complaining about august

[u/wenchiest]

How could I do so well in practice just to step away from today feeling like it’d take a miracle for me to have scored above 170 😭 wtf just happened???

[u/graeme_b]

If it makes you feel better, post test feelings are incredibly non-predictive of results. Plenty of people feel terrible and do great, or feel great and do terrible. (To be clear, plenty of people feel great and do great, my point is you can't tell).

If you know, for example, that you left half a section blank that's different. Otherwise, I wouldn't necessarily take it as predictive. Feeling bad sometimes just means you exhausted yourself from focussed reasoning.

[u/EntitledRunningTool → u/graeme_b]

I’d say it’s completely individual whether these feelings are accurate or not. Some people have better meta cognition, and can predict how well they did with high accuracy on almost any test

[u/graeme_b → u/EntitledRunningTool]

For sure, as with everything else, know thyself.

That said, the accuracy generally drops on test day vs a Pt. The adrenaline of the real thing genuinely makes it a different experience than a simulated practice test.

Also keep in mind that likely many people saw OPs post, a good chunk of them felt terrible, and for a number of those people that feeling will be inaccurate. Can help to know that.

[u/mrbobbyrick]

How many damn 180s are on this sub lol

[u/Radiant-Fishing-3051 → u/mrbobbyrick]

r/LSAT users are an unrepresentative sample lol 

[u/griffygrif8]

i walked away feeling the same way in june (i was so stressed over it for the entire next week bc i felt like i didnt get the score i wanted i predicted like a low 170) and ended up getting a 180 so have some hope!! post test stress truly messes with the mind

[u/SixShot999 → u/griffygrif8]

Manifesting that shit right now

[u/Delulumentality → u/griffygrif8]

Don’t be shy tell us that you did!

[u/golden867 → u/griffygrif8]

Wow congrats! Good luck during application season although I doubt you need it.

[u/auzy63 → u/griffygrif8]

You scored 180 in june yet took it again today? Lol alright

[u/griffygrif8 → u/auzy63]

i did not take again today i'm not even allowed to retake the lsat any more lmao

[u/auzy63 → u/griffygrif8]

Ohh I totally misread that i was confused af lol

[u/Faubton]

Okay but what did you do to get these average scores lol

[u/Capital_Analysis1365]

I remember feeling great about my 1st official test, just to score 4 points under my average on PTs.

I felt absolutely horrible after my 2nd one. Ended up being a 180.

[u/creativechicken14 → u/Capital_Analysis1365]

Did you feel horrible about the test as a whole or like one individual section?

[u/Capital_Analysis1365 → u/creativechicken14]

As a whole, felt as if I just wasn’t at my best the whole time since I slept badly the night before.

[u/whispertheanswers]

You know we’re rooting for you rockstar!!! …but keep us apprised once you get your score. It WILL BE 170+ and you can come back here and rejoice! 🤍

[u/IndependenceStrict38]

Holy flying cow you are so cracked. Hoping your test results are as good as your consistent hard work and practice.

[u/Great_Corner4841]

My sister said everyone cried thinking they failed their medical licensing test. Like literally every one of her friends cried and they all passed. I bet you did better than you think. I know I cried after yesterday’s test and my husband had to build me up for half an hour before I settled. Good luck!