How do you all have so much time to study? Forum

[amacdon123]

I'm looking through a lot of advice on this forum, and some of the schedules you have laid out for yourselves seem impossible to me. I'm a full time student with a job, and I study as much as I can but nowhere as much as you all seem to. Anyone have advice on fitting all LSAT studying into weekends?

[KMart]

It's not easy when you're a full time student holding a job. That's why so many people recommend taking a year off to take the time needed to kill the LSAT.

[PatriotP74]

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[bearsfan23]

It's not easy when you're a full time student holding a job. That's why so many people recommend taking a year off to take the time needed to kill the LSAT.

Yep, it's definitely a difficult thing to do in your situation. It's really a matter of priorities and how important doing well on the LSAT is to you (after all there are only so many hours in a day).

I was in school and working part-time, and the only way I could really make it work was by just zoning in on the test. I even broke up with my girlfriend at the time. For me, getting a great score was worth it

[KMart]

FWIW op - I was working part time and in school when I was studying. I decided to work about 1/3rd as much (down from 30 to 10 each week). It's all about the priority for you and is relative to your individual situation.

[seashell.economy]

Most people are lying. It's the internet, dude.

[RZ5646]

Most people are lying. It's the internet, dude.

To add to this, if these people really are studying 20+ hours per week for months and still can't break 170, I question whether they have the intellectual capacity to succeed at a "top law school" and become a big shot lawyer.

[Broncos15]

Most people are lying. It's the internet, dude.

To add to this, if these people really are studying 20+ hours per week for months and still can't break 170, I question whether they have the intellectual capacity to succeed at a "top law school" and become a big shot lawyer.

Why? Getting to X Percentile is generally not the same to other standardized tests for grad school......Many people on here will tell you it is much easier to get a 90% percentile GRE than a 90% LSAT.....Because the LSAT is so important to law school, applicants are going to study much harder than a GRE where the GRE is just a part of the puzzle.

Take it from a guy who studied 20+ hours per week for months to reach a top 10% LSAT but took the GRE cold turkey and got a top 10% GRE

[RZ5646]

Most people are lying. It's the internet, dude.

To add to this, if these people really are studying 20+ hours per week for months and still can't break 170, I question whether they have the intellectual capacity to succeed at a "top law school" and become a big shot lawyer.

Why? Getting to X Percentile is generally not the same to other standardized tests for grad school......Many people on here will tell you it is much easier to get a 90% percentile GRE than a 90% LSAT.....Because the LSAT is so important to law school, applicants are going to study much harder than a GRE where the GRE is just a part of the puzzle.

Take it from a guy who studied 20+ hours per week for months to reach a top 10% LSAT but took the GRE cold turkey and got a top 10% GRE

I'm one of those people who thinks that at some point you're just memorizing the test or developing nontransferable skills.