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LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:23 pm
by Adjudicator
I'm interested to see what peoples' experiences are. How different was your actual LSAT score from what you were averaging in practice on full-length, timed practice tests?

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:25 pm
by Knock
Adjudicator wrote:I'm interested to see what peoples' experiences are. How different was your actual LSAT score from what you were averaging in practice on full-length, timed practice tests?
This has been discussed many times. The general consensus is that it is extremely common to drop 2-3 points or more from your PT average, and that most people experience at least some form of this test day drop. As for me, I dropped 5 points from my PT average on the real deal :x.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:28 pm
by 094320
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Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:30 pm
by Adjudicator
Knockglock wrote:As for me, I dropped 5 points from my PT average on the real deal :x.
Any theory as to the cause of this?

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:31 pm
by Knock
Adjudicator wrote:
Knockglock wrote:As for me, I dropped 5 points from my PT average on the real deal :x.
Any theory as to the cause of this?
Nerves and adrenaline.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:34 pm
by Ford Prefect
I dropped one point from my PT norm - I took six tests, 5=159, 1=165.

I was hoping for something closer to the aberration. My initial PT's this time around started at 164, which is better.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:50 pm
by StrictlyLiable
Well one must keep in mind that this is TOP law schools.com, that typically means that they have high scores. High scores = every question is a point but the lower the scaled score the more variance it takes to make such a difference.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:51 pm
by StrictlyLiable
mdallavis wrote:I dropped one point from my PT norm - I took six tests, 5=159, 1=165.

I was hoping for something closer to the aberration. My initial PT's this time around started at 164, which is better.

So you got a 159 on the real thing?

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:26 pm
by Ford Prefect
158

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:55 pm
by 3|ink
I scored 11 below my best.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:52 pm
by kazu
What about retakers?

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:53 pm
by 3|ink
kazu wrote:What about retakers?

That was my retake.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:55 pm
by kazu
3|ink wrote:
kazu wrote:What about retakers?

That was my retake.
So.. we should answer based on my retake (or higher) score as well?

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:05 am
by Bill Cosby
Five points lower.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:00 am
by StrictlyLiable
3|ink wrote:I scored 11 below my best.

How many PTs did you take before? I feel a lot more confident then when I took my first LSAT (the real deal) cold. I feel that if you do 20+ PTs with experimentals, in timed conditions you can probably count on getting pretty close to you average. I'm just saying if you never get below a 160 in the majority of all of those timed tests I don't see how you can freak out sooooo badly to be even -5 from that average.

Re: LSAT Scores - Practice vs. Actual

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:19 am
by CapHillLove
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