<p>I just sat down and took the LSAT in full for the first time. I had only practiced on logic games before this (minimal practice) and I scored a 157. I am using PowerScore Bibles, a PowerScore course, and a self-study program to help improve this score.</p>
<p>I know some can get a significant jump from their first LSAT and others may stay relatively similar. I took the SAT 3 times and got the exact same score all 3 times.</p>
<p>If anyone wants to share how big of a net gain (or loss) they made on the LSAT from their first test to their last. Thanks</p>
<p>My case is fairly unusual, but I had a 19 point jump from a 161 (first every diagnostic test) to a 180 on the actual September 2007 exam. But I'm just one data point. I've known plenty of people who scored 6-10 points below their usual practice scores on the actual thing.</p>
<p>I started in the low/mid 160s and went up 4 points on the actual exam. My scores on practice test were mostly in the low 170s. I think it's safe to assume that after studying, you'll do 3-5 points worse than your average practice tests. Some people do better on the real thing than on the practice tests, but anecdotally it seems rare.</p>
<p>My son scored right in the middle of his practice exam scores when he took the real thing - about 5 points lower than his highest practice score but about 5 points higher than his lowest practice score. For him, the difficulty was not the exam itself but time management when taking the real test. He ran out of time on one of the sections. If he had completed the section, he may very well have hit or bettered his highest practice exam score.</p>
<p>first test without ever looking at the lsat i got 157. real test score was 171. highest i've ever scored on a practice test was 177. i would say 171-172 was my average though on practice tests, so i scored right at my average.</p>
<p>I went from 162 on my diagnostic to 175 on the real thing (with 3 wrong on reading comp...der). I averaged 176 on almost 30 practice tests and got a few 180s.</p>