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Cold diagnostic at 158. I had been working on studying for about 4 hours/wk since early February but PT's and a basic NOVA LSAT book, improving my PTs to around 164-165. Starting in late April I bumped it up to about 2 hrs/day and on the later PTs was getting between 166-174 (averaging around 168 and usually -0/1 LG, -6/7 LR and -4/5 RC). Even earlier this week my average was still fine.

However, my last PTs from the past couple of day have been rough. I've been down to 164-166! Now, these have been from much earlier editions of the tests (PT 15-27 range). But, my issues have been across the board (-3 LG, -8 LR, -6 RC) and not just focused on the much harder LGs.

Can I attribute this to earlier editions, pre-test anxiety, or is it a larger issue with my prep?

How much time off have you been giving yourself?

Probably not enough. Don't prep between now and the test (save maybe light drilling) and control your nerves; you should hop back up.

I had been taking 2 PTs a day for the past week. One morning and one in the afternoon. It's hard to stop prepping when a huge score feels so close after looking over your results.

I would stop immediately.

BuckyLaw wrote:I had been taking 2 PTs a day for the past week. One morning and one in the afternoon. It's hard to stop prepping when a huge score feels so close after looking over your results.

I feel your pain. I have been 173-176 for the past couple of weeks until this week, when the late 50s started putting me as low as 168. It took everything I had in my not to keep doing a PT a day but it is SO hard to allow yourself to not study when you have that score hanging over your head. I am taking my final PT today and from then on will just be doing drills to keep me on my toes. Don't overdo it, although I can definitely sympathize with the catastrophic effects of a last minute score drop.

No matter what you do though, just have a good attitude. Going into the test dwelling on your lower scores is not going to do you any favors at all.