Your LSAT Timeline Is Holding You Back | LSAT Demon Daily, Ep. 979

[@nathanli3024]

I did full-time studying for two months and didn't even try that hard tbh, and went from a 160 to 175 in Nov. I find that studying part-time can easily burn you out too if you are in a demanding job such as consulting or finance. You will burn out like I did during the summer when I try studying part-time bs. Do it full-time, treat it as a job.

[@jaydenduscher2556]

So I am currently doing a split between working and studying. I have hardly seen a score increase (at least one that would make me feel confident). How long/often did you study each day when you moved to strictly full time?

[@nathanli3024]

@@jaydenduscher2556 about 4 to 5 hours each day. It sounds little compared to full-time work but trust me that is realistically how much you can do without burning out.

[@LSATDemon]

It’s important to remember that everyone’s experience is different 😊. While anyone can experience burnout, we find it’s more common when trying to study full-time. Additionally, with the right approach-intentional and focused practice-there tend to be diminishing returns after a certain number of hours. Of course, experiences vary, but this is what we generally hear from our students

[@nathanli3024]

​@@LSATDemon I think this advice is ok if you are talking about someone working part-time or in a non-intellectually demanding job. But your brain will be cooked after 8 hours of staring at datasets and models like I did in consulting. My problem with timing straight up disappeared after I started studying full-time not because I was slow but because I was tired. When you study full time, you can actually take a full practice test every other day without burnout as opposed to doing maybe one or two each month if you are part-time.

[@nathanli3024]

@@jaydenduscher2556 I did 5 hours when I was not taking a lsat and only the test when I was taking a practice.

[@David-sx5jt]

did someone say there is a secret?