Self-study
Your target LSAT score is within reach, but progress has stalled. For the past month, your practice tests have remained in the same range despite consistent studying.
You can either continue drilling questions, focus on weaknesses, or completely change your study strategy.
What would you do in this situation?
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I think this is a more complicated question than I need 10 more points. I am certainly not an LSAT expert, but have done fairly extensive, self study, 7 sage study, and LSAt Demon study, plus have listened to 7sage podcast probably more than I should. From all these resources, this is how I would guess someone with more authority might answer your question: First, what is your 10 point range you are trying to get to? There is a really big difference to answering this question if you are trying to go from 150 to 160, 160 to 170, 170 to 180. I would imagine you are in between somewhere but if you are on the lower side, studying foundational knowledge may be more useful, or the higher side 'curve breaker' questions might serve you. Secondly, how do you do on blind review or if you truly give yourself as much time as possible? If you are aiming for a +165 score you need to be able to answer just about any question under no time constraint. If you can already do this, have faith that all you need is more reps, and you will get faster. If you cannot do this, really focus on the problems you struggle with without any time constraint. Watch the videos, and look up words you may have not understood in the passage. Finally, give yourself a small break from studying, and have a good routine when you return. Eat healthy and do short exercises before you study, movement can really get the brain working and lead to more focused study. Don't forget to sleep 8-10 hrs a day! Learning happens in our sleep! I hope this helps, this seems to be the right answer to me.
Focus on deep diving into each question you dont fully understand. Don't worry about number of hours or number of questions drilled just dedicate yourself to quality. For me this means untimed drills ~5 questions with harder difficulty where I fully map out the argument, predict correct answer before reading ACs, and then methodically going over each AC. I also set it to show answer after each question, and if theres even 1% of me that still doesnt get something I will watch the video until its 100% clear.
im in this position exactly. i think i want to cry lol