So, I write an exam on Monday for a job opening for which I'm applying. I wrote a practice test this afternoon to get a feel for the test; apparently, I overthought the following question that appeared on the test.

Twenty percent of your work now involves clerical duties, whereas these duties took 30 % of your time two years ago. However, the 20 % of your time spent on writing the quarterly report two years ago has now increased to 25 %. You also note that 25 % of your time is spent classifying files, as it was two years ago.

What conclusion(s) can be justified based on these findings?

Can anybody guess which answer I "incorrectly" chose and why I chose it?

*(The full test is available to the public on the Government of Canada website.)

Hello everyone!

So I posted previously about how I felt like my law school dreams were being crushed by taking 2 lsats already and not doing great.

I'm happy to say though that I'm not going to give up and I'm going to try again. I just need some advice regarding how to go about it the right way this time. It's unfortunate, but I've already burned through pretty much every preptest. I don't have any new questions that I haven't seen before. However, I don't remember really any of the reading comp passages answers so hopefully they will be "new" enough for me to practice with again. It's just logical reasoning where I feel like I remember a lot of the answers. I plan on foolproofon games again though. So, I need some advice on how to go about logical reasoning when I've pretty much seen every question.

If anyone has taken the lsat twice already and is in the same boat as me, I would love to hear about how you are going about your situation. I still do feel discouraged at times, but I am motivated to do better.

Ignore it lol Oops!

Since I started this course I've been experiencing constant video problems. The videos often don't load completely, they lag, or don't load at all. I'm using Chrome and clearing the cache either helps for a few minutes or not at all. I know the issue is with the 7sage video player, and not my connection, because I don't have problems downloading anything else, including long youtube videos or large downloads. Constantly having to refresh and to wait for videos to load properly is wasting significant amount of my time that I need for actual studying and my busy schedule. I'm very frustrated. I love the content of the course but this is really negatively affecting my experience with it.

Is he in a ride? A train?

I'm curious!

Is the truth out there?

I received a full scholarship to start fall 2018. How do i ask the school to let me start fall 2019?

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I've only been PT-ing on the 40-60 PT's, are there any huge differences between these preptests and the 80 series?

From my understanding, watches like the 180 LSAT watch which reset to 0 with the press of a button are banned. I currently have the Perfect Score Watch: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Score-Watch-Version-LSAT/dp/B073Z8GG32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529022556&sr=8-1&keywords=lsat+watch

It's nice, but a little frustrating because while you can easily reset the "minute hand" to the 0 minutes mark by pulling the crown out and turning it, there's no way to reset the "second hand" to 0 besides pushing in the crown and waiting for it to line up with the 0 mark. This is an issue because you have less than a minute between sections.

I remember reading a strategy by J.Y. that involved having 3 watches on your desk. Each one's set to 0 minutes and 0 seconds before the test, and as each section's starting, all you have to do is press the crown in on one of the watches - this method eliminates the need for reseting your watch in the short ~30 seconds of time that you have in between sections. For sections 4 and 5, you have the ~15 minute break to reset your watches completely to 0 minutes and 0 seconds.

This comes down to your watch hitting 0 within less than a minute of when 35 minutes is actually over, but it's just one of those small things that bug me and these watches cost $20 a piece which isn't too much of an extra cost. Also, I always get worried about when I'm reviewing answers and the last couple minutes, I might get caught in the middle of changing an answer as the test proctor calls that time is up. Obviously these are pretty minor things, but if I can completely reduce these concerns just by spending and extra $40 bucks and dealing with funny looks at the test center, I think it's worth it. Plus, It'd definitely give me a peace of mind knowing that I can look at my watch and know how much time I have left, down to the second.

I've actually done some browsing on the internet and came across some reddit threads about having multiple watches for the LSAT, but most of the replies were calling the OP too lazy to pull the crown out and reset it to 0. I was honestly shocked that none of the posters that I saw even mentioned the issue of the resetting the "second hand" to 0 seconds.

I took a look at LSAC's policies and here is the one regarding what you can have on your desk:

Test takers may have ONLY the following items on the desktop:

tissues

valid ID

LSAT Admission Ticket (until it is collected)

No. 2 or HB pencils

an eraser

a pencil sharpener

a highlighter

analog (nondigital) wristwatch

As you can see, it doesn't really say whether you can have multiple watches, and I could see the policy being interpreted both ways.

One reddit poster did bring up a good point though - having multiple watches will definitely look unusual and may attract attention from others, especially the test proctors. While I honestly don't care about other test takers thinking I'm a nerd, I can see how drawing extra attention from the test proctors could be annoying.

