<p>So I'm a freshman doing my undergrad right now. Just for kicks I took a practice LSAT that Kaplan was administering. Having seen maybe 4 LSAT questions I took the test and got a 147. This kind of surprised me because I got a 1310 on my SATs with just as little prep, I was expecting some kind of correlation; I was wrong heh. Funny this is, I took the test for fun and now it's worrying me.</p>
<p>So my question is, how much will my score increase in 2-3 years without any prep? If at all. I only ask this because I heard that with the SATs your score would increase by about 80 per year. For example, someone scoring a 1500 his/her freshman year could expect a 1660 if he or she were to take the SATs her junior year. Does this apply to the LSAT?</p>
<p>With extreme prep and possibly a course, money allowing, how much could one expect an increase?</p>
<p>Also, a big problem for me was finishing in time. I only get to about 75-80% of the questions. Is this common for most people?</p>
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<p>Not to excuse my poor score, but there were times during the test where I was just thinking "why am I taking this practice as a freshman? I wish I didn't decide to do this, this is just so tedious. I don't need this yet".</p>
<p>My first practice test score without ever having seen a prep test was 151. 3 months later I scored mid-high 160s on the real test, and that was below the 170s I was scoring on the practice tests.</p>
<p>You don’t need 2-3 years to prepare for the LSAT; you can do it in 6 months. Enjoy not looking at the test again until your Junior year.</p>
<p>You have taken a practice test with no prep in freshman year and got 147. It means nothing. When you are ready to actually take the test, after junior year and after prep, you are likely to do better and possbily significantly better. What you should not do is ever take the real test without prep or just for kicks. Why? Unlike the SAT, majority of law schools still do not take highest score for purposes of admission. Though many have gone to using highest score, majority, particularly your higher ranks, still consider all scores for admission including using low scores against you and a number of those still average your scores to get score they will consider. So when you actually decide to take the test remember that your objective is to take it once and score as high as you possibly can.</p>
<p>The SAT is knowledge-based, so it’s a reflection of what you learned in high school. The LSAT’s subject matter technically requires no prior knowledge, but understanding the test itself clearly does. You’ve never seen an LSAT before, so you had no idea what you were doing. Your diagnostic score says very little about your potential on the real LSAT with proper preparation. </p>
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<p>Your LSAT score probably won’t increase much without preparation. Without studying you’re not going to gain an improved understanding of a test that isn’t based on what you’ve learned in college.</p>
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<p>This varies on an individual basis. With enough preparation there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to get your score into the 160s and possibly the 170s. </p>
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<p>At first time is an issue for most people. If you study enough you should be able to finish each section comfortably on test day.</p>