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Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:13 pm
by Ioannis
Has anyone studied for 2 months with no prior LSAT/Logic knowledge and hit a 170+?/?

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:17 pm
by ben4847
yep.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:16 am
by relevantfactor
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... &start=500

Probably a bunch if you end up reading the whole topic, but I randomly clicked that page and found the very first one to be have scored a 179 in one month.

Now, if your question was whether someone studied exactly 60 days and on the 60th day took the test and got a 170, that might be a little harder to find out, but I'm sure the answer is yes.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:58 am
by Tiago Splitter
Two months is a long time if you are diligent about your studying. Since a large portion of your gains occur early in the process I imagine that many if not most people who break 170 do so within the first two months.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:50 pm
by bp shinners
~3.5 weeks, 180 here. So yes.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:11 pm
by NoodleyOne
I was six weeks, PTing in the low-mid 170s but got a 169 on test day for the first administration. It's definitely possible.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:57 pm
by relevantfactor
He is asking about exactly 8 weeks. Not 7, or 3, or even 1. 8. Just 8. Has anyone done it in exactly 60 days?
Btw, damn Matt 3.5 weeks...Jeez, how many hours?

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:19 pm
by 09042014
Almost nobody studies for 2 months.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:27 pm
by relevantfactor
Desert Fox wrote:Almost nobody studies for 2 months.
Thats what makes this question so difficult. Has anyone studied for 60 consecutive days without any breaks, and then took the LSAT on their 60th day and got a 170+?

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:18 am
by Ioannis
Desert Fox wrote:Almost nobody studies for 2 months.
ON COCAIN... I mean ADDERALL THEY DO.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:03 pm
by bp shinners
relevantfactor wrote:He is asking about exactly 8 weeks. Not 7, or 3, or even 1. 8. Just 8. Has anyone done it in exactly 60 days?
Btw, damn Matt 3.5 weeks...Jeez, how many hours?
First few days I went over a few books (which were not helpful). Then, I switched to PTs. I took 2/day, with full review of each one. Somewhere in the ballpark of 10 hours a day.

My neck hurt, my girlfriend thought I had meningitis, and I nearly lost my mind. I wouldn't recommend studying like that.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:32 pm
by mephistopheles
bp shinners wrote: PTs. I took 2/day, with full review of each one.
this is the key. maybe not 2 a day, but do like 30-40 of them and go over your wrong answers.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:58 pm
by canarykb
Entirely depends where you start. My diagnostic was ~165. I studied for 3 months and got a 176, but two months in I was PTing at 172. Doable, definitely.

Re: Has anyone studied for 2 months and got a 170+

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:35 pm
by relevantfactor
My neck hurt, my girlfriend thought I had meningitis, and I nearly lost my mind. I wouldn't recommend studying like that.

I had all the above. In addition, I also had my leg and butt feel like I was in a wheelchair standing up for the first time after an 8 hour session.
Yours seem a bit too intense lol totally worth it though.