Self-study
I previously took a diagnostic in jan of 2025 and scored a 145. Ive been studying since febuary and just took a new pt test and got a 134. I study about 2-3 hours a day around 4-5 days a week still working on foundations with occassional drilling and wrong answer journal. I want to take the exam in either aug,sept, or oct and need 160+ but i really dont know where I am going wrong with my studying. :(
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2-3 hours a day is a totally acceptable amount of studying if you're using it correctly. One thing that will help you tremendously and what got me PTing in the 170s was recognizing patterns and making predictions. You've practiced enough now where you've seen every question type, you should try getting to a point where after just reading the stim and the question you should immediately have an idea of what your answer looks like before you even read the answer choices. Going back and revisiting the core lessons will also help with this if you haven't already.
@TheBigFatPanda I 100% agree some question types I can recognize immediately others not so much. I might need to focus more on the recognition aspect through my wrong answer journal to try and see where I go wrong. I think this might be the solution to my problem thank youu!!!
Not saying this because I tutor but it might be helpful to get a human to work with you and assess what you are doing wrong. It's really hard for us to say from the information here though what is giving you trouble.
@julielamberth yes I was thinking about getting a tutor just not sure if I should do so through 7sage or a different platform.
A wrong answer journal may help to check if you are reenforcing bad habits…that would be my step 1, then additional how much of the foundations do I actually know. I have been studying since November yet I learn something new every single day.
@DeeTee I have been accumulating my wrong answer journal for a while now my issue seems to be not being able to apply the same strategies to the test and drill questions without confusion :(
@sj112 I would say slow down….I go super slow with any new method until I can fully understand to implement it.
You should be studying 4-5 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. And don't just shoot for 160+, go for 170+.
@unknown I have went up studying 4 hours daily, 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening as a straight 4 hours creates burnout for me. I also work part time and am a caregiver so it is a bit hard but i am definitely trying!
@sj112 I generally tell my students no more than 2 1/2 -3 hours at a time, and usually the only people who can get in two study sessions a day are the ones who are literally only doing LSAT (not working, in school, etc). Quality will trump quantity.
Hey! I’m also new to the LSAT studying, I started studying in December and planning to take it in June, I started with a 135 diagnostic and grew two points. I’ve learned that quality is more important than quantity. I was studying 2 hours everyday when I first started, but I burnt myself out one month later and not understanding anything I was learning. I decided to work for my dream score first and then worry about when to apply. You might be burning yourself out and putting stress on yourself.
@EdithM same thing happened to me as well except I tried 4-5 straight hours no break! I am trying to implement breaks to boost energy levels throughout studying, hopefully it works :(