For anyone who has scored a 160 and above... Forum

[beaubois]

176 in Feb after taking every released prep test and reading the bibles.

I got same score with same study strategy. I think that its a very good one. (strategy)

[minnbills]

Diag: 159
Actual: 162

Took the first 30 pts. I had significant anxiety the night before the test and didn't sleep well- not sure how much that affected things. My range on PTs was 159 to 172- with an average of 165.

[jacketman03]

Diagnostic: 143 (or somewhere around there)
Actual: 154 in June, 161 in October.
After June, I bought the Powerscore Bibles and 20 prep tests, worked through them, then I had a deer in the headlights moment on the Games section in October, probably cost me 9-10 points.

[Kurst]

What was your diagnostic and what was your actual score?
Diagnostic to LSAT
Who's had a low diagnostic but a high LSAT score?
Diagnostic LSAT--How representative is it?
Survey - Original Diagnostic vs. Actual Score
Diagnostic vs. Actual Score?
What was your first LSAT diagnostic score
Can you add 10 points to your LSAT score?
What is the best improvement on your LSAT scores
NEED to improve LSAT score 20 POINTS--what to do?
How much can you improve?

[sstufken]

I scored a 156 on my first diagnostic (I went to one of those proctored ones at Kaplan). I only had about a month before my test date in Dec... so I didn't take a class and bought the Powerscore Logic Games Bible instead (best $60 ever spent). I scored a 163 on my actual LSAT but only went through the book about 2 weeks prior (it was during finals, etc). You should be fine as long as you are willing to put in 2-3 hours a day for a few weeks.

[rinkrat19]

164 cold diagnostic
171 on test day

7 weeks self-study.

[jacketman03]

I scored a 156 on my first diagnostic (I went to one of those proctored ones at Kaplan). I only had about a month before my test date in Dec... so I didn't take a class and bought the Powerscore Logic Games Bible instead (best $60 ever spent). I scored a 163 on my actual LSAT but only went through the book about 2 weeks prior (it was during finals, etc). You should be fine as long as you are willing to put in 2-3 hours a day for a few weeks.

This. Those Powerscore Bibles are a great investment for the LSAT.

[dreakol]

144 to 169

Blueprint prep course

two classes a week with various HW assignments for 3 months

only took about 4 timed tests (144,156,171,167)

[labballin24]

This is gonna sound ridiculous, but becuase of my senior thesis and finals I only studied for a week.

1st diag: 165
2nd: 166
3rd:170
4th:166

Actual Test: 164

All done in the span of 1 week.

[Kabuo]

It is ridiculous, but it would be more ridiculous if you were one of those moronic people who say they will not consider a retake. Pretty sure you hit mid 170s with a good amount of studying and a retake. You're not one of those people, right?

[2011Law]

I never took a true diagnostic, but if I had it would have been around a 147. Two bibles and 30 PTs later, I scored a 168 on test day. My main regret is not doing more PTs.

[2011Law]

This is gonna sound ridiculous, but becuase of my senior thesis and finals I only studied for a week.

1st diag: 165
2nd: 166
3rd:170
4th:166

Actual Test: 164

All done in the span of 1 week.

It is ridiculous, but it would be more ridiculous if you were one of those moronic people who say they will not consider a retake. Pretty sure you hit mid 170s with a good amount of studying and a retake. You're not one of those people, right?

+1.

[UCSD1984]

What was your diagnostic and what was your actual score?
Diagnostic to LSAT
Who's had a low diagnostic but a high LSAT score?
Diagnostic LSAT--How representative is it?
Survey - Original Diagnostic vs. Actual Score
Diagnostic vs. Actual Score?
What was your first LSAT diagnostic score
Can you add 10 points to your LSAT score?
What is the best improvement on your LSAT scores
NEED to improve LSAT score 20 POINTS--what to do?
How much can you improve?

Again, thank you everyone for the responses, they are incredibly helpful. Kurst, thank you so much for taking the time to put that together for me and anyone else who finds this thread helpful. Much appreciated my friend.

[adamtx11]

151-->166 Oct 10

last 5 practice tests ranged from 165-170, took a prep course and did some self-studying with a friend of mine