LSAT retake plan: gain about 5 points

An 8-week retake plan for a 5-point gain. You are close. This plan audits the last attempt and repairs exactly what leaked.

Plan tools: the study plan generator builds a custom schedule, and the free diagnostic finds your starting point.

Who this plan is for

This plan is for you if you have taken the LSAT once, your score was within about 5 points of your target, and your practice tests were higher. The gap is usually execution: timing, nerves, or a thin section. No invented timelines here: 8 weeks, about 80 hours, estimate.

The plan, week by week

1. Week 1: audit the last test
   • Reconstruct your last test from memory and your score report.
   • List every section in order, with how it felt: rushed, calm, panicked.
   • Take a fresh diagnostic to see what is still true.
2. Weeks 2-3: repair the leak
   • Put 70 percent of time on your worst section from the last test.
   • Drill its worst types untimed. Rebuild the method, not just the reps.
   • If timing was the problem, do timed sections now, not later.
3. Weeks 4-5: timed sections
   • Two timed sections per week, weighted to the weak section.
   • Review untimed the next day.
   • Practice the hard parts of test day: the experimental section, the break, the restart.
4. Weeks 6-7: full tests
   • One full test per week under strict conditions.
   • Score variance matters more than the average. You want consistent.
   • Fix whatever the tests reveal. No new concepts.
5. Week 8: taper
   • Light review only. Miss log and type rules.
   • Plan test day logistics in advance this time.
   • Rest. You have done this before. That is an advantage.

Rules for this plan

• A retake is not a restart. Do not redo the whole curriculum.
• Five points is usually one section fixed or timing cleaned up. Find which.
• If your practice tests were already at target, the work is mental: routine, sleep, pacing.
• Do not take the retake to prove something. Take it with a repaired plan.
• Two points of the five often come from the first section alone. Start there.

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Last updated October 12, 2026