Self-study
Hey everyone, I had a diagnostic of 140, and my 3 practice exams since then have been 152, 149, and today a 144. I wanted to take a practice test as my exam is Jan 10th, and I am feeling so defeated. Does anyone have any tips? I am so frustrated at my steady decline.
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Thank you everyone, reading all these is definitely helping me feel better. I really appreciate everyone who is taking the time to respond. Wish you all the best!
This happened to me on my first LSAT in Nov. I went from getting 152 to 144. Then I stopped studying for the whole week. I thought I was going to get 140 😂 But to my surprise, I got a 156. Maybe you just need to rest; burnout is real. Try studying in the morning for a few hours, then spend the rest of your day doing something that excites you and makes you feel alive, and repeat.
Don’t do more practice tests, re-read the curriculum. Look at your weakest question types in analytics and make sure you understand how to approach them.
this may sound preachy but I am an old person taking this test for the first time in years. the best advice for this is to actually just stop studying so much. youre burning yourself out, and youre doing nothing but discouraging yourself. focus more on self care in the next few days, do some untimed drills (not the ones that target your weaknesses, pick a practice drill from a real test) and read a few RCs. You have 7 tries over a combined 35 years to get this. and remember: you can always go to law school. you can transfer from a masters program, you can go after grad school, you can go when youre old and want a career change like me. no matter what you will be okay.
I feel you, I haven't had the best luck with prep tests and scoring at a 147 with a diagnostic of 141. I have an accuracy of 73% under timed conditions but when I get to the prep test I would get stressed and ultimately not do great. Nothing I will say will help you get a crazy high score but definitely take a breath and do something to de-stress to start off. Then I would suggest to slow down on the first part of the test, thats where the easy questions are and should be easy points but don't be discouraged because I too still get some easy points wrong. I think the biggest thing is your confidence level, you need to believe in yourself. I know it doesn't sound like much but trust me I have been studying for 6 months and I was stressed so much I was getting migraines and don't doing great. However, the second I calmed down and trusted myself, I was doing better. Another tip is when you are looking at answer choices and you can't choose or are between to answers, choose the boring one. The lsat likes to trick you with extreme answers or ones that look better to make you think that it's the correct one.
I take my test the 7th so trust me I understand the frustrations, especially when you don't see the numbers you want to see to guarantee safety. Keep in mind there is a curve as well (do a quick google search on it) and that some prep tests are harder than others.
I hope this helps and I'm sure you will do great! Best of luck!