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Iāve got two weeks to go until my November LSAT. Iāve discovered several things about my habits, stress levels, impact on sleep, impact of sleep (poor or good), when I take my meds, what I take with them (food or no food), and that I learned most of what I learned by taking preptests and learning the language.
A little bit after I started studying I got 7Sage. It was helpful to have the explanations and I felt confident as I always understood why I got the wrong questions wrong, and i understood why the right answers were right. I got overwhelmed by the diagramming so I just kept working on āfluencyā of the language. Scores went up, scores went down, fatigue impacted my scores, confidence was shaky. Blind reviews sometimes helped, sometimes didnāt (sometimes WORSE results). Fluency not increasing.
I JUST switched to LSAT Demon this week, did ONE review of my last 7Sage Test using LSAT Demon (done last night), watched a few free videos on YouTube by LSAT Demon this morning (I only paid for the basic subscription), felt like I increased my fluency INSTANTLY. The prior night I had horrribblleee shitty sleep, so I KNEW my score would be impacted. Fully expecting a 158, but still feeling like something changed in my fluency in under 24 hours.
I got a 161 straight out the gate (never happens when Iām exhausted). Then here is the kickerā¦.i did a āblind reviewā on the Demon, just focusing on the wrong answers (typically I couldnāt do that -or hadnāt figured out how to- on 7Sage because I just got to blind review the entire thing and try my bookmarked answers. As my confidence went down I started to choose wrong answers for previously correct ones)and typically I get maybe 2-3 points better, but I got a 168. Damn.
Now we can reason that it was due to the fact I could isolate my wrong answers, and just try those again. We could also reason that if I didnāt isolate the wrong questions and did a full blind review, I might have chosen wrong answers for previously right ones. But the fact remains that Iād very often (on 7Sage) choose another wrong answer in my blind review. If I looked at only the questions I got wrong the first go around, and if I correct them (on 7Sage), versus the the results on LSAT Demon, I am now choosing significantly more correct answers. AND I was starting to get so many easier questions WRONG on 7Sage because my fluency wasnāt improving, and I was doubting myself more. Now Iām getting almost all the easy questions right again.
Something has shifted. And Iām so grateful. Regardless of how November goes, Iām going to gun it for January and Iām confident Iāll learn more, increase fluency, and do well!
Notes: medicated for ADHD. I work full-time. studying since July 2024, only taking prep tests on Saturday and Sunday. Some minor weeknight studying with drills. Diagnostic was 158, and highest score (no blind review) was 163 (early August) and I canāt figure out the why, what or how of. Twas clearly a fluke and when I was more confident, excited, and was sleeping better (full time work was in a more calm season, and then kicked back up to insanity in late August.)
Edit: date of post 161 (168 BR)-> 10/27 164 (174 BR)-> 11/2 166 (174 BR). :)
I would say that a deeper understanding of the test would improve your processing speed which means you wouldnāt be sacrificing accuracy for increased speed. So yeah your score is high, but your limited by you speed because of how long it takes you to arrive at the correct answer. As your understanding grows, so will the speed at which you can do it.
A great analogy is learning to play an instrument. Sure I can play an entire guitar solo slow, but if I try to play it fast I wonāt be able to do so until I train myself to do it slowly then slowly increase my speed, and if I mess up, I back it down just a tad until I am still being accurate while increasing speed. Over time you should be able to reach a faster speed until you hit diminishing returns or achieve the target speed. You gotta walk before you run. It sounds like you can walk, but maybe try to go a little faster and if your accuracy suffers then you need to slow down. When Iām drilling I donāt move on from a question until I solve it, this can take a lot of time with a tough question, but itās better to do this while drilling than on a test. And repeatedly doing this while drilling helps you understand whatās important in the LSAT and what isnāt.
I personally have been using LSAT Demonās explanations for any drill question I do, even the ones I get right. When you read and understand why the 4 answers are wrong and the right one is correct you are building a deeper understanding. There is no trick, just keep drilling and practicing. I have like 60 hours of drilling LR and that does not include the review time after answering the question. I believe familiarity with the test and practicing by drilling questions changes your brain to be able to process the information faster, spot patterns, and understand what the questions are asking you and what they arenāt asking you.
Most answers are wrong because they are irrelevant, out of scope, too weak or strong, or incorrect because it says something that conflicts with the premises. The right answers should make sense once you understand the argument, if it doesnāt then keep reviewing it until you do understand why the right answer are right and the wrong ones are wrong.
As the LSAT Demon guys say, when you get a question wrong you made two mistakes. You picked an answer that is unequivocally wrong, and you missed the answer that was unequivocally correct given the parameters of the question.
Iāve been using LSAT Demon for 3-4 months and your right itās a much better straightforward no frills or gimmicks platform. I used 7sage for a short while and couldnāt stand all the gimmicks.
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Then that means you donāt have a deep understanding of the test. The only way to increase speed without sacrificing accuracy is to have a deeper understanding of the test and questions.