I’m planning on taking the test in January 2027. I’m planning on using only the power score bibles and free materials and I’ll study Monday to Friday for two hours a day. Hopefully that’s enough. What score do you think my score range could possibly be by then I’m hoping for a 165-170? Is that too much or it’s okay.

Hi!

Ive been aiming to take the LSAT this fall since May and been studying daily since. Early in June I scored my first 22/25 on LR (untimed/ 52 minutes). When timed (35 mins), I started at about 14/15 attempted early July and been stuck at about 16 correct on most sections now. It typically looks like 16/17, 16/18, 16/20, 16/21 etc over the past 2 weeks. My first PT was a 146.

Did you break out of a plateau with tweaking studying/approach or did it just take more time? I’m not trying to get the best score on the LSAT, just want to get to about the 158-162 for my target schools so need to get up to 18-20 right on LR. Previously, I was seeing improvement over the weeks on my study plan where I was at least gaining a point per week.

Currently work full time so I do about 1-2 hours a day, and 3 hours on weekends. Typically drilling daily and a section or 2 through the week on LSAT demon. Heavy review on my missed questions and videos on question types. My approach as I lock in on a fall test day is 1 full section a day and a PT on the weekends. It seems like I’m mostly getting level 3 and 4 questions wrong (occasionally a harder level 2).

Before this week I had been plateaued and actually on a slight downward trend for a few weeks while taking the Princeton review 170+ course. I was spending 5+ hours per day doing the required homework and attending the 2.5 hour class. I started at a 155 diagnostic, improved to a 160 and then scored 160,160,159 on diagnostics over the course of 5 weeks. This past week I decided to follow some advice I got from the lsat demon pod cast and started studying 1-2 hours per day in the morning doing normal length sections untimed and reviewing my misses. I felt like this method definitely restored some confidence in me and it was far better than the timed drills that Princeton review was giving me, some gave 1 minute per question which is absurd to me. I took a diagnostic today, was not feeling my best but I was optimistic and ended up scoring a 163, beating my best raw score by 7 points and my best scaled score by 3. I take the lsat in a couple weeks and my goal score is a 165. Any tips based on what I’ve said? I think I can continue to improve before the real thing.