@ I’m interested

Stay positive @ we all have different experience we bring to the table when studying for the lsat. Just keep your head down in your books and telling yourself that you're just looking for the right way to think about the many different things the exam teaches and it will all click. Your future self will thank you after you've put in the test. There are way too many success stories for you not to add your name to the list!

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@ happy to hear that you have a lot of time to dedicate to your lsat prep. My advise to you is to not rush too fast through the cc. Its super important to have your fundamentals down before you start rushing into time tests.You want to make sure that you are confidently building your fundamentals down before you are putting yourself to the clock and potentially setting yourself up for frustration. You also dont want to build bad habits. Really make sure that you're understanding each question type and what it is that you can do to get to your dream score without having to do extra work on the other end because you rushed through the course. I would say that 5 exams a week is definitely overkill. A huge chunk of your learning will come through blind review and meticulously going through the exams after you've completed them. Taking that many, imho, is just going to burn you out and frustrate you as you won't be giving yourself enough time to absurd the lessons you could be learning from each exam you take. Having said that, a 15 point increase is definitely possible, but that truly depends on you, your learning aptitude and your dedication to truly master this test.

@ the lowest hanging fruit in my opinion would be tightening up your LG section. I'd review those sections and find out why you were missing up to 8. What was it about those sections that made you struggled? Was it because you ran out of time? Or that you just didnt understand a few rules that slowed you down? I think for most of those people who score in the 170+ range are those who are consistently scoring in the -1 - 0 range. My recommendation would be to go back to those sections and see what it is you can do to confidently score there and I am sure you'll be closer to your dream score! Best of luck to you.

It is always better to apply with a higher score than to apply with a lower score. Law schools care primarily about your GPA and LSAT score. These are the two things that are reported to US News and represent their rankings. Unfortunately, it is a numbers game.

@ thank you for your post and further insight. I appreciate your insight into your skipping strategy. Just one more follow-up question. How did you apply my initial question, narrowing it down to two and picking the wrong one, into your review process? Is it just exposure that unlocks patterns in your mind to recognize it the next time they're testing on a specific idea?

I will definitely be experimenting with your suggestion on a better skipping strategy, so thank you.

@ Thanks for your reply and insight!

@ @ thank you for taking the time to give your insights! I definitely will attempt at giving your advice a try!

If you have ever sat for any administration of the LSAT, whether or not you kept or canceled your score, it counts as an attempt at the exam. From what I know, the flex exams will not count against your lifetime max of 7 attempts. Hope this helps.

Curious as to where everyone is currently scoring to see whether or not it would be a good fit.

@ congratulations on getting into your dream school! What would be your greatest piece of advice that got you our of your score plateau in the mid 160's? I find that 9 out of 10 times I am narrowing it down to 2 and just picking the wrong one. Upon review, it seems painfully obvious. Did you have a similar experience? If so, how did you structure your review to overcome it?

@ awesome, I can't wait to try this. Thank you again for your insight.

@ Thanks so much for the follow-up. I am sure I will have a lot of cringe worthy moments. I plan on starting tests in the next week, so I will try and follow-up soon and let you know if I had any epiphanies.

Silly question. Did you just set up a try-pod to record your scratch paper and record your screen to see the flex exam?

@ thanks for sharing your concerns. First, pay attention to everyone who has commented on this post with similar feelings of frustration, anxiety and doubt. I know that knowing others are in the same boat may bring little comfort, but know that even those who do not comment have ALL struggled! There has never been anyone, even those who have scored a 180 who haven't struggled to some degree. Yes, we all started at a different point, some of us wishing we would have started higher, but remember that it's a standardized test, i.e. to say it is learnable. Be creative in how you study. Switch it up a bit to continue to make it fun and exciting. Look at how far you've come when you may have doubted your ability to get to where you're now. I think that the best piece of advice is to take a step back and just ask yourself, why am I anxious? Why am I so scared? I've done this hundreds of times and I continue to make progress and get questions right, how is this any different? You may have to have the attitude of come what may until you learn that these PT's aren't any different than when you're drilling. Once you've gained that confidence, continue to build off of it.

Lastly, go listen to the Powerscore's latest podcast on the seven deadly sins. It's their latest episode. They discuss your concern from a bunch of different angles.

Hope some of this helps.

#help

If we are only burning slightly more gasohol and if burning gasohol adds no more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than what plants can remove, how does that not strengthen the argument?

Is the group still open?! @

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@ this is indeed a frustrating problem, and a problem I have been trying to fix myself. I have found some success in not reading the question stem first. I use to really enjoy the idea of not carrying all the different question types in my head so I could really zoom into what the author was saying and look for the specific question type strategy. But in an attempt to improve I have found success in not reading the stem first and reading the stimulus first. I found that it forced me to be more engaged with the passage and really zone in on where the author is going. You'll start to notice patterns in the way they write questions, i.e. as you're engaged with the passage you're trying to anticipate the question type as you go and will notice that it could go one of several ways.

Also, are you keeping a log of questions you missed? Are there any common themes? Are they for example, all related to cause and effect? Or are they all random?

Hope this insight helps.

@ this is a great question. Speed is something we all struggle with and can also be an indicator to where we need to improve. What I mean by that is we all have those games where we do really well and get all the answers right, but how confident did you feel while doing the game? Were some of your deductions slow? Did the game seem tough? How well were you able to do your set-up. I am sure you will find that throughout all of the games, you'll find common denominators, i.e. areas you were just slow to figure out. Maybe its games where conditional logic is heavy. Maybe it's something in grouping games. Just be meticulous about finding these common themes and then do the fool-proof method for each of these games. Give yourself a few days between attempts, but I think you will know when a game just didn't click and then find out what aspect of the game you struggled with and then focus on improving in that area.The test is "standardized" meaning, its learnable and it repeats itself. Best of luck!

@ @ @ Thank you so much for your insight! I think it will definitely be worthwhile to try and implement this into my studying!

@ Sorry to hear that you're struggling so much and doubting your abilities going into the June LSAT. First things first. You still have a plenty of time to iron out these issues. Second, the lsat is very good at what it does, yet the test is very learnable. It has a unique way of making even the most accomplished students discouraged, but you've gotta embrace the facts, trust the process and keep grinding it out! I wrote a post a few weeks ago about review. I will briefly repeat what I have found to be tremendously helpful for me. Superficially all of this seems obvious, but be honest with yourself when reviewing to see if you actually really followed through. Follow the following steps: "Did I follow the correct approach to the question? Was my anticipation of the answer in line with what I should have been looking for? Why is the wrong answer wrong? How can I know that a similar wrong answer will be wrong next time? Why is the wrong answer tempting, and why doesn't that make it right? Why is the right answer right? How can I spot a smilier right answer next time? Once you've figured out a question, talk yourself through the logical process one more time to reinforce the right way to do things."

Hope this helps. Feel free to reach back out if you have any questions, or if I can clarify anything for you!

@ thank you so much! Can't wait!

@ so sorry to hear about your house burning down. I can't even imagine what you're going through. I'm glad that my post brought some positivity and renewed energy and enthusiasm to your studies. Please reach back out when you need a little advice, or are struggling in your prep. I definitely have a bunch of different resources to turn you towards.