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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by Theopliske8711 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:28 am

This topic is one of the greatest swindles I have ever seen on this forum... going strong for 3 pages and counting!

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by bgood2texas » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:17 pm

A lot of people getting trolled ITT

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by paratactical » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:19 pm

bgood2texas wrote:A lot of people getting trolled ITT
What an insightful first post.

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by sinfiery » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:22 pm

bgood2texas wrote:A lot of people getting trolled ITT
I think you fail to realize most ITT don't particularly care if the OP got a 175 or not.

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by relevantfactor » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:04 am

msmith19 wrote:13 old brother 173 lsat cold..I lol'd
That's nothing.... My little brother who is one and a half, still hasn't learned how to speak yet and even he scored a 178 on the LSAT. LSAT is a joke to him, for him the real challenge will be to cure cancer and save the world.

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by PeanutsNJam » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:46 pm

relevantfactor wrote:
msmith19 wrote:13 old brother 173 lsat cold..I lol'd
That's nothing.... My little brother who is one and a half, still hasn't learned how to speak yet and even he scored a 178 on the LSAT. LSAT is a joke to him, for him the real challenge will be to cure cancer and save the world.
*dramatic pause*. Or plunge it into chaos. The choice is his.

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by FloridaCoastalorbust » Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:35 pm

I scored a 186 after my lobotomy

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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by EdgarWinter » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:43 am

PDaddy wrote:
A 165 cold diagnostic I can totally believe. A 175 cold diagnostic? That's the top .0005% of the population, and even that is not completely cold...more like "lukewarm".

Could OP be that guy/gal? Sure. Is it likely? No!
I scored a 175 on an early 90s exam cold. I missed 8 on LG, but that was ok because back then the LSAT's curve was much more forgiving than it is now. LR has always been easycakes for me and I had a formal logic class in college that probably helped a lot.

OP: My advice would be to not get *too* comfortable.

If you just bought the first 10 Real LSATs book that was ever published (and subsequently got just old 90s tests) I would retake a post-2007 exam. New types of LR questions have been introduced since then and the test has a bit of a different feel. I was shocked when PT'ed a 165 after moving over to the newer exams.

If you did it on a new exam...congrats; but pay attention to what question stems you are missing and why. Be sure you're timing right and be rigorous when studying--go back to every question you guessed on and look at it, even if you guessed right.

If you do find you are not consistently scoring 175+ after you self-study for a little while you could investigate and see if there are competent tutors in your area. I never took a class and my understanding of LG in particular was lower than what it should have been. I could go minus zero on the whole test minus LG and still bomb a logic game now and then. If you're in a similar boat it might be worth it to watch the process of how other people internalize games.

Anyway GL I'm sure you'll do well.
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Re: Took a practice test cold and scored a 175. Now what?

Post by Fianna13 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:54 pm

I sat cold on June last year testing and got a 134. I was beyond depressed. I thought the world is going to end. So I took a pilgrimage to the Himalayas. I ended up meeting some monks who belong in a secret community. I joined them immediately after they told me they could give me the power of foresight. After 3 months of meditation with them and doing other unspeakable things, I came back to the states. Started Pting, got 45 180s in before the June 2012. Took June one, scored a 182 because the LSAC found my essay to be too enlightening. If anyone's interested, I manually copied down all the monks writings and willing to sell them for 49.99 per copy. :D

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