Hi everyone! Happy Thursday! Hope everyone is doing well :)
I just took a timed LR section + BR this morning, and I am frustrated to say the least lol! I scored a 16/25, but on BR I was able to bump that up to a 23/25.
I typically score around the 17–20 range on LR, so while I know a 16 isn’t representative of where I normally am, it was still frustrating to see. At the same time, I’m really happy with the improvement I’ve made throughout the year and I do feel confident in my understanding of the material. I think where I really struggle is time management and trusting my initial answer.
I feel like I’ve been getting caught in these overthinking loops more and more, especially as I’ve gotten further into my LSAT studying “journey.” I have a feeling it might be linked to my anxiety + ADHD (from my understanding, anxiety can sometimes contribute to that kind of overthinking), but I’m trying my best to work on that as well.
With the October LSAT coming up, I’m trying to keep my spirits high and just keep pushing. I’m hoping to conclude my testing by the end of this year, so I think part of me is feeling the pressure a little more now that I’m getting closer to the finish line. I know I’ve made a lot of progress over the past year, but ngl, this is something I’m really struggling with and it does worry me a littleee bit.
If anyone has any tips for time management, trusting your first instinct, or breaking out of those overthinking loops, I would really appreciate it!!
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Something that has really helped with timing, aside from practice, is doing entire sections but adding extra time.
I would normally have a big gap in my br so I do a section with 10 extra minutes and then as time goes on try to find ways to just get my time down. So next section maybe go for 9, then 8.
When I started seeing a decrease in accuracy I stopped and considered why I was still rushing and what’s going wrong.
This really helped with LR as within a week I started finishing sections with the same or better as before.
Rc has some ways to go but it’s kinda the same process.
I think the big thing too is to take these as opportunities to practice in a less pressure setting doing the questions right, not rushing, and get used to situations when you are short in time and you might have to guess or pick up the pace just a bit.
Hii! So sorry for not getting back to you earlier. I started studying earlier in the morning, and my brain is basically only focused on studying and then rushing to get ready for work lol! But I’ll definitely take this into account — thanks a bunch :) I think focusing on just improving one point/one question at a time really helps make the task feel less daunting, fs.
My boyfriend also gave me a great suggestion, so I thought I’d share it in case you or anyone else might want to implement it! Basically, while taking a section, you rate how confident you felt answering each question on a scale of 1–5. That way, you’re not spending extra time during your study session writing out a whole explanation, but you can still get a sense of which question types you feel more comfortable with, which ones click faster, etc. I thought it was a pretty cool way to track things without making the process feel even more overwhelming.