Take a week off and get back to studying afterwards. Use the break to both enjoy yourself and to really get moving on your applications, if you haven't finished them already.
It'll be hard at first to study when you don't yet have your scores. But…
Holy crap. Dude, I'm sorry. Totally wouldn't have, but were he to get in my face, I wish I would've done this...
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Below are the schools that won't guarantee accepting a Feb. score:
Columbia University
Harvard University
New York University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Texas, Austin
Indiana University, Indianapolis
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Yeah, don't do it. It wastes a PT, wipes out your endurance, and has the potential to freak you out when you almost inevitably underperform. The test I took when I was sick gave me no indication of what I knew or how I did because of that factor.
I agree that it's likely burnout. Two things: take a break! And don't push for a 170+ on test day. Just do your best and trust that your knowledge and hard work will get you a good score. Score-chasing will almost always make you underperform, and t…
You absolutely must take the newest PTs (67+?) to score your best on test day. Personally, I found it beneficial to do nothing but the 70s for the month before the test, including retakes and drilling. I only practiced outside of the newest material…
There will definitely always be hard passages, but I don't think the newer ones are notably harder than the older ones. If anything, I personally find the older ones to be a bit harder, though I'm am being graced with a much larger sample size to co…
I don't think the RC passages themselves are significantly harder, but I think the questions are trickier. And not the questions themselves per se (save "Analogy" questions which are comparable to Sub/Equivalence Questions in LG) but the answer choi…
@dannyy121 this is common even amongst those initially great at RC. There are a few things I think that the newer RC passages are doing:
I don't think the RC passages themselves are significantly harder, but I think the questions are trickier. They…
I don't think you're an anomaly. It took me two years to be confident I would get a 170+ on test day, even though I had been scoring in the 170s after just over a year or so. There definitely is a big difference between sometimes hitting the 170s an…
!!! @"Cant Get Right" made my day!!
There are plenty of dangerous assumptions regarding the LSAT, but the concept of some magical ceiling that applies to all is amongst the worst of them. I think many supposed LSAT experts would tell you to not ev…
@"Alex Divine" whaaaaat??? That's so awesome someone else actually knows of them. I mean, they're relatively popular (and one of the sole acts still making good music in the genre) but it's still so surprising to meet another fan. I didn't really ge…
I made Thai fried rice for test day, because it's lighter/brighter, gives me immediate and lasting energy, and plenty of protein.
I'm definitely someone who has to earn breakfast food in the morning though, and I didn't really work through that re…
When did I, or when should I have?
Don't take any PTs until you've finished the curriculum. A few of the Mentors here seem to be really good at answering this question... (*ahem* @"Cant Get Right" and @"Alex Divine").
@"Artak Mamikonyan" said:
Yeah, the only reason Im taking those 4 in particular is because I've taken 72-76 already.
Oh, totally. I wasn't criticizing your strategy, I promise, haha. Your game plan is flawless, in my opinion.
@"Artak Mamikonyan" said:
From now until test day, I'm planning to take tests 70,71,78, and 79 (if it comes out on time lol). In between those PT's, I'm taking individual LG,RC, and LR sections to keep myself sharp and make improvements where I see…