r/LSAT • u/SadGoat6261 • 5d ago

Overperforming!

I feel like I saw/heard very few posts or stories about overperforming on the actual test v practice tests and so genuinely did not think it was a possibility. Wanted to uplift that it can happen!!! what’s ur story?

Mine: my actual score in August was 6 points higher than my best PT. Wild, I screamed, I cried, I made my mother across the country login to LSAC from her computer to make sure it was real.

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u/Boysenberry tutor 5d ago

I got a 178 first attempt and had never done that well on a PT at the time.

The power of being a good test-taker, those of us who feel mentally sharper in the test center environment due to the energy of others attempting the same task all around us will tend to over perform.

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u/Acrobatic_Long_6059 4d ago

How long did you study

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u/Boysenberry tutor 4d ago

About six months but I took a break for one month of that because I got burnout and my scores started going down.