Hey guys! Here's the official Feb. LSAT Discussion Thread. Please keep all discussions of the Feb. 2016 LSAT here.
Here's some ground rules, taken from my usual sticky:
We know that everyone will be excited to discuss what was on the Feb '16 LSAT, but mentioning specifics about the test (e.g., "I got B for question 6" or "the 3rd LG was sequencing") can get both us and you in a lot of trouble with LSAC. Saying that the test was hard/easy without going into detail is okay, but anything more specific is not okay. LSAC monitors this forum.
If you're unsure what may be too specific, feel free to PM me with what you'd like to post.
One exception is you can say which section was the experimental. For example, the LG with "flowers" was experimental. That's okay.
TL;DR: PLEASE don't talk specifics about February's LSAT!
Have fun discussing!
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Please note that the information below will change to reflect the information we get! Contribute if you can without going into too much detail. If you think something is wrong or should be added, please post in the thread and let me know.
Real Sections:
LG:
- Pillows and Mirrors
- Madrid, Paris, and London / Cities
- Volunteers
- Photographs of Authors / Bookstore
RC:
- Shrubs & Bushes
- Urban Smart Growth / Suburban Sprawl
- Employees Rights / Workplace Ethics
- Female Sculptor
LR:
- Moths / Bats / Tweek Tweek Sound
- Physics / Psychology
- Intention Pollution
- Politican
- High Cholesterol
- Vital Interests
- Nests / Fleas
- Broca Area / Bilinguals
- Altruistic Behavior / Monkeys
- Redefining Church
- Bacteria Fungi
- Wolves and Wolf Subspecies
- Machine with blue/green light
- Outdoors vs. Treadmill
- Intentionally creating art
- Electronic toll systems
- Burglars with initials G and S
- Cellphone insurance deductible
- Laughter and social bonding
- Desires and beliefs
- Absinthe
- Neanderthals' food
- Expanding downtown
- Damming a river
- Gala / Music Awards
- Skin Disorder / Cancer
UNCONFIRMED:
If you can confirm that these are real / experimental, please do so by replying to this thread or PMing me.
None right now!
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That RC was just complete bullshit. I read that third passage and almost had no idea what the fuck I just read. How can you even prepare for that shit. I graduated top of my class in undergrad so I think I have a decent level of intelligence but that was just brutal. Compared to older LSATS.. Lol
I think RC was really hard :/
Neanderthals' food
Burglars with initials G and S
Laughter and social bonding
Machine with blue/green light
Damming a river
Intentionally creating art
Electronic toll systems
Cellphone insurance deductible
Desires and beliefs
Absinthe
Outdoors vs. treadmill
are all real. Only had 2 LRs.
LR: Monkeys and altruistic behavior come from the same question.
RC just wrecked my brain. I wasn't processing any of that.
RC was brutal -_-
I think the LR was a bit harder and the RC was hard but the easy LG made up for it..
This music awards question and the gala question are the same question.
I had The music awards question and the skin disorder/cancer question. Both are real.
@7sagestudentservices
For sure real:
- Laughter and social bonding
- Electronic toll systems
- Cellphone insurance deductible
- Desires and beliefs
- Absinthe
- Outdoors vs. treadmill
Wait I remember another question. It was a fill in the blank. It was about green and blue lights and all switches on a machine being turned on.
I remember now. It was 8 floors in a building. It seemed inherently impossible to finish bc there was like 20 worlds and every question was could be true? Is this experimental? If not, I fucked up Lg..
Admin note: Edited some details out.
My distribution of sections were LR, RC, LR, LG, LR. I suspect the first LR was experimental and am wondering if anyone else feels the same way. Granted, my conjecture for this is just that I almost ran out of time on the first LR, which I rarely do, but that could just as well be because I hadn't gotten into my rhythm on the first section.
For what it's worth, the bats LR was in my last section. My RC included the passages about the African American/Native American sculptor, employee protections, smart growth, and the shrubs. My LG included the London/Madrid/Paris game -- can't remember the last game.
Admin note: Edited some details out.
i was stuck on the question about wolves and wolf subspecies... can't wait to discuss it
Can't even remember what passages were in what section. Test flew by. That last question on LR was HARD, very good question can't wait to be allowed to talk about it.
exactly! I screwed up the entire section for that single game. it used to be my 100% part :(
@ultimate176178 That's ridiculous. Do you know if you are going to contact LSAC about this? I'm not sure if it is recommended to do so with an issue like this, but that's a huge deal. I'd be livid.
I had there LR sections (1,3,5) and was wondering if anybody who had that configuration knows which one was experimental (hoping it was the 5th). However, I'm also not sure if somebody with this same configuration of LR 1/3/5 could have had their first LR expiremental whereas my 3rd or 5th was experimental...
From what has been said here and in Reddit , the harder LG appears to be experimental, the one with the race horses.
I really thought the easy one was the experimental, It felt easy.
Or just 7sage made it feel that way.
I had 2 LG and I can remember barely anything about them except I did good on one and bad on the other. Do people agree that the experimental ones were hard? or are there any more hint words besides the ones that have been listed so far that can help me remember? Was there a real one with F, G, K?
@gianni104472 it was more difficult for me as well, I hope the scoring scale is more laxed
@as5324392 had only 1RC just everything was a blur Txs
ok am I the only one who thinks RC was alright but game was hard?
@leeban92182 I Agree this was harder than December one for sure.
I'm surprised people found this test easier than December. I took the December test as a prep test and felt better then I do now