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I’ve been studying while working FT. I got my BS while working and will probably have to do a PT JD program, so I figure it’s good practice. I have been studying at least an hour 6 nights a week & extra on the weekends. This last two weeks, I cleared my schedule a lot more, but took a weekend off beforehand. Now I haven’t taken the test yet (tomorrow!) so I can’t tell you how well it worked, but my practice scores went up a lot.
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Oh my goodness, this makes me feel better! I am having the SAME problem! I got my highest score ever last week (166) and while I have resigned myself to the idea that I will not be in the 168-170 range by test day, I was feeling good about my chances of getting at least a good score. Tonight...I took a practice test and got 158. But reading the comments, it might be burnout/anxiety. I lost two days to an intense migraine, we have been in intense trial prep at work so I have not even had lunch breaks to study, and I'm so pressured because the test is Sunday (for me). I have tried to gently remind myself I might have to retake in November, and that's okay, without actually giving up before I even take the test, if that makes sense.
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Oh my goodness, this makes me feel better! I am having the SAME problem! I got my highest score ever last week (166) and while I have resigned myself to the idea that I will not be in the 168-170 range by test day, I was feeling good about my chances of getting at least a good score. Tonight...I took a practice test and got 158. But reading the comments, it might be burnout/anxiety. I lost two days to an intense migraine, we have been in intense trial prep at work so I have not even had lunch breaks to study, and I'm so pressured because the test is Sunday (for me). I have tried to gently remind myself I might have to retake in November, and that's okay, without actually giving up before I even take the test, if that makes sense.
P.S. To clarify, I wasn’t trying to score shame. I’m a 31 year old non traditional student with consumer debt that can only go if I get SIGNIFICANT financial aid and get into a PT program where I can keep working. So I feel pressured on all fronts.
Haha, no worries, I wasn't taking it the wrong way. You are so impressive! Keep doing you because you're clearly a superstar when it comes to balancing it all. Thank you for your words of encouragement (and sympathy lol!).
I don’t know how well I have balanced it all, but at least I’m in good company! :)
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Oh my goodness, this makes me feel better! I am having the SAME problem! I got my highest score ever last week (166) and while I have resigned myself to the idea that I will not be in the 168-170 range by test day, I was feeling good about my chances of getting at least a good score. Tonight...I took a practice test and got 158. But reading the comments, it might be burnout/anxiety. I lost two days to an intense migraine, we have been in intense trial prep at work so I have not even had lunch breaks to study, and I'm so pressured because the test is Sunday (for me). I have tried to gently remind myself I might have to retake in November, and that's okay, without actually giving up before I even take the test, if that makes sense.
P.S. To clarify, I wasn’t trying to score shame. I’m a 31 year old non traditional student with consumer debt that can only go if I get SIGNIFICANT financial aid and get into a PT program where I can keep working. So I feel pressured on all fronts.
Oh my goodness, this makes me feel better! I am having the SAME problem! I got my highest score ever last week (166) and while I have resigned myself to the idea that I will not be in the 168-170 range by test day, I was feeling good about my chances of getting at least a good score. Tonight...I took a practice test and got 158. But reading the comments, it might be burnout/anxiety. I lost two days to an intense migraine, we have been in intense trial prep at work so I have not even had lunch breaks to study, and I'm so pressured because the test is Sunday (for me). I have tried to gently remind myself I might have to retake in November, and that's okay, without actually giving up before I even take the test, if that makes sense.
That’s awesome!!! I also got a 165...I see some people on here disappointed with their 169+, but I’m not aiming for Harvard and was unable to study full time (just nights & weekends for 3 months), so I’m happy!
I have been trying to see mine for 49 minutes and still can’t get logged in. 😭
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Took mine Sunday morning.
I had LG-RC-LR(25).
Games included months, interns, North/South wings, and car show. I think I blew this section. It’s a shame because it was not particularly difficult. I screwed up a rule in the first game, wasted a lot of time on it, and was mired in Krabby Swirls for the rest of the section. I’ll be lucky if I only got 4 wrong.
RC passages were Torchy, a comp passage on micro finance, dark matter, and theories of ownership. RC is usually my worst section, but this one didn’t seem bad. The first two passages were pretty easy; theories of property was dense, but the questions were straightforward; dark matter was the section’s toughest, but manageable as far as hard RC passages go. I’ve been way over-confident on some of my RC performances in the past, but I think I did pretty good on this one.
My LR was 25 questions and included periwinkles and bat pups. I thought it was average. The only notable thing about it was that the first 10 questions were trickier than normal. Probably my best section.
I’m guessing the curve will be -7, and that I missed between10-12.
Edited for grammar.
Sounds like both our tests and experiences were identical. I feel like I may have done better on the LG if it had not been the first section & I was more comfortable.
I had LG-RC-LR. I felt oddly disoriented during the games and don’t feel like I did very well, but my proctor kept disappearing and I didn’t even get started till 35 minutes after test time. Then in the middle of one, I got a message saying my connection wasn’t stable. It came back in 5 seconds, but it rattled me. I felt like the RC was medium, the space one was weird to me, and the LR didn’t seem unusually hard, but it could be I was finally feeling comfortable again. (After seeing so many people say they were hard, I’m wondering if I misunderstood every single one of them!) I don’t feel great about my results, but I also never feel optimistic about tests. I guess we’ll see!