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Reading on tls that some high scorers...
Take a pt everday for like 5-6 consecutive days.
Also others take TWO pts a day.
I really need soemthing different in my routine since I'm noticing NO PROGRESS despite all my studying. Has anyone done something slightly extreme like this?
Also there's this guy on yt who teaches lsat prep and he said he took 2 a day as well!!
Also others take TWO pts a day.
I really need soemthing different in my routine since I'm noticing NO PROGRESS despite all my studying. Has anyone done something slightly extreme like this?
Also there's this guy on yt who teaches lsat prep and he said he took 2 a day as well!!
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Hell I was taking 3 PTs a week, and even then I thought I felt burnt, and more importantly I wasn't getting sufficient time to BR my answers, where the actual GAINS are made.
Sorry to be a buzzkill. Definitely keep trying because it is very much possible to improve; I’ve improved 20 points from my diagnostic(so far). But experience tells me that if the LSAT wasn’t already easy to you, it’s not going to suddenly become easy to you with some sort of “hack” like the ones TLS advocates. I think slow and steady will probably yield the best results.
Best of luck!
oh me too btw!!!!
I will admit though, I went 5 days of straight PTing once. All it helped me with was building stamina to be able to sit still for a full practice test. My scores did not improve at all during that time.
People here aren't lying when they say BR sessions will help most in your improvement. PT one day, review it the next day (or two), drill if you find something you need to improve on, repeat the process.
I think this hits the nail on the head. I take an exam every other day (with Sundays off), and I BR half the day I take the exam and the rest the following day. I think if you want to improve stamina and also improve your score, add a fifth section of games. You can never practice the games enough, so even if you have already seen those games before, it still is helpful.
Lastly, Top Law School forum blows. One of the best things I did while restudying for the LSAT was to not visit that site; it's just not helpful. I'll probably head over there once I am done with the LSAT completely in order to browse some of the law school application forums, but that's it.
But I do agree that TLS attracts a whole bunch of neurotic T-14-or-bust 0L's to the site.
From my own experience, I've been a bit MIA on the forums for my 3rd retake and it's doing wonders for my nerves and PT's in general. Got to find the right balance of LSAT exposure and a social life.
That said, I scored in the 175 - 180 range in June and the most PTs I ever did in a week was 3. I think doing more than that would have been too many for me. For me, drilling was very important and I would have had to stop drilling if I wanted to take a PT every day (or 2 a day). It would have also been difficult to find time to review the PTs. And I think I would have burned out. But maybe it would work for you.
I'm surprised to see all of the negative posts about TLS here. I think that site is great. It has been enormously helpful to me so far.
TLS is very helpful in terms of getting the inside scoop on law schools and firms, but some posters are very obnoxious. I haven't come across one post on 7sage that has even a hint of entitlement or arrogance.
But as everyone has said, don't burn yourself out. Burn out is honestly the worst thing, it makes you feel as if you just started studying for the lsat yesterday.
Well, the sage has spoken. I am going to go run to the store and grab 3 months worth of hot pockets. See everyone in a few months!
P.S. you will not burn out if you have built up endurance. I compare it to a runner. A normal person trying to run 5 miles after not running for ages will get burnt out if they just started running hard. However if you build up to it, a person running 70 miles a week will not get burnt out by running merely five miles. The notion of "burnt out" is very subjective so do not listen to everything you read about it. The key is to know yourself and where you are.
Also some days wont be as good as others. REMEMBER THIS before you start crying and/or feeling let down. the lsat is a mental game. See it all the way through and trust yourself, your journey, and your studies. Good luck!
Just go ahead and Google "burn out" and "runners." You will find a large subgenre that speaks to the reality of this. I read a number of running and trail running publications and I see these articles every couple of weeks. The relevance to LSAT training is always near to my mind.
Where your analogy (and thus your argument) most critically falls apart is in your 70 miles/5 miles comparison. A PT is not 5 miles compared to 70. A PT is a whole long training session meant to simulate race day (LSAT Day or "YAY DAY" as I call it). In order for your argument to hold, you would need to up that to PT:26.2 miles as Weekly study schedule:Total miles run per week, or something along those lines. And if you were to revise your analogy accordingly, you would see that your conclusion no longer follows. Hmmm.
This sounds like an attempt to "Fix" your score. Well, more is not always more where PT's are concerned. Taking more tests in too short a period is not going to earn you a 170+. You can take that from me. I've taken like 50-60 PT's including retakes and triple takes (I have lost count along the way). I've been at this for the past year. My last 2 fresh tests (both within the past 3 years of administration) were 173's and my last retake was a 178; I was stuck in the 160's for quite a while but only after working in intentional rest periods have I consistently been at my goal score. (Note: rest isn't a silver bullet either; in my case, lack of rest was keeping me from closing the gap and hurting my mental/emotional game, which is an oft-neglected necessary condition for a 170+ score IMO).
You don't earn a 170+. You train for a 170+. And the way you do that is a lot like the way you train for a marathon, as we've already established. No one who trains for a marathon runs a marathon every damn day, let alone twice a day.
So why are you doing it?
This close to the test, I'd say ... PUMP THE BREAKS. You do NOT want to be burned out when you take the test.
Subjectivity is not a criterion for poo-poo-ing the risk involved (nor necessarily for skepticism regarding reports themselves).
That being said though I do not recommend this method because it will most definitely lead to burnout. If you have a lot of time to recover you "might" like to test it out for an extra boost. But you have been warned. Just...for the sake of your neurons please, don't force it if you find it too much.
Might be basing your evaluation on too small a sample size (rather, too short a period). Do you really want to run the risk of it taking you personally 4 or 5 weeks to burn out, this close to the exam.
Pump the brakes yo! Why risk taking the exam burnt out? Why???