I was having awful anxiety with practice tests as well. Best way to get over that anxiety for me was repetition, for me that was 7 tests a week. I took them at the same time of day. This way, it just felt like I was just going by a schedule rather than having this HUGE event about to happen. Did this for 2 months straight and improved 15 points on PT's and 14 points between my diagnostic and my August LSAT score. I hope this helps!
I wish I could just edit those typos out of there... XD
It's my goal practice law in my home state of Pennsylvania, but I don't want to rule out attending any schools outside of my state if the school is recognized enough to get work back in the area.
About where on the list is a school recognizable enough to be employable after school and out of that state?
Also, are there any niche schools that my not rank high on the list but are more so employable out of state?
For me it's either lack of stamina or the fact that after I see a certain question type a bunch in one section, I start assuming that's the type of question being asked currently in section 2. An example would be a quarter of section 1 having MSS, but since a strengthening question in section 2 uses the same topics in the MSS of section 1, I jump the gun and answer it as what most strongly supports rather than what strengthens the argument. Maybe stamina or laziness plays into this.
Is it me, or did the preptests get way more tricky with LR bait answers between the 00s tests to the 10s tests?
I show improvement in RC and LG but LR seems so difficult to adapt to given the amount of bait answers that have become more numerous in the more recent preptests.
I've been in the same boat as you. I will also be taking the Aug LSAT.
Would you say it's your understanding of the text or your understanding of the questions that's tripping you up?
For me, it's almost always my understanding of the text that faulters my score.
I swear everytime I improve in LR I get worse in RC. This keeps my overall score constantly in the same 3 or 4 point window. And when I do good in RC, my LR gets bad. All the while, my LG always stays the same.... Is this stamina related or are the tests made that if one section is easy, another is made harder?
For reference, by LG is always between -5 and -9 but my LR and RC always switch places with which one is -7 and which one is -17.
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I've taken 2 preptests and have improved from a 140 to a 149. I feel proud of that for sure. But, I got RC-18, LG-8, LR-10.
I know the RC is the hardest to improve on, but do I have a shot of getting it to the level of the others by the August 2023Test?
I know of somebody who went from a 126 to a 168 in one month, but I know a hundred others who only increased by 15 or so points in the span of a year.
Your goal isn't impossible, just uncommon (as David noted). You want an uncommon grade? You'll have to be uncommon.
Congrats on the 165 diagnostic. If that's the case, you've scored better than the majority of testers even after completing training. Keep it up, a 170+ is surely in your future.