I'll be 32! For my own sake, I'm glad I waited until my late 20s to really start studying for the LSAT because I'm likely to go to a much, much better school and that's worth the wait for me. I have a lot more perspective and my studying skills are way more on point now than in undergrad (I've outgrown procrastination -- yay!). I'm also really appreciative of the life lessons and work experience I've gained because I think it'll serve me well.
Also, to anyone who has been told that you're too old to start law school: that is categorically false and also stupid because the only way that you're too old is if law school had an age limit and you were over the age limit (I would assume that one of the reasons why law schools don't have an age limit is because they don't care how old you are). Life is a lot more circuitous than any of us were told when we were young, and it's good to do what suits you when it suits you (the reverse is also true). You do you, and kick some LSAT butt when the time comes!
This brings me so much joy! Thank you!
Please add me! Thank you!
In my experience, getting better at timing comes from a few things:
Exposure.
Drilling.
Skipping strategy.
I'm guessing that part of the reason why J.Y. is so fast is because he has done ALL questions and studied each one -- he knows the types of tricks the LSAT writers like to play, so he knows not only what to potentially look for in answer choices, but he also knows which questions are wrong and why.
Drilling is a great way to practice certain question types that are giving you trouble so that you can get additional exposure and address an issue that may be holding you back when you're being timed. It can also help you to understand attack strategies so that they will come more naturally to you.
There are lots of skipping strategies that I've heard over the years, but I think the one J.Y. has said in some of his videos is probably the most straightforward and useful: Do each question in about a minute and then move on regardless of whether you know for sure whether you got the right answer (the theory behind this is that if the right answer choice doesn't jump out at you within this timeframe, staring at the question for longer won't help and it'll waste precious time that you need for other questions). Come back to the answer to double-check it if you're unsure about a question. At this point, developing a system that makes sense to you to indicate your level of confidence would be helpful so you can easily come back to questions and give certain ones priority.
Good luck!
@ From what I've been told by admissions officers, it shouldn't hurt your chances. Schools care about and report your top score. You will most likely have to write an addendum, but your situation sounds easily explainable and this would also be a good opportunity for you to turn a negative into a positive -- you scored below your ability the first time, but then you can tell them you overcame your test anxiety and scored well. So go get that 170+!
Yes, @ -- I'm in the same boat! No score yet.
I was hoping to have a blissfully ignorant weekend and New Years. Nope. silent screams
Was there a specific time of day that you meditated to optimize your LSAT performance? I'm wondering if meditating right before studying would be beneficial or make me too relaxed... :smile:
I'm so sorry, @. You are so capable -- I was really impressed by your ability to understand the test from the LR BR section this last weekend. And, I know you'll kill it on this test because you've put in the work and have a great attitude.
ASAP! :-) I'm done with the CC and I'm looking to start PTing pretty soon here.
Saturdays after noon (PST) or Sundays. I can do weekdays, but since I'm PST, the earliest I can usually get home from work is 5:30PM and that is a little late for ESTers.
Not sure -- I'm open, though!
Interested! I don't know if someone already asked this, but could we do this in the late afternoon/evening? I'm on PST, so something a little later that would allow me to take tests Saturday AM would be helpful!
This is awesome! Congrats!
Not quite yet. :smile: But you've given me a good starting point for me to look back at the CC. Thank you!
I'm a little confused about why the video explanation shows the first sentence as PISM --most--> /DOR. I thought that the "without" would negate the first part of the sentence and it would look like /PISM --most--> DOR. If someone could explain that to me, I would appreciate it! Thanks!
This is totally awesome! Way to go!!!
Thanks, JY! The new RC breakdown has been super helpful!
I can totally see how memorizing the valid and invalid forms can be confusing, but I started doing flashcards for it every day. I'm a few months in now and it has really come in handy. I used these flashcards: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/7890/i-made-digital-flashcards-for-lr-concepts-enjoy that a fellow 7Sager created. Initially, when I would get confused, I'd look at the visual representation that comes with the flashcards - it kind of goes along with JY's bucket explanations. I hope this helps!
I'm interested!
This is great, you guys! Thank you!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing. I like keeping these success stories tucked away to remind myself that it's possible, especially when I get weird looks and discouraging comments from people who don't believe that this is a learnable test. Thank you!
Amazing! There's no clerical error -- you worked hard and it paid off! Congratulations!