5-Month LSAT Study Schedule / Plan

A 5-month LSAT study plan is intense: month 1 drills every Logical Reasoning question type, month 2 finishes those types, month 3 shifts to Reading Comprehension and review weeks, month 4 adds SuperPrep and timed PrepTests, and month 5 stacks 3 full timed exams with spliced experimental sections almost every week.

This 5-month schedule is intense. Follow it 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: Continue Logical Reasoning work from Week 4 with additional question-types and complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning.

Month 3

Week 9: Read my articles on Reading Comprehension and complete several sections of Reading Comp from PrepTests 52-61 (untimed). Complete a few timed sections of Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension.

Week 10: Catch-up and review week. Re-do Reading Comprehension sections from PrepTests 52-61. Try to solve them more quickly.

Week 11: Catch-up and review week. Re-do Reading Comprehension sections from PrepTests 52-61. Try to solve them more quickly.

Week 12: Catch-up and review week. Re-do the Logical Reasoning questions from PrepTests 52-61 that gave you trouble. Complete timed sections of all types.

Month 4

Week 13: Complete the 3 tests in LSAC’s SuperPrep (timed) and review the explanations. Although the explanations are really technical, it’s good to learn how the test-makers think. Identify weak areas.

Week 14: Re-read my articles on Logical Reasoning about question-types still giving you trouble. Complete a recent LSAT PrepTest under timed conditions. Review.

Week 15: Use my Logical Reasoning categorization to do question-types in older exams that still give you difficulty. Review. Complete another LSAT PrepTest under timed conditions. Review.

Week 16: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests under timed conditions as 4-section exams. Review each exam on alternating days.

Month 5

Week 17: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Review each exam on alternating days.

Week 18: Complete 3 recent LSAT PrepTests (timed). Splice in sections from another to simulate experimental sections. Review each exam on alternating days.

Week 19: 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 20: 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

Who should use a 5-month LSAT study plan?

Someone studying full-time or for several hours every weekend. If work, school, or life obligations make that pace impossible, skip some of the catch-up and review weeks and spread the same work out more slowly. If that pace won't fit, the 6-month LSAT study plan spreads the same work over more weeks.

What happens in month 3 of this plan?

Month 3 covers Reading Comprehension articles and untimed sections in week 9, then more weeks re-doing Reading Comprehension and Logical Reasoning questions that gave you trouble.

When do full timed practice tests start?

Timed full-length PrepTests start in month 4, with SuperPrep in week 13 and single timed PrepTests in weeks 14 through 16, before month 5 moves to 3 full timed PrepTests almost every week.

Why does the schedule splice sections from other PrepTests?

Splicing in a section from a different exam simulates the unscored experimental section you'll get on real test day, so your timed practice matches the length and fatigue of the actual LSAT.

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