The PowerScore LSAT PodCast

Dave and Jon are here with a third installment of responses to student questions, tackling inquiries covering guessing strategy, budget book buys, test day fatigue and prep burnout remedies, and even admissions concerns over the ever-tricky choice between scholarship offers and ranking prestige. And don't forget to submit your own questions for the next mailbag episode at [email protected]!

Episode 41 of the PowerScore Podcast sees Jon and Dave turn their attention to LSAT Reading Comprehension, specifically outlining a variety of self-assessment tools to help you pinpoint exactly where and why this section is giving you trouble. By employing these skill tests you'll determine not only what needs improvement in your Reading Comp approach, but also the adjustments required to take your performance to the next level.

The first of 2020's ten LSATs has now been administered, and Jon and Dave are here with their take! Listen as they deconstruct the January test from an overview of student feedback and general difficulty to a section-by-section breakdown to their scale prediction and what that means for your results. They also discuss what this latest LSAT and its content mean for the upcoming February, March, and April exams.

It's a new year, and it begins with an unprecedented LSAT-bang: four straight months with a test. To help get you ready, Dave and Jon broke out their crystal balls and set to predicting what's most likely to occur on these upcoming exams and how you can best prepare. You'll also hear about recent trends and content stats so you can prioritize where to spend your time leading up to test day!

Jon and Dave wrap up their discussion from Episode 34 about How to Take A Practice LSAT by examining precisely how to best interpret your test results. As part of that conversation they outline what it means to perform a blind review (and the various ways to do so), as well as what PowerScore's free scoring analytics tell you about your performance and how they should guide your next steps.

With a last look at the November 2019 LSAT, Dave and Jon review the latest Logic Games section, analyzing the four games and their questions. Listen in as they provide advice on how to best approach each game and its setup, and give thoughts on the section as a whole and how it affected the test's scoring scale.

Jon and Dave explore the continuing saga that is the November 2019 LSAT. Specifically they outline how the multiple make up exams have played out, from the initial reschedules to this past weekend's retakes. They also offer some words of encouragement for those whose November didn't go to plan, whether that means a December make up or a test date pushed to next year (spoiler: don't fret; you're going to be okay, and Dave and Jon explain precisely why).

Hot on the heels of the November LSAT, Jon and Dave give their thoughts on the exam, covering everything from test content to (the many) center issues.

Episode 34 sees Dave and Jon break down one of the most important components of successful LSAT prep: the ideal way to take practice tests! Specifically, you'll hear them cover everything from the various digital testing platforms to the proper use of experimental sections to recommended locations for testing. They also spend time discussing pre-test routines and mentality, and managing your schedule to accommodate testing and review while avoiding burnout.

Jon and Dave are back with another student mailbag episode, which means you'll hear them tackle a whole host of commonly asked questions, from test diagramming advice to score fluctuations (and how to handle them). You'll also get their take on everything from accommodated testing to how to best use the full spectrum of PowerScore's publications.