Ultimately my choice but want some advice...
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:26 am
I took the LSAT for the 2nd time today. My june scoe was a 158. I wanted to score higher than that so I decided to retake. I took atleast 20 PTS in the mean time and started averaging around 165. I really wanted to get mid-160s but I would be perfectly fine with a 16-something. Im an AA male with a 3.9 and I a VA resident and ideally would like to go to UVA ( great school, good price, t-14 etc, etc). I've heard of rare cases of extreme splitters like me getting in through ED this cycle.
However, today I left the test not feeling so hot. I was nervous, more nervous than I was the first time, I felt like I was in more of a "do or die" mode. Though I knew and had a better grip on the LSAT material this time my psychological state wasn't that great. I was really nervous on the first passage on the RC and I had to guess on two questions in this section. ( Not bad considereing I usually have to guess on 3-4 in my PTs) but at the same time that RC section seemed kinda like a blur. The argument sections went ok- I had to make quick educated guesses on like 2-3 of the arguments sections at the end, meaning that I looked at every question but didnt really disect the last 2 or 3. I usually finish all of them right at 34-35 minutes. Also, my games section was not great, I finished 3 and a half because I misdiagrammed in the third game. I was feeling psychoolically "off" after the games section because of the misdiagramming and it lead into the last section of arguments and took me until question 8 or so not to have a negative feeling.
Overall, I am not so sure about how I did on the questions I did answer. I t was all a blur I just remeber feeling really badly once it was all done and I have had a strong urge to cancel. I know to some extent this can be considered "normal" but I don't want to be doing any wishful thinking. As I walk through it, it doesn't seem as bad as how I felt but I just don't know. I feel like I was so nervous and moving quickly that maybe I made stupid mistakes.
My biggest concern is that my score will be less than a 158...just thinking about that on my application sounds terrible. I feel like if I didnt ddo as badly as I though t I can come away with a 160 something but If I go off of this gut feeling I could have less than a 158. Should I not risk it go with a cancel and a 158 or is it worth the risk to wait for the score and hopefully do better than my last score. I know its my choice, but I would like some feedback, advice, tips, etc...Its been bugging me so much I couldn't go to sleep without posting this.
However, today I left the test not feeling so hot. I was nervous, more nervous than I was the first time, I felt like I was in more of a "do or die" mode. Though I knew and had a better grip on the LSAT material this time my psychological state wasn't that great. I was really nervous on the first passage on the RC and I had to guess on two questions in this section. ( Not bad considereing I usually have to guess on 3-4 in my PTs) but at the same time that RC section seemed kinda like a blur. The argument sections went ok- I had to make quick educated guesses on like 2-3 of the arguments sections at the end, meaning that I looked at every question but didnt really disect the last 2 or 3. I usually finish all of them right at 34-35 minutes. Also, my games section was not great, I finished 3 and a half because I misdiagrammed in the third game. I was feeling psychoolically "off" after the games section because of the misdiagramming and it lead into the last section of arguments and took me until question 8 or so not to have a negative feeling.
Overall, I am not so sure about how I did on the questions I did answer. I t was all a blur I just remeber feeling really badly once it was all done and I have had a strong urge to cancel. I know to some extent this can be considered "normal" but I don't want to be doing any wishful thinking. As I walk through it, it doesn't seem as bad as how I felt but I just don't know. I feel like I was so nervous and moving quickly that maybe I made stupid mistakes.
My biggest concern is that my score will be less than a 158...just thinking about that on my application sounds terrible. I feel like if I didnt ddo as badly as I though t I can come away with a 160 something but If I go off of this gut feeling I could have less than a 158. Should I not risk it go with a cancel and a 158 or is it worth the risk to wait for the score and hopefully do better than my last score. I know its my choice, but I would like some feedback, advice, tips, etc...Its been bugging me so much I couldn't go to sleep without posting this.