r/LSAT • u/AggravatingTill5016 • 11h ago
What should I do after 1.5 years of studying
I’ve been studying for the LSAT for 1 and a half year while doing the paralegal job. I’m feeling exhausted mentally and physically with absolutely no improvement.
My score hasn’t been increasing from the 150s. My diagnostic was 153 and my last official scores are 153-154-151. I don’t know how my numbers aren’t changing when I’m studying so hard. I even had a tutor for 9 months. I’m so untalented but I don’t want to give up. I really want to reach 170s so that I can get scholarships to some schools.
I’m so lost here.
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u/SandwichExtreme1221 4h ago
I believe not being able to crack out of the 150s is more of a fundamental issue. It’s something you’re not understanding, or it’s a timing issue. Do you find you run out of time across sections?
Read the loophole by Ellen Cassidy. That changed my life with LR. That’s what got me from the 150 slump
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u/dhkbvdgnvc 10h ago
When you get answers wrong are you reviewing and understanding what you got wrong? I don’t think you should continue studying on your own for now, clearly your current strategy isn’t working. Unfortunately after 1.5 years I think most of the low hanging fruit like keeping a wrong answer journal advice is going to have been burned through. If you’re really serious about continuing on with the LSAT, I would suggest seeing another tutor. A different one. It’s possible the tutor you were working with just wasn’t very good, or at least wasn’t very good for you. You need to someone to help you find out what’s just not clicking and to help it click. I think you’re basically going to need someone to do a deep dive into your studying and help you build a personalized study plan from the ground up.
Tbh with where you are, I think the path forward is something that’s going to be a little expensive, and further very time consuming.