Hey 7Sagers,
Here's the official November 2018 LSAT Discussion Thread.
**Please keep all discussions of the November 2018 LSAT here!**(/red)
Rules:
✅ You can identify experimental sections.
You can say things such as the following:
“I had two LGs! Was the LG with "flowers" real or experimental?” “I had two RCs! Was the section that starts with the honeybee passage real?”“I had three LRs! Does anyone know if the first LR section with the goose question is real?” ❌ You can't discuss specific questions.☠️
You CANNOT say things such as the following:
“Hey, the 3rd LG was sequencing and the last one was In/Out, right?” (Don't mention the game type)“The last question in the first LR section was a lawgic heavy MBT! Was the answer (B)?” (Don't mention the question type or ask what the answer was)“What was the answer for the last question of RC? I think it was an inference question? Was the answer (C)?” (Don't mention the question type or ask what the answer was)Have fun discussing!
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Good luck everyone! Try to get some sleep.
Know that tomorrow, some of you will be ecstatic, others will feel defeated, and others in between. Be kind to yourself and to others. Take time away from the board if you need to. Know that if you’re disappointed, you’re not alone. It’s happened to so many people. Sometimes it’s just the luck of the draw. Take a deep breath, some time for yourself, and then we’ll help you get back to the drawing board if you need to.
Sending all my good vibes to you guys. (3(/p)
What day is today? Today is 12 days until our score comes out. Tomorrow is not Tuesday. Tomorrow is 11 days until our score comes out
September- 155
November- 168
Phew. Now about those applications...
Things that I’m proud of:
After I bombed the first section (the experimental LG), I picked myself up and marched through the RC (as opposed to feeling sorry for myself and being emotionally destroyed...been there too).
When the proctor was playing music loudly on his headphones (seriously, who are these people?), I calmly called him, asked him to turn it off, and went back my section. I wasn’t affected by this really at all.
When construction was insane out the window (I took it in Long Island City in Queens, construction everywhere), i rolled with it.
I just powered through the last two sections. I don’t know where the energy came from. In the last section, the real LG, I got screwed up on the second game, skipped it in the middle, then skipped the 3rd (Mining), knocked out the last one in like 5 Minutes (that one was so easy for some reason), then went back and did the other two (mining last). I’m so grateful for 7Sage’s webinar on skipping strategies. It saved me in this test.
No matter my score, I’m happy with my performance. I showed heart out there, to be honest. And if I have to take in January (I really don’t want to), that’s fine too.
It's Monday morning post-LSAT and I am lost with what to do with my time since I am not studying. Anyone feeling the same weird way? Lol
So I showed up to my testing center yesterday at around 8 am, at the local university and (for whatever reason in my head) I assumed the test will be held at the law college on campus. I happened to have to be dropped off also, but I didn't think that would be an issue, I just told my ride I'd meet him at 1:30 after it's done etc.
Anyway, I go into the law school and notice there is no one around at all, and certainly not anyone with plastic bags. It occurs to me that the test is not going to be there. I manage to find a girl and show her my ticket and she tells me that the location is actually across campus at the most opposite spot that it could be. She said "don't worry it'll only take you about 20 minutes if you run".
Now, of course, we don't have our cell phones on us because of the test, so I can't call my ride and i can't check the time, but I'm guessing that it is about 8:15 at this point. So I just begin running as fast as my out-of-shape legs can carry me. It is mostly uphill and the morning was about 42 degrees. But every time I wanted to stop I just kept asking myself "DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DO ALL THIS AGAIN IN JANUARY?" So I kept going. I finally found the general area around where I thought it might be, and had to rudely interrupt a group of students who were having a conversation to ask them if they knew where the hall was. Luckily I was close so I finished my mad dash and got in line to enter the room. I was the last one let in and they shut the door.
All I can say to my dumb*ss self is I have spent the last 6 months learning not to assume anything until proof is provided, so why in the Sam Hell did I make that huge assumption??? Don't be like me kids.
Best nap I've ever had is post LSAT! I dreamed about car theft and monkeys eating leaves for medicinal purposes. ?
The Indus Valley one is the graded one. I had it, but I had three LR sections
July-144
September-147
November-153
I’ll take it
Well shit, it's been a journey y'all. This was my 5th and final LSAT. I had LR LG LR RC LR, and liked that rhythm a lot. Despite that mining game curveball, I think this LSAT was way easier than some of the other ones I've taken. I couldn't help but smile when the first LR section question was about bonobos, @rchandra6098 was right! Perhaps that put me at ease. Congrats to all those who ascended to sage mode today. I know I didn't lol, but I can tell you that's an accomplishment, especially if it's your first take. Good luck everyone, hope y'all get the score of your dreams! Relax and enjoy the holidays.
Is it just me or was LR hard?
