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Background
I toyed with the idea of going to law school around March, but I wasn't sold on it. I was nervous to take the LSAT and was unsure of the career outcomes. I had a solo road trip from Florida to Colorado, so I decided to listen to some podcasts about law and the LSAT.
Luckily, I stumbled upon the 7Sage podcast and all of David's wonderful interviews. I binged on every episode during my 2-day drive. Hearing from 7Sage students and admissions staff was eye-opening and inspirational. This is one of the best free resources regarding law school admissions that I have found -- and trust me, I've listened to a ton of videos and podcasts lol.
Studying for the LSAT
I took a cold diagnostic on Khan Academy and received a 158. At this time, I imagined UF to be my ultimate goal. All I needed were a few more points! But Khan's structure left me unsatisfied, and I was scoring between 156 and 163 after a few weeks of studying.
I knew the free option wasn't going to work, so I signed up for 7Sage. JY's explanations were exactly what I needed, but I found the comments to be the real secret to my success. We all know how JY can say an answer is just wrong without an explanation, so it helped to see others explain why a certain AC didn't work.
Going through the CC helped me learn the test, and I started to score in the low 160s. I knew I had more to learn so I followed this schedule:
Monday-Friday: 1-3 hours of studying (I would do 2 or 3 timed sections or go over lessons on key concepts)
Saturday: Full PT and BR after
Sunday: Go over all flagged and wrong answers
Hitting 170
My routine helped me get to the mid 160s, but I felt like my scores were not consistent. So I focused on each section for 1 week at a time to see if I could master them.
Monday - Friday, I would do 2-3 timed sections of a specific section or question type. RC was the most important, and 1 week of studying it helped me get to a -3 consistently.
At this point, I averaged 169-171.
The Real Deal
My first real LSAT (July 2020) was a 166. I was happy but also let down. I knew I could do better.
So I took a week off and then did 2 practice tests per week. I also reviewed every wrong answer I ever got on any PT. This helped me see old mistakes that I may never have corrected.
Finally, I scored a 170 on the August LSAT.
Thanks again JY!
Other small tips:
I went -1 on this entire RC section because of #21. GUH what a confusing question
My response to these answer choices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvPaEsuz-tY
Got this by process of elimination. Ruled out all the others and then saw that this very loosely goes against the biological theory.
#23 got me good. Had the author's argument freshly in mind when I looked at it and completely threw out B. Now it jumps out of just how obvious it is.
Yall, it was the same link posted above.
https://zoom.us/j/199963424
The PAH sentence is irrelevant and is there solely to trip you up.
All that matters is contamination since that is the comparable figure. The PAH is just a "huh, look at that" kind of statement. It doesn't say anything about Pre vs. Post war.
-1 due to #13. Not bad but can't believe I didn't catch that little clause in the passage
Ughhh. I chose D because it made the most sense, but then I thought important was too strong of a word since it isn't in the stimulus. WHY
I like how I get level-5 questions but then whiff this completely.
This question has demonstrated why I need to map these out if I am stuck
A seemed too obvious. It just seemed wrong.
Instead, I used mental gymnastics to reason that those who knew if they were getting surgery had worse blood flow (hence the need for surgery). That reduced blood flow meant their condition was worse. Worse condition → more pain.
Looking back...WHAT is wrong with me. Lol.
Lesson learned - Choose the easy answer and move on
Do you all BR only the questions you are not 100% sure about? That's what I originally did. Now I sort of skim through sections and re-read everything. Then I change answers for even those that I didn't bookmark.
I know this prob hurts me, but how exactly?
I did the full CC except for some question sets and a lot of the Reading Comp practice sections. I didn't do every single drill, especially the beginning translation ones in those text boxes.
Then started taking weekly PTs.
What's nice is that I can go back and practice weak questions types like LR-Flaw or RC-Science passages.
I just saw this and held off until July for similar reasons. Glad to see that is the consensus here.
"the only ones" got me so good. How did I miss that reference?