General Advice on LSAT???

[JKBlue]

Hello, I’m an undergrad at the University of Michigan. I have some general questions and was wondering if anyone is going through the same things as me. I’m a Junior now, but I’m taking the Feb. LSAT. Since it’s only a couple weeks away, I’m freaking out now. When I do practice tests, I have strings where I get like 6-7 straight wrong, simply because I can’t concentrate. Right now, I’m only scoring about a 154, even though I’ve taken a prep course and have studied since last year. On the one hand, I think that maybe I’m not concentrating simply because I know that I’m only taking practice tests (ironically, I usually do better on actual exams). But does anyone have any advice on how to deal with the pressure before the exam?

Also, anything that you found extremely useful on any of the sections (arguments, games, reading) that may not be conventional that you would like to share. I have most of my problems in arguments.

Thanks,
John

[leogiggles3]

I think concentration is a major issue. I’m a sociology/psychology major at Princeton, and there are some studies that show on multiple-choice exams, like the LSAT, a small caffeine intake can improve concentration and scores on these exams. The actual study showed a 20-30 pt gain on the old SAT (and it was statistically significant compared to the control group with no caffeine)

If you want to try it my advice would be:

1) don’t overdo it- 1 cup of coffee in the morning is plenty
2) try it out before hand on a practice exam- you may get jittery or have to use the bathroom frequently- in that case don’t do it

Otherwise- just relax- you will be fine.

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