Once you've reach the upper limits of scoring potential (170+), I think that it becomes less about hammering question types or test-taking strategies. At this point, after all, you're averaging (10 incorrect questions across 4 sections. Ultimately, you have to confront the most important variable: yourself.(/p)
Inability to focus is a real thing that happens to all test-takers. Ever read a sentence and feel like you didn't even read it? Now you have to read it again. Maybe it's a whole paragraph. Add these sentences up, and it hardly matters whether you have all the right test-taking strategies to achieve a 178... you'll be lucky to get to the end of the section before time runs out.
I think this is the most underrated skill when it comes to the LSAT. If you are really serious about the LSAT this summer, then experiment with simplifying your life experience overall. You'd be amazed at how much your reading comprehension & ability to focus increase if you simplify your life. Sit outside on a nice day, listening to music without ever looking at a screen. Stop watching Tik Tok, Youtube shorts, and pornography. Stop playing video games. These platforms very much turn your mind into goo. Read books (not audiobooks), especially classics, and don't move on to the next page until you've fully understood what you just read (summarize it in your head if you have to). Stop drinking, it's fucking up your sleep. You'll be amazed at how much better you can read after sleeping 9 hrs vs. 7. Obviously, these are all major sacrifices, so you have to decide what's worth it. But I can promise that no amount of 7sage grinding can make up for shortcomings in your private life. You spend the majority of your life not studying, but it's still the same brain. Keep it poised.
For the LSAT, keep a wrong answer journal (as I'm sure you already do). Write paragraphs about each question, not just explaining why the correct answer is correct, but why the wrong answer is wrong. Limit yourself to one full PT per week. After a PT, get some exercise. Sweat it out, run it off, and relax before starting into the wrong answer journal. Always try to pinpoint where you're struggling - is it certain question types, is it RC over LR, or vice versa? In the intervening days before your next PT, drill whichever topics you think you're lagging in most.
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Once you've reach the upper limits of scoring potential (170+), I think that it becomes less about hammering question types or test-taking strategies. At this point, after all, you're averaging (10 incorrect questions across 4 sections. Ultimately, you have to confront the most important variable: yourself.(/p)
Inability to focus is a real thing that happens to all test-takers. Ever read a sentence and feel like you didn't even read it? Now you have to read it again. Maybe it's a whole paragraph. Add these sentences up, and it hardly matters whether you have all the right test-taking strategies to achieve a 178... you'll be lucky to get to the end of the section before time runs out.
I think this is the most underrated skill when it comes to the LSAT. If you are really serious about the LSAT this summer, then experiment with simplifying your life experience overall. You'd be amazed at how much your reading comprehension & ability to focus increase if you simplify your life. Sit outside on a nice day, listening to music without ever looking at a screen. Stop watching Tik Tok, Youtube shorts, and pornography. Stop playing video games. These platforms very much turn your mind into goo. Read books (not audiobooks), especially classics, and don't move on to the next page until you've fully understood what you just read (summarize it in your head if you have to). Stop drinking, it's fucking up your sleep. You'll be amazed at how much better you can read after sleeping 9 hrs vs. 7. Obviously, these are all major sacrifices, so you have to decide what's worth it. But I can promise that no amount of 7sage grinding can make up for shortcomings in your private life. You spend the majority of your life not studying, but it's still the same brain. Keep it poised.
For the LSAT, keep a wrong answer journal (as I'm sure you already do). Write paragraphs about each question, not just explaining why the correct answer is correct, but why the wrong answer is wrong. Limit yourself to one full PT per week. After a PT, get some exercise. Sweat it out, run it off, and relax before starting into the wrong answer journal. Always try to pinpoint where you're struggling - is it certain question types, is it RC over LR, or vice versa? In the intervening days before your next PT, drill whichever topics you think you're lagging in most.