10 PTs, all *almost* same score

lsatmannnnlsatmannnn Core Member
in General 99 karma

I have taken 10 PTs, over the last 2 months, and eliminating outlier of 156, EVERY SINGLE PT has been between a 159 and 162. I felt bad at the beginning, and then thought I was getting better, and now have felt poor on these last couple of PTs again, this is worse than jumping around. Spending 3 hours a day to score in the range of 4 points is ridiculous. I have the august LSAT coming up in 2 weeks. I've been studying 3 hours everyday, I've tried changing up strategies for LR, going faster at the beginning, slower at the end, but this is still just giving me the same curve of wrong ACs.

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  • AtlantisAtlantis Live Member
    80 karma

    Try taking a week off, no bs, no lsat, just vibes. Also stop drinking if you haven't done that

  • lsatmannnnlsatmannnn Core Member
    99 karma

    @Atlantis said:
    Try taking a week off, no bs, no lsat, just vibes. Also stop drinking if you haven't done that

    You think that would help? Im a very every day long gym and ling study guy. Everyday this summer Ive lifted and then studied, i have been feeling very burnt out recently, making more ‘stupid’ mistakes in the lower difficulty questions, and losing the edge I was getting on the hard questions

  • sunnylsatsunnylsat Core Member
    20 karma

    yeah, I second taking a break or at least calming down the PTs... the good thing is your past work is still with you and won't be lost.

    Also, it may sound strange, but don't focus too much on the score, instead I would try to understand why exactly each question was right/wrong and what drew you to the wrong answer. Ex) Are you skipping words when skim reading? Or are you spending too little time reading the stim? Or, are they all one type of question?

    Drilling and PT's are useless if you do not understand why a problem is right/wrong. For me, the value of studying isn't getting hours or so many problems in, it's getting a quality understanding. For example, when I first got past 165, I would sometimes drill only 10 problems in 10 minutes, but then spend 1-2 hours trying to understand those problems. The review is where I improved.

  • gabrielakdavilagabrielakdavila Live Member
    22 karma

    Hello! Make sure you are understanding why each AC is wrong. Use LSAT Hacks website for free written explanations for each AC (also the new 7Sage site has this too). Use a wrong answer journal or your analytics page to see what question types are giving you trouble. Take a few days or a week off from LSAT. Seems like you may be facing burnout by taking too many tests in 2 months. Also, you could do untimed question type drills to practice reading questions thoroughly and not making those easy mistakes. 10 questions per untimed drill (ex: 10 for flaw, 10 for NA, 10 for argument part). Hope this helps.

  • Allen the AlienAllen the Alien Core Member
    6 karma

    I concur with @gabrielakdavila and would add that you shouldn't just see why the right answer is right, but also analyse why the wrong answers are wrong, especially the ones you were attracted to. Also, 7sage allows you to see which type of question you're worst at. Take advantage of it and at least run/rerun that type of question in the curriculum.

  • AtlantisAtlantis Live Member
    edited July 29 80 karma

    @bastod13 said:

    @Atlantis said:
    Try taking a week off, no bs, no lsat, just vibes. Also stop drinking if you haven't done that

    You think that would help? Im a very every day long gym and ling study guy. Everyday this summer Ive lifted and then studied, i have been feeling very burnt out recently, making more ‘stupid’ mistakes in the lower difficulty questions, and losing the edge I was getting on the hard questions

    Yes! After a very mid June LSAT score I took a whole month off to travel and hike, when I came back and did my first PT my score went up by 5 points. I'm a big advocate for having time off the LSAT. Like the gym you grind for a couple hours a day, then say after 7 PM you should stop thinking about the LSAT and do other things until your routine resets the next day. Also take one day a week completely off. You can't force gains in one day, same with LSAT. Attitude and mental clarity is probably the most important factors during a long study summer. Your brain needs time off the LSAT to comprehend the things it learned.

  • lsatmannnnlsatmannnn Core Member
    99 karma

    Thanks for everyone’s feedback, I appreciate it. I an definetly going to spend the next 9 days before my exam de-loading in general, doing less in the gym and less studywise, focusing more on getting every question right in drilling not caring about time, and thoroughly reviewing the mistakes I make. Ill probably take 1 LR and RC section 4 days before the exam just to make sure my timings good, and just really focus on doing less but doing it as correctly as I can.

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