Review Is Key

A lot of students think improvement comes from doing more.

More drills. More timed sections. More practice tests.

But volume alone doesn’t improve your score. Solving one question at a time and reviewing your mistakes will.

Stop Racing Through Material

The student in this episode drilled every Reading Comprehension passage in the Demon, but was still inconsistent on RC.

Nathan and Josh immediately identified the real issue: rushing through material without learning enough from it.

If you’re blowing through questions, hoping repetition alone will lead to a breakthrough, you’re wasting valuable material.

Accuracy Over Speed

Students who chase perfect scores often hurt their performance.

They rush through the passage, force themselves to finish sections, and sacrifice accuracy in the process. Then they wonder why their scores swing wildly from test to test.

You earn high scores by slowing down, reading carefully, and getting questions right. Accuracy creates consistency. Consistency creates speed.

Redoing Questions Is Fine

Many students worry that redoing old questions isn’t helpful.

But that’s not true.

If you’ve done enough LSAT questions to start seeing repeats, you’ve worked through thousands of questions already. You’re unlikely to remember enough about a question that you wouldn’t have to solve it again from scratch.

The point is practicing the process of careful reading and using your common sense. If you’re doing that, you’re making progress, even if the question feels familiar. 

Review Is Where Improvement Happens

Review is not about memorizing your mistakes.

Nathan compares it to solving the problem fresh each time. You’re not trying to remember that the answer was B. You’re trying to understand why B answers the question correctly based on the passage.

That process of careful analysis is what will allow you to improve.

Quality Over Quantity

Professional golfers don’t stand on the range hitting drives over and over again when something is off. They slow down, analyze each swing, and focus on proper form.

LSAT prep works the same way. You’ll improve more from 15 carefully attempted and reviewed questions than 150 rushed ones.

Let Go Of Perfection

The student in the episode also felt pressure to score a 179 or 180 before registering for the official test.

That mindset was part of the problem. Chasing perfection often leads students to rush and overwork themselves.

Instead, focus on answering the questions you attempt correctly. Focus on understanding what you read. Focus on reviewing your mistakes.

That’s what actually raises your score.