Hi 7Sagers. Wanted to post my improvement stats and also see how others faired on their first LSAT after completing the course. For reference, I purchased the LSAT Ultimate package. Anyways my results:
June 2007
LR -7 LR -9 LG -9 RC -12
Raw Score: 63/100
Actual Score: 152
PT:36
LR -10 LR -3 LG -3 RC -7
Raw Score: 78/100
Actual Score: 162
Raw Improvement: +15
Actual Improvement: +10
Over all I'm pleased with this progress. In my first LR section I got destroyed but that was more due to being nervous and not being strategic enough with the harder questions. Once I settled in things went much smoother. Anyways, feel free to post your improvement if you'd like.
Comments
How do you "settle in" when taking a PT?
I am in the post-curriculum phase as well and have seen no improvement from my initial diagnostic till now. I really attribute it to the timing aspect and, honestly, being way to nervous/stressed over it. It's like once the timer has started, I freak out, my head spins, and I cannot get it together. Yet, my BR scores are off the charts good for my target score of 165 (I have been hitting BR scores in the high 160s to 170s). I have been trying to implement the low hanging fruit method with no luck.
I am so jelly of your progress. But congratulations!! That's awesome you are doing so well.
@"Darth Jurist" I got the same way, mind racing, can't think, read something and don't understanding it at all etc. etc. I tried the breathing technique YJ suggested and it might of helped a bit. The main thing I did was think about how much time I was waisting re-reading because I was panicked. I kind of reprimanded myself in my head "stop freaking out dummy" and then made a conscious effort to understand instead of flying through the question stem. As for the low hanging fruit method. IMO it can be over done. I just skip a question when I'm stumped, NOT when I know how to do it but it might take a bit longer to translate the answers or something. I also scored 170 in the BR so we have similar knowledge. Keep practicing you'll get the hang of it. Feel free to add me as a study buddy.
PT:37
LR: -6 LR: -4 LG: -10 RC: -6
Raw Score: 75/101
Actual Score: 159
Blind Review: 173
PT:38
LR: -4 LR: -3 LG: -3 RC: -8
Raw Score: 82/100
Actual Score: 165
Blind Review: 178
@elizabethkaren05 I wrote PT 36 on July 1st, PT 37 on July 3rd and PT 38 on July 5th.