This doesn't seem unusual at all. It looks like your average is 168 with a +\- 3 points. No one can score the same score every test unless you are a 180'er.
Michael Jordan played an NBA Finals game while having a flu and saved the team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals#Game_5:_The_Flu_Game
His story is pretty inspirational as far as digging deep against flu conditions. You can do it too!
That's just how it is. Everyone has a grade or two they regret. You're not alone in this, so you don't need to think you're being adversely disadvantaged compared to everyone else.
I'm only doing 1 more full PT between now and game day. It's too late to learn anything new, and it sounds like you've already put in the work and no one can take that away from you. Just take some rest, massage your brain with garbage TV, and keep …
The only score that matter is the one you earn on game day. No one should be worrying about fluctuations two weeks before the real deal. Just take some time off so you can be at your best on game day.
For me, I'm doing 2 full PTs between now and th…
I think the difference is that this weakens is a premise. We are supposed to interpret answer choices in strengthen/weaken as an additional premise. When the LSAT presents it as a flaw, it's the reasoning or the conclusion.
The LSAT helped me understand structure better, which in turn helped me write my papers more coherently. I am able to present my argument by including the appropriate premises, strengthening them, dissecting the kind of assumptions I'm making and th…
@"Artak Mamikonyan" I haven't tried that strategy and maybe I should. I don't skip entirely because I worry that I'll get bogged down on passage 4 and won't have time to go back to skipped questions. What I do is make my best choice, and if I have t…
For RC, try to read for structure rather than the fine details. You don't know what the questions will ask, so you might be wasting time on purposely confusing parts. Just ask yourself as you read, "Why is the author reading this? What is this part…
Wow are you me? I've also been studying for over a year now. This summer I've been hitting the tests hard, and I was peaking at 169 in the 50s/60s tests. The last 6 tests I've done however have been in the 70s and I'm averaging low 160s. Today I sco…
@legal_name LR sections are trickier and more dense. The answer choices especially include more trickier trap answers. Another difference is that logic games are a little harder than the 60s, and they've included a modification of in/out groups that…
You should try to do the latest PTs before then to get an idea of the recent trends. Personally, I'm going to take my last PT the Saturday before in the most similar conditions possible. This means I'll be waking up at the appropriate time, and try …
@"Alex Divine" How is postponing a necessary condition for scoring high? Many high scorers achieve their score without postponing. Therefore, postponing is neither necessary nor sufficient.
There should be no way that the tests are different from each other. If some test dates were easier, or if there were discernable pattern, then test-takers would try to exploit that advantage. That's totally against the LSAC's interest. The LSAC wan…
Aren't older games, like from 1-41, known to be much harder than the modern era? They have way more game pieces and therefore more possible outcomes. I'd say that if you train under more difficult games, the modern ones will come easier.
@David3389 Yeah that's the answer I went with too. But when you apply what I said about contrapositives, the actual answer sounds so much better. During my timed session, I had such a hard time distinguishing between D and the correct answer.
@"Accounts Playable" That makes sense. Of course on easier SA questions where the gap and the answer choice is obvious, I won't translate to the contrapositive. But now I realize that when I'm in a difficult SA question, translating difficult answer…
Yeah just relax. When you've taken enough practice tests, you'll see that this kind of variation happens. If it happens on test day, then just take again on December with the confidence that you will likely regress to your mean score.
For example, …