Self-study
Hi all! First post on here. So.... I took the December 2017 LSAT. It was a disaster for me. I had been self studying since around March of 2017 and took a Blueprint course over the summer with the plan to take the September LSAT. However, I postponed because my PTs had been getting worse leading up to September, so I thought I needed more time. My initial timed diagnostic PT was 159, and I had been PTing consistently in the low to mid 160s. I scored a 145 on the December LSAT... It was tragic. I couldn't sleep the night before. I just didn't think I would score as low as I did and I honestly have no idea what happened that day. I truly had to rethink if I had what it takes for law school. I was all set to apply this cycle; obviously with such a low score I had to postpone for a year. SO, I've been taking the last few months off from anything LSAT related and now I think I'm ready to start studying again. I'm signed up for the June test.
Obviously, I need to really start from the beginning and go through all the fundamentals to get it down again. I used the LSAT Trainer, Blueprint classroom course and 7sage for games. I had done PT 42 - 78. How would I go about retaking PT's? Erase all my work and try again? I also work full-time, so I cannot study more than a few hours or so a day with the exception of the weekend. My boss actually paid for my Blueprint course, and I feel awful that I did not do well. Should I just use the material that I have - re-read LSAT trainer / utilize materials from Blueprint and go from there? Should I purchase the 7sage course?
Any recommendations from whoever has been in a similar situation would be great. Thanks all!
@gregoryalexanderdevine723 @roystanator440 thanks for the helpful advice! By I'm not sure what happened that day, what I meant was that I had been studying for such a long time and felt somewhat confident in myself that I don't know how I managed to throw all my studies away day of. It was extremely disappointing. Test anxiety or sleep deprivation? Probably both. There was a huge lack of focus, and practically no retention of anything I read. Of note, I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, but never needed special accommodations in school/college. I did think about the possibility that that affected my performance day of, but I really don't want to make any excuses, especially since I had never needed accommodations before, and had been studying and PTing much higher than that darn 145.
@roystanator440 unfortunately, working part time is not an option. I actually took the summer off to prep as well as the week leading up to the LSAT. Maybe that wasn't the best option either; I was burnt out. You're lucky that you weren't affected by sleep! Wish I was like that! I am definitely starting from scratch and using the 145 as my new 'timed diagnostic' and going from there.