Hello you beautiful, beautiful people. So, I've had a wonderful month or so of consistently okay scores. Not where I want to be by June but 3-5 points shy.
I'm now experiencing a dramatic decline across all sections in accuracy and I am FUHREAKING out (e.g., missing 5 per LR section when I had up until last week been averaging minus 4 total for LR). Needless to say I've been pacing like a mad woman who has something to hide because JUNE is now less than 5 weeks away.
Any kind words and/or suggestions would be much appreciated. Kind of at a loss for what to do because my blind review score is still the same, just not in my PTs or drills of timed sections. Merp. Knope out.
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Guys, I took a few hour break in between studying and it was glorious! :) Also, if you ever need good break material, I just watched an hour's worth of white house correspondent dinner roasts and laughed SO HARD that I think I made people mad in the library. Getting them good feels going before it's back to the books!
@2543.hopkins Of course your brain needs it. Who wants to do the same thing every single day without a break?
@igbodoe249 Y E S. Take one day of seven and intentionally devote it to rest. I started doing this on Sundays a while ago and it has vastly improved my outlook and frankly performance (overall) as well. Not that Sundays off should be seen simply as a means to an end, but in taking this "risk" of "losing" a whole day, I haven't suffered at all. What's more, I now LOOK FORWARD to resuming LSAT study on Monday.
I *love* LSAT, much more than I did before. I chalk it up to taking Sundays off and also the delightful friends I have made here on 7sage and our study/BR groups.
Do you workout?
RELAX! lol
Also, are you still taking at least a day off to avoid burn out?
@igbodoe249 girl, take a break. It sounds like you're freaking yourself out and not doing yourself much good. Srsly. Go on a LSAT vacay = no 7sage forums, no TLS, no scantrons ... don't even think about LSATs, no talking about them, and if you watch Legally Blonde during this vacay you *must* fast forward thru the LSAT part (even though that might be the best part of the movie).
What if you did a 48 hour LSAT vacay and regroup? Go get your nails done, go to the beach, eat extra bacon. Treat yo'self. And return refreshed and in a better place to gauge your standing.
Do it sooner rather than later ... meaning nao! Chill chill and then PT60 for Saturday BR group :D We will be SO encouraging, you have no idea ...
First watch this for ideas.
@igbodoe249 HOW DARE YOU ... Just kidding, you were probably pretty entertaining for your onlookers :) as long as you're ok with being a public source of entertainment ... ;)
Sounds to me like you may need a break, a couple of days off (maybe even a few?) can do wonders. I know it's difficult to do with a looming deadline but I really think it will help. This is anecdotal evidence of course but after pushing for months and months, I finally took a break for a few days and saw a big jump in score when I returned. Good luck! You can do it!
What test #s are you using? I experienced the same thing when I switched from older tests to more modern tests, and I think it's fairly common.
Sounds like performance anxiety because I’m pretty sure you got your fundamentals down. Do you meditate?
Haha ... !!
Always @2543.hopkins, always. (Whateva whateva I do what I want)
@igbodoe249 : I do not meditated but have been more consistent about exercising. I should add meditation to the mix too
@tutordavidlevine115: I'm in the 40s, 50s, and 60s (doing some from each). Shouldn't be because of shifting tests though because I was scoring consistently a few weeks ago across the 40s, 50s, and 60s. I specifically broke it up like that so I could account for variations in tests.
@jinadarcy0610262: AHHH SO NERVOUS!