Scored Worse After 5 Months of Daily LSAT Study... Has Anyone Actually Come Back From This?
I've been studying for the LSAT almost every day since March, and I'm honestly feeling really discouraged.
This will be my third attempt. Earlier in my prep I was consistently scoring in the high 150s to low 160s, so I felt like I was finally moving in the right direction. But my most recent practice test dropped back into the low 150s, and it feels like all the progress I thought I had made has disappeared.
I'm doing Blind Review, reviewing my mistakes, and trying to stay consistent, but it's getting harder to trust the process when the scores are moving backward instead of forward.
I'm currently planning to take the October LSAT, but right now I'm questioning everything about my approach.
Has anyone else gone through something similar? If your scores plateaued or even dropped after months of studying, what changes actually helped? Did you switch study methods, slow down, take a break, focus on one section, or do something completely different?
I'd really appreciate hearing from people who were in a similar position and eventually broke through.
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Hey, I am sharing two tips that have worked for me. I am finally seeing improvement in my drills and PTs thanks to them:
READ. Seriously, I think the complexity of the LSAT lies in its difficult vocabulary and grammar. I have always been an avid reader, but my brain was genuinely fried by doomscrolling. I deleted all of my social media apps and got back into reading, especially non-fiction books. Paying attention to each word, re-reading sentences I didn't fully grasp, trying to recall what I had just read... these are all skills that can become intuitive and will pay off in RC.
Drill out loud. I know, this is an odd one. I have a background in language teaching, so I love explaining things. Instead of doing a question in my head, I explain it as if I were teaching in front of a classroom. I am far from being as eloquent and concise as the 7sage instructors (Shout out to Katie V, Rahela and Mikey, my personal favourites!), but I explain it in a way that makes sense to me. I avoid traps, look at the wording much more closely, and almost always get to the right answer.
Bonus: if you need to, take a break! I panicked when I had to move across the country a month and half before the September LSAT, but my mind had a chance to catch a break. I haven't forgotten anything and my scores haven't dropped. Resting is part of the prep process too!
Good luck. Hope this helps!