Need to get confident in trusting my intuition more as the only misses came from reading far too deeply into the stimulus/answer choices, and switching out of the right answer last-minute!! It's frustrating knowing I had the right answers but talked myself out of them, and in retrospect they feel like pretty stupid mistakes, but I'm hoping to channel this as a lesson for the August LSAT :)
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This is amazing! congratulations.
I have the same issue, and something that has helped me is that if I cannot formulate and state a concrete reason for what is wrong with an answer after I've chosen it, I keep it. So far this has been working very well. I think in those moments it is also super helpful to keep in mind that, even though so much of logical thinking is rigid and mathematical, this is still argumentative language that is bound to present at least some ambiguity.
@EzraG THIS IS SO REAL!!! I've realized I need to let go of searching for certainty in choosing my answers! So many times I try to force a rigid logical framework onto an argument where it's actually not appropriate because I can't get over the ambiguous language!
@EzraG this is a very helpful way to state it. A lot of my errors are from second guessing myself and I will be incorporating this!
way to go!!!!!!!
@Colleen73 Thank you 😊
Congratulations!! May I ask when you started practicing and how long it took for you to get this score?
@pipan Thank you!! So I started studying around May but only focused on the core curriculum. It took me about a month to get through it, but I've been PT-ing pretty consistently in the mid-high 170s since then! It can feel a bit slow at the time, but I really do think going through the core curriculum thoroughly and developing strong foundations is super valuable!
@naojnue wow that is an incredible improvement in such a short amount of time! Did you seek advice from a tutor or other resources besides 7sage? Also I see that you are planning to apply to mainly Canadian institutions (sorry for snooping around 😭), I am also Canadian myself and looking to apply to the same schools as you. Could I ask you a few questions related to applications in your dm? Thank you so much!
@pipan Ah thanks!!! I had a free month of 7sage live so I definitely made good use of those sessions, but otherwise I didn't get any additional help or use other resources -- 7sage has been a really great fit for me! And of course!! So great to see another Canadian here -- feel free to DM :)) For reference though, I'm a rising junior, so I won't actually be applying until next fall.
Wow! how long you have been practicing!
@ParualBabbar Hi! I started studying early-mid May -- I focused on getting through the core curriculum first (which took just over a month-ish), so in terms of PT-ing and doing full sections for practice, it's been about two months!
This is exactly my issue. I select the right one - then second guess and choose the wrong one. Proud of you for getting better at sticking with intuition and good luck!! :)
@FreeshAvacadoo For real!! Thanks so much and good luck to you too!!!!