Long story short--took the LSAT in Nov. 2019 and had a disastrous experience. I had been studying for about 8 months, and PT-ing in the 165+ area.

Had a 4 hour delay and then was given a faulty tablet. I was allowed to take the Dec. 2019 retake offered, but I was really thrown by the whole experience and I think it really affected by mindset. I got a 160, and my applications were late--I sent them in late Jan. Got a good chunk of acceptances and waitlists but didn't feel like I had realized my potential. Decided to retake/reapply in June, but had a death in the family and didn't get to start studying again until beginning of July.

My achilles heel has been LG, always. I usually hit -4/5 on LR sections and -3 on RC but LG is anywhere from -8/-10. It comes down to timing--I've probably spent dozens and dozens of hours drilling games and I've gotten better but I honestly have terrible spatial visualization skills. Given unlimited time I can get -0 on the games but timing kills me.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed trying to determine the best path to get ready to retake in August. My work hours were recently cut, so I'm able to study 4-5 hours a day and more on the weekends. Taking in Oct isn't an option, so I'd appreciate how best to optimize my studying from now until Aug. 29---particularly re: LG.

Thank you!!!

I'm curious if folks have thoughts on how many overconfidence errors is too many on a PT? Is 0 a realistic goal? Should I be ok with having a small amount on any given test? At what point should I be worried about making too many overconfidence errors?

Hey everyone, I’m unsure as to whether I should write an addendum for withdrawing from a course while in undergrad after the add/drop period resulting in a “W” on my transcript.

The reasoning is because I was enrolled in a Politics of China class and realized that if I completed the course at my home university then I would not be able to transfer over/ take the associated course on my study abroad trip (in China!!!) in the subsequent semester.

When I withdrew my advisor mentioned that it would be a small black mark on my transcript so I have been somewhat worried about it ever since. I ended up still being a full time student that semester but I’m a little concerned that ad coms would think that I couldn’t handle the course work during a particular semester since I had dropped from ~18 to ~15 even though there are multiple other semesters during which I was enrolled in more than 18 hours.

I'm at a cross-roads deciding whether I should sing up for the August flex (deadline is today).

Reason being, it's 3 sections, so it's going to be shorter, and it will be at the convenience of my home. There is also score preview.

The drawback is I only have 45 days to study - my work contract just ended so I can spend all day every day.

On the flipside, there is more time to study for the October exam. It may also be FLEX depending on how COVID progresses. Does the score-preview apply for all exams from now on?

What do you guys think? Anyone having similar thoughts?

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I just finished the CC a week ago and registered for the August LSAT. I have taken timed (and untimed for LG) sections for PT 36 and 37 and averaging about 168. Since I have only one month or so left for the August LSAT, I can't take all PTs listed. Which PTs should I choose to get better prepared? I aimed at 170+ for the August LSAT but I can't finised the LG under timed condition right now. Any other general recommendations would be also helpful!

Is it weird that I can easily breeze through more recent LSATs but for some reason I can't even draw a game board from pre LSAT 38 games. LR sections are togher for me too. Should

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I am wondering how much others have improved in a month? I am set for the August Flex but am not where I want to be yet although I have been studying since March. Should I start doing bootcamp style? Please lmk!

Announcement from LSAC:

More information about LSAT-Flex

Would someone thinking about October want to trade messages on here on Post-CC work and PTs? I'd really appreciate it.

I'm thinking of signing up for the August LSAT Flex, and I see on the website that the last day to switch an exam date (If I still don't feel ready) is August 22. Is there a fee for switching?

The LSAC website said this in the beginning: "All August LSAT registrants will be automatically registered to take the LSAT-Flex during the week of August 29 unless they choose to opt out and receive a coupon to use for any future LSAT until April 2021. " If I switch from August to October (for example) around the Aug 22 deadline, would I get that coupon? Or is that just for people who had registered for the August exam before LSAC announced anything about it?

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From the Blind Reviewing I've done so far, the only thing that I've left out in the step by step process that J.Y has in the syllabus is actually flagging the questions while taking the timed exams. I've felt sort of reluctant towards flagging because I can imagine it taking me too much time to debate over how confident I am about each answer choice for a question during a PT. I now feel like I'm missing out on this crucial step in the process of how to Blind Review efficiently, but I also still think it may cause me to over-analyze every question during my PT's. I wouldn't want to spend an extra amount of time trying to figure out whether an answer choice is 100% correct on a question just so I can leave it uncircled... Isn't it a stretch to be going through this deep of an analysis for every question?

Maybe the analysis most people go through during their PT's is more flexible than I'm assuming, and there should actually be a lot of overconfidence/under-confidence errors to expect at first, due to not actually being 100% certain. Please let me know how you guys have benefited from this approach.

I would really appreciate any feedback on how some of the top scorers out there have gotten the most out of Blind Reviewing using this approach.

Does anyone know if LSAT flex will have a curve when scoring?

I still can't figure out how to use this site and I spend a lot of time just navigating the site which is a complete waste. Why can't I go back to the question to see the answers I chose if I'm watching explanation videos? And no, the links to the videos on how to use the site didn't help. Please advise

“Some anthropologists argue that the human species could not have survived prehistoric times if the species had not evolved the ability to cope with diverse natural environments. However, there is considerable evidence that Australopithecus afarensis, a prehistoric species related to early humans, also thrived in a diverse array of environments, but became extinct. Hence, the anthropologists’ claim is false.“

Could someone please show me verbatim how to diagram the entire passage Via formal logic and cross reference the mismatched terms that the author used in order to draw the false inference. According to the question it is a mistaken reversal and I am very comfortable diagraming up until the term “however”, after that I got so confused as to what the author was trying to translate.

