OLSAT Level G study materials
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OLSAT Level G study plan

OLSAT Level G · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Verbal Comprehension

  • Define and distinguish the eight verbal-comprehension item types (synonyms, antonyms, analogies, sentence completion, reading comprehension, following directions, verbal classification, verbal absurdities)

  • Build a personal vocabulary log of 60 high-frequency exam words with definitions, part of speech, and one original sentence each

  • Practice sentence-completion items using the two-pass method: predict the blank, then eliminate by connotation and tone

  • Annotate three short passages for main idea, supporting detail, and inference markers

Your checkpoint

A 60-word vocabulary log plus a 20-item untimed verbal-comprehension practice set scored and error-coded by item type

Week 2

Verbal Comprehension & Verbal Reasoning

  • Convert the vocabulary log into 30 antonym and synonym pairs and self-quiz them from memory twice

  • Solve analogies by explicitly naming the relationship bridge before checking answer choices

  • Sort analogy bridges into categories (cause-effect, part-whole, degree, function, category) and label 25 practice items

  • Read four passages under a 4-minute cap each and write a one-sentence summary of each

Your checkpoint

An analogy-bridge cheat sheet with at least eight relationship categories, each illustrated by two original examples, plus a timed 15-item analogy quiz scored for accuracy and speed

Week 3

Verbal Reasoning & Figural Reasoning

  • Solve verbal-classification and verbal-absurdity sets by stating the odd-one-out rule in writing before selecting

  • Learn the figural-reasoning move set: rotation, reflection, translation, addition/subtraction of elements, size change, shading change

  • Label the transformation in each step of 20 figural sequence items

  • Time yourself at 45 seconds per figural item across a 25-item set

Your checkpoint

A written transformation inventory covering all six figural moves applied to 20 solved sequence items, with a log of the three moves you missed most

Week 4

Figural Reasoning

  • Drill matrix and analogy-grid figural items using a row-rule/column-rule checklist

  • Identify and correct your top two recurring figural errors from the week 3 log

  • Complete two 20-minute timed figural sections without breaking the checklist order

  • Build a one-page visual reference of figural patterns you personally get wrong

Your checkpoint

Two timed figural sections completed with scores recorded, plus a one-page personal error reference sheet listing your five most frequent traps

Week 5

Pictorial Reasoning & Figural Reasoning

  • Classify pictorial-reasoning item types (paper folding, hole punching, pattern completion, hidden figures, series) and list the rule for each

  • Solve paper-folding and hole-punching items by sketching the unfold steps backward from the final state

  • Practice hidden-figure and embedded-shape scanning with a systematic left-to-right, top-to-bottom sweep

  • Mix 30 pictorial and figural items in one sitting to practice switching rule sets

Your checkpoint

A scored 30-item mixed pictorial/figural set with every missed item re-solved correctly on a second pass and annotated with the rule you missed

Week 6

Quantitative Reasoning

  • Review arithmetic fundamentals: fractions, ratios, percentages, averages, and unit conversions

  • Solve number-series items by testing difference, ratio, alternating, and second-difference patterns in a fixed order

  • Translate word problems into equations using an explicit given/unknown/relationship table

  • Practice quantitative-comparison items by testing values and avoiding unnecessary computation

Your checkpoint

A formula-and-strategy card (one page) plus a 25-item quantitative reasoning set scored, with each miss tagged to a specific arithmetic or reasoning gap

Week 7

Quantitative Reasoning & Verbal Comprehension

  • Re-drill the two weakest quantitative subtopics identified in week 6 until each reaches 80% accuracy

  • Re-quiz the full vocabulary log and retire mastered words, keeping a residual list of 20 hard words

  • Complete two 15-minute timed quantitative sections and one timed verbal-comprehension section

  • Review all error logs from weeks 1 to 6 and group errors by root cause

Your checkpoint

An updated error log showing root causes, current accuracy percentages per domain, and a trimmed 20-word residual vocabulary list

Week 8

Verbal Comprehension & Verbal Reasoning & Pictorial Reasoning & Figural Reasoning & Quantitative Reasoning

  • Take two full-length timed practice tests under exam conditions with no interruptions

  • Review every missed item and write the correct reasoning path in one sentence each

  • Re-drill only the three lowest-accuracy subtopics across all five domains

  • Finalize a test-day pacing plan by allocating target minutes per domain

Your checkpoint

Two complete timed practice test scores with a written one-page test-day pacing and strategy plan

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a 20-item mixed verbal-comprehension and analogy quiz, and recite 30 vocabulary pairs from memory

Week 4: Score at least 75% on two timed 20-minute figural-reasoning sections and show a shrinking error log across weeks 3 to 4

Week 6: Score at least 70% on a 25-item quantitative-reasoning set and confirm every missed item is tagged to a named arithmetic or reasoning gap

Week 8: Score at least 80% overall on both full-length timed practice tests with no domain falling below 70%