Each year at Blueprint LSAT Prep, we get a few students who come into the program with a low LSAT score. And each year, they ask us what they can do to overcome it. So we at Blueprint LSAT Prep have put together a list of things you can do to overcome a bad LSAT score.

 

1. Try not to get a bad score in the first place

We know – this isn’t helpful if you’ve already got a bad LSAT score. But if you haven’t yet taken the exam, you should be aware that your LSAC score report will have all of your scores listed on it. Because of this, we at Blueprint LSAT Prep recommend scoring well the first time you take the test as the best thing you can do.

2. Take the test again

You might have a very good reason that you got a bad LSAT score in the first place (death of a relative, sickness, a sudden aversion to hair styling products). But at Blueprint LSAT Prep, we’ve found that telling a law school why you got a bad score doesn’t go over nearly as well unless you’ve got another score to point to as the indication of your real potential.

3. Find out why you scored poorly the first time

At Blueprint LSAT Prep, we’ve seen students who receive a bad LSAT score the first time around and study for the test the same way the second time. In order to have a chance at studying better the second time around, you’ve got to be able to diagnose why the first time didn’t work. Did something come up that took up study time? Did you study the wrong way? Or (a frequent culprit we see at Blueprint LSAT Prep) were you the victim of acute and ongoing laziness? Whatever the reason, it has to be addressed the next time you study.

4. Implement a new study plan

After you’ve located the culprit behind your bad score, make a plan to address it. If you didn’t study enough, draw up a rigorous schedule. If you didn’t understand the test well on your own, consider taking an LSAT prep course (we at Blueprint know a good one…).

In the end, we at Blueprint LSAT Prep have found that the best antidote to a bad LSAT score is to get a good one. But to get there, you need to be able to diagnose what went wrong the first time and rectify it. Not enough study time is usually fairly easy to diagnose and fix. But deeper confusion about the test (a common problem since the test is difficult) can be harder to address.

Article by Trent Teti and Jodi Triplett of Blueprint LSAT Prep. Blueprint LSAT Prep offers live and online courses for students interested in rectifying bad LSAT scores and getting good scores in the first place. Blueprint LSAT Prep was formed in 2005.