So is it agreed that the LR with 26 questions was experimental?
I actually thought the whole test was hard. Feeling very depressed. :(
Did anyone else find the second LR hard? It felt way harder than the first one. I was hoping the experimental LR was real.. smh.
For those of you stressing about your score keep in mind it's all about perspective. Next year will bring multiple opportunities to improve. I've already come to terms with the idea of delaying a cycle. (obviously I don't want to) but because I've accepted the possibility I'm very at ease.
Benefits of delaying include: improving score, applying on the earliest possible date, saving money for seat deposit fees and trips to visit law schools, more time to do research on schools/scholarships, more time to work on softs/polish applications, less stressful application process. Oh and did I mention a chance to improve your score? haha sounds like a sweet deal to me.
I'm aware not everyone is able to delay. But if it's something you haven't considered because you don't want to wait or because your family is pressuring you to go straight through, it's worth considering!
Feel more and more hopeless every day thinking of those logical reasoning sections, anyone feel the same way? :( Were they especially hard or was it just me...?
The first LG nearly killed my self-confidence! SO THANKFUL for the LG section with the mining game. @wrasschaert283 I also had to save that game for last but glad it worked out for us in the end :wink:
I hope that everyone who took the November 2018 LSAT will be blessed by the universe! We have all worked so hard and deserve to splurge in self-compassion this Thanksgiving week.
Wherever you are, Good Luck on your Journey to JD (3(/p)
With gratitude,
WC
I am also in the same situation and it really does suck. I was scoring 10 points higher on practice tests and bombed the LSAT again. I’m 31 years old, a mother, and a full-time employee & I wasn’t sure I wanted to test again. I thought about giving up and just getting certified (currently a paralegal). But it isn’t what I want to do with my life. After much thought, I realized that I can’t give up. I’m going to age regardless, might as well keep trying! My daughter knows how hard I’ve been working for this, and if I give up, I feel I won’t set the right example for her. You can do this! We’ve come too far to just quit!
I woke up in a sweat this morning because I dreamt I got 52 on the LSAT. Not even the 52th percentile, but 52. Is that even possible??? HOLY MOLY that was scary
Need hope and a miracle. Took the LSAT for the third time. I did lot of prep and I am actually good at logic games and logical reasoning sections at least while taking Prep Tests at home but during the real thing... ohh boy, it's like I forget what I know.
Anyways, I took the November test and I tried and did my best and now I am just hoping for a miracle. I did not get to finish three out of the four graded sections and picked D in the remaining answer choices options. I do not want to take this test again. I am hoping I got 150 and I will be happy. I am that desperate...! Hope my 3.6 GPA will save my ass as well. I just can not go through this process again. It is so draining.
I am so scared that I did not score above 145 though :( Give me some hope
Upcoming January LSAT never looked so good. :/
Great. 4:30ET and I’m wide awake.
I got the exact same mark as September. Same percentile and everything. Crushed but at least it's in the 160s . I packed up all my LSAT materials after the Nov test so that's it, I'm done y'all. We'll see where it takes me, but it was a painful process. Best of luck to all of you out there. This will be my last time on 7Sage so thanks for being such a cool community.
Also scored my average!! Went from 154 to 168, thank you so much 7Sage!! Couldn't have done it without this awesome community :smiley:
Got my email (and it's also posted online in my account).
If it helps on knowing the curve....I got a 171 and looks like I answered 9 questions incorrectly.
Also: 7Sage gets so much credit for that score. JY, I will be happy to write you the best review you've ever seen. It required hard work of course, but 7Sage gave me the tools so that my work was effective.
It's within the range I really wanted and knew I was capable of, but still almost more than I'd dared to hope for.
@nco3521 said:
Any thoughts on RC? Everyone has been talking games and lr? I actually found rc challenging although nothing too hard.
I feel you. Some of the questions were tricky as hell.
The 2nd passage, about the movies and musical, was the hardest of the set. Like the second part of the passage took such a shitty turn, I was like goddamn man wtf.
Even the very first passage (the easiest of the bunch), I forget the topic (Indus?), had one tricky question at the end.
The double passage was pretty hard too. That crap about blame and free will. Ughhh.
The last passage, the universe and multiverse, was not easy either. The passage was decent, but questions were tricky and of course time is always an issue with the last passage.
@nco3521 said:
Any thoughts on RC? Everyone has been talking games and lr? I actually found rc challenging although nothing too hard.
I hated that movie passage. Tons of referential phrasing and just he entire concept drove me up the wall. I wanted to scream at the LSAC writers “ITS A MOVIE! JUST WATCH THE MOVIE AND STOP OVER ANALYZING EVERYTHING YOU NEUROTIC BUNCH OF WOODY ALLENS lol” The Indus passage was pretty ok.