Good score on familiar exams = false sense of confidence?
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:58 pm
I know some people might be nervous for Saturday (as I am) so I wanted some advice from people who have already gone through the ordeal.
I had been scoring somewhere in the 165-169 range going in to the exam last June. Since starting another round of studying in late July, I have been scoring pretty consistently in the 170s. My last three exams were 173-175-175.
Do you guys think having practiced with familiar exams this time around has given me a false sense of confidence going in? Did anyone experience anything like this (i.e. going in on test day and realizing completely new material through you off your game--this happened to me last time and I cancelled my score, although I think I would've scored in the 165-167 range)? Any advice on how to overcome some of this anxiety? Confidence going in vs. actual performance.
I took the tests (35-63) in timed, test-day conditions with the Manhattan LSAT proctor module. Reviewed every wrong answer, questions that took me too long, etc., etc..
But I dunno...some advice would be much appreciated.
I had been scoring somewhere in the 165-169 range going in to the exam last June. Since starting another round of studying in late July, I have been scoring pretty consistently in the 170s. My last three exams were 173-175-175.
Do you guys think having practiced with familiar exams this time around has given me a false sense of confidence going in? Did anyone experience anything like this (i.e. going in on test day and realizing completely new material through you off your game--this happened to me last time and I cancelled my score, although I think I would've scored in the 165-167 range)? Any advice on how to overcome some of this anxiety? Confidence going in vs. actual performance.
I took the tests (35-63) in timed, test-day conditions with the Manhattan LSAT proctor module. Reviewed every wrong answer, questions that took me too long, etc., etc..
But I dunno...some advice would be much appreciated.