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[cadavear]

Hey guys,

I've been studying for the Feb LSAT (I wrote before in June 2011 and got a 162, but I'm trying for the U of T last hurrah), and I've been consistently PTing at 170-172 (like 7 or 8 times)...except for the last test I did-- I got a 161. Now I know this is not a bad score at all, so please don't take this post in the wrong way. I just find it really disconcerting to get this result so close to test day when I've been scoring consistently higher. What really worries me is that I didn't really feel that I was having an 'off' day so I was completely suprised by my result...

I'm also a little worried that I've been doing too many older tests for my PTs as this test where I scored lower was a more recent test. Should I be worried?

Has this happened to others? How do you 'bounce' back from an outlier? I am worried if I write another bad test it will totally destroy my confidence. Any advice would be so greatly appreciated!

Edited by cadavear, 05 February 2012 - 12:02 PM.

[Jaspri]

I've been scoring 160-162 in my PTs and just had one last week that dropped to 155. On reviewing I really messed up a logic game.... Made an inference incorrectly and right there I lost five points. So maybe it was just a fluke like that?
Have you analyzed where you went wrong?
Unfortunately I think those fluke scenarios happen. Let's just hope it doesn't the day of the test.

[KER_2012]

I've had the same thing happen to me. It's really disheartening, but don't let it get you down and don't panic. If you've consistently been PTing at 170-172 you didn't all the sudden lose all your LSAT skills, it's just an anomaly. Like Jaspri said, look over your test and see if you made a some blatant errors.

I know test day is coming up fast, but taking a day off can be very helpful. You can most definitely over study/psyche yourself out.

Edit: I've also found that how I'm feeling while writing the test isn't always of indicative of my score. Sometimes I'll be sitting a writing a test when I'd really rather be napping and get a 172 and other times I'll feel really on the ball and write a 166. The LSAT can be an enigma like that.

Edited by KER_2012, 05 February 2012 - 12:36 PM.