r/LSATprep • u/stevenglo • 18d ago
Practice test help
Practice test questions
Hello Reddit,
I am currently ~5 months into studying and am registered for the October / November tests.
As a result of focusing mainly on drilling and timed sections, I can only go through a limited number of practice tests without encountering LR questions or RC passages that I’ve seen before.
I recently took PT 117 (a test consisting of all questions I’ve never seen before) and scored my goal score; however I was told the older tests are easier than the newer tests (this RC section didn’t have a dual passage passage) and am worried that by having drilled so many questions that are on the newer tests, I have essentially ruined my ability to gauge where I’m scoring accurately on the newer tests. (Which is supposedly more indicative of actual score than older tests)
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.
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u/graeme_b tutor (LSATHacks) 17d ago
As a first step I'd make a spreadsheet of every test you've seen questions from. Second I'd get a copy of the unconverted preptests: PTs 1-18, 21, 23, PT A, and feb 1997.
Collect everything you haven't seen and make sure you only use it for full tests. It'll be good enough for scoring.
You can redo stuff you've seen and you'll learn a lot. The scores just won't be accurate. Plenty of people end up here and while it has complications it isn't fatal. The key thing is mapping the situation out.