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Your Final Week Before the LSAT: A Day-by-Day Strategy Guide

BY Kevin Lin

The week leading up to the LSAT can feel like a whirlwind of anxiety. But with a structured approach, you can boost your confidence and fine-tune your skills for test day success.

Here's a day-by-day schedule that balances productive practice with the mental preparation you need to perform your best when it counts.

Start this 7 days before you’re scheduled to take the LSAT.

Day 1: LR

  1. LR Warm-Up Drill
Start your week with a confidence-building Logical Reasoning drill. Stick to easier questions (difficulty 1-3) and give yourself 15 minutes to complete 10 questions.

(If you don’t have access to 7Sage’s drill creator, then choose an LR section from LawHub and just do the first 10 questions.)

  1. Full Practice Test in LawHub
Take a complete practice test using LawHub. This will help you get comfortable with the exact interface you'll see on test day.

Treat this like the real thing. No extra breaks, no checking your phone. Create the testing environment you'll face next week.

After the test, take a few hours to review all of your mistakes and flagged questions.

  1. Review and Reflect
End the day by reviewing your Wrong Answer Journal. Look for patterns in your mistakes and identify one concrete takeaway to keep in mind moving forward. This reflection time helps transform today's practice into tomorrow's improvements.

(If you don’t keep a Wrong Answer Journal or take notes about your past mistakes, spend this time reviewing your mistakes from a PT you took last month.)

Day 2: LR

  1. LR Warm-Up Drill
Same routine as yesterday—10 questions, 15 minutes, difficulty levels 1-3.
  1. Full LR Section
Complete an entire Logical Reasoning section under timed conditions in LawHub. Review all mistakes and flagged questions.
  1. Targeted LR Drill
Create a 10-question drill based on your highest-priority question type in 7Sage analytics. Give yourself unlimited time so you have the space to practice your approach to that question type comfortably.

(If you don’t have access to 7Sage’s analytics, then use this time to look at a few LR sections you’ve taken and review mistakes you’ve made on one of the following question types: Flaw, Necessary Assumption, or Must Be True.)

  1. Review and Reflect
Update your Wrong Answer Journal and extract lessons from today's work. What’s something you’ll keep in mind on the next LR section?

Day 3: RC

  1. RC Warm-Up Drill
Start your day with an RC confidence builder - 1 passage, 9 minutes, difficulty levels 1-2.

(If you don’t have access to 7Sage’s drill creator, then just do the first passage in an RC section on LawHub.)

  1. Full RC Section
Complete an entire Reading Comprehension section under timed conditions in LawHub. Review all mistakes and flagged questions.
  1. Review and Reflect
Look over your notes about RC from your Wrong Answer Journal. Are there any bad reading habits you’ve previously fallen into? What’s one concrete step you’ll take on the next RC section?

Day 4: LR

Follow the same structure as Day 2.

Day 5: LR or RC

What’s the average number wrong per section across your last 5 LR sections? What about for your last 5 RC sections? If your average number wrong in RC is at least twice your average number wrong in LR, then follow the structure of Day 3. If not, stick with the structure of Day 2.

Day 6: Pre-Test Review

At this point, your score on test day depends more on your mindset and energy. Instead of cranking out more sections or PTs, focus on strategic review:

  • Study your Wrong Answer Journal thoroughly. Identify 3 concrete takeaways you'll keep in mind on test day.

  • Think through your approach to each question type. Can you articulate your strategy for Strengthen questions? Necessary Assumption questions? Sufficient Assumption questions?

  • Quiz yourself on basic concepts.

    • How do you identify whether something is a main conclusion, intermediate conclusion, or premise?

    • What does “only if” mean? What does “unless” mean?

    • How do you tell whether an assumption is necessary to an argument? How do you tell whether an assumption is sufficient to make an argument valid?

    • Give an example of an argument that confuses sufficient and necessary conditions.

    • What’s the primary way to weaken an argument that proposes a causal explanation for something?

Day 7: Prepare Your Mind and Environment

No LSAT content study. Instead, focus on logistics and mindset.

Logistics:

  • Review LSAC's test day instructions

  • Prepare everything you need (ID, Prometric confirmation number, etc.)

  • If testing at home: set up and test your space

  • If testing at a center: confirm your route and travel time

Mental preparation:

  • Game plan for challenges: What if you get stuck on a hard question? What if technical issues arise? What if you feel panicked? Having a plan reduces anxiety.

  • Visualize success: See yourself working calmly through the test, making good decisions, and finishing strong.

Day 8: The LSAT

Do a 5-question LR drill in the morning using 1-star difficulty questions. Take unlimited time, and don't check the answers afterward. Just get your mind into LSAT mode.

Remember: You've put in the work. Trust your preparation. Trust your instincts. You've got this.

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