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Hello there! I am nearly done with my AA and going to be starting my BA soon (Note: I'm in my 30s, I work fulltime and go to school, so I'm going through my college journey later than most). I know I want to take the LSATs in my junior year during my BA, so will likely not be taking it for 2 to 2 and half years from now, but I am a horrible test taker so I feel more comfortable studying long term and as a result I would like to find/make a study group for those who want to long term study as well. At the moment I am reading/self-studying The LSAT Trainer (3rd edition), with the 10 Actuals Vol VI. I'm looking for either an etablished community, or to establish a community of people to study with for the next few years.
I wouldn't say the advice given here is incorrect, it's just not giving the proper background information and context to be useful. It's correct, but it would be a lot more useful with context. I seriously reccomend reading more about law school and the process, because it will make understanding the advice given here a lot easier to understand.
For example: I read The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert by Ann Levin and Law School Confidential by Robert Miller. It's help me understand that there's a sepreate GPA from the one you earn in school. Even though retaking a class makes you college GPA higher and often replaces itself on your transcript, the original class still counts on your Law school GPA. So when people on here say "Focus on your gpa", the advice missing is that every class counts. You need to make sure your passing well, or that if you aren't that your focusing on resolving it and figuring out how to do better. You do get to write a GPA/grades Addendum when applying to college, so if you improve, you can write about how and what changes were needed to become your better school self.
Also, going to law school is a comeplete lifestyle change. Once there, you can't work more than 20 hours a week, you have certain expectations to fulfill to increase your chances of a better job by the time you graduate. Sometimes, taking a year or two off after you get your degree helps get you into Law school, because you can reflect better and who you are outside of school, in the work place. Also gives you the oppurtunity to volunteer and show commitment to your community. And your WHOLE college transcript will count instead of just your freshman through junior year if you wait for at least a year after college to apply.
There's so much I did not know I needed to know until I read more and learned about the process itself. This is why I think a lot of the advice here is correct but missing context. If I didn't learn about the process prior to reading these comment I would simply write them off as "general". Context completely changes the usefulness of what's been shared here.
That said, if you want to start LSAT prep now, do it. But I would do self-trainers and leave sites like 7sage for when you are closer to actually taking the tests. Learn the LSAT in a relaxed manner, let it become second nature if that's what you want to do. Plus learning slow and long term means when you do get to those 4-8 hour study days, you'll be approaching it with experience and experience is king.