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😭 I am stressing out. I started studying just 6 weeks ago. Originally scored a 143 on the diagnostic. Now I am scoring an average of 158. Then I got a 171! couldn't believe it. Now I am back to mid 50s and honestly. I feel like crap. I think. I am burning out. I study around 10 hours a day, 5 days a week like a full-time job.

However... I deff am having the biggest issue with timing. Also second guessing myself. it is to stressful and I just needed to vent. I deff need to just take my own advice and take a freaking break.

I am taking the November exam on the 9th. So I don't have a ton of time. I feel like if I don't apply within the next 2 months, I am just not gonna make it. I do plan on taking the January exam as well but I feel like applying after that exam is just so freaking late. I have my letters, personal statement, etc all done. Just need the LSAT score.

Anyone else feeling discouraged or in a similar situation? I feel I should take a few days off despite being so close to test day. Any advice?

thx

I am sorry. I have good news, but you aren't going to like it. You can score higher, evidently much higher, but I don't think you can fix it in a week. The good news is you can do it, the bad news is you might not make the law school window of this year. Ultimately I don't think an extra year matters.

That being said I'm obviously a hypocrite, because I'm in the same place as you. My target score went up. I'm confident I can meet my target score, I'm not confident I can make it next week. I'm going to take it anyway and if I get a little "positive variance" on RC. I'm probably good. If not, I know what I need to work on.

I will say I there are signs of burn out. Missing questions you could have solved but went "too quickly" on , misread the answer choices, misread the question stem etc. All of these things are indications you need to slow down. Cheers and good luck whatever you decide.

Me

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1) Is Present vs Establish different in tone? According to the answer yes. I'm not sure I see it, but hopefully I will get enough data/similar situations to better understand.

2) Ongoing. There are no dates to indicate whether it is on going. It could be argued that that we have things that engender debate, and we don't have a conclusion... that it is ongoing? On going wasn't enough for me to not choose the answer, But I didn't like C, and would not have been surprised had I been wrong.

Getting back into studying after scoring fairly well and always looking at the conclusion... I have to say that I like the idea of having difficult to parse sentence.

But i'm not convinced that you can defend the main conclusion for some of the latter examples. e.g. 5.6 "Hence the importance of purifying polluted waters is justified even if the cost is high." Give very strong main conclusion vibes.

The following sentence don't really seem supported by it. "Given enough time and resources, the polluted Paul River might be purified. Advocating for clean technology to save the Paul River could be equally important."

it's almost like the last two sentence are just floaters are not supported or supporting anything. I acknowledge "Advocating for clean technology to save the Paul River could be equally important." is an author opinion and a conclusion/claim but it's just kinda floating.

Q9 I could translate to: IF dear hunting allowed -> Population not increased. Seems logically correct and consistent with sentence.

a more complete answer for #2 starting with /J would be /J->R->A->/S