Something that was shared with me is to really start concentrating on things in your everyday life. Don't check your phone while watching TV, reading a book or hanging out with friends. Go on a walk without music. Stuff like that helps put your brain into a calmer state and it has made me better able to concentrate on those sections specifically.

I typically do 1 3-level LG, 1 3-level RC and 8 LR of varying levels. I don't correct them afterwards or look at the results, they are just to get me in to the headspace.

@ At the time when I was doing that research I was a junior in college. When it came to decide when I should start studying for the LSAT, I didn't feel like I could do that senior year, and I had been given some advice from family to take a couple years off before going to Law School. I ended up doing TFA, and I will be done with that next May! I've got a ways to keep going studying wise, and tbh, the LSAT I get will likely determine where I go. I would really love to stay in the south though (looking at you Vandy)

Also this is the guide I was thinking of, while it is directly related to becoming an AUSA, it has info on the honors program, and other avenues into the DOJ.

https://hls.harvard.edu/content/uploads/2008/06/fast-track-final.pdf

I used to have similar interests to you and I was weighting a similar question. It really depends on what avenue you wanna take in order to get there. If you are thinking the honors program is the right path, then prioritizing GPA while in school has more weight than the school itself. There are other paths as well, just a bit longer of a wait to get there and it typically involves bouncing between a few different gigs.

That being said though, any way you look at it, the best possible thing you can do at this point is to max your lsat score. With your GPA and a comparable good LSAT, you could be getting into top tier schools. While going to big law is a fairly typical outcome for folks leaving those top Law Schools, plenty go into Fed work or Public Service oriented work.

I think there is a HLS guide to the either federal honors program or DOJ honors program that I thought was quite illuminating. It would be worth a read!

I have been out of college for a year now and I remember how it was at least difficult for me as a student to get into the proper "motivation" mindset. That being said, since starting my job I have found that my studying consistency has been improved because I treat it like my job. Its something that has to get done 5 days a week. The one thing that really did help me though was that I didn't break it up along time restrictions (2-4 hours/day) but based on task. The slowly chipping away is what ends up building up to success in the end, as opposed to hitting the gas for a week then falling off.

I will say that I have taken a hiatus since my last test in October and since coming back my score has improved, there isn't a major downside in my mind to taking a break, because it does seem that improvements come from taking time off to just let everything sink in.