Odd (and disappointing) diagnostic experience -- where to go from here?
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:40 am
I took my first cold diagnostic (June 2007) today under strict time conditions. Prior to today, I had not really looked at any LSAT material whatsoever.
I got a 153. My breakdown:
LG: 13/23 -- I was actually doing ok in terms of accuracy, but I ran out of time and bubbled random answers for the last game.
LR: 16/26 + 17/25
RC: 19/27
What I find really disappointing about my diagnostic is that I actually finished RC and LR with a lot of time to spare. It felt far less foreign than LG and I thought I would end up doing better than I did. However, I didn't really have any "strategy" -- I just read through the LR and RC passages and answered questions in a way that I "believed" were correct.
My goal is 170+. I have a 3.99 GPA and I know that the conventional wisdom on TLS is to not waste high GPAs so I would really like to score as high as possible. I am worried that a 170 is not feasible given my diagnostic. I intend on taking the June test, with the possibility of retaking in September, so that I can apply this fall.
I have about 4.5 months between now and the June test. My plan is to study 4 hours every weekday. I am gonna start going through the PS Bible on LG and LR, and I have the Manhattan RC guide. I also have the LSAC Superprep but I'm probably gonna hold off on it until the end of my prep.
Is it worth taking a prep course? I was looking at the longer in-person March-June Testmasters course. At first I did not think I'd need it, but my diagnostic is making me question myself.
Any advice or insight would be much appreciated.
I got a 153. My breakdown:
LG: 13/23 -- I was actually doing ok in terms of accuracy, but I ran out of time and bubbled random answers for the last game.
LR: 16/26 + 17/25
RC: 19/27
What I find really disappointing about my diagnostic is that I actually finished RC and LR with a lot of time to spare. It felt far less foreign than LG and I thought I would end up doing better than I did. However, I didn't really have any "strategy" -- I just read through the LR and RC passages and answered questions in a way that I "believed" were correct.
My goal is 170+. I have a 3.99 GPA and I know that the conventional wisdom on TLS is to not waste high GPAs so I would really like to score as high as possible. I am worried that a 170 is not feasible given my diagnostic. I intend on taking the June test, with the possibility of retaking in September, so that I can apply this fall.
I have about 4.5 months between now and the June test. My plan is to study 4 hours every weekday. I am gonna start going through the PS Bible on LG and LR, and I have the Manhattan RC guide. I also have the LSAC Superprep but I'm probably gonna hold off on it until the end of my prep.
Is it worth taking a prep course? I was looking at the longer in-person March-June Testmasters course. At first I did not think I'd need it, but my diagnostic is making me question myself.
Any advice or insight would be much appreciated.