Why typical LSAT improvement isn’t linear
If you’re in the thick of studying for the LSAT, it may feel like you’re always taking two steps forward, and one step back. Or sometimes, it might even feel like you’re making no progress at all.
It can be discouraging, and you even may be tempted to give up.
But I’d like to take this opportunity to normalize this part of the learning process. I’ve worked with so many students over my 15 years of tutoring the LSAT, and I can confidently say that you are not alone.
Typical improvement on the LSAT isn’t always linear, and a temporary lack of improvement in your practice test scores doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing anything wrong. In fact, there can be some very good reasons why you may be seeing those fluctuations and dips in your score even though you actually ARE making progress.
What we wish typical LSAT improvement was like
We all wish that we could take a diagnostic, start studying, and see our scores increase step by step on every single practice test we take. we would be able to calculate exactly when we could reach our target score, and it would be clear that our improvement would be proportional to the time and effort we put into it. Unfortunately, that’s not the way life or the LSAT works.
