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I recently completed the core curriculum and am starting a study process of a PT once a week and drilling based on the results of the previous test. However, I am two PT's in and what is killing me the most is just blanking on the stimulus and re-reading it over and over only to have time run out with 8-10 questions left to go.
Is there a specific strategy to focus on improving time, or is it just repetition? Should i grind through PT's anyway, or is it better to just do untimed drills?
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not sure if youre doing this already but what really helped me with blanking and having to reread the stim over and over was first reading the question so i know what im looking for and then reading the stim so i have something to focus on looking for.
i know ppl below have said dont just burn through questions trying to get practice in BUT at least for me lots of practice and repetition with drilling questions all the time has lessened the anxiety of omg im taking the lsat so much pressure feeling.
also if im blanking a lot or its hard for me to focus, ill drill questions ive already taken so im not "wasting" new ones
literally same exact boat
IDK if this is prevalent to your case, but I have craaazy test-based anxiety and definitely lock up during tests. What I've done to mitigate it is to take PT's in as similar of conditions to the real deal (I plan to take remotely in Nov). What helps most for me is attending the proctored Saturday exam time that 7Sage offers.
Aside from that, when I lock up during an exam, I take the few seconds to close my eyes and take two really deep breaths. I remind myself to read carefully and try to remember the goal of the question stem. That helps in filtering out what is relevant/not.
My strategy for reducing time is to answer the initial 10-15 questions in a section quickly and efficiently so that I can bank time for later on where questions tend to get very tricky/need diagramming. The key to any LR Q is to know exactly what it's asking of you (i.e. Necessary Assumption, Flaw, Conditionals, etc.)
As for grinding PTs, I would say yes but make sure you're very aware why you got the question wrong and how you plan to mitigate that in the future. That helps so that you're not mindlessly burning away at your question database. Quantity =/= Quality.