Seeking advice on drastic range between actual PrepTest score v. Blind Review score

asetakeslsat

Does anyone have advice on how to narrow the range between the score of a timed PrepTest vs the score after blind review? I'm consistently getting a range of about 10 points between both and it is discouraging.

AlexLSAT.

When I started out and for many others I know it was like +15 or even a few +20s, so don't get discouraged! Having a drastically higher BR number is not actually a bad thing, it shows you understand the questions, you just need to understand them quicker. In order to train this, I started only doing timed sections, and would even cut down time a little to push myself to go faster on this test. I also focused on exactly what led to me taking so much time on each specific question I did. I would ask myself if it was due to brain fatigue, misreading a word or misunderstanding the stimulus, etc.

Hope this helps!

goatmilk

Hi, I'm also working my way through this same issue. One of the 7sage tutors - I think Raphael - gave me good advice on this. Practice timed sections for sure (like AlegxLSAT said) -- repetition under timed conditions so you get used to what pace you have to go at. Raphael also suggested practicing on just easy questions first which I have found super helpful! I create drills for myself with just EASIEST / EASIER level questions (this has been for LR practice I should note) -- with 20-25 questions, all easy level, and that has really helped my brain to 'warm up' and learn patterns, get used to the speed, etc. Then I do drills with a mix of easy/medium, then easy/med/hard, etc.

Maybe this was just me, but I realized I actually wasn't practicing that many full-sized timed LR sections (bc I hate them but I'm trying to pretend I love them) and so this has been a great way to sort of ease into them and make them less daunting + practice the core pattern-identifying and reasoning skills.

I also agree with AlexgLSAT said that a higher BR is a good thing -- it means you understand the core curriculum and the actual meat of the material! so don't let it discourage you! i like to think/hope that improving speed is easier than improving the initial material comprehension. Hope this helps maybe!