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Why Do I Keep Failing the ILTS? 4 Reasons That Aren’t “Study More”

Aug. 20, 2026 / Content Gap+ Performance Gap+ Strategy Gap+ Study Gap

You opened your results, saw you didn’t pass, and before you’d even finished reading the screen, a voice in your head handed you the plan: study more. Study harder. Study longer. Buy the bigger book. I want to stop you right there โ€” because if you keep failing the ILTS, more studying is only the…

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