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I strongly agree, LG is by far my best section and I never thought I'd actually enjoy doing them when I first started studying. More than missing LG I am really scared about only having '1 shot' at the LSAT. I wish they were removing it in December or during a less popular testing date so we could have at least had the August test for a second try.

I am also intimidated by what the LG section may look like since it's the last one, are they going to make it tougher because they know how many of us are counting on the LG section for our score?

In the same boat as you with the worry that the LG section may be harder in June. I have the fear they will use all of their hardest ones on one test just to do so. I pray they dont, but it has made me focus on making sure I stay calm under pressure when its a really wacky one and repeat to myself "all of these are solvable"

Hi! I also would be interested!

I am in the same boat, but with a hybrid work schedule. I am not a morning person, but after reading these comments I think I am going to try to be! I struggle with consistency, but my biggest thing is reminding myself that this has an expiration date, and that I am working towards a bigger picture.

A few things that have helped me:

Flashcards on my train commute for things that are memory based (like assumption indicators)

Staying late at work to study - it is quiet and when I commute back home I am just exhausted. Its better to get it knocked out before

Give yourself guiltless breaks. This weekend I was travelling to see family and I didn't want to pick up my studying. I told myself that I was giving myself a break to reset and honestly - it is recommended by a lot of LSAT professionals.

Hopefully this helps - and if you want an accountability partner to silently zoom with while doing LSAT stuff let me know!

From my point of view (as someone who has studied for the LSAT two separate times and started with a 142 diagnostic June 2022, studied through January 2023 (PTing at 169, official score of 161), didnt touch LSAT stuff for a year, then started again in January 2024 with a 160 Diagnostic, now PTing high 160 to 170s) The grammar aspects of core curriculum are very helpful and definitely provide insight into how the test is written, but if you have just done that and a few drills, it sounds like you haven't introduced enough new knowledge about the test to make any significant improvement on the next practice test.

From my experience (obviously everyone is different!), once you learn the basis of logic, the different question types, how to approach them, and how to approach reading comprehension, you will probably see a somewhat strong or sharp increase. Then it will plateau. You will find places to fine tune on some of the harder logic questions and then you will start inching up in scores after that.

All in all, I personally do not see a large advantage on spending the time on taking another test if you have not started the substantive LSAT specific studying because it is only testing you on things you do not know. In the long run, being able to confidently answer questions instead of purely guessing will pay off with this test.

Good luck with the studies!