LSAT India: How to tackle problem areas & analyse mock tests?

By Vivek Subramanian

LSAT India Tips & Tricks to Perform better in Exam

One piece of advice for law aspirants is that it’s NOT about the number of mock tests you write, it’s about what you do after each mock you write. What does this mean? I’ll explain.

There is a common misconception in students’ minds that writing more mocks equals better preparation. We see students actively seeking out online test series that promise 40 mock tests and 50 mock tests. Giving test after test with no reflection or analysis will lead to just getting the same results over and over again. Student scores will reach a saturation point and then the confidence of the person preparing begins to drop when they don’t see their scores improving with time. Very frankly, this is a wasteful activity that only leads to more pressure and stress for students.

Listed below are some tips to make most of out of solving LSAT India 2017 Mock Tests.

LSAT India: How many Mock Tests to attempt?

Our belief is that a well-prepared student does not need more than 10 mock tests to adequately practice everything needed to succeed in a timed objective exam like LSAT. The most important part of a mock test is not the test itself – it is the post-test analysis. Done well, this will reveal startling insights about your performance and will be able to unlock a significant boost in your test scores.

As an example – just last week, we were having a discussion with one of our students. She approached us saying that her scores were stagnating, and she had already completed the syllabus so it was not a question of knowledge or not knowing how to solve certain questions. She was puzzled what she could do to further improve her scores. Upon doing analysis on her performance, we found that her answers echoed this. There was no knowledge gap in her performance. Instead, we uncovered something very interesting. If she was able to score just 10 marks more, her projected rank would improve by almost 1000! That is a massive benefit, and we then set about finding the easiest way to score 10 marks more. Almost immediately, it became obvious that if she could just reduce the number of careless errors she was committing, these 10 marks would fall into her lap. So there was no need to study anything new. If she could just solve the same questions a little bit more slowly and carefully, she was going to improve her position by almost 1000 ranks.

I mention this example as an illustration of what can be achieved by good post-mock analysis. Ideally, if you have signed up for an online mock test series, you would get some sort of information on how you have done, including the following:

• Number of questions done right and wrong
• Section-wise break up of scores
• Time taken per question or section
• Projected ranks

With this raw data, you can then begin to dig deeper. For each mark you did not score, you should ask yourself – was it because of a knowledge gap or a careless error? If it was a knowledge gap, work immediately to close that gap. Go back to that topic, study it again and solve more questions like the one you were not able to solve, till you feel confident that you would be able to crack a similar question in the exam. If the missing mark was because of a careless error, that is actually harder to fix.  

I can tell you from experience, reducing the number of careless errors you make takes a lot of concentration and dedication. You need to become paranoid as well as quick enough to double and triple checking yourself. This too, can be done with practice.

Proactively doing this after every mock is an excellent way to discover more about your test-taking skills and quickly identify areas to fix. With consistent effort and dedication, you will see a steady surge in your test scores. All the best!

Vivek Subramanian

About the Author:

Vivek Subramanian has a BTech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked internationally in New York and Hong Kong in investment banking and management consulting, before deciding to return to India to pursue his love for teaching. He is the co-founder and Chief Instructor at ExamVictor.

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