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rising college senior, taking the September LSAT to start law school fall 2027

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Not provided Goal score: 171
CAS GPA
3.86
1L START YEAR
2027

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Boston College
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Boston University
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Brooklyn
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Fordham
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George Washington
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Loyola - Chicago
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juooper
6 days ago

i have the same problem - scoring better on LR in drills/sections than PTs. This might not be the case for you but for me it was anxiety and fatigue surrounding the full PT that made my scores on these sections a bit lower. What helped me is trying to view every LR question as if it was the "only one", and also just getting better at handling fatigue which comes simply with time and practice. not sure if that makes sense but i hope it helps and nice job! this is an amazing score regardless.

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Monday, Aug 17

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💪 Motivated

What to do the week of LSAT

obviously, my study routine is not going to be the same the week of my LSAT. I'm taking it in less than a month in September, so I'm wondering what is recommended during the days prior. is it recommended to continue studying like normal but take some days off? or to cut study time in half the days leading up to it? Let me know! any other advice of how to prepare for the test mentally leading up to the test is welcomed too.

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Wednesday, Aug 12

congrats!! My scores are coming out the same way where i'm chilling with LR but the RC is what's bringing me down. what do you plan to do to help "bridge the gap" to get to a 170? currently trying to do the same.

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juooper
Tuesday, Aug 11

is it wrong to just accept i'll prob get questions like this wrong on the real exam? I mean, 60% of people chose the wrong answer - the one I chose too, B. in a timed, high-stress environment, idk how i could deduce B isn't right but C is. of course i still review these questions and practice but wow lol.

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Friday, Aug 7

yeah don't do more than 1 a week. Might be controversial, but i don't even think 1 a week is needed for every person. sometimes every other week is fine and can work. PTs aren't where you improve your score necessarily, they're just are good ways to improve your test-taking endurance to prevent fatigue on the real test and to also document your progress as you study. in this last month, i recommend taking more time to address your weaknesses and focus on drilling to build up accuracy and get more comfortable with the speed of the test rather than burning out by taking so many PTs.

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juooper
Wednesday, Aug 5

@superchillasian You're kidding 😭😭😭😭

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juooper
Wednesday, Aug 5

don't get in your head about this, that's how you can do worse on the exam. you have the skillset, so you know you can do it - it just boils down to test day anxiety that can screw things up. If it helps, i've heard many stories about people doing better on test day. I just saw a tiktok of a girl saying she scored 12 pts higher than her last PT on her june lsat and was shocked. So many people do better, while some do worse, and some score similar to their PTs. just go into it knowing that yeah you could do worse, but you also could do better, so all you need to do is show up and try. best of luck!

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juooper
Thursday, Jul 30

like i get the reasoning for C, this is just a really stupid question

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juooper
Thursday, Jul 30

The point isn't to read through the passages fast, but to read through them effectively. Make sure you highlight throughout the passage, whether it be conclusions, differing opinions/author's opinion, etc. Whatever you feel is important. How you get better at this is through practice. Also, I think that you shouldn't worry about reading RC as to understand the content - you should read it to understand the structure of the passage. To me that's the priority. Building a semblance of the structure of the passage in my head always helps me and helps me answer questions even when I don't understand what the passage is talking about (because sometimes there's really science-y passages where half the words I haven't seen before... in moments like this it's useless to try and digest it all, and you'll waste a lot of time trying to understand everything being said).

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Thursday, Jul 16

i'm at the point where i wasn't even shocked when i saw this. i just laughed. i think i'm so used to LSAC screwing test takers over that it's just normal now.

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juooper
Tuesday, Jul 14

@Hacheeee I've been having this issue as well!

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juooper
Friday, Jul 10

wow if I scored a 180, even on a PT, my friends and family would never hear the end of it. you should be super proud!!

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Friday, Jul 10

This is awesome!! I scored a 150 diagnostic and on my most recent PT got a score similar to this. Also aiming for 170 or more on the September test, it's nice to see others are in the same boat. We can do this!

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Friday, Jul 10

First of all, thanks 7sage for updating so quickly. But seriously I don't understand all these changes LawHub is doing. Do these changes make it easier for anyone? Or is the point to make it harder as some response to the competitiveness of the cycle and exploding LSAT registrations? fr stumped.

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So I took my first PT (not my diagnostic, but after about 2 weeks of studying) on June 6th. I just took my second PT today, after a little under a month of studying, and improved by 2 points from the PT on June 6th. Is this normal progress? I plan to take the LSAT in September, so I'm just wondering if there's something I should be doing to speed up my progression.

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Monday, May 25

That's such an accomplishment!!

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