I felt the same so I joined the gym. That night, the gym burned down. So then I bought some new books to occupy my time, but when I got home I realized I left them on the bus. Anyways- I'll take it as fate telling me to get studying for my retake lol.

@ Thank you so much for that! With the fool-proofing method, I find I just memorize the answers, and then I get on the test and feel lost. Any tips?

Although I understand why people are saying you can re-take, but I really don't think you'll need to. I think you'll get the exact mark you need by March, but you need to think that too.

You're five months away. After 4 months, I started to average +18 points from my diagnostic. With the same amount of time, I can't imagine how well you can do. Especially since you're already ranking better than 50% of those who take the test and that's without studying! Just remember what the commenter above me said, don't look at comments or forums. For every one person who comments they did well, there's countless more who didn't and didn't comment. Look at the study schedule 7Sage sets out for you for the curriculum and make sure it'll be done around start of February. That leaves you a month to do the prep tests, and you'll be set. I've only finished 70% of the curriculum (didn't do all the reading comp lessons or logical reasoning), you may find you won't need to do it all either.

Remember that having a positive mindset actually is proven to change the way we learn, and I know from my own experience it changed how high I got on LSAT's. Went I did a prep-test begrudgingly and feeling it was going to suck, I would tank. When I did them positive and excited, I excelled. Hope some of this helps... just nail the curriculum, leave yourself a month and a bit for prep-tests, and know you absolutely can do it by March.

I do a prep test every 2-3 days after work, and find I get the same score (or better) than in the AM on the weekends. As long as it's not a drastically different or skewed mark I'm sure it's fine!

Unless you can apply discretionary (i.e. something highly specialized about your letters or experience), they're not optional, they're actually just not needed at all!

Also I believe applications closed November 1st for UBC for the 2019 cycle, so you'd have some time to think it over until next September :)

Mine is not as impressive as others, but I diagnosed at exactly 145 and am averaging 161 (my goal score :) ) Good luck studying, you will exceed your own expectations!!

@ I printed off 5 copies of every game, and did each copy. When I finished a game I put it in one of three piles; better, faster, done. If I finished all copies of a game under the correct time constraint and got every question right, it went under the "done" pile (for the record- no games went under this when I began). If I got all questions correct, but took too long, then it went under "faster". If it was just all around horrible, it went under "better." I printed off 5 more copies of each and repeated under they all were under "done." I stopped doing them for a few weeks and have taken a dip to -4 for the games section, so I am starting the process again to hit that -0. The more familiar I got with them, the more I knew what they were trying to say, but I also felt better when the section game up and had less anxiety. Hope this helps :)

Same thing happened to me, I was taking 2 in a row every week and this week decided to take 3. The third was a 5 point drop from my average. Definitely is just a combo of being tired, and knowing it's not the real thing. Just think of it as good motivation for a last push of motivation for the real test (which you will exceed your score on) :)

@.ashley92 thanks for your reply! I've been getting in the 70-80% range for RC and LR, just 40% for LG! I just can't seem to wrap my head around them.

Hi everyone, just an update. I am now consistently scoring around 162 with a few 160's and 164's! This is, as others suggested, from scoring better on Logic Games. I think doing all prep games helped, because I kind of learned the inferences as many others mentioned. I write in November so hoping the score remains. Thanks to all for the encouragement and advice :) And @ I hope you are doing better now, and if not, you will be soon I know it!