Thank you @.hopkins I think I just need to keep reminding myself of this. I started studying in March 2015, told myself I'd take the October test, postponed it to take December, now I'm not feeling ready for me to achieve my high score, so perhaps February 2016 will be a better time to test for me. I have been working full time this entire time so I don't usually get more than 15 hours of 'good' studying in per week.

One thing that is kind of hard for me is I feel like I personally am fine taking the time I need to achieve my high score but it sometimes feels like my boyfriend and friends are like tired of me studying all the time. My boyfriend is supportive but I could tell he was a little disappointed when I said I would probably keep studying til February. I don't know why but it makes me feel guilty that I haven't been able to spend a lot of time with him and also my friends this past year!

Anyway I went back and read the 7sage top 3 mistakes and this is a good reminder to me, hopefully it helps others also who just want to be 'done' this December but are wondering if they should keep studying for 2016 tests:

"But that's not important, is it? The important thing is that you plan to spend way more than 3 months training. A year is reasonable. Look at it rationally. Which is weighed more heavily in law school admissions, GPA or LSAT? LSAT. Duh! Yet, you spend 4 years on your GPA but, what, only 3 months on the LSAT? How the hell does that make any sense? Do you even know how important the LSAT is? It makes or breaks your application. End of story. If I'm telling you that you need to spend a year, only a year, to realize your maximum potential on the LSAT, you should be thinking this is a fucking bargain. Because it is. You're getting a great deal. And I haven't even counted the tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships."

I'm interested too.

@ does that Casio watch have any ticking sound? I have a watch that I bought but it kind of ticks loudly and is distracting so I am looking for a cheapish watch that doesn't have a ticking sound. Thanks.

I thought I had downloaded all the problem sets PDFs in April. Now it is showing that there are more. I have the "premium" package. For instance in the Flaw Questions Problem Set, I only have Problem Set 1 and 2 downloaded, but it shows there are 9 problem sets. Is there a way I can access the other 7? If they had been available in April I would have downloaded them... Thanks.

Thanks @ for the tips I'll try them. Any others who can weigh in on improving the LR? What strategies should I use when using the Cambridge drill packets? I'm unsure if I should be trying to do Cambridge packets timed or untimed. Thanks!

Thank you for leaving the option of the old problem sets. Makes it simpler for those of us who did get the opportunity to download the PDFs before LSAC made everyone take them down.

Thank you everyone for your advice!!

How do you approach watching the playback of the video? I can't imagine that you are spending 2.5 hours just watching yourself take the test, on top of the BR, and the review of the test after BR. Do you specifically skip to areas of the video on questions you struggled with, or questions you marked (I use a star) that you spent a lot of time on?

Any insights or strategies on how you are actually reviewing the video is helpful! I work full time so I have to be smart about how I use my time to study and review.

Thanks for your thoughts @ and @. I have also been considering postponing til December (though I already paid for my seat at the October test) but am concerned it could potentially affect any scholarship chances. I have read that the earlier in the cycle you apply, the better for schollys. I am aiming at potentially getting scholarships at Tier 2 schools.. if I was able to hit 170 I would be a so-called splitter as my undergrad GPA (from a well respected undergrad that is known for not having grade inflation) is 3.3.

My job isn't particularly stressful and isn't causing burnout on its own, the office is a better space productivity wise for me than my own home. I do study on weekends, usually from about 3-8pm on Sat and Sun. I guess I actually study closer to 15+ hours per week, as I can usually get about 10 on the weekends and 5 hours during the week. It just doesn't seem reflected in my 7sage 'progress' because I go a lot slower than the curriculum estimates.

Honestly the reason I have been losing motivation is because I have been having a lot of discussions with lawyers at my firm (I'm a mid-level paralegal), and pretty much all of them have encouraged me to explore other options first. And these are lawyers who are in a successful high-paying job that is actually less stressful and less hours than most corporate gigs -- it's a boutique finance firm. They are not saying this in a way like they don't think I can go to law school and be a successful lawyer. They are saying this in a way that has a hint of 'you will be happier if you don't become a lawyer'. I have thought about this a lot - I have been out of undergrad for 5 years now and had plenty of time to ruminate on whether I wanted to be a lawyer.

I thought I had figured it out -- yes, yes I do want to be a lawyer and set my mind to the task. Now after having lunch with quite a few different lawyers and picking their brains, I am having second thoughts (again)! Agh! I've decided I simply will not go to law school at sticker price -- it's not worth it to me as much as I love the idea of being a lawyer and working with the law day in and day out, it's not worth being $100k+ in debt heading into my 30's. Some associates at my firm have told me they pay almost $2000/month in loans and will be for the next 10 years.. and these are lawyers that many people would say are 'living the dream' because they have $200k+ salaries and 60ish hour work weeks and can take vacations and stuff. It would be a completely different story for me if law school in the US was actually semi-affordable like it is in some other countries.

So I've told myself go ahead and study hard for the LSAT, do the applications, and see where the chips fall in the spring to see if law school is the right path for me. Anyway I think I do agree that it's better to take the LSAT when I'm ready - not necessarily self-impose an artificial deadline of October. Am just really concerned it would affect potential scholarships... any thoughts on that? Perhaps all of this is just stress and hand wringing... I do appreciate other 7sagers input!

Thanks for the tips! I'll just feel it out, 7sage diagramming does seem to be a lot quicker