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So tough...Scatter brained folks like us have it the worst. Block out 2-hour sections of the day, put your phone away and just commit to it. it'll pay dividends.
Do your practice early early morning!! Good luck!
It's really tough. I hired a tutor. It was pretty expensive but so worth it because talking to them kept me focused.
What kind of things did you do with the tutor? Was it them walking you through answers?
Just so everyone knows because I wished I knew the first time I took my LSAT. They offer accommodations like 50% extra time on each section, the option to test in a private testing room, and you can opt to take breaks as you need.
This would have changed so much. I was undiagnosed and unmedicated until over 35 though. If you have the diagnosis, definitely utilize these resources.
Call the law schools you want to go and ask exactly how the LSAT factors in for admission and scholarships. Twenty years later, I vividly recall standing in the law school library and learning from a classmate that scholarships were based on GPAx10 + LSAT, and scores over 200 got FULL PAID TUITION.
I nearly vomited. I had a 3.9x10 + 158 = 197. My practice exams scored over 165. My brain did not work on the logic sections. I remember staring at the page like sentences were missing. That had never happened before, but it was the first time my unmedicated ADHD affected lawyering.
It was overwhelming, so I didn't take it again. It was expensive and took so much time. Well, it was not as expensive as FULL TUITION FOR 3 YEARS PLUS INTEREST over the TEN YEARS it took me to pay it off. Admittedly, I probably earned more money because I never hesitated to do something over after that, and I asked questions to determine what was worth my time.
No to self-study and either get a course that imposes deadlines / someone external whom you can’t negotiate with to keep you accountable for keeping on track with deadlines. External motivation is the only thing that works.
HYS grad. Self-studied myself from a shit diagnostic score (and historically v shitty standardized test taker) to a great score and being admitted to most of the T14. 7 sage and blind review is your friend. JY is a beast and credit 7sage and blind review for my score. LSAT trainer to compliment 7sage. Manhattan forums for blind review when you’re looking for different ways to think through questions.
You should join a class that will hold you accountable. Without deadlines, it makes everything super hard
Checklists (monthly, weekly, and daily). For the daily/weekly checklists I broke down each task into its smallest component so that I could have positive momentum as I checked things off the list. Also the grace to revise the list as I went along. I also retook a few times and played hooky the first time to go to a concert 😅 In hindsight I should have taken time off to study at the very end, maybe like 2 weeks of deep focus. Another thing I did was only focus on one section at a time, so my goal wasn’t to increase my score by X, but instead to do better in just one section. I only made it through two sections (logic games and LR) by the date of the test but decided I wasn’t gonna be able to study for the Lsat again and just applied lol.
Another thing was that the LSAT is really daunting. For me it was easier to break down the sections into the types of concepts, and then focus on learning a concept itself (ex: drilling certain TYPES of logic games). It built up positive momentum to improve in a specific small tiny area. I didn’t take too many full practice tests, and really only then to simulate game day and to check my stamina. Otherwise it was way too awful to sit down and take full practice tests over and over.
I studied SO SO SO much. And I ended up taking it twice. I jsut had to spend spurts of time doing my studying...trying not to take in too much at a time or my brain would just shut right down.
Use khan academy
Gamify! Allow yourself rewards when you hit targets (score-wise or amount of study times). I actually feel like our brains are very good for the LSAT because the sections were so short and constantly changing. Because deadlines make me focus, I also found it helpful to really adhere to pacing - for adrenaline purposes and to avoid rabbitholing on a question. 1 minute each tops for the first 10 of an LR section, finish question 19 by 25 minutes, spend 7 minutes on the last 5 then have 3 minutes to go back and work on ones I didn’t solve in time. DONT LET YOURSELF SPEND MORE THAN 2.5 MINUTES ON AN LR QUESTION. Pick and answer and move on!!
Same goes for games - if it’s not clicking within a few minutes, bubble in guesses and come back to it when you have the time.
However, don’t start doing this until you understand how the questions work. At first, do everything untimed and work to get it right and understand why it is.
Get rid of most social media and put your phone on do not disturb. Do 1-2 practice tests every week. Request time and a half