Self-study
EmmaWelch
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LSAT
147
CAS GPA
3.93
1L START YEAR
2026
Hi Ashley, start using your stress and anxiety as motivation. Be thankful that you have these feelings because that means you want something. Start reaching out for your letters of recommendation now so that they have time to write a good one for you. Next, when you wake up in the morning, and don't feel like studying then work on application components. The next day if you are ready to study then study. But remember to be disciplined at the same time. I realized forcing myself to study is a mistake when I'm extremely tired or unmotivated I'm wasting time and not retaining any information. Your biggest struggle right now is your mindset. I like looking at my personal statement as a fun way to recap on my life and why I'm interested in law school. Don't focus on what you think law schools want to hear. Be authentic to yourself and I promise you will write a fantastic statement. Don't spend too much time reading other personal statements; this limits creativity. I realized when I stopped drilling so much, I was actually having fun studying for this test. Another thing that helped me was just reading the stimulus of LR or RC; this is a fantastic approach because you are digging into the fundamentals and you might enjoy it too. It might help you with procrastinating because you aren't getting a question right or wrong. You will finally start to see the patterns when doing it this way. I strongly also suggest the loophole and using 7sage. Good luck! You got this.