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how many hours a day do you study??
I took the LSAT before and I didn't study as much as I should have.
Starting this week, I've been doing about 2-3 hours each day with a full 5 section test every week.
I'm focusing more on why I missed certain questions and getting the games down perfect.
I feel like I should be studying 5-6 hours per day..but afraid i'll burn out way before the Sept test date.
Starting this week, I've been doing about 2-3 hours each day with a full 5 section test every week.
I'm focusing more on why I missed certain questions and getting the games down perfect.
I feel like I should be studying 5-6 hours per day..but afraid i'll burn out way before the Sept test date.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
I'm trying to stick to 4-5 during the week.
- cameronfraser88
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
If you add all the time I spend reading threads in this forum then like 10 hours a day. Otherwise probably just an hour or two.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
I studied maybe an average of two or three hours a day, five days a week the final month before the test, and a little less than that the preceding couple months.
Five to six hours a day in June while preparing for the September test probably isn't a good idea. High likelihood of crash and burn.
Five to six hours a day in June while preparing for the September test probably isn't a good idea. High likelihood of crash and burn.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
8 hrs day/broken up (take full test in morning, review in afternoon)
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
hithere wrote:8 hrs day/broken up (take full test in morning, review in afternoon)
If you do that from now until September won't you run out of tests pretty long before the LSAT?
I study 1-2 hours per day, except once per week (on average) when I take a full length test. Beginning in August it will probably pick up to 2-3 hours per day.
- solotee
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
I try to squeeze in 2 different sessions of 2-3 hours each, can't say that I always stick to schedule
- zanda
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I did 2 hours or so (1 practice test) about 3 times a week
- bumblebeetoona
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
1 hour a day. Having taken it once already, I know the basics and I just need more practice.
- Joan Manuel Serrat
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
thuggishruggishbone wrote:you have to study like you were Chinese:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world ... ?ref=world
LOL!NY TIMES wrote:The night before the exam, he lingered at his parents’ bedside, unable to sleep for hours. “I was so nervous during the exam my mind went blank,” he said. He scored 432 points out of a possible 750, too low to be admitted even to a second-tier institution.
Silence reigned in the house for days afterward. “My mother was very angry,” he said. “She said, ‘All these years of raising you and washing your clothes and cooking for you, and you earn such a bad score.'"
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
About 2 hours a day (because I'm currently only doing LR), but once I finish with LR and then LG, I'll start taking PTs every third day, boosting my study time to about 4-5 hours a day.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
Dont's remind me of those good old days
thuggishruggishbone wrote:you have to study like you were Chinese:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world ... ?ref=world
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- MSachmorov
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
thuggishruggishbone wrote:you have to study like you were Chinese:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world ... ?ref=world
The LSAT is still more intense and the studying process is much more arduous (or at least should be).
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
I've been doing 3-4 hours a day 6 days a week, for um, all of 2 weeks now
I think I might tone it down a little bit though--I'd rather not burn out and the test really is pretty far away. I've managed to pull my diagnostic (157) up to the 170 area. I know it will only get harder from here, but there are still 3 months until the test, and I think I'd rather do less per day and learn it more thoroughly than doing more per day and committing less to memory.
I think I might tone it down a little bit though--I'd rather not burn out and the test really is pretty far away. I've managed to pull my diagnostic (157) up to the 170 area. I know it will only get harder from here, but there are still 3 months until the test, and I think I'd rather do less per day and learn it more thoroughly than doing more per day and committing less to memory.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week.. lets not mention work or summer school...
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dude, you're pretty much my twin. 157 to several 170's in a row now, and i'm massively regretting eating through pt's instead of focusing as much time as possible to my wrong answers. Then again, I am taking the test in a week, so maybe I won't feel the need to take it again. If I do have to take it again though, I'd feel really good about a 170.duodora wrote:I've been doing 3-4 hours a day 6 days a week, for um, all of 2 weeks now
I think I might tone it down a little bit though--I'd rather not burn out and the test really is pretty far away. I've managed to pull my diagnostic (157) up to the 170 area. I know it will only get harder from here, but there are still 3 months until the test, and I think I'd rather do less per day and learn it more thoroughly than doing more per day and committing less to memory.
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- MlhopeTC
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
Joan Manuel Serrat wrote:thuggishruggishbone wrote:you have to study like you were Chinese:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world ... ?ref=worldLOL!NY TIMES wrote:The night before the exam, he lingered at his parents’ bedside, unable to sleep for hours. “I was so nervous during the exam my mind went blank,” he said. He scored 432 points out of a possible 750, too low to be admitted even to a second-tier institution.
Silence reigned in the house for days afterward. “My mother was very angry,” he said. “She said, ‘All these years of raising you and washing your clothes and cooking for you, and you earn such a bad score.'"
that is good stuff, haha!
- lawlover829
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
When I was studying I was doing 10-12 hours a day.
- Hook 'Em
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
There is no way that I could productively study for 5-6 hours a day.Helmholtz wrote:I studied maybe an average of two or three hours a day, five days a week the final month before the test, and a little less than that the preceding couple months.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
I hope you have more going on than just LSAT studying if your worried about burnout. I'm currently a paralegal and, trust me, if 5-6 hours a day burns you out you shouldn't be in law anyway.dsa1 wrote:I took the LSAT before and I didn't study as much as I should have.
Starting this week, I've been doing about 2-3 hours each day with a full 5 section test every week.
I'm focusing more on why I missed certain questions and getting the games down perfect.
I feel like I should be studying 5-6 hours per day..but afraid i'll burn out way before the Sept test date.
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- Helmholtz
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
I'm a paralegal too. If you think LSAT study is anything like law firm work, you're sadly mistaken.SUSasskuash wrote:I hope you have more going on than just LSAT studying if your worried about burnout. I'm currently a paralegal and, trust me, if 5-6 hours a day burns you out you shouldn't be in law anyway.dsa1 wrote:I took the LSAT before and I didn't study as much as I should have.
Starting this week, I've been doing about 2-3 hours each day with a full 5 section test every week.
I'm focusing more on why I missed certain questions and getting the games down perfect.
I feel like I should be studying 5-6 hours per day..but afraid i'll burn out way before the Sept test date.
Also, LSAT study is usually piled on to whatever else you have going on during your life. I was working 25 hours a week and taking a semester of school while studying. It wasn't always easy to fit study time in.
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Re: how many hours a day do you study??
That's exactly my point- just the LSAT should not burn you out after 5 hours/day. On top of working or a full class schedule (or both), it's a legit concern. But when a law firm asks its lawyers to work 60+ hours a week on a regular basis (as mine does), someone who has dropped everything else just to study for the LSAT should be capable of putting more than 30 hours a week into studying. If you don't need that much to score well on the test, that's great, but putting in just that number of hours concentrating should not cause burnout.Helmholtz wrote:I'm a paralegal too. If you think LSAT study is anything like law firm work, you're sadly mistaken.SUSasskuash wrote:I hope you have more going on than just LSAT studying if your worried about burnout. I'm currently a paralegal and, trust me, if 5-6 hours a day burns you out you shouldn't be in law anyway.dsa1 wrote:I took the LSAT before and I didn't study as much as I should have.
Starting this week, I've been doing about 2-3 hours each day with a full 5 section test every week.
I'm focusing more on why I missed certain questions and getting the games down perfect.
I feel like I should be studying 5-6 hours per day..but afraid i'll burn out way before the Sept test date.
Also, LSAT study is usually piled on to whatever else you have going on during your life. I was working 25 hours a week and taking a semester of school while studying. It wasn't always easy to fit study time in.
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