one LSAT tutoring spots.

I know LSAT prep can become overwhelming, especially when students are trying to balance work, school, applications, or a limited study window. My goal is to help students study more deliberately, not just spend more time drilling.

In sessions, I can help with:

Creating a realistic weekly study plan
Reviewing missed LR and RC questions more effectively
Finding patterns in repeated mistakes
Improving timing without sacrificing accuracy
Staying accountable between sessions

For context, I scored a 180 on the official LSAT and have over two years of tutoring experience. I took the official exam once, so I care a lot about efficient preparation and building a plan that actually fits the student’s schedule.

I am best suited for students who are willing to practice between sessions and want direct, honest feedback. I am happy to work with students at different score levels.

If interested, please send me your current or most recent PT score, target score, planned test date, current study materials, and what feels hardest right now. I am also happy to do a short introductory call to see whether working together would make sense.

A lot of students are putting in real hours but not getting much out of their review.

They finish a section, check the answer key, read an explanation, and think, “Okay, that makes sense.” The problem is that understanding a question after the fact does not always mean you are more likely to get the next one right.

What helped me most was making review more specific.

1. Write down the actual reason you missed it

Not just “wrong answer.” Something more precise:

• Missed the conclusion
• Misread the stimulus
• Chose an answer that was too strong
• Eliminated the right answer too quickly
• Fell for wording that sounded familiar but was not supported
• Spent too long on it and rushed later
• Understood it in blind review, but not under time constraints

The point is to find patterns. One missed question does not tell you much. The same mistake showing up over and over does.

2. Do not call everything a timing problem

A lot of “timing” problems are really accuracy problems.

For LR, ask whether you could get the question right untimed and clearly explain why the other four answers are wrong. If not, the issue is probably not speed yet.

For RC, ask whether you understood the passage before you started the questions. Could you explain the main point, structure, author’s attitude, and role of each paragraph? If not, moving faster probably will not fix much.

3. Review the answer you picked

Most people spend too much time asking why the right answer is right and not enough time asking why their answer was tempting.

For each miss, I would ask:

• Why did I pick my answer?
• What made it look enticing?
• What exact word or idea made it wrong?
• What should I have noticed during the timed section?

That last question matters most. Review should give you something to do differently next time.

4. Let your mistakes decide your study plan

If you keep missing necessary assumption questions, do not just take another random section. Work on necessary assumption questions.

If comparative RC keeps eating your time, isolate comparative passages.

If your blind review is much higher than your timed score, look at pacing, skipping, confidence, and decision-making under pressure.

More questions are not always the answer. Sometimes the better move is to do fewer questions and review them more honestly.

5. Make the week concrete

“Study more” is not a plan.

A better weekly plan might look like:

• 2 timed LR sections
• 1 timed RC section
• 1 blind review session
• 1 targeted LR session based on your most common miss
• 1 RC review session focused only on passage structure and timing

The LSAT is learnable, but plateaus can happen when review becomes too passive. If you keep making the same mistakes, the issue may not be effort. It may be that your review is explaining what happened without changing what you do next time.