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

[UCSD1984]

For personal reference, do any of you recall what score you obtained after completing your first ever LSAT "diagnosis"-type exam? As in, the score you got before ever studying? I'd love to see a list of where people stood before grinding out several months of study time to get above a 160 or 170. Thanks in advance for the responses.

[bball25]

152 I think to a 168.

[Mottiliatta]

Diagnostic: 163
Sept. 09 LSAT: 171

Kaplan Advanced class.

[Punisha20]

146 Diagnostic

163 Final

[Eugenie Danglars]

151.

Took three times for a 157, 164, and 172. All self study, but varying methods. I wrote a thread about it so check it if you want more details.

[Nulli Secundus]

Diagnostic: 178 (International applicant, when I took my first diag, I was just back from a 6 month mandatory military service on Iraq border, kept telling people about LSAT to keep my sanity so was insanely motivated when I took my first exam lulz)
Reality: 170 (Oct' 10) / 176 (Dec' 10)

EDIT: Method: Self study, read the Bibles and took 45 PTs, but the total amount of time was like 2 months max, during a particularly intense period I took 15 PTs in 17 days.

[BigBlueLaw]

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[Taffybear2]

146 diag> 155 first time> 161 second> going to do a 3take when I feel like it

[Perplexed Penguin]

147 to 168

[jtemp320]

160 first diag

167 first real LSAT

174 second LSAT

[abby3211]

153 - practice test in dec 2010
168 - Feb 2011 LSAT

[theavrock]

150 1st diagnostic

155 July 09
166 July 10

[beaubois]

165ish. on my first practice.
176 after studying very hard. Most of my progress was in logic games.

[fatduck]

166 on my first practice (mauve dinosaurs ). 170 on real thing due to an epic logic games fuckup.

no classes or anything, just preptests.

[kwais]

diagnostic 167
October 163
December 173

[night06]

165 diagnostic
173 feb score (self-study)

[Marionberry]

diag 160

Jun '10 171

[Leira7905]

Cold diagnostic: 154
Actual Test: 165

I took a short LSAT prep class, but did very little self-study. I got into my target school, but in retrospect, I wish have tried harder (or retook) and broke 170 (just for pride's sake).

[elibrarian]

Cold diagnostic: 152
February '11: 171, self study

[FeelTheHeat]

149, testmasters, 166.

[UCSD1984]

Thank you all for the responses, now I don't feel so threatened by scoring 150 and 148 on diagnostic exams. I'm taking the exam in June, and I I sort of set myself up for fear of failure thinking that anyone who breaks a 165 on the LSAT probably scored above a 155 on their first diagnostic.

[spek]

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[Kabuo]

I can't remember my diagnostic exactly. I took it with 2 friends, and we were just talking about this the other day. I remembered getting a 161, one remembered 159, and the other guy told me I got a 156. All we can agree on is that I missed 19 on the logic games. 176 in Feb after taking every released prep test and reading the bibles.

[snowpeach06]

I really had very little improvement.
Diagnostic: 155
A kaplan class where I never paid attention and never did the work. Then I used the bibles. Wound up with a 161.

[bartleby]

I'm one of the worst. The LSAT with the french divers in a cave LR question was my diagnostic - 163. ended up with a 165 after multiple tries.