Familiarity with questions during PT's

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  10000019 Alum Member

  July 2017 3279 karma

  Which PT did you take? 1-35 are used in drilling. Start at 36 for fresh questions.
• Alex Alum Member ⭐

  July 2017 23929 karma

  @MrYC1995 said:
  I was just doing a timed PT and I found that many of the questions, due to having gone through the CC, are familiar. I've encountered most of them a while ago, but the familiarity of the questions ruins my confidence in my score. I ended up scoring 168, but I really don't know how to feel about it. Any suggestions on the type of mentality I should have when I experience similar events? Despite the fact that I didn't remember the correct answers to these questions, it still feels like I cheated. I'm sure this will occur again and again as I PT more, so I'd like to know what you think.

  How many of the questions were ones you had seen before? If only a few, I wouldn't really think it would make THAT much of a difference. If it was a whole bunch, then perhaps that helped you score a bit higher than you would have otherwise.
• lsat4life Alum Member

  July 2017 255 karma

  @MrYC1995 said:
  I was just doing a timed PT and I found that many of the questions, due to having gone through the CC, are familiar. I've encountered most of them a while ago, but the familiarity of the questions ruins my confidence in my score. I ended up scoring 168, but I really don't know how to feel about it. Any suggestions on the type of mentality I should have when I experience similar events? Despite the fact that I didn't remember the correct answers to these questions, it still feels like I cheated. I'm sure this will occur again and again as I PT more, so I'd like to know what you think.

  Just don't worry about how to "feel" about the score. PTs are not about feeling good or bad, they're about revealing what still needs work. Clearly there is plenty of stuff to review, so get cracking.