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cloudhidden wrote:I have gone through the labor of resorting the prep tests with an added section and then cutting off the top part of all the pages so I don't know the section number. This effectively simulates taking a five section test without knowing the unscored section. At the least, this work has helped me spot an alarming trend.

On my last three preptests my scores have hovered in the 168 range. A constant has been one very disappointing section. It just so happens that that problematic section has corresponded to the same section I used as an experimental, only that I dominated the experimental but tanked the scored section! In each instance, I believe, the scored section occured sequentially after the experimental.

For context here are the scores on the last three experimentals: -0, -1, and -1 (halfway decent, right?), but here are their hideous cousins: -5, -7, and -6 (trainwreck, I know). All the different section types have been equal opportunity offenders. This curious phenomonon has resulted in scores in the 168 rather than 172 range. Obviously, that difference would have a night and day impact on admissions.

Three occurences can't be mere coincidance. And on the test right before these, I tanked the experimental and aced the scored, but I think that that time they were in reverse order. So obviously I have an issue with repeat sections. But then again, three LR sections within a few hours is an awful lot for one brain to handle! Is this merely an endurance issue or could the LSAT include one purposely difficult section each test? I also don't know how to solve this problem other than to keep taking preptests. I could do a bunch of LR sections in short succession, but it's within the context of having those other sections around that ultimately counts on the real thing. Just sort of befuddled at this point and looking for whoever might weigh in on this enerving predicament.

cloudhidden wrote: Three occurences can't be mere coincidance.

bernaldiaz wrote:

cloudhidden wrote:I have gone through the labor of resorting the prep tests with an added section and then cutting off the top part of all the pages so I don't know the section number. This effectively simulates taking a five section test without knowing the unscored section. At the least, this work has helped me spot an alarming trend.

On my last three preptests my scores have hovered in the 168 range. A constant has been one very disappointing section. It just so happens that that problematic section has corresponded to the same section I used as an experimental, only that I dominated the experimental but tanked the scored section! In each instance, I believe, the scored section occured sequentially after the experimental.

For context here are the scores on the last three experimentals: -0, -1, and -1 (halfway decent, right?), but here are their hideous cousins: -5, -7, and -6 (trainwreck, I know). All the different section types have been equal opportunity offenders. This curious phenomonon has resulted in scores in the 168 rather than 172 range. Obviously, that difference would have a night and day impact on admissions.

Three occurences can't be mere coincidance. And on the test right before these, I tanked the experimental and aced the scored, but I think that that time they were in reverse order. So obviously I have an issue with repeat sections. But then again, three LR sections within a few hours is an awful lot for one brain to handle! Is this merely an endurance issue or could the LSAT include one purposely difficult section each test? I also don't know how to solve this problem other than to keep taking preptests. I could do a bunch of LR sections in short succession, but it's within the context of having those other sections around that ultimately counts on the real thing. Just sort of befuddled at this point and looking for whoever might weigh in on this enerving predicament.

cloudhidden wrote:I think that I have to take every preptest as if it were the real thing, with maximum intensity on each section.

Wormfather wrote:There is no substitute for the rush you get on test day, except for coke, or meth. No substitute at all.

Wormfather wrote:I've got a wife busting her ass as a nanny to put me through undergrad and law school. If it was just me I might settle, I owe her way more than I'll ever be able to repay but I'll be damned if I don't try.

I want HYS, she deserves it. That's my extra motivation.

We fight for every point.