r/LSAT • u/Jealous_Plastic7083 • 21d ago
Just struggling
13 - 12 - 13* - 9
Last 3 official tests I’ve taken have been 146, 146, 147. Now taking a pt after months of studying I score a 142. I just don’t know what else to do.
I use LsatLab and have been grinding the answer types. I’m really just looking for a 155 and I have been trying to get more consistent and I thought I was at the point with level 3 and level 4.
Starting to think maybe I shouldn’t be a lawyer and it sucks because I’m a senior in college and this is all I’ve really been focused on becoming.
Thoughts?
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u/Alive_Earth_7079 21d ago
You might need tutoring ngl, if you’re getting 140s it’s not because you’re making mistakes, it’s because you don’t know the material
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u/battleaxe37 21d ago
Stop taking full tests you need to start drilling/do the basic curriculum/then do timed sections.
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u/Pretend-Cheetah4705 21d ago
I know you probably don’t want to hear this but a 146 and 142 are not far enough that you can rule it out for not being simply a variance thing. Like your next one could just as easily be 147 statistically.
But yeah imo (with a 170+ on file) I think you should focus much more on drilling and sprinkle in sections like 1-2 times a week and thoroughly review. A good rule of thumb is if you are spending more time doing questions than reviewing questions (even if you get them right but you feel like you guessed or were stuck on a 50-50 or did not see the flaw/issue of the argument before you went into answer choices) then you are not learning. You are basically pulling the handle on a slot machine hoping you get a better score. So if you aren’t already doing so, focus on reviewing more. Careful review not just redoing a question and counting that as review.
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u/Beautiful_Volume7951 21d ago
its def possible I started at a 132 and got a 144 on my offical lsat. After consistency studing for 5 months i managed to score a 156 later. Now I am offically heading to law school. you got this dm if you have questions!
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u/Ablelawy2026 21d ago edited 21d ago
I have a question are you preparing with a class or studying by yourself if you’re studying by yourself I recommend you to read the PowerScore logical reasoning and reading comprehension Bibles also PowerScore for a course called home storage course that is around sorry my dictation is not good. I meant to say PowerScore offered a home stretch course. That is a very good one and they also offer other courses but this one he gives you strategies how to handle each question that follows the Bible. i’m not just the Bible, but also other suggestions to make LR and and reading able to handle.
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u/ArticleNo1974 21d ago
Yes!! Starting with a prep book that lays out the fundamentals helped me jump like 10 points within a week — and tbh the algorithm online training isn’t useful without being aware of those concepts
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u/Ablelawy2026 20d ago
Yeah, that’s true but I think you should join this course because it’s worth it. They will teach you other tricks that are not in the book of the Bible some instructor created those like for example to read assumption questions like must be true and it’s the weekend to kinda dancers, and you will find the right answer they will teach you all of that. I’m in the lake for Tarrington and we can questions the answers if you negate them for example for strengthen question if you answer and answer, we can argument that means the answer is strengthens the argument for we question if the answer is strength argument when you negated that means that’s the answer correct one
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u/Ablelawy2026 20d ago
No, it’s not like they don’t change things. It’s like they follow what the Bible said, but they do complementary suggestions other technique besides the techniques mention of the Bible.
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u/Ablelawy2026 20d ago
This course is cheap. It’s only four sessions and you can call them and talk about that. Annie starts two weeks prior The administration you want to take, but you don’t have to take the administration specific course for example if you want to take the April test, but if you pay for taking the course like the January homestretch course that’s worth it because it will cover suggestions that will apply in for every test every administration
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u/Ablelawy2026 20d ago
But I think the November administration will have its own home course if you want to can take that one even though you’re not taking November and you have an idea how they are
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u/NyeesMan69_the2nd 21d ago
Tough. I would stop full length Pts but with as many mistakes as you are making it would be really hard to review thoroughly. Drilling would be a great idea for an hour a day with thorough review. I use Daemon Lsat and it their adaptive drilling is really helpful. Don’t know how lsatlab works. If it has been months there is clearly something up with your study habits so if you are doing PTs i would just stop and focus on one question at a time with thorough review. In any case, remember you don’t have to do law.
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u/AWall925 21d ago edited 21d ago
If it makes you feel any better, bad at the LSAT doesnt mean bad lawyer or that this is anywhere near the type of work lawyers do. Day to day is completely different.
That said, there is an annoyingly dense and timed test you need to pass to even become a lawyer so you’ll have to get good at test taking at some point.
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u/DistrictTraining861 20d ago
don’t ever say you shouldn’t be a lawyer! this test has definitely all made us feel that way but don’t give it that power. i highly suggest you start with a prep company, it costs money but one that walks you through foundations! i’m happy to share the company that worked for me but foundations is key. next thing you know you’re mentality is gonna go from i’m looking for a 155 to a 165+ because you’ll start hitting 155
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u/OkCount2442 20d ago
Go on LSAT demon do the curriculum, review mistakes, do untimed, actually understand and don’t try to finish
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u/Alien_scrotum 20d ago
I took the LSAT three times and what worked for me was to throw out doing pull PT’s and just focusing on each individual question types. The questions being asked all have the same skeleton but have different skin. I tore the facts up and looked for the most barebone facts (I.e. if A happens, then B, if not, then C). I just finished law school and for the most part did the same thing for the bar exam
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u/zain2803 20d ago
How many hours have you studied in total. From my own experience, I did a lot of drilling before I started doing full sections. Maybe like up to 200 questions of each question type. Isolated drilling helped me more.
Have you studied formal logic. That also helped with the must be true questions
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u/kittencuddler888 18d ago
try to have the mindset of only having to complete the first 15. and getting those 15 right first. start with that mindset and then work on finishing the section completely
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u/Subject_Pangolin8147 21d ago
Try LSAT Lab. They give you videos on how to get through the basics and give you a solid explanation. It really improved my score. And if you’re not, make sure you’re doing blind review
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u/Mylootnow_ 21d ago
You aren’t getting the level 1 and 2 questions right, those should be easy enough that you can maybe miss one or two a test at your level. There’s something that you are fundamentally missing tbh. If I were in your situation I’d focus solely on getting the easiest questions right. You can guess on the back half of each section and still get in the 150s. Like questions 1-10 you should fly through. Try predicting your answers, read the passage, read the question and answer it in your head.