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I took a diagnostic in late june and got a 157. My last two practice tests were both 162. My goal is at least a 170. How close to the test should I be practicing at that score level to be within striking distance of a 170 on the october test? Worried I may be running out of time. Thanks.

I'd say you still have enough time.

Good Luck!

gaud wrote:I'd say you still have enough time.

Good Luck!

Second.
-Scruffy

Are you just trying to make the OP feel good, or do you really believe that? I have been stressing that my testing in the 165-167 range lately wasn't going to cut it for October if I wanted a 170, and I thought my stressing was legitimate. I'll be happy to be wrong, though.

^^ Nothing is beyond your ability. It all comes down to how much effort you put into it - if you want it badly enough, work for it, and you'll see the results. With dedicated study you could see an 8 point improvement in 3 weeks, even.

We're in somewhat of the same boat OP. Good luck! You can do it!

buddytyler wrote:Are you just trying to make the OP feel good, or do you really believe that? I have been stressing that my testing in the 165-167 range lately wasn't going to cut it for October if I wanted a 170, and I thought my stressing was legitimate. I'll be happy to be wrong, though.

The key goal to improving is figuring out what question types you are consistently missing and then fixing them (eg for me, one was parallel reasoning) and that was when my PT average started to get higher.

I didn't start scoring in the range I wanted until literally 5 days before the test. I truly believe you'll improve if you keep working at it, but that for the most part there are a ton of ebbs and flows in how your perform on a given LSAT administration. It's about peaking at the right time and being confident going into test day that you're going to do what you set out to do, in my opinion.

kwwill3 wrote:I took a diagnostic in late june and got a 157. My last two practice tests were both 162. My goal is at least a 170. How close to the test should I be practicing at that score level to be within striking distance of a 170 on the october test? Worried I may be running out of time. Thanks.

I'm in the same boat, I'm getting anxious but I haven't hit the panic button yet. There's still about 6 weeks until the test (6 weeks that of course will fly by) but at this point I think it's all about staying focused, fixing what needs to be fixed, and trying to stay relaxed/confident.

This thread makes me happy. Scored my lowest score and by far worst total on LR last night. It had not been that bad since I started studying. I am really hoping PT 47 was just an anomaly for me. Gotta stay positive

abdistotle wrote:This thread makes me happy. Scored my lowest score and by far worst total on LR last night. It had not been that bad since I started studying. I am really hoping PT 47 was just an anomaly for me. Gotta stay positive

PT47 was bad for me too man. Just the LR.

Mr. Frodo wrote:

abdistotle wrote:This thread makes me happy. Scored my lowest score and by far worst total on LR last night. It had not been that bad since I started studying. I am really hoping PT 47 was just an anomaly for me. Gotta stay positive

PT47 was bad for me too man. Just the LR.

Yeah dude same. -1 on LG and RC combined. Thank you for your post, lol.

I'd say you should be testing consistently at that level at least a couple weeks out in order to have confidence you will score at your desired level on test day.

Pete define consistent