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What to do in the meantime

guerreros.jacobguerreros.jacob Live Member
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So I'm taking the LSAT in about a month now, so I really want to buckle down and squeeze the last few extra points I can out of it. The only problem is that I work full time and find it difficult to come home and take a full length test, so I limit the amount of test I take to one a day on Saturday and Sunday. I just feel that, after a long day of work, I wouldn't be able to preform like I should, and wind up getting frustrated. Should I focus most of my weeknights into drills, or is there a different strategy I should be looking at?

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  • domo9171domo9171 Live Member
    23 karma

    I'm in a similar boat here (work 9-5:30PM M-F). What I've been doing is drilling Monday and Tuesday, PT on Wednesday, BR the rest of the week while continuing to drill (drilling daily is a must, it keeps me fresh and feeling productive). With a schedule, it can be easier to approach studying even with the long hours of work you're doing daily. I get your feeling that you may not be at your most optimal condition to take a PT after getting off work, but if you reserve a specific day for PT and anticipate that, it can make the task feel more doable.

  • jxliejxnesjxliejxnes Live Member
    3 karma

    Hey! I also work full time and I had found it super hard studying after work too, especially with a mentally taxing job. Because of that, I ended up switching my schedule to studying in the morning. Hear me out--it sounds like it's going to suck. But I realized that I don't have the mental capacity to do meaningful studying after work so I switched to mornings because I know that I have enough mental power. I'm gonna work while I'm at work anyways. I work M-F 8:30AM-5PM so my schedule has become wake up at around 5am, get ready for work, and then head to my local coffee shop that opens at 5:30AM. From 5:30am-around 8AM, I'm studying. I'm not too rigid with what exactly I study, but I always make sure to drill at least 10 questions every morning before I dive into content or refining my weak points. I have the ability to take unpaid time off so I take Wednesdays off to either take a full-length, blind review, or do heavy content watching days. I know that's not always possible for everyone to take a full day off, but you can still get a lot done in the mornings. And if I do have enough energy after my work day, I'll do some light studying, knowing I already did a good chunk in the AM. I also study heavy on either Saturday or Sunday, depending on what day I want to take off. It's definitely gonna take some discipline and habit building of a new morning routine but I feel like it's been way more efficient for me than how I used to study at night. Try it out for a week and see if you like it!

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