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Been scoring 165-174 on untimed practice tests. Took my first timed diagnostic today with Testmasters and scored a diasterous 150. WTF?

What do you expect? I'm sure most people can score 170+ untimed.

Panicking and running out of time are not the same thing. Are you sure it's not that you simply ran out of time?

testmachine45 wrote:Been scoring 165-174 on untimed practice tests. Took my first timed diagnostic today with Testmasters and scored a diasterous 150. WTF?

Basically, you need to start taking ONLY timed practice tests.

if you're prone to panic, use an audible 5 minute warning on PTs.

flyingpanda wrote:

testmachine45 wrote:Been scoring 165-174 on untimed practice tests. Took my first timed diagnostic today with Testmasters and scored a diasterous 150. WTF?

Basically, you need to start taking ONLY timed practice tests.

+1

take timed prep tests from here until test day.
I think you should konw if you are panicking or not during a test.

I can promise you that any pressure you feel from taking timed tests now will be multiplied exponentially on the actual test day. If you're concerned you should practice some stress reduction techniques for the day of (both before and during the test).

The anxiety I felt during the June test significantly affected my performance.

untimed PTs are a waste of your time and a waste of precious PTs

what about 'drills' like testmaters drills where they basically give you 100 of each type of question? is that worthwhile?

also, i was walking around my apartment with the lsat diag i took today, and could answer every question instantaneously and they were right. on the actual test i got them wrong. does this mean i am panicking?

like seriously, it took 2 seconds to get the answers. when i was taking the test i got them wrong. i am clearly capable enough to understand and do well on these quetsions..even with the time. something is screwing me up.

Take a 2 day break, resume studying, stop taking untimed tests, ????, profit.

lulz at untimed PTs correlating timed PTs.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5#p3243765

testmachine45 wrote:like seriously, it took 2 seconds to get the answers. when i was taking the test i got them wrong. i am clearly capable enough to understand and do well on these quetsions..even with the time. something is screwing me up.

Troll.

no, this is real

how do you know if you are panicking?

Definition of Panic: "an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety"

You would know because, well, it would overwhelm you.

If you are good at games, and on test day you totally bomb games, you panicked.

If Friday's dinner ends up on the RC section of your test booklet, you panicked.

hijodehombre wrote:If Friday's dinner ends up on the RC section of your test booklet, you panicked.

or you ate bad fish......

Bildungsroman wrote:http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5#p3243765

I don't really get the point of doing untimed practice tests, it is probably more helpful just to work on individual problems and look over the explanations RIGHT after you do them, rather than waiting until the end of some long test.

IAFG wrote:if you're prone to panic, use an audible 5 minute warning on PTs.

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