Now if I’m not mistaken Jy mentioned that because the the author concluded that “the anthropologist Claims were false

ANTHRO CLAIM

“If survive ———-> Cope”

AUTHOR CONCLUSION

“Not survival ——-> Not Cope”

Are those the 2 conditional statements that conflict, that make this entire passage a mistaken reversal ?

Also please keep in mind I kind of dis regarded the premise right above the conclusion because the verbiage is confusing as it doesn’t appear to be a condition statement that I can diagram

#HelpPlease

What’s the distinct definition of and/or explanation of the assumption in a mistaken reversal. Mistaken Reversals are daunting at times when I’m under pressure, sometimes I pick up on them, sometimes I don’t 🤦🏾‍♀️ 🥴🥴😩😂 I’ve found at times that when comparing the variables A and B in the premises that the follow A and B Variables in the conclusion; I find they are never identical 😩 that’s why I sometimes mistake- mistaken reversal for mismatched concepts instead; because my variables never follow in order for me to confirm the “like terms” were flipped 🥴 also if that is not the case should I always follow the necessary variable in premises and make sure it isn’t flipped to the sufficient in the conclusion ?!? #Help lol am I overthinking it?!?

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Hey guys! I stumbled on a sample PT for LSAT India, which is separate test for Indian Law schools. The LR is the same so you guys can use it for drilling or timed sections. The RC and LG are slightly different. Its shorter and has 4 Ac's instead of the standard 5 but I'm sure extra prep material can never hurt!

https://www.discoverlaw.in/wm_prep_test_india_3.pdf

Is there a way for me to convert the practice tests on this site to Flex? For example, where I only take the 3 sections timed and then receive would be a Flex score? Or is my only option to take the full practice test and then convert the score?

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I have taken 2 preptest already and I am missing most of the "V.high" questions but get ALL "V.low" questions I get correct? Has anyone had trouble with this? Lower PT with higher BR

First, I just want to apologize for any grammar, spelling errors in advance. Just typing this post before I continue working on my thesis.

The purpose of this is to help students who have full-proofed LG and are continuously swinging between 0-2 in LG sections to finally get to the -0 level continously. Personally, I full-proofed 30-50 series. As I started moving between PT 50-62, my first try on each new logic game section was not -0. It took me a long time to reflect on this and I noted a few things that I wanted to share with the community. Hope this helps!

Obviously the pros of full-proofing is that it makes your knowledge of each game type sound and gives you the experience of dealing with a variety of games. However, the cons is that it leads you to this level of comfortability that can be problematic because sometimes being comfortable means that you are not being critical or conscious of your approach. To break out of this, I tried to be more critical in my BR by following these four criteria.

i. Rules: Did I represent the rule as visually as possible? If not, why? What language in my rules can trigger me to make me represent my rule more visually?

ii. Connecting Rules: Did I connect all my rules together? If so, why not? How are you going to avoid this mistake in a real time? Develop a system for this and put it into practice.

iii. Inferences: Did you make as many inferences upfront as possible? What inferences did I not make? How did the game rules/board hide them? What sort of inference was it - sequencing, not both rule, etc..

iiii. Try to do above three steps by yourself. Your last resort is JYs explanation.

Hold yourself to this! If your scoring between -0 to -2, then guess what: your LG knowledge is solid. You just got to push and trust yourself more. Eventually this will payoff in your first LG section takes in the future.

Substitution Rule: It is Not as Bad it Seems

Yup - its really not that bad. Something I try to do is that in a game in which sub question is mentioned, ask yourself how many different ways could you re-word any of the rules in that game. Then, try to re-word them and see if they still hold the game together. This is a grueling process, but after 3 games or so, I think this question type is something you can have down in your pocket.

Killer Abstract Games: Using the Pivot

The gruesome 4/5 star games that have only two rules (or a max of 3) which are so abstract. Now, many of these games have a pivot. For example, PT 38 game 3 or PT 60 game 3. The pivot is that a game element will be locked in one spot. Guess what, that's your leading rule. Let this rule dictate each question approach.

4) The Gazillion Rule Game (Really any game with 5+ rules): Connecting the Rules is the Key

Any time you get a game and you see that there are 5+ rules, it should always trigger to you that things are going to connect up nicely. However, the difficult part is to connect them up and when you do that the difficulty of the game is defeated. Notice, many a times these games have two broader game elements - for example, sequencing game with a grouping game, or an in/out sequencing game. Don't approach the questions until you really really really push hard to connect the rules in order to make all the inferences. Two prime examples of this are game 2 & 3 in PT 62, or I believe the in/out dinosaur game from the late 50s.

5) The MBT Question Inference - which one of the following MBT? .... How to use this?

I think of this question as if its a rule to the game that was unstated. For example, you are working on a sequencing game and the second question of the game is which one of the following MBT? Now, you try to answer this by trying to go through the inferences and game rules that you have but of no luck. Then you brute force yourself through the ACs and you find the right answer. Guess what - the right AC should be immediately either visually adopted to the game boards or written down beside the game rules. This question is like a small cookie crumb that the LSAT writers leave for us. After you complete a game like such, ask yourself how come I did not make this inference upfront. Figure out why and this to your repertoire.

Hope this advice helps.

Remember - the LSAT is marathon and not a race. Be happy when you get questions wrong and conscious of the factors of why you made those mistakes or were overconfidence in your process. Memorizing the habits and thoughts that lead you to your mistakes will eventually make you catching them in a live session, which will eventually get you to -0.

Hope this helps and DM if you have any questions.

Cheers!