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Since when does 'we should be content' mean 'avoid'!?
Defenitely possible! For context I got a -15 on LG, -15 on RC and -10 on LR. 3 months of studying with a full-time job later I am scoring in the low 170s and am about to take the August test. If you want to do this you have to stay disciplined. I have studied from 5-10PM every monday through friday for the past 3 months. On weekends I do a PT and BR (these are essentially break days). If you are thinking "wow I dont have that much time to study" don't worry. You can get away with studying less if you avoid some of the time wasting strategies that 7sage promotes. Do not waste time on LR strategies. The best way to improve is to do the questions and blind review them. The strategies in the core-curriculum are a waste of time and a good way foster bad habits. I had to re-learn how to do the test intuitively after forgetting almost everything in the core curriculum. If you stay away from the dogmatic BS you will save a ton of time and improve a lot faster. Other then that focus on getting a perfect score on LG. For RC my biggest improvements came from doing untimed sections. If you force yourself to beleive the passage is the most interesting thing in the world you will be able to understand it and fly through the questions. Focus on understanding what you read first and the speed will come. The same is true for LR (for the love of god do not read the question stem first! Just read the passage and understand it). If at the end of the day you aren't at your goal score then don't rely on the novemeber test. Take a gap year to focus on getting a high score (you can do way better than 155). A high score could land you a scholarship and even a full ride so trying to apply this cycle may be doing more harm than good even when considering your circumstances. You don't want to rush this but if you stay dicsiplined you'll succeed.
My advice is not for everyone but if you are serious about the LSAT and need a big improvement I am proof that intensive studying with a full-time job is possible. For context I have been studying for just over 3 months with a full time job. Becasue of my low diagnostic of 142 and my goal of taking the LSAT in august and september I decided I would treat the LSAT like another full-time job. From monday to friday I have been studying from 5-10 PM with a 30 minute break in the middle. On Saturday I take a PT and BR and on sunday I typically study for 2 hours and decide what my focus will be for the next week. After i'm done studying for the day I go for a 20 minute run to clear my head (balance really helps). For reference 3 months later I am scoring in the low 170's. If you need to improve 30 points in 3 months it is defenitely a possibility. Just stay disciplined. A month or so from now it should become a fun easy game! One last tip to save some time is do not waste time on the core curriculum; I have forgotten nearly everything and have re-learnt to do the test intuitively. Reading the question stem first on LR is terrible advice as there is no time to parse out question types and apply strategies. If you manage to keep your head clear of these time wasting strategies you will reach you goal score a lot faster and have less to worry about after a day of work.
I understand how the other AC's are wrong but just because the poputlation doesn't refuse to do something does not mean that they will be appealed by it. For this reason it seems to me that the corrrect AC is not necessary either.