Donald M. answered • 05/06/19
Harvard Law Graduate Who Helps Students Score Higher than 173 on LSAT
I'm going to take this question literally. Almost everyone I know scores lower on test day than on practice tests. How can the size of that gap be reduced? Let me share what works best for my highest performing students in minimizing the gap between practice and the actual test. Preparation is obviously important for developing methods and mastering them, but let's now focus on what preparation for what happens on test day and how to do best then. Let me provide you with five suggestions to consider: 1. Practice taking tests for weeks previously in environments noisier and more distracting than the LSAT room. 2. Don't practice at all for 72 hours before the test unless a little review of methods would make you feel calmer. However, don't really practice. 3. Spend the 72 hours before the test relaxing and doing what you enjoy. 4. Get plenty of rest for at least four nights before the test, shifting your schedule to be awakening at 6:30 a.m. for a morning test ... and later, of course, for an afternoon test. 5. Warm up outside the test facility by doing a few questions of each type before you go in to focus your mind on thinking about how to do the test well.
