Wow... As I was reading your post, every single part of it resonated very deeply with me. And like you, I would like to share my story to let out some steam. I began studying last August, waking up at 5 am and putting in 4 hours of work each morning before starting my regular school work. I did this every single day for four months. During the winter, I decided to take a week off and come back to it with a fresh mind. When I returned, I rewatched the entire core curriculum. I continued my 4 hour a day session, attempting to deeply ingrain every single piece of information I learned. When I began PTing, I kept a journal with four sections: an overview of all the notes the LSAT required; records of each test score along with everything that could be learned and transferred to the next test; every new vocabulary word I came across; a rewritten copy of every single LR problem I had difficulty with, along the reasoning for the correct ac. My diagnostic was a 156 and my goal was a 170. After reviewing all of the core curriculum twice, my first PT was a 156... completely heartbreaking. I felt like I wasted 8 months of my life. Nonetheless, I continued. The next couple of PTs showed improvement and I was scoring the early 160s. I still felt like I could do better. When I finished the semester, I became even more obsessed. I meditated every morning, exercised everyday, took many vitamins, and ate not a single unhealthy thing. I also began to train my brain in different ways by reading two to three books a week, playing Lumosity games, learning Italian, doing 20 minutes of Spreeder a day, and playing the insanely challenging game Dual-n-back which is supposed to do wonders on spatial reasoning. I made sure that I practiced all of these things every single day. My journal grew and I was motivated to keep doing better. For three months, I was taking 2-3 PTs a week and reviewing them three times each. I spent all day, every day studying. About a month ago, I was hitting consistent 167-168. I even hit a 177 BR twice!! I was ecstatic!! I felt like I had so much more room for improvement, and I could due truly amazing on this exam. I felt like all of my hard work would pay off. But it's not that easy. Two weeks ago, my score dropped drastically... since then, I've been hitting consistent 162s. I've cried at least once a day every single day for the last two weeks (sometimes as much as three times a day). I've analyzed everything and tried to pull out so many lesson from each PT. But it's not helping. I have poured my heart and soul into this test. I did everything that I was supposed to. I am smart (not that GPA is a significant indicator of this, but I 3.9). I thought that if I put in the work, I could do this... I could truly get an amazing score. I am taking the August LSAT Flex; my intention was that this would be my first and last test... I know it has not come yet, but I am so worried and heartbroken. I took my last PT today and once again, it was a 162. I broke down crying immediately. I am trying not to let this interfere with my test day mentality. I am trying to anticipate everything and internalize every single lesson that I have learned thus far. I am so heartbroken. I'm praying that my hard work will pay off.
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Wow... As I was reading your post, every single part of it resonated very deeply with me. And like you, I would like to share my story to let out some steam. I began studying last August, waking up at 5 am and putting in 4 hours of work each morning before starting my regular school work. I did this every single day for four months. During the winter, I decided to take a week off and come back to it with a fresh mind. When I returned, I rewatched the entire core curriculum. I continued my 4 hour a day session, attempting to deeply ingrain every single piece of information I learned. When I began PTing, I kept a journal with four sections: an overview of all the notes the LSAT required; records of each test score along with everything that could be learned and transferred to the next test; every new vocabulary word I came across; a rewritten copy of every single LR problem I had difficulty with, along the reasoning for the correct ac. My diagnostic was a 156 and my goal was a 170. After reviewing all of the core curriculum twice, my first PT was a 156... completely heartbreaking. I felt like I wasted 8 months of my life. Nonetheless, I continued. The next couple of PTs showed improvement and I was scoring the early 160s. I still felt like I could do better. When I finished the semester, I became even more obsessed. I meditated every morning, exercised everyday, took many vitamins, and ate not a single unhealthy thing. I also began to train my brain in different ways by reading two to three books a week, playing Lumosity games, learning Italian, doing 20 minutes of Spreeder a day, and playing the insanely challenging game Dual-n-back which is supposed to do wonders on spatial reasoning. I made sure that I practiced all of these things every single day. My journal grew and I was motivated to keep doing better. For three months, I was taking 2-3 PTs a week and reviewing them three times each. I spent all day, every day studying. About a month ago, I was hitting consistent 167-168. I even hit a 177 BR twice!! I was ecstatic!! I felt like I had so much more room for improvement, and I could due truly amazing on this exam. I felt like all of my hard work would pay off. But it's not that easy. Two weeks ago, my score dropped drastically... since then, I've been hitting consistent 162s. I've cried at least once a day every single day for the last two weeks (sometimes as much as three times a day). I've analyzed everything and tried to pull out so many lesson from each PT. But it's not helping. I have poured my heart and soul into this test. I did everything that I was supposed to. I am smart (not that GPA is a significant indicator of this, but I 3.9). I thought that if I put in the work, I could do this... I could truly get an amazing score. I am taking the August LSAT Flex; my intention was that this would be my first and last test... I know it has not come yet, but I am so worried and heartbroken. I took my last PT today and once again, it was a 162. I broke down crying immediately. I am trying not to let this interfere with my test day mentality. I am trying to anticipate everything and internalize every single lesson that I have learned thus far. I am so heartbroken. I'm praying that my hard work will pay off.