LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score. Forum
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LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
Being that the LSAT is in two days, I wanted to know what is the chances of me scoring of what I have been scoring on the practice tests? Do people generally score the same on the actual test or lower? An admissions counselor for a law school told me people generally score five points lower than their actual test. Is this true?
I'm curious to know because I don't want to take the test in October because I am not scoring where I want to score at the moment, but on the other hand I want to take the test so I can get a vibe of what it like on test day and how nervous I will be so I can come better prepared for December's test.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
-Austin
I'm curious to know because I don't want to take the test in October because I am not scoring where I want to score at the moment, but on the other hand I want to take the test so I can get a vibe of what it like on test day and how nervous I will be so I can come better prepared for December's test.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
-Austin
- Nova
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Re: LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
Many score just under. Some score right on target. Some score a bit better. Some bomb it. I scored right on taget.
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http://www.top-law-schools.com/archives ... =6&t=41638
http://www.top-law-schools.com/archives ... =6&t=45798
- Nova
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Re: LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
lol, no.yaboy23 wrote:An admissions counselor for a law school told me people generally score five points lower than their actual test. Is this true?
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Re: LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
Thanks a bunch!
Austin
Austin
- rinkrat19
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Re: LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
Only you know how you deal with nerves on test day. I don't get test anxiety, so I was pretty confident of hitting my average (I actually beat my average by a point). Scoring 2-3 points below your average is probably the most common. A few people bomb it and even fewer magically overperform.
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- iMisto
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Re: LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
I definitely scored 5 points lower on my actual test.
- Oklahoma2014
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Re: LSAT Practice Score vs. Actual score.
It depends on the person. For me, it was difficult to ever take a practice test seriously. Thus, my actual score was 3 points higher than my highest practice test. But overall, it seems that most people score a few points below their best practice score. Probably just depends on how seriously you take the practice tests and how strictly you actually adhere to the timing.