When you say you feel behind, what or who exactly are you behind of? From the time when I first started running marathons until my last one, one thing was constant: I didn't care who I was in front of nor who was in front of me (not in a harsh sense of not caring lol). You'll hear some people say the LSAT is like a marathon, and I am inclined to agree with them. At the end of the day, there are two things to consider here:
The LSAT is a competition between you yesterday and you today. If someone random scores a 175 on the test, that doesn't stop you or me from also scoring a 175. The only person that can stop either of us is ourselves respectively.
The LSAT and admissions also isn't a race. You have a dream school or some other schools in mind, that's great. But let's say you miss the June or August test. Does that mean the Death Star will commence primary ignition and blow up your dream school? Absolutely not! Your dream school, and all the other schools on your list, will still be here regardless of what test you take.
But there's only seven max attempts that you can take for the LSAT. If law school will be here regardless of which test you take, then why try to rush it knowing that there are limited attempts? Your best bet is to be patient with yourself and take the test when you are ready, not register when you hope to be ready.
So to answer your questions:
You have as much time as you allow yourself to have.
There are possible solutions to your problem: being patient with yourself, reading up on the core curriculum if you need to, carefully drilling and reviewing instead of burning through practice tests, and understanding that less can be more (less questions but putting in more quality time behind them).
It's natural to want results and to get discouraged when those results don't show up. But you gotta understand that there are steps to success; if you fall short on a question/passage, a drill set, a practice test, or even the real one, that does not solidify anything. Michael Jordan lost eight playoff series in his fifteen season career. Do those eight different seasons make him a failure? Absolutely not. You will get to where you need to be, but understand that the journey will not look linear. Hang in there and do whatever work that you can do. Never give up.
@LukaDoncicForMVP I've noticed that you have such positive remarks on a lot of the discussion posts! I'm glad you're a part of the 7sage community. It's nice to see these thoughts reiterated and reaffirmed. This can be an isolating journey. Thanks for the reminders (even though I wasn't the one directly asking).
@ANP Thank you for this. When I first started out, I felt very alone. Now I'm glad I'm in a place where I can make sure others also don't have to feel like they're alone in this.
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When you say you feel behind, what or who exactly are you behind of? From the time when I first started running marathons until my last one, one thing was constant: I didn't care who I was in front of nor who was in front of me (not in a harsh sense of not caring lol). You'll hear some people say the LSAT is like a marathon, and I am inclined to agree with them. At the end of the day, there are two things to consider here:
The LSAT is a competition between you yesterday and you today. If someone random scores a 175 on the test, that doesn't stop you or me from also scoring a 175. The only person that can stop either of us is ourselves respectively.
The LSAT and admissions also isn't a race. You have a dream school or some other schools in mind, that's great. But let's say you miss the June or August test. Does that mean the Death Star will commence primary ignition and blow up your dream school? Absolutely not! Your dream school, and all the other schools on your list, will still be here regardless of what test you take.
But there's only seven max attempts that you can take for the LSAT. If law school will be here regardless of which test you take, then why try to rush it knowing that there are limited attempts? Your best bet is to be patient with yourself and take the test when you are ready, not register when you hope to be ready.
So to answer your questions:
You have as much time as you allow yourself to have.
There are possible solutions to your problem: being patient with yourself, reading up on the core curriculum if you need to, carefully drilling and reviewing instead of burning through practice tests, and understanding that less can be more (less questions but putting in more quality time behind them).
It's natural to want results and to get discouraged when those results don't show up. But you gotta understand that there are steps to success; if you fall short on a question/passage, a drill set, a practice test, or even the real one, that does not solidify anything. Michael Jordan lost eight playoff series in his fifteen season career. Do those eight different seasons make him a failure? Absolutely not. You will get to where you need to be, but understand that the journey will not look linear. Hang in there and do whatever work that you can do. Never give up.
@LukaDoncicForMVP thank you so much!
@LukaDoncicForMVP I've noticed that you have such positive remarks on a lot of the discussion posts! I'm glad you're a part of the 7sage community. It's nice to see these thoughts reiterated and reaffirmed. This can be an isolating journey. Thanks for the reminders (even though I wasn't the one directly asking).
@ANP Thank you for this. When I first started out, I felt very alone. Now I'm glad I'm in a place where I can make sure others also don't have to feel like they're alone in this.