You could fast track through some of the core curriculum - watching it at 1.7 the speed for instance. The key is practicing what you've learned - esp for Logic Games and Logical Reasoning. Timing is the biggest killer for logic games whereby if you do not complete all 4 of the games, your score will take a hit. Logical reasoning takes up most of the core curriculum so what you could do is focus on going through each lesson while not necessarily watching all of the examples he will go through or doing all the problem sets. That will take considerably less time but you definitely will not grasp each concept as fully as possible. Then, complete some practice tests and use the analytics tool to see which specific questions (esp for Logical Reasoning) are your weakest and shore up your knowledge there. The only thing is watching each lesson is a whole new concept every time and that could be quite draining. Maybe if you rush through the core curriculum for the next 2 weeks and spend the remaining time going through 1 practice test a day, you could still get a decent score by October. As a first time test taker, you should have access to Score Preview for $45 whereby you can cancel your score within 6 days of receiving it. Then you can still take the November LSAT and potentially get a higher score.
It will be a grind and a half regardless of your decision but feel confident that you have a high GPA and that is a large part of your law school apps. You can also blow them away with a great personal statement and as long as you have a decent LSAT score, you will still be a solid candidate! Good luck :)
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Hello!
So, I registered for the October 3rd LSAT and all it tells me about the testing center is that it is "near Toronto" in Canada and it does not give any more details about location. Does this mean I cannot choose my testing location or do those options become available later? I was just wondering if this is normal or if I did something incorrectly when registering.
Thank you in advance!
Hey there! I am so sorry to hear things did not pan out as you expected. It happens to the best of us and even the best laid plans will not always pan out. I have not actually taken an LSAT as yet so I don't have much words of wisdom. But I do know that once you're in law school, regardless of where you end up going, you won't even remember this test. Even less once you're a practicing lawyer.
So I'd say, take a day off and do something completely unrelated to the LSAT, then regroup and figure out what exactly may have gone wrong. On the bright side, it would seem you are completely done the curriculum which means there is nothing brand-new that will surprise you on a given LSAT. You're not starting from zero and it's all about the small improvements that you can make until November. The very last LSAT for most US schools is I believe Jan/Feb. So even if November does not turn out the way you want, you still have more options to choose from. Also, November is a while away. If you do 1 prep test per day until then, you could complete 50 prep tests (not recommended lol). But the point being, you have a good amount of time to figure out which sections are not your strongest and which to improve upon. It is 100% okay to be overwhelmed right now but don't beat yourself up. This year has been difficult for everyone and there is so much going on right now. So be kind to yourself! I'm sure the next time around will be much better :)