Huge score drop the week before the LSAT Forum

[20170322]

Hey, all!

So, I've been studying for the LSAT since May, and I am freaking out.

My scores have been consistently over 174, with my 10 PT average (before today) being a 177. This past weekend I PT'd on PT 77 and got a 179.

Today, after class, I took PT 78... and got a 171.

The worst part is, there isn't one specific thing that did me in. I had a sloppy -2 on LG, sloppy -3 on LR, and got whomped by a passage in RC so I went -4. I felt fine taking the test, not exhausted or stressed, so idk what happened.


What do I do from here? I'm considering just taking off from now until the LSAT and hope that it was an issue of burnout.

[bearedman8]

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[rpupkin]

It's called random variation. Be glad that it happened in a practice test instead of on test day.

Don't make any major changes to your routine because of this. You're fine.

[SunDevil14]

Probably burn out or nerves. I had a similar situation were I went from 171, 162, 170, 163 which really freaked me out. It occurred during a really stressful week and a half.

I wish I were good enough that I'd be freaking out over a 171. Good luck man.

[20170322]

It's called random variation. Be glad that it happened in a practice test instead of on test day.

Don't make any major changes to your routine because of this. You're fine.

So, don't take time off? I've noticed that my scores drop after doing a good amount of prep.

[rpupkin]

It's called random variation. Be glad that it happened in a practice test instead of on test day.

Don't make any major changes to your routine because of this. You're fine.

So, don't take time off? I've noticed that my scores drop after doing a good amount of prep.

I think it's fine to take a day off here or there. I just wouldn't make any huge changes to your routine. You're obviously doing very, very well. Look, aberrant scores (in either direction) can happen. Frankly, you'd expect someone with a mid-170s PT average to occasionally score a 170 or a 171. This doesn't mean anything. Chill.

[asuddenarborealstop]

I wouldn't worry. Same thing happened to me about 10 days out. I dropped from 177 to 169 on consecutive tests, despite averaging like 175 for the final two weeks. I took two days off and went back to my routine. I ended up with a 179.

[RamTitan]

It's called random variation. Be glad that it happened in a practice test instead of on test day.

Don't make any major changes to your routine because of this. You're fine.

So, don't take time off? I've noticed that my scores drop after doing a good amount of prep.

I think it's fine to take a day off here or there. I just wouldn't make any huge changes to your routine. You're obviously doing very, very well. Look, aberrant scores (in either direction) can happen. Frankly, you'd expect someone with a mid-170s PT average to occasionally score a 170 or a 171. This doesn't mean anything. Chill.

This; all is good.

Biggest thing is to not let it screw your mental mindset

[20170322]

It's called random variation. Be glad that it happened in a practice test instead of on test day.

Don't make any major changes to your routine because of this. You're fine.

So, don't take time off? I've noticed that my scores drop after doing a good amount of prep.

I think it's fine to take a day off here or there. I just wouldn't make any huge changes to your routine. You're obviously doing very, very well. Look, aberrant scores (in either direction) can happen. Frankly, you'd expect someone with a mid-170s PT average to occasionally score a 170 or a 171. This doesn't mean anything. Chill.

This; all is good.

Biggest thing is to not let it screw your mental mindset

SO, here's my gameplan. PT on Saturday, get a dank score to improve confidence, then do only moderate prep until the actual test.

[RamTitan]

It's called random variation. Be glad that it happened in a practice test instead of on test day.

Don't make any major changes to your routine because of this. You're fine.

So, don't take time off? I've noticed that my scores drop after doing a good amount of prep.

I think it's fine to take a day off here or there. I just wouldn't make any huge changes to your routine. You're obviously doing very, very well. Look, aberrant scores (in either direction) can happen. Frankly, you'd expect someone with a mid-170s PT average to occasionally score a 170 or a 171. This doesn't mean anything. Chill.

This; all is good.

Biggest thing is to not let it screw your mental mindset

SO, here's my gameplan. PT on Saturday, get a dank score to improve confidence, then do only moderate prep until the actual test.

That sounds about right; I'm actually doing the exact same thing lol