Hey @joeskatz730! I just also wanted to chip in my two cents because I did do the 45+ hour study gig for the past few months of my life because I wanted to take a "real" test when summer started. It was eye-opening in the best and worst of ways. It's definitely possible to study nearly 50 hours a week, but you'll be sacrificing time outside of studying. I think I nearly went insane from never going outside.
Score wise, I went from a diagnostic of 149 to testing high 160s/low 170s within three to five months just by Powerscore books, Mike Kim's LSAT Trainer, and several hours of suffering, but it honest to god sucked the entire way.
So don't do that to yourself.
I myself just started 7sage because I wanted to prepare myself for a proper studying method by methodically going through each section via a tutor (or videos by JY here). Take the time to carefully digest the material because you'll run into less problems later down the line. I have a ton of bad habits now with LR and LG because I tried to rush through the material in the hopes of meeting a short deadline. It's not to say that you won't test well if you rush through the material, but the chances of you doing better more consistently is the key.
Good luck!
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Hey @joeskatz730! I just also wanted to chip in my two cents because I did do the 45+ hour study gig for the past few months of my life because I wanted to take a "real" test when summer started. It was eye-opening in the best and worst of ways. It's definitely possible to study nearly 50 hours a week, but you'll be sacrificing time outside of studying. I think I nearly went insane from never going outside.
Score wise, I went from a diagnostic of 149 to testing high 160s/low 170s within three to five months just by Powerscore books, Mike Kim's LSAT Trainer, and several hours of suffering, but it honest to god sucked the entire way.
So don't do that to yourself.
I myself just started 7sage because I wanted to prepare myself for a proper studying method by methodically going through each section via a tutor (or videos by JY here). Take the time to carefully digest the material because you'll run into less problems later down the line. I have a ton of bad habits now with LR and LG because I tried to rush through the material in the hopes of meeting a short deadline. It's not to say that you won't test well if you rush through the material, but the chances of you doing better more consistently is the key.
Good luck!