Hi everyone! I need some advice on what to do so please bare with me if this is all over the place.
So basically, I took the August LSAT and came out with a 151. Honestly I'm not sure what happened but I was devastated. I took a PT this past saturday after not studying since the exam and scored a 159/BR 170; which is similar to what I was testing before.
I was hoping to get around 165 and apply this cycle. I am registered for the September exam and October. I've been working full time, but starting to take some more time off now to study and hopefully raise my score.
So my questions are:
Do I cancel my august score?
Do I even bother taking the September exam? Or should I cancel August, take Sept. and also take October?
Or keep August, take September, and October? i feel like that would look bad?
How can i bridge the gap between my score and BR?? That gap is driving me crazy. Sometimes I think I rush through the prompts/ACs but I ran out of time on two of the LR sections in August so I'm not sure if that's the case or if i was just super nervous.
Sorry and thank you in advance!
3 comments
don't cancel
maybe don't take September unless your PT are around where you want
you bridge the gap by slowly gaining speed and being comfortable with it. Also, creating a strategy for timing helps. first 10 in 10 minutes is what I do, or maybe it is skipping certain question types, or flagging and going back if it takes too much time
Any timing advice you're going to find boils down to this 100%
https://shouldicancelthelsat.com
I'm sure you've heard the advice to hold off until you can get your PT scores where you'd like them to be, but life isn't perfect. Do what you can and apply with what you have. Applying earlier in the cycle can open more doors than not, and if you don't cancel, you still have an LSAT score you can apply with.
In the moment, it's painfully easy to allow the stress of the test convince you that you're not ready or are under-prepared. If you're currently testing at a score you're comfortable with, run it with test conditions. Conditioning yourself to not work against yourself can make a world of difference.