This is amazing! Congratulations on all of your hard work and every single one of your well-deserved achievements. You should be so proud of yourself!

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I was/sometimes still revert to being in a similar position! I think my worst ever was -10 or -11 on a PT (I have not sat for my first official LSAT yet), but at best, I can go between -1 and -4 on drills and prep tests. I seem to average between -4 and -6 these days, which pretty much puts me right smack dab in the middle of my two extremes.

Although I still have some work to do, I think at least getting a consistent -4 and -6 has required me to spend at minimum three minutes on each passage. This may be a hot take, but I also do not utilize low res summaries at this point in my studying--but, I used to. For me personally, I realized I was doing it as a kind of "cop-out" where I would kind of re-write info in the passage/give a brief statement regarding the paragraph's role in the overall passage, but I would not force myself to understand a part that I knew I was confused on. I was unwilling to honestly say to myself, "Hannah you don't understand this, and you need to take the 15 extra seconds to synthesize this info before you move on," as opposed to just writing it down and kind of tricking my brain that by doing that I had "understood" what I had read. I think low res summaries are great for beginner/intermediate practice, but at this point in my studies, I do not find them as reliable for me to use. This helped me break out of my upper extreme of -8 to -10.

I hope this is helpful! I am also trying to break out of getting -6 or -5, so if anyone else has advice on what worked for them, I would love to hear it!

Don't know you but so happy for you :blush: ! Congrats!

I am in a _somewhat_similar position, but have decided to go ahead with April and am prepared to take June as well. I have a goal score of 166 and have been able to hit 165 and am averaging about a 163 on each prep test at this point. My BR has hit 166 and 168, but the main reason that I am sticking to April is because I think it is definitely possible to get that average up between 1-3 points before the official test, and I think with your continued hard work, that it will be possible for you, too! I have the mindset that it is my first one, so it already may not go as well as I would like because of nerves, but what if by the time April 10th gets here your average is about a 164 and then you don't take that opportunity? Sure, it may be one point off from your goal, but there is still June, and at least you will have some confidence in the bank knowing that you have the ability to perform at almost exactly where you want to be. I am nervous, too, but I say take the risk if you think you can improve a couple of points in the next month or two! Regardless, it is a very personal decision, and as long as you are happy with what YOU decide, then that is all that matters! Best of luck to you :smile: !