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in my experience, the more you try to get rid of the nerves, background thoughts, etc., the more pressure you will feel to have the "perfect mindset" to go into this exam. my best advice is to run with the nerves. it is so normal to feel nervous the day of the exam, but also, it's just as normal to feel excited. you've worked hard, and now you are going to be one step closer to law school!! you will be present with the test without even realizing it. once that timer starts, adrenaline kicks in, and you will be locked in, i promise. good luck!!
I am in the same boat, and as these other commenters have said, taking advantage of morning time before work and using weekends to PT is really helpful. Honestly if you get a lunch during the day, maybe even take advantage of that time if you have no other time in the day.
Ellen Cassidy's The Loophole has a pretty good section on this, but if you don't want to spend money, I'm sure there are YouTube videos out there that go over them. Maybe 7sage has a few lessons on it too! Once you have learned them, it could be a good idea to create flashcards. One side has the flaw definition/example, and the other side has the flaw name. Good luck!
I can't say that this is a true "correlation", but its defintely something you could try. I started getting consistent -1s, -2s in the RC sections after a couple months of only drilling hard RC questions, and sometimes only specifically drilling my high-priority RC questions (hard level as well). Now, I find myself breezing through the first 10-14 RCs on a section, giving me more time to answer the last 10 or so. I think having more time for the difficult questions towards the end can really be the difference between a -4/-5 and -1/-2. Good luck, you got this!!
In my unprofessional opinion lol, definitely give yourself at least 1 or 2 weeks of a complete break. If you are very worried about losing momentum, maybe keep it to a week. But you do need and deserve a little break. I think you will be surprised with how much better you can focus and get back into your routine post-break.
I drilled using only the 3-5 difficulty level LR questions for about 2 months, and it has made it soooooo much easier to breeze through the first 12-15 questions on LR sections.
I am in the same boat, with a slightly different official test score. My best, unprofessional advice (and also what I am doing), is to aim for one PT every week until I actually know if it is too much. If I start to burn out, then I will change the plan to every other week.
this is great!!