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You are definitely not alone lol. I work a full time analytical job that is closer to 50 hrs a week. Married, no kids, and family drama that takes up a lot of emotional capacity. On a perfect day I have 1-2 hrs max to study but that is if I get off at 5pm and have already woken up at 5am to get a workout in. I have a 2 hour commute (one way) twice a week and it gets exhausting. Those days I’m lucky to even finish work that evening.
It seems counterintuitive but the ONLY thing that has kept me sane is movement. Sitting and using your brain for too long has negative returns. If I ever have to choose between studying and working out. I will bring an iPad or my laptop and go on the stair master or bike and just do drills. It’s crazy how much it forces you to focus, training your body and your brain to tune out the noise, music, thoughts, etc.
Also, remove social media entirely if you haven’t and lock in. You won’t miss it. Anytime you intuitively take your phone with you to the bathroom, sitting at the table, in the drive through etc. do drills instead. 7Sage games and adaptive drills are perfect for that time and you have no excuse. 2 questions are better than 0.
Blind review the ones you get wrong when you have more capacity (aka not working out) and boil it down to main ideas/takeaways. You will watch out for those errors more closely next time!
I work full time and have a really long commute. I really would love to have the ability to listen or have some type of content/drills that are audio only.
I'd love to listen to lessons without 1) having to keep the screen on/not locked and 2) having to click the next button/ pause/play buttons after every explanation video.
I've tried LSAT audiobooks on Spotify but they suck and they have an entirely separate section for the answers. I end up just listening to 7 Sage podcast but I am pretty sure I have listened to all of them at this point..lol. And sometimes I just want to drill questions casually and see if my intuition/ paraphrasing is right when I hear the stimulus for the first time.
Anyone else in the same boat??
@HappyTestTaker Thank you so much! Mental visualization is helpful especially for those who struggle with text anxiety. The test is learnable. You are your only distraction. Make that positive, focused, on-fire voice the loudest come test day! Something I tried this last test is to read the questions in a really interested voice in my head. Almost as if your friend is telling you a story and you are waiting for her to spill the tea. In action, reading an LR question it looks something like: "context" (..hmmm okay? they are giving me background info...they wouldn't do that unless they were setting something important up! this must be good) "premise" (okay I'm listening intently now) conclusion (NO WAY they said that to you!!)
Silly, but effective. Helped BIG time with fatigue and negative thought spirals.
@AvishaiTaylor thank you! Almost all of my RC misses are 50/50 answers or I switched my AC from the correct one! This helps. Appreciate it.
I’m in the 160high plateau and have been for like 8 months!!!! Congrats!! The most frustrating thing. Anything in particular that clicker for you?
I always seem to do great at blind reviewing LR and getting really prescriptive but RC ends up sounding like “read better” lol. What are some tips you have for blind reviewing RC that really moved the needle?
Mine was approved within a week and was filled out by my therapist. She is a LCSW. She wasn’t sure if it would be approved or not, but we tried and it was. I would always try early with what you have. They should get back to you within a week or two if it is approved or not!
In the exact same boat! I posted a similar thread a week or two ago. Most of the time I realized it was a 50/50 split between two answers. I was sinking time rereading and going back and forth just to get it wrong. In BR with fresh eyes I could totally see where I went wrong. Most of the time, it just needs a fresh look and to slow down. For 50/50 ACs during timed sections, looking for what “kills” the wrong answer vs finding the right one, seems to help. “What makes either of these wrong?” Look at the ACs very critically. Also, rereading later in the section seems to help. If I just can’t seem to understand after reading the stimulus, I will choose a placeholder AC and flag. Coming back at the end and looking at it again. I am taking another PT today after practicing the last week on this so we will see! Current timed avg 165, avg BR 178
@AriVilker1 this is a unique point. I definitely remember being like “I took 3-4 minutes on these two questions and still got them wrong… then missed some towards the end bc of time.” I definitely read every answer choice even if i know my answer is right. Might be good time to increase confidence in those and give myself extra time on those tough ones
@LowriThomas thank you so much! I appreciate the insight and will be looking at drilling some specifics
When I BR, I do so untimed, completely starting my logic from scratch, not even checking my "wrong" answer (I review a day or two later) About 8 out of 10 times during timed conditions, its me choosing between 2 answers that truly feel 50/50, and I end up choosing wrong. In BR I am able to finally dissect the wrong answer and confidently get the point after the fact.
How can I increase my speed and accuracy of ruling out wrong answers the FIRST time during timed conditions?? (Sometimes its also misreading a word or two, so I know I need to slow down and stay focused as well.)
*Per AI Coach, main RC areas of opportunity are Implied, Author's Perspective, and structure (purpose in context). Main LR areas of opp are weaken, parallel flaw, and PSA.
Should I just timed drill all of these until my confidence increases? Are there quick things you remember when you see those questions that help you keep an eye out for trap answers?
Any advice would help! Thank you!
@LSATTAKER This is amazing! Great work, and appreciate to UX UI design piece, flows nicely. I keep receiving a "Edge Function returned a non-2xx status code" error when re-running the AI. Have you experienced this?
The key takeaways at the end are so helpful. I can understand the questions on their own, but finding patterns in logic is harder to grasp when working on my own. I believe pattern recognition separates the good from the great. this is FANTASTIC.
Highly suggest listening to the 7 Sage podcast episode called "Need for Speed" either on spotify or here on youtube. Rahela's take is super reassuring and her concept of reading for understanding THEN flying through the answer choices will happen naturally.
I went from running out of time/ consistently guessing on the last 3 questions to now having 2-3 minutes left over and able to go back to flagged Q's. PT's also went up 3-4pts with this mindset shift in the next few PTs
@BrynnaM also I have heard by many law students that studying for the lsat while working full time is at least as hard (if not harder) than law school itself. Primarily because of the self control and perseverance it requires. You feel more alone. Everyone else is in a different reality than you. Vs in school. It’s school mindset, school days, school friends, school social life