4-Month LSAT Study Schedule / Plan

A 4-month LSAT study plan gives you room to work in phases: month 1 drills every Logical Reasoning question type from PrepTests 52-61, month 2 adds the remaining question types plus Reading Comprehension, month 3 catches up and adds LSAC's SuperPrep, and month 4 stacks timed full-length PrepTests with spliced experimental sections.

Recommendation: Follow this 4 month schedule only if you’re studying for the LSAT full-time, or if you’re able to study for several hours each weekend. You might have work/school/life obligations that make this impossible. If that’s the case, skip some of the “re-do” and “review” weeks, and complete the rest at a more relaxed pace.

Month 1:
Review my relevant articles on Logical Reasoning and complete some Logical Reasoning from PrepTests 52-61 ordered by difficulty during the first 4 weeks, untimed.

Week 1: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Must Be True + Most Strongly Supported, Necessary Assumption and Sufficient Assumption

Week 2: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Strengthen, Weaken, Parallel Reasoning, Flaw in the Reasoning

Week 3: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Main Point, Fill in the Blank, Point at Issue

Week 4: Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Resolve the Paradox, Method of Reasoning, Role of a Statement, Principle

Month 2

Week 5: Review my articles on Logical Reasoning before completing LSAT questions of each type in PrepTests 52-61 using the LSAT Logical Reasoning categorization (untimed).

Complete 20-30 of each question type below:
Except, Evaluate the Argument, Cannot Be True, Interprets to Mean, Logical Force & Others

Week 6: Continue Logical Reasoning work from Week 4 with additional question-types .

Complete any Logical Reasoning section in older exams of the types that give you difficulty. Complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning. Review.

Week 7: Continue Logical Reasoning work from Week 4 with additional question-types and complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning.

Week 8: Review my articles on Reading Comprehension and complete several sections of Reading Comp from PrepTests 52-61 (untimed).

Complete a few sections of Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension under timed conditions.

Month 3

Week 9: Catch-up and review week. Re-do Logical Reasoning sections from PrepTests 52-61, then re-do the Reading Comprehension passages from PrepTests 52-61. Try to solve them more quickly.

Week 10: Complete the 3 tests in LSAC’s SuperPrep (timed) and review the explanations. Although the explanations are technical, it’s good to learn how the test-makers think. Identify weak areas.

Week 11: Re-read my articles on Logical Reasoning about question-types still giving you trouble. Use my Logical Reasoning categorizations to do question-types in older exams that still give you difficulty. Complete a recent LSAT PrepTest under timed conditions. Review.

Week 12: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests under timed conditions.

Month 4

Week 13: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Review each exam on alternating days.

Week 14: Complete another 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Review each exam on alternating days.

Week 15: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Consider using one section to create a 6-section exam for extra practice. Review each exam on alternating days.

Week 16: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. (Again, consider using one section to create a 6-section exam). More thoughts on how to simulate the experimental section in this article. Review each exam on alternating days.

Finally, rock the LSAT on Test Day.

Frequently asked questions

How should I split my time in a 4-month LSAT study plan?

Spend month 1 on Logical Reasoning question types, month 2 finishing those types plus Reading Comprehension, month 3 reviewing and taking LSAC's SuperPrep tests, and month 4 on timed full-length PrepTests with spliced experimental sections.

Who should follow a 4-month LSAT schedule?

This pace fits someone studying full-time or several hours every weekend. If work, school, or life makes that impossible, skip some of the review and catch-up weeks and go at a more relaxed pace. Got more time? The 6-month LSAT study plan adds review weeks this one cuts.

What is SuperPrep and why is it in this plan?

SuperPrep is LSAC's official set of 3 practice tests with detailed explanations. Week 10 uses it because reading how the test-makers explain their own questions, even though it's technical, sharpens how you spot the right answer.

Why does the plan simulate an experimental section?

Weeks 13 through 16 splice in an extra section from another PrepTest to simulate the unscored experimental section, so timed practice matches the pacing and fatigue of actual test day.

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