So, does anyone here have insight on this topic?

How was it? Could you give us some review? Is it quiet?

So I was getting 166-169 on older preptests (50 and older), and I just took Preptest 75 and I got only a 162. I feel so defeated, sine the newer Preptests I'm assuming will be much closer to what the current LSAT is like. Particularly RC seemed much harder, and LR seemed a bit tougher too. Does anyone agree/disagree? What are the biggest differences? I'm worried because I'm just starting o move into the more "modern" tests and I plan on testing in July.

Who are you supporting during the World Cup? Are you worried it will disrupt your focus?

I’m Croatian and hoping for a good showing from our national team in what is likely our golden generation’s last WC together, but I’m not too optimistic as we always find a way to bottle it.

Should Croatia be eliminated, I’ll be cheering on the teams of whatever Chelsea players remain in the tournament. Belgium definitely have a fair shout, and I fancy England to go far under Southgate.

Hey guys,

RC is a section I consistently have trouble with. A lot people say it’s the most difficult section to improve in although there is debate on that. I really need to see more progress myself and was thinking it would be AMAZING to hear from some of you ppl about an initial difficulty in this section followed by a very significant improvement and what made the difference. Also for the sake of others here with my same difficulty of course! Only a bit more than a week for me before the big test and it would be a dream come true to even have a mini breakthrough.

I'm not able to download a copy of the Prep Tests. Any suggestions?

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Are there explanations for each LR AND RC for PTS 1 - current ?. IF not what options are available.

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... and I am so freaking motivated. If I didnt love lawyering before I sure do now. So inspirational; so mesmerizing... I may have gotten a little emotional but lets just blame it on the preggo hormones. Has anyone else watched it yet? Am I the only one having a serious Come-To-Jesus moment?

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Do you guys think that if I start taking the course in September while attending university will work? Meaning that I will study the LSAT for the June test starting September will also studying at university... Do you think that will work or no?

Hi,

I have taken number of PTs before. I scorerd 139 on my diagnostic and then spent couple of weeks self-studying and managed to average 149 in the two PTs that I took afterwards. Now, I started my membership with 7Sage (LSAT stater) few days ago and so far it has been good. However, I noticed that I won't be able to finish all of my study schedule (core curriculum, etc) until at least a month from now. So, I was wondering about whether I should wait until then to start taking PTs again or should I just take some while studying the core curriculum?

P.S: I am planing to take the LSAT in September.

Your responses will be much appreciate it.

When you guys practice doing full length PT's under test taking conditions, for RC, do you guys keep track of how long it takes you read each passage and do the qusetions?

I know the aim is for 330 for reading passages and about 5 minutes for the questions per passage.

Also, do you guys keep track of how long it takes you to do each LG?

If so, how do you do that? Do you use like a stop watch with a lap function?

OR do you just ignore keeping track of how long it takes to do each individual part and just focus on the general 35 minute time limit? Thanks!

The trend on law school forums is that T14 into Big Law ought to be the goal for anyone who is pursuing a legal career. It is a fact that Big Law produces (generally) the least happy lawyers even when adjusting for income disparity, nonetheless Big Law seems to be the goal for an overwhelming majority of posters. Especially within top schools, there is a strong motivation to acquire a Big Law position.

For those of you who are convinced that Big Law is the career path for you, why?

If money was the same between Big Law and other paths, would you still choose Big Law?

Every single Game within every single Prep Test from the "Logic Games" section within the Android OS mobile application displays the words, "Sorry, this video cannot be played" when any Game link is selected. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the application multiple times with the same results. Please help me fix this problem. I'm at my wits end and have run out of options. Please help.

Congrats to everyone who took the June test today! I don't know about you guys, but 35min was a LOT shorter for me today than any other days I studied on my own hahaha. How are you guys celebrating? I f---ed up some RC and LR stuff but oh well, no place to go but up!

I just finished BR for my 1st PT Post-CC, scores below (planning on taking the September 2018 test):

Raw Score: 160, BR: 178

LG: -9, -0

LR: -10, -3

RC: -5, -0

LR: -5, -1

Tl;DR - Need advice on where to go from here, see poll below.

I was really excited about the 160, because with this being my first timed pt (and having not done ANYTHING timed during the CC, which, I know, bad idea) I was totally unprepared for how much I'd be worried about timing and freaked the f*** out during the beginning of the test. I literally got so flustered with my first section (LG - which I was most confident with heading in) that I couldn't understand the 1st two games, totally skipped them, and bubbled c for 10 straight ac's since