OLSAT Level E study plan
OLSAT Level E · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Verbal Comprehension
Define the five verbal-comprehension item types (synonyms, antonyms, analogies, sentence completion, reading comprehension) in your own words
Build a 60-word vocabulary log of Level E–calibrated words with synonym and antonym pairs for each entry
Annotate three short passages by labeling main idea, supporting detail, and inference sentences
Drill 30 sentence-completion items untimed and record the reasoning used to eliminate each wrong choice
Your checkpoint
A dated vocabulary log of 60 entries plus a one-page error tally showing which verbal-comprehension item type you miss most
Verbal Reasoning & Verbal Comprehension
Distinguish valid from invalid verbal analogies by writing the relationship (part-to-whole, cause-effect, degree) beside each pair
Solve 25 analogy items and label the bridge before picking an answer
Paraphrase 10 inferential statements to separate what is stated from what is implied
Compare paired answer choices to identify the single word or phrase that makes one wrong
Your checkpoint
A completed analogy-bridge worksheet of 25 items with relationship labels and a short written explanation of the three you got wrong
Quantitative Reasoning & Verbal Reasoning
Solve 40 number-series items and write the rule (additive, multiplicative, alternating, squares) under each
Convert 15 word problems into equations before solving them
Rank arithmetic reasoning strategies by speed and accuracy using a timed 20-item set
Explain aloud how verbal logic items (if-then, all/none, ordering puzzles) translate into quick diagrams
Your checkpoint
A rule-labeled number-series log of 40 items with accuracy percentage noted for each rule type
Quantitative Reasoning & Verbal Comprehension
Complete a timed 25-minute mixed quantitative set and record per-question time
Re-derive every missed quantitative item without looking at the solution, then compare
Read three passages under a 4-minute cap each and answer five questions per passage
Summarize the two recurring error patterns you see across verbal and quantitative work
Your checkpoint
A half-length timed diagnostic score (verbal comprehension plus quantitative) with a written error-pattern summary
Pictorial Reasoning
Classify pictorial-reasoning item types (classifying, sequencing, analogies, series completion with pictures) and sketch one example of each
Solve 30 pictorial analogy and classification items and state the visual rule in a single sentence
Sketch the missing figure for 15 picture-series items before checking the answer key
Build a personal checklist of visual features to scan first (shape, size, rotation, count, shading)
Your checkpoint
A one-page visual-feature checklist plus a scored set of 45 pictorial items with rules written beside each
Figural Reasoning & Pictorial Reasoning
Trace rotation and reflection patterns across 20 figural-series items and note degrees of turn
Solve 20 figural-classification items by naming the shared attribute aloud before answering
Compare pictorial versus figural items to describe how the same logic appears in both formats
Re-time a 20-item figural set to build speed without losing accuracy
Your checkpoint
A rotation/reflection tracking sheet for 20 figural items plus before-and-after timed accuracy for the same item set
Verbal Reasoning & Quantitative Reasoning
Drill 30 mixed verbal-reasoning items under a 1-minute-per-item cap
Drill 30 mixed quantitative items with a written formula or rule for each
Review the week 1–6 error logs and re-solve the ten most-missed items cold
Explain each of those ten items aloud as if teaching it to another student
Your checkpoint
A re-solve log of the ten most-missed items showing old answer, new answer, and the corrected reasoning
Verbal Comprehension & Verbal Reasoning & Pictorial Reasoning & Figural Reasoning & Quantitative Reasoning
Take one full-length timed practice test under exam conditions with no breaks
Score each of the five domains separately and compute a percentage per domain
Reorder your remaining study time toward the two lowest-scoring domains
Write a one-page test-day routine covering pacing, guessing policy, and skip-and-return rules
Your checkpoint
A full-length practice score report with per-domain percentages and a one-page test-day pacing plan
Milestones
Week 2: Vocabulary log reaches at least 60 entries and analogy-bridge accuracy is at or above 70% on an untimed 25-item set
Week 4: Half-length timed diagnostic completed with a recorded score in both verbal comprehension and quantitative reasoning and an identified top-two error pattern
Week 6: Pictorial and figural accuracy at or above 75% on timed 20-item sets with written rules for each item
Week 8: Full-length timed practice test completed with per-domain percentages recorded and no domain below 60%