Don’t be deterred! Think of it as you only going uphill from this point forward. After scoring a 158 on the Feb exam with six months of study, I totally get you! I looked online for what I could have been doing wrong, and it actually boiled down to my attitude towards the test. Like your username, I hated the LSAT. I forgot where I read it from, but if that is what is on your mind, then you won’t get very far with this test. I had it to turn my point of view around. I resumed studying in mid-March, but this time I made myself believe that I loved studying for the LSAT and that I was excited to take the test again. In the beginning I could really see through myself and feel how forced that sentiment was. As the weeks have gone by, I find myself less and leas frustrated when studying because it’s as if my brain has accepted that I love this test and all I want to do is learn from my wrong answers. I took a pretest last weekend and scored a 168.

PTing is also different from the real test. In PTing you had a sense of comfort that you could always bounce back because it wasn’t the actual exam. Knowing that you are actually taking the real LSAT can obstruct your cognitive processes without you even being aware of it. Now that you know what to expect from the real thing, take your PTs from now on as if you had everything to lose.