I'm so disappointed man... During the summer, before college started, I, was doing so well, My scores broke 160, I rarely ever lost more than 5 points on RC and LR. But todays PT, and of recent, have just been deplorable. Last weeks PT was 157, todays PT is 155, i haven't scored a PT in the low 160's since 3 weeks ago... I'm so tired of all of this. My official is next week too, like, cmon man.
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Maybe this is exactly what you said it is: a bad day. I understand that it is frustrating to take a 2 and a half hour test and have the result be not ideal, but I think that putting some work in is better than not putting any work in (unless you are exhausting yourself.) Maybe when you take the official test next week you'll improve, and you'll look back on this bad day as an outlier. Best of luck next week, all you can really do is try your best and see what happens.
Keep in mind there IS score variance, even for a test that is as reliable as the LSAT (which, according to the big former admission officer types around here, it is). So someone who is a 160 test taker, due to the variance, can get a hot streak and go up or down 3-4 points and it's statistical noise. Bad days happen. Sometimes a test is unusually good or bad for you. I had one outlier RC section that was a -6 despite my averages in the -2 to -3 range. I've also recently hit a -1 and a perfect section. Same person taking the test, just sometimes a passage is something that clicks into your brain smoothly and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you get a hot streak in LR and sometimes you don't.
I'm in the same boat as you; I'm taking my first LSAT next week, yet my past couple PTs - and even stand-alone LR sections - have been significantly below what I tend to average. It's disappointing, frustrating, and discouraging... I can't really give any advice, but wanted to voice that you are not alone in this feeling.