I have been studying for the past 3-4 months but feel as if nothing is breaking through. When I drill, I am usually able to understand all my mistakes after review and am constantly note taking. But when I am doing PTs or longer drills- it feels like nothing is breaking through. I FEEL like I know so much more but my actual performance is showing other wise.
My PTs have been 145, 153, 152, 160 (which really encouraged me), 152 and 153.
I have not done the core curriculum or watched videos. I feel as if I am a fail, examine and learn, type of learner, but will of course consider this. Does anyone have any suggestions or any notes? I am so convinced I understand the logic and tricks soooo much more- but in practice it shows otherwise. I KNOW we can all do this, but super disheartened.
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Dude you for shnurz should do the core curriculum, or at least structure your practice around individual tags or question types. So much of this test is pattern recognition -- you're not doing yourself any favors by clouding the patterns looking at all of them at once.
Also, all LSAT tutors say "progress is like a staircase" millions of times because it's true. Very easy to get better at the core content and to have that make you slower, for instance. Keep chuggin along with conscious effort, and make your goal in each session to make new, interesting mistakes.
Hey! Just wanted to let you know that I’m also in a similar position. My highest score was a 160, but after another prep test, I scored back down. You're definitely not alone in this!
I did you get a good understanding because it’s not sticking at all😔 only sometimes with certain question types do I feel I somewhat understand
More structure would definitely help you recognize what gives you more trouble! Isolating question types can give you more direction for your study and help focus your efforts where you’re losing points.
You’re starting at the top of bloom’s. You need to start from the bottom. My cold diagnostic was 169 and I still started at the bottom when I started studying.