Dec. 2009 PT Forum

[jdhopeful11]

Is it me or was this test especially hard?

[confusedlawyer]

Is it me or was this test especially hard?

Its you. No I'm kidding, did you not look at the curve? 81/101 is a 165. Haven't taken it yet but I am not looking forward to it. What was so hard about it if you don't mind me asking?

[jdhopeful11]

I was just brushing up and my PT score dropped from consistently mid 160's to a 155 on this test (all testing conditions being similar)

[dominkay]

It was especially hard. My score dropped from consistently mid-170s to 169. I thought the reading comp was ridiculous (I don't remember the last time I got more than -1 on RC).

[UTexas]

It was significantly harder than average (hence the lovely scoring scale). I hated life when I left the testing center, and I debated canceling up until the very last minute. Very glad I didn't end up making that all-timer of a mistake.

[hellokitty]

Yes it's hard! I was reviewing this test tonight also. It was brutal when I took it in Dec.

[lebob]

dec09 is the reason i need to suffer through this test one last time on june 7th.
LR, LG was doable for me, but the RC. Oh lord, the RC...

[honestabe84]

When all of you say the test was "hard," are you saying that you had a low raw score but the curve fit the test, or are you saying that you scored lower than usual.

[StrictlyLiable]

I think that since they say the curve was larger and they scored worse I imagine their raw score was less than usual. I was wondering, what made the RC so much more difficult?

[lebob]

I think that since they say the curve was larger and they scored worse I imagine their raw score was less than usual. I was wondering, what made the RC so much more difficult?

the questions (not trying to be clever).
the passages were tough, but the questions were even tougher

[JasonR]

Tough test.

[bp colin]

I think that since they say the curve was larger and they scored worse I imagine their raw score was less than usual. I was wondering, what made the RC so much more difficult?

the questions (not trying to be clever).
the passages were tough, but the questions were even tougher

Yeah, the third RC passage about Noguchi was kinda hard, but the questions were just atrocious. #16 especially.

[hellokitty]

The LG games section was pretty easy compared to other tests I thought. Although, those rule substitution questions kind of threw me for a loop.