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Hi all,
I’ve been studying for the lsat, I took October test which I came out not confident and felt like I bombed it but I also signed up for November as a back up as I want to apply this cycle. However, continuing studying has been tuff it’s like I’m mentally exhausted with the lsat, I tried to drill 10 questions and I’m just so mentally exhausted and keep getting easier questions wrong or not fully in tuned, is this a sign of burnout? What could this be?
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I feel like i'm in the exact same boat! Took the October test hoping to be one and done but I fear that's not happening. I work and am a full time student, so what I've found works best for me is doing smaller drills of 5-8 questions, but turning up the difficulty level to 4 or 5 and really focusing on accuracy and understanding over speed, then reviewing my wrong answers right after and diagramming out whatever I missed. By the time I do my weekly PT I feel like I've absorbed enough information and skills that I can apply but I'm not so burnt out that I have no energy. Sometimes more is less :)
Sounds like it could be burnout, but maybe not worth labelling it as such! I find that if I drill when I haven't slept well or have already done a lot of thought work that day or week, and even more so, when I've been scrolling a lot, that things just DO NOT connect. Taking time to wind down (note: distracting self =/ winding down), reconnecting with my why, and getting back after it fresh and caffeinated makes me much more effective (and the process way more enjoyable, which creates a nice feedback loop). I'm no expert, but getting in my 1hour of effective drilling has been way more sustainable than slogging through anything longer. I've found that LSAT is as much a test of focus and mindfulness as anything else (i.e., not getting tripped up by the timer, or meta-cognition about how many q's you have left). Whenever my practice q's/tests are going well, I'm arriving at every question fresh and attentive. Maybe you're bogged down in the stress of it all. Maybe you're overstimulated. Maybe you're underslept. Maybe you're dehydrated. Maybe your mindset has shifted to become too caught up in your scores, and less about improvement (i.e., deeply understanding why you got q's wrong). Hard to know. Take care of yourself, dear friend. It'll come back. The goal is not to become the kind of person who can get the q's right, but the kind of person who can't get them wrong. If you're making silly mistakes, review why. The improvement is where the discomfort is, and only there. Much love.