I took a diagnostic on Khan Academy and scored a 160. I feel really good about how the curriculum has been going. Is it reasonable to think I could score 170+ by the August LSAT? I plan on studying 20-25/week until then.
For what it's worth, and maybe you've already done this, but if I were you I would look into seeing if you could get an accommodation due to your anxiety. If it's just like test anxiety, maybe not, but if you take some sort of medicine for your anxiety, maybe you can. I have a learning disability and anxiety, so having time accommodations for the test has really relieved some anxiety I have about the test!
I took the LSAT in August 2021. I found that the 70s on were the most similar content wise. 80s are probably your best bet for similarity imho
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Hey y'all! Just finished and had 2 RCs as well! LG-RC-LR-RC
LG seemed OK, LR seemed standard too. Felt 2nd RC was harder than the first.
Would you say LR seemed similar in difficulty to PTs in the 60/70s, or more like the 80s?
I always do at least one LG before PrepTests, and I will definitely do that on test day. I think what should be avoided is spending more than 30-45 minutes "warming up" because you don't want to use too much mental energy before the test. As long as it isn't more than a true, very brief warm up and you're sure that you can perform your strongest even with doing some warm up questions, I would absolutely go for it.
On top of that, you don't want to discourage yourself by not performing well in your warm up. An optimistic mindset is as important as having enough mental energy to perform. I'd stay away from super tricky games/questions, and just do something to get you in the right headspace.
Following bc I'm literally in the exact same position.
I totally agree with @, when this has happened to me, I spend one day just drilling the easy ones, making sure I'm fully confident in my answers and watching videos if I have even the slightest bit of doubt. You're capable, you got this
I would absolutely go for it. Your GPA is most likely 75th percentile or at least median at all of these schools, and even at UNC at least (I didn't look for the rest I just know it lol) you're at or above 75th percentiles for GPA/LSAT. It really sucks that your score didn't improve, but I would argue you've got a great chance at all of these schools. If you really, really want a higher score, I would at least submit applications now so that they're in early, and take the LSAT again in January (I believe it usually has the friendliest curve) to submit if your apps take a while to be reviewed. For me, the stress wouldn't be worth it. You have a killer GPA, an LSAT that puts you in the top 9-10% of test-takers, and from what it sounds like great softs. You're a super qualified applicant that many if not all of these schools would love to have.
I understand as "most likely" in the LSAT, so yeah >50%.
I didn't do a lot of research when I applied for mine, so I can't give you great information, but I can tell you what I did. First, if you had an IEP, even if you only used it in high school, I would aim for the accommodations listed in that. For example, I submitted a diagnosis from when I was like 10, and my IEP which allowed me 50% extra time on all tests, and 100% extra time on any test or assignment with substantial written parts (essay questions or short answers over a paragraph essentially). This translated to me receiving 50% extra time on the test itself and 100% extra time on the written portion. It seems that they will follow what your IEP says.