score 170+ on the LSAT

I was supposed to study for the LSATs on Sunday. I hoped to also take another practice test. Unfortunately, I was completely fucked on Sunday morning from the drinking and complete lack of sleep. End result: a Sunday spent half-conscious on the couch, alternating between REM sleep and watching TV. The sleep was better, though I watched: 2 David Blaine specials, Pimp My Ride, CNN, Top Gear, and The Iron Chef. Most entertaining: Top Gear, The Iron Chef.

So.. do I make time for practice? No. I’ve decided that there’s 1 week left of proper summer and I don’t really want to spend it studying for an exam. I’ll be studying for one thing or another (including the LSAT) every day when school begins next week. No sweat—it’ll become routine.

Damn.

Just took a practice exam. Grueling work. I scored 157, which is terrible. It amounts to the 75% percentile or so. My explanation: lack of practice (I completely killed the games section, bombed the reading comprehension section, which is the opposite of what I’d normally fare) and taking the exam at night. I’m going to try to take it again (a different one) on Sunday morning. In the meantime, I’m going to memorize and practice the reading comprehension section of the Princeton book. Damn.

Okay: I’ve got the LSAT coming up in less than 2 months. I bought a book (detailed below) but have not been using it. I need to practice as much as I possibly can.

I just took a few practice questions from the argument section. I got a few of them wrong; if I extrapolate my score and assume the entire exam consists of argument questions, then it means I just scored 160. Not good enough by far. This goal says 170, god damnit. I’m typically better at the argument questions than I am at the logic puzzles, so I better get back into shape.

I’m going to analyze the reasons for my failure on the practice questions, read the chapter in the book, and then tomorrow morning take an entire argument section from the practice exam. I’m aiming for a perfect score. Thank God for coffee.

I took the practice LSAT exam from the LSAC website and scored 167. I’m not sure how accurate this score is but I plan on besting it in 2 months. Toward this end I’ve purchased The Princeton Review’s Cracking the LSAT. Perfect: it has an 8 week study plan, which is exactly when the next LSATs are taking place.

My problem is games. I figure that if I maintain my score on the arguments and reading comprehension sections and perhaps get 3 or 4 extra questions right on the games, I’ll be in a position to get that 170. How sweet that would be. I can taste the triumph.

The book (“the bible”) says I should practice every day like any athlete or artist would. That’s what I am: an LSAT poet.