@ You can't exact revenge on the LSAT by taking another PT and doing better. You're just trying to reward yourself through instant gratification and that's not the point of this whole enterprise.

ok fine, I get it. even though I don't like it, this sounds right. fine. and also your point about me falling into complacency sounds plausible, but honestly, when I took those low scoring tests, I felt that I had taken those tests seriously; I didn't take those tests thinking that I would breeze through them because I honestly think that each test is a battle for me. It's definitely true that I often expect a certain score based on the score band I'm in but I don't approach my PTs thinking that I'll be on autopilot and still get those scores.

At least, I don't think I do.....

at this point, I honestly can't tell what I think or don't; I've been putting off going through PT 46 but that's where I'll start this weekend. thanks for the post @ it's definitely helpful to know someone so dedicated to this test sees wildly fluctuating scores too.

bumping bc I'd really appreciate some feedback, thanks

I wanted to share my pity party here instead of starting a new thread bc my story is similar:

I've taken 25 tests, and I've averaged 169 on my last 5 tests. I took the october '15 exam, and scored a 161, which is lower than my Dec '14 exam (164). I also began studying a couple years back so I've seen almost all tests, but I've only BR'ed 25 tests.

Before my scores were released, I knew I'd want to take the Dec test again because I'm shooting for 174 so I took another PT on 10/19 and scored 172. With the Oct score release, I had a WTF of an unprecedented scale. My score was a huge shock to me because I had thought the test had gone pretty smoothly for me and I was not expecting any surprises. I don't consider myself to be a bad test taker, maybe a little more adrenaline than usual but nothing too concerning, and my test center was fine aside from a tiny desk. After seeing that score, I killed time doing a few games, few passages but I really wanted to prove that score was just a massive fluke. I took PT 46 today and scored a 161. WTF IS HAPPENING TO ME??!

I know the popular answer around here is burnout. But if my brain doesn't feel burnt out, and really I've been taking things pretty easy the last few days, what else could this mean?! I want to take the Dec test so can't afford to take much time off either. Did anyone else experience anything similar? I've been glad to see my scores climb slowly but surely and this whole thing is rather soul crushing.

Thanks in advance for the constructive feedback; and honestly, glad to have found this community because........the internet is not safe out there..

@ did you ever figure this out? I hope you killed it on this round, because I am in the same boat you were in and could really use some good news and hope.....