Try Blue Light Glasses!
Taking a standardized test on the computer can be difficult to get used to. Studies show that reading on the computer leads us to lower comprehension compared to reading on paper! Blue light glasses can help reduce the strain on your eyes and assist in reducing the slow reading speed we face in a digital test format. Try out a pair of blue light glasses during a practice test to see if you should add it to your test day strategy!
Using PTs to Simulate Test Day
Practice tests are used to gauge the efficiency of our current study methods. For these scores to have value, they need to accurately measure what score we would receive on test day. Simulating the test day experience is the best way to ensure your practice test score is realistic.
If you are not careful about the way you take a practice test, it could lead to test results that inaccurately guide the study process. It is easy to be too lenient during a practice test. Giving yourself an extra minute on that one section or allowing yourself an extra break are changes that seem small but can translate to large impacts on test scores.
You can avoid this by making sure you mimic the same test day strategy every time you sit down to take a PT. Every time you sit down to take a PT, you should be in the same environment with the same amount of time, noise level, and overall distraction. Requiring yourself to abide by all the setting requirements of LSAC reduces any possible discrepancy between PT performance and test day score. You can even practice with a proctor using the 7Sage app.
Some test takers go one step further, such as shaving five minutes off each section to make the PT experience more difficult. These and other methods help us practice under the most challenging of circumstances. Whatever test day strategy works best for you, make sure it is one you are testing under true testing conditions.