My BR is easily 20 - 25 points higher than my timed conditions PTs.

I am understanding concepts but application under time is actually ruining my faith in my comprehension of this stuff. I completely crack under time. Not characteristic of me, truly.

I take the November LSAT with a goal score of 160. I am testing at 149 - 153.

Not going for a top school.

My diagnostic was 140 8 months ago. I've been burning out studying the past 3 months diligently. The first 5 months were a wash. Yes I spent a ton of time in core curriculum the first 5 months on the old 7sage platform. I have been a live class member since I started with 7sage.

In a tight spot. Give me anything you have to break through this wall I keep hitting.

If nothing else, it felt good to just spill to the group haha.

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  • Wednesday, Oct 22

    yup, highest exam score of a 153 real exam but got a pt last week of 162 no idea how that happened

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  • Wednesday, Oct 22

    Highly suggest listening to the 7 Sage podcast episode called "Need for Speed" either on spotify or here on youtube. Rahela's take is super reassuring and her concept of reading for understanding THEN flying through the answer choices will happen naturally.

    I went from running out of time/ consistently guessing on the last 3 questions to now having 2-3 minutes left over and able to go back to flagged Q's. PT's also went up 3-4pts with this mindset shift in the next few PTs

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  • Tuesday, Oct 21

    I relate to this hard

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  • Tuesday, Oct 21

    I have been having the same issues as well. One of the things that I learned is I needed to calm down (easier said then done I know), but if I feel stuck at a question I just will sit there and breathe and reread it until I understand it. I will also flag it so I know what to look for when I am done with the blind review and want a summary of the question. But ignoring the clock and understanding that I just need to breath and focus on the question has really helped, and my score has gone up on every practice test since.

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  • Tuesday, Oct 21

    I also have been testing the same and have a goal score of 160 too with high BR. Honestly Ive been trying to drill questions types that I notice were constantly appearing as wrong in my BR. I also believe I crack under pressure. I saw something on TikTok that if you put all you put all your wrong answers in chat and ask what the pattern mistakes you keep making and apply its was helpful so I plan to do that on my next Pt test. Hope this helps you and I would also love to hear anyone else's tips!

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