@ ---Bravo. I am a non-traditional student. I took the LSAT years ago and, out of complete rebellion and lack of the will to dedicate to studying, I refused to take it again. I settled on enrolling in an ABA approved hybrid program. My old score was 148 (I took it cold after spending the night at the hospital watching my grandson's birth (yep, THAT non-traditional)). Anyway, I was only one semester into the program I'm in and want to transfer. I found out this past November that LSAC did not transmit my report to the school I was applying to because my LSAT EXPIRED. So, I registered to take the January LSAT. With not much time to study, I MADE time to study about 40 hours a week. I was scorinng in the high 150s to mid 160s on the PTs. I began to love logic games because of the fool proof method. I was missing two and at most three questions at most on the LG sections. Every PT. LR was becoming more clear, but I was still hit and miss on some of the question type, but I wasn't too worried. ** I walked into the testing center calm and confident. I left completely perplexed.

I had three LR sections and they are all one big ass blur. AND the kicker is that I understood how to set the game boards up but ending up speed bubbling the last game because I ran out of time. I said all of that to say: what is meant to be will be and, like you said, the growth is more important.

I am a law student, an advocate, and contract brief writer. I sidelined everything to study as much as I coulld----and gained a great deal of satisfaction for committing so deeply to a test that I believe is based on a logical fallicy. To say that the LSAT is designed to make you think like a lawyer so that you can get into law school and be taught to think like a lawyer is circular reasoning. A requirement, stern suggestion, or even a hint from LSAC to take an Intro to Logic course would have been helpful. --OK, now I'm ranting. My point was that you got what you needed from this---growth----and, look at the bright side: there's always the March test to look forward to. 👀👀

One final takeaway for anybody who read all of that: I think it would have served me well to really simulate the test on every PT---maybe grab a random section from another test and take 5 sections rather than 4. Also, instead of taking them in the morning, take them at the end of the day to duplicate the test-day stress (???) TImed at-home PTs are good practice, but you're under "articial" time pressure because you KNOW that it's practice. I think that's a major reason for the confidence that evaporates when you break the test seal and see a crazy question. OK, enough of my rant---Peace 7SageFam