Self-study
is taking a two month long break okay? starting again in may and grinding hard all summer to take the test in august ?
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is taking a two month long break okay? starting again in may and grinding hard all summer to take the test in august ?
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Taking a month-ish long break, if you've been really grinding for 2-3+ months and are feeling burned out is actually something I would recommend. It helped me really get back into the game after I was feeling frustrated with my progress and I gained a lot of improvement in the period immediately following the break. It also helped me when I took my actual test because I felt much less of that "brain mush" feeling that you start to get after months of studying. That said, this is just anecdotal and I think you should avoid taking anything more than two months to assure that you don't lose your progress or your drive to get started back up again.
Hard to answer for certain without knowing a lot more about your context, but my general advice to all you type-A ass pre-law nerds is YES YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CHILL SOMETIMES.
@MichaelWright lmao you're right on me being type A because I've been studying for the LSAT since August and i plan to apply for 2027 cycle so I'm very early. so what about taking a two month break from now until early may and then taking official LSAT in august? will taking that long of a break affect where I'm currently at, 145-147 Pts?
@MakailaMontoya The basic answer is "yeah dude take a break if you need to you've got time", but at your score range there's probably a lot of high-value work you can do piecemeal. From a theory perspective, picking an individual concept from the Foundations to dial in on and master is probably what you need, and if you take a concentrated chunk of time to internalize the concept it'll have staying power.
From an execution perspective, broader atmospheric factors like test anxiety and lifestyle patterns (all LSAT-takers need to STOP SMOKING WEED and SLEEP, for example) are worth working on for their own reasons even if you're mostly not studying.