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- Joined: Dec 23, 2018
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 5:47 pm
#61371
Recently I have been experiencing some concentration and or focus issues during my testing, which came as a surprise to me since, in the past, my mental endurance has been relatively strong-- I never experienced these issues even when writing two back to back three hour long tests (six hours in total), nor even during the intense moments of focus and concentration required for graduate school.
With the LSAT, however, I am already starting to experience these issues while practicing on a single section. Whenever I simulate testing conditions, it seems that I just eventually blank out, sometimes on the more difficult questions, but also I sometimes do so on the simplest questions.
During a simulated test, I usually end up running out of time and making many mistakes I would not normally make. On untimed practice tests, not surprisingly, I usually score much closer to perfect, but I sometimes also experience these mental blackouts. I am unsure if this might be an issue of test anxiety, burnout, or just a lack of LSAT preparation on my part. I infrequently encounter logical reasoning questions that I find difficult, so my inability to stay focused on this particular test has been somewhat unnerving for me.
With the LSAT, however, I am already starting to experience these issues while practicing on a single section. Whenever I simulate testing conditions, it seems that I just eventually blank out, sometimes on the more difficult questions, but also I sometimes do so on the simplest questions.
During a simulated test, I usually end up running out of time and making many mistakes I would not normally make. On untimed practice tests, not surprisingly, I usually score much closer to perfect, but I sometimes also experience these mental blackouts. I am unsure if this might be an issue of test anxiety, burnout, or just a lack of LSAT preparation on my part. I infrequently encounter logical reasoning questions that I find difficult, so my inability to stay focused on this particular test has been somewhat unnerving for me.
