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Thanks! This is exactly what I've been looking for. Also thanks to the OP for asking this question. I was going to ask the same thing!

Give yourself the time you need to achieve your dreams. It's going to be okay. Waiting a few months, or even an extra year is not the end of the world. Your time will be here before you know it. Be patient with yourself, try to be positive, it will be okay.

I have a wife and 4 children. I am the co owner of a thriving (but small) online business. I was DETERMINED to go to law school this year (2021). I took the LSAT last November (my second attempt, the first was more of a "see what happens" kind of test) after studying part time, which included a few months of 7sage use. I wasn't completely ready, but I felt like I was as ready as I was going to ever be, so I took it, and scored several points below my average PT score. I was absolutely crushed and thought my life was over. I went into the test thinking that luck would be on my side, and I'd do well. That was not the case. I didn't understand why. Deep down I felt like I hadn't given it my best shot, but I had a family to support, and it was time to move on with my life.

Then, my wife came to me and told me that I was going to give it another shot. She told me she believed in me, and promised to support me and help me find every moment I possibly could to study each day. I was beyond tired of the LSAT, but I agreed to take it again next November. My wife wanted me to give it my absolute best shot. Not because she wanted me to get into the best law school I could, but because she wanted me to be proud of myself.

This last year has gone by super fast, and it has been great for myself and my family. I have improved my average PT scores by several points, and my best PT score is several points hire than my best prior to last November. I haven't spent every waking moment studying. I took a month or two off at the beginning of the year, took a local in person class in the spring, studies a few hours a night until the school year started, and have since been studying a minimum of 5 hours a day during the workweek, and not studying on weekends. I now have a level of comfort and confidence with the LSAT that I did not have before. I haven't perfected logic games, or the other sections of the test, but I am confident and comfortable with my abilities, and I am in a better place mentally.

I don't know your situation in life, but PLEASE don't let your notions about other people's expectations of you control your life. Find some way to be happy with where you are in life. Don't worry about what you think other people are thinking about you. Give yourself the time and space you need to achieve your goals.

ha! wondering the same thing since there seemed to be several helpful links there.

My mentor, who definitely knows what he is talking about, STRONGLY suggested that I treat law school as an investment in my future. Don't do part time, don't work during law school, just go the student loan route, bite the bullet, and get it done quicker. Law school will be more manageable this way, you'll learn more, and potentially end up with less debt in the long run.

Yeah, it's obviously not the greatest piece of advice out there, but if you are struggling with author's opinion type questions, at least you know which way to lean when guessing.

I had one LSAT course teacher suggest that when it comes to the cultural passages, the author's view of the subject is almost always positive toward the cultural aspect in question (or person from that culture).

Seems like you are doing great! Seems silly, but recognizing just how well you are doing can really help.

thanks! I figured it was a stupid question, but I couldn't find the information anywhere for some reason.

I've often notices that when I do particularly well in an RC section, it is usually because I am genuinely interested in the subject matter of the passage.

As hard as the LSAT is, studying for it has truly been a joy!

Are you having issues with timing? Are you unable to get through each passage and all the questions? Or are you just getting the answers wrong? If you are finishing all the questions, but getting the answers wrong, I would suggest slowing down a bit and making sure you understand what you are reading.

Answering all of the questions right that you answer, even if you don't get to the final reading passage, will still give you a much better score than -16 on RC.

There are maybe some better strategies out there that will help you complete the entire section, while also improving your accuracy, but if all else fails, I think this is a good option.

I would think that this answer would be more obvious had we been given the stimulus along with the question stem.