I had this same problem with the same score fluctuations. These ranges are slowly getting smaller, and can attribute it to one process. The blind review.

Guess what? You're not taking enough time on your blind review. Before you say, "Oh I do the blind review, that can't be it!", ask yourself if you're really digging in.

Day 1- I take a PT. 33 minute fast time crunch using the proctor app. As I take the test I am obsessive about circling questions. If i don't know the reason why every incorrect answer is wrong on a question it gets a circle. This leads me to circle a lot of questions. More than I can go over that day. Followed by a beer.

Day 2-I devote the next day to BR, and I will stare at a question until i get it. Every part of it. I know the words that cause an answer choice to be wrong, the relationship and every part of it, and any logical patterns that lead to my conclusion. I want to leave a trail of bread crumbs for later. At the end of the day every question that has a circle around the number has little notes in blue pen explaining why every incorrect answer choice is wrong including a note as to which rule makes every incorrect logic game answer wrong. Beer usually follows this stage.

Day 3-The (hopefully) final day of this process I score my test. After I finish my mini celebration/freakout about my score I go to the analysis. I mark and pull out every missed question and make special note of any confidence errors. Then I stare at them until i figure out what I messed up. Then, and only then, do I watch the video, figure out the trap that I fell into, write it out step by step in red pen on the test, and tally up my mistake on my white board. I then repeat this process for every missed question, including ones that I got correct in blind review. You should see my test at the end of the process. Looks like a battle zone, but this leaves me with a bunch of bread crumbs that lead me to actionable data. I stare at the stats section of the website forever. This lets me find the core things that I am messing up on. Then, I go back to the theory lessons that address what I have determined to be my biggest weaknesses, and watch the videos and take problem sets until I am certain that I have found and fixed my biggest weaknesses. All while full proofing every logic game.

This time the beer is accompanied by a thousand yard stare.

Then I take a day off, let my brain reset, and do things that aren't related to the LSAT at all. Remind myself that sunshine and nature are real live things. Then I repeat. I get two tests done a week this way. And I assure you that it is kind of brutal.

If you are missing up 8 a section, and doing 4 tests a week, there is no way that you are spending that much time on your blind review. This means that you are not actually finding your weaknesses and killing them with cold hard logic and repetition. Instead you are glossing over them and letting them live in their nooks and crannies. The Blind Review is HARD. It is ego crushing. It will show you every chink in your armor, your most basic mental weaknesses. You have to find and fix every one of these if you want real consistency. Naturally, this I have found has led to many to dark, frustrating, pissed off moments that are just part of the path to the LSAT. But I would rather fight through those than get a score that is below what I know my potential to be.

Blind Review is your answer for consistency. It is hard, but oh so worth it.

Anyone know of a better way to build consistency? Throw me ideas!

80% through, planning on starting practice tests next week. If there is anyone who is looking to go through a gauntlet of pt's with me before the Oct test let me know. I live in Aspen, CO. If there is anyone in the area, which is doubtful, I would love to meet up for study sessions. Otherwise Skype or FaceTime will work just fine. Highest score so far is 168, shooting for 175+.

C'mon let's go play! I promise it'll be fun(ish)!

In the middle of burnout right now. I've decided to devote the time that I'm taking from studying to things that I have been ignoring during this push for the test. I'm exercising super hard, grabbing a beer or two with friends, actually moving into my new house instead of living in among piles of boxes. My hypothesis is that if I have the rest of my life in order there will be less distractions floating around this hyperactive head of mine, which will hopefully give me a point or two. To be honest I feel like I have extra mental bandwith after getting my room basically set up, and I need every bit of that bandwith for this damn test.

Another reason B is wrong. November is the spring time for half the world.

I splork more people understood this comment.

The difference between this and other courses is that everyone else is super focused on showing you what to do to get a correct answer while 7sage instead teaches you how to think about the LSAT. This is so much more powerful because it allows you to develop a dynamic skill set for crushing the LSAT, which is much more powerful than memorizing a methodology some guy made up and decided to sell. Plus 7sage uses real questions, and it turns out that matters.

Besides, who else uses Star Wars to explain formal logic? Nobody, that's who.

It takes as long as it takes to know why every incorrect answer choice is wrong. I've spent hours staring at one question. So blind reviewing used to take me two full days of work. As I got better at seeing wrong answers that time got shorter. So again, it takes as long as it takes.

Just remember to breathe.

Hey guys,

I was going to take the June test, but a blown knee put me on the sidelines. I'm currently 75% through the course, and am planning on getting all of the lessons done within the next week. After that I will start doing PT's on at least a weekly basis. Really I'll take them as quickly as I can BR and Full Proof them. Here we go!