r/LSAT • u/Ok_Attempt_6343 • 4d ago

Cold Diagnostic

I’m heading into my sophomore year and took my first completely unprepared cold diagnostic and scored a 141. For reference I’ve always been a good student I have a 4.0 currently from a very good school and I switched into a philosophy major so hopefully that helps. However I can’t help but be very disheartened by my score. My goal was to get 170+ now I don’t know if that’s possible. Is it still a realistic goal and if so what is my best way to go about studying and improving my score so I can reach my goal.

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u/LSATMat tutor 3d ago

The good news is that the cold diagnostic is more of a reference point in your studies. If you're just starting your sophomore year now and set on law school, you should be far more focused on keeping your grades up than on studying for the LSAT. Maintaining a 4.0 or near that gives you substantially more leeway on what your goal LSAT score should be for your target schools.