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Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:27 am
by bombaysippin
boy am i dumb!

Re: Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:51 am
by goldenflash19
As long as you feel like you didn't completely bomb those sections you rushed, I'd stick it out and see your score. With almost all schools not averaging, I wouldn't waste a take on a cancel unless you were completely positive there's no chance of improvement.

Re: Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:50 am
by iamgeorgebush
I agree with goldenflash. It doesn't sound like you completely bombed, and with most schools not averaging, there's not much risk in waiting to see what you have.

Re: Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:58 pm
by MoMettaMonk
Schools take the high score, and a cancel doesn't give you an extra retake in your 2 year period. Since nothing extraordinary happened during your test and it sounds like you have the general "holy crap what did I do?" that we're all feeling, I'd suggest just waiting to see your score.

Re: Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:09 pm
by AnonymousAlterEgoC
I don't think you provided enough information about your PTs and expectations for us to give you good advice. Assuming you are hoping for a 170, it is still, of course, completely possible that you were at that mark or slightly above it. I agree with the other posters. I'm also panicking even though I finished every section.

Re: Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:17 pm
by jordan15
Why did you omit an answer??

No schools average so you have nothing to lose by keeping your score.

Re: Another should I cancel thread...please advise!

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:00 pm
by bombaysippin
jordan15 wrote:Why did you omit an answer??

No schools average so you have nothing to lose by keeping your score.
It wasn't on purpose. I found out when I got my scores back that I had left a question blank, but during the test in June, I don't remember leaving anything blank so I must have just blacked out that memory.

As for prep, I've gone through almost every prep test from 1-69. The most recent ones ranging from 50s and up I've done twice because I had prepped for June. Always did 5 section tests, with the exception of a few times where I was just super tired and didn't want to include an experimental. I never noticed too much fatigue so I knew if I did a 4 section PT a couple times, it wouldn't screw me for the real thing.

LG is consistently -0 or -1 (depending on a mis read or careless error).
LR was terribad at first. I was going from anywhere from -8 to -12 for both sections total (not in each). I got this down to -2 to -5 before October. I've used cambridge packets for all types of LR questions, got Manhattan LR, and have used the LSAT Trainer for LR practice/drilling too.
RC is ehh like a lot of other people. Generally around -4 or -5, but on bad days I've done -9 and on super good days I've gone -0. I've used Manhattan for this, but then kind of came up with my own system that seemed to help me work better.

Last 5 PTs I averaged 173. I've hit 180 twice, but not on the most recent PTs. Lowest PT score I've gotten since my June exam was a 164 once out of about 30+ PTs. Otherwise every PT has been above my real LSAT score of 165 in June.

I went into October thinking I was in a good place and that I had prepped a lot better than I did for June, but I know for sure I felt a lot more nervous for this exam than June. Not sure why, but I know I've been just super afraid of doing worse than I had in June so I'm thinking I probably let that get to me, especially during the exam.