Feeling Discouraged

Lawtinaa

Hey chat, just here to vent.

I'm just feeling discouraged. I feel like my brain is not making the connections needed. I know its a learning curve, but this learning curve is effing steep. I work a 8-5 and alongside from going to the gym, college and personal responsibilities, I tend to study for an 1hr - hour and a half a day for what is usually 4-6 days a week.

I took it for the first time in April of 2023 and got a 143 on the first exam (I only gave myself 2 months to study back then... a bit delusional on my end). I procrastinated and was doing studying on and off until I started to be consistent in September of this year. I feel like mentally I have gotten nowhere for the exam (besides having MC & a bit of MSS questions down).

I know this exam isn't impossible to learn and I can do it, but I just feel like the consistency I put in isn't giving me the results I'm seeking. It might just be mental exhaustion on my end since I only have time to study after 8 or 9pm. How does anyone else deal with discouragement from the LSAT? I plan to apply next cycle and I pushed my test date from February to April earlier this week (maybe that's also feeding into the discouragement? lol).

Any advice is appreciated

ena88123

hii just wanted to let you know that your feelings are totally valid and to make sure you are taking care of yourself throughout this process. you should feel proud of yourself for studying on top of all of your other commitments. also, pushing your test back should not make you feel more discouraged! it should give you a sense of relief that you know by then you will be much more prepared and confident without feeling so much pressure and rushing into taking the test in feb. something i think might help is to not compare yourself to others and to try to take stress/pressure away from the score numbers while you're still learning the test, instead putting more focus into why you are getting questions right and why you are getting questions wrong. then you can focus more on the questions you are getting wrong and doing specific drills on those question types and watching video explanations. im glad you know you can do it because you can and we are all here for you!!

Lawtinaa

@ena88123 I definitely needed to hear this, thank you :,)