My suggestion is to try to channel any nervous energy/adrenaline into focus. But that's just me and I tend to perform my best when the pressure's on. I think it's smart to expect that you're going to be a little on edge on test day, and maybe don't try to minimize that too much.

I made myself a little hype playlist and just sat in the car and sang along for like 10 minutes before I went into my test center, and honestly I think it pumped me up just the right amount and got me in a good mood going into the test. That said, find whatever works for you to get yourself into a good headspace before your test- everyone's different.

I'll disagree with the others. I think reviewing the whole test can actually be helpful. Even for questions you got right, you can go back over your process and make sure you came to the answer in a logical way. It also helps to make sure you'll get the same answer twice for the ones you got right :)

It takes a long time, but I do think it's worthwhile to do at least with one or two tests.

I had a somewhat similar schedule while studying and I really liked it cause I was totally fresh to study in the morning. I feel like I learned a lot faster once I started studying first thing in the morning

@samanthaashley92715 yeah I believe there have been two experimental digital tests so far! If there's one in the future it's worth signing up for, because they reimburse you for the cost of your actual test if you take it.

I took the experimental digital test in October and found the tablets really cumbersome to use and found it distracting to not be using actual paper. I'm not a fan of the digital format at all but if they do go that route I hope they'll develop a better interface. I felt like trying to read from the tablet and navigate around really slowed me down.

I absolutely experienced impostor syndrome in grad school and I think @samanthaashley92715 makes great points. Talking with others helps, especially those who you view as "vastly more successful"... I found that some of these people had the same sort of feelings as I did. And at the very least maybe some of them will have advice or guidance about how they became as successful as they are. Never forget that you earned a spot in the fellowship for a reason!

Agreed with what everyone else has already said and also I'm pretty sure I'd go insane if I studied for the LSAT all day every day

@elizabethsong95459 @marshm3llo12517 thank you both!

I'm happy to say I pulled off a 170 on the June test! I really could not have done it without the advice and support from all of you 7sagers and the materials in the 7sage course. To those who didn't hit their target- don't give up! I studied pretty much constantly for a full year and on top of that things just seemed to go right in every way on test day. Keep working and you'll get there :)

Sally Yates

#anyone else already refreshing their LSAC page every 4 seconds like a crazy person?

@sorooshianh185 said: but I was really happy that the real exam didn’t feel different from a PT, which is what I was hoping for!

yeah! I anticipated being really nervous but it felt just like any other PT and I felt pretty confident throughout

@pasu1223497 said:

@jsscalee211 said:

Anyone notice the scantron/answer sheet was different? It was missing race/gender/language sections-

now that you mentioned it...the back of the booklet was missing the "cancel score" option

You can only cancel the score online now

@amatthews304968 said:

@rwest90212385 (all I remember is that it had like 5 point of disagreement questions which I thought was a little unusual).

SO many of these!

@welschmeyer300 I definitely was hoping to see 2 LG sections but none of the LR actually felt tooo bad!

The beer LG section must’ve been experimental. I only had the bonds section (that game was so messy but not too bad once you strip it down)

Yeah I had 3 LR and 1 RC haha. Got the sulfates passage too. RC was the only section I didn’t feel great about- thought LR and games weren’t that bad! Shouldn’t speak too soon though haha

Definitely go back to the stimulus and make sure both answer choices are a good fit. Remember that if an answer choice is even a little bit wrong then it's completely wrong so look for any grounds to eliminate :smile:

@kaitlinroser12398 said:

It's funny because lots of us refuse to even think of taking the GRE due to it having a (basic) math portion.

Literally wouldn't even consider it :grimace: :sweat_smile: :joy:

Keep practicing and LG improvement will come faster than you think! If you really buckle down, I think 7 weeks is plenty of time if you're foolproofing and watching the explanation videos. Also, keep in mind that those early PTs have weird game setups that you won't see on modern tests, so if those are the games you're bombing then don't stress too much about them.

I love the practicality of the ATL rankings. @aaronkeegan92975 they have a great podcast as well! The episodes are short and easy and they've done a few about law school admissions lately that are worth a listen.

I like headspace. They have a huge variety of meditations and some of them are only 3 minutes. I think no matter what you use, try to meditate at least once daily to really get in the habit. That's helped me clear my mind a lot lately.

PSAs are my biggest LR struggle as well. One thing that helps me is to pause a little after every answer choice and think about what it really means and what the implications are, because I find that especially with the harder ones you have to make some mental connections that aren't apparent on the surface. I know that's kind of vague, but hopefully it's a little bit helpful. I'm by no means great at PSA so take it for what you will haha. But I often find myself not liking any of the ACs at all and this helps me to focus in on the right one a little more often.

Congrats!!

@marinozach377 I think a good way to do it if you're doing untimed is to still go through the set with a relative sense of urgency, then go back and BR any you aren't sure about. You don't want to force yourself to go too fast at the beginning, but you do want to start to get a sense for pacing. I like to set stopwatch if I'm doing things untimed, so I don't have to stick to any particular timeframe but I'm still getting an idea of how long I'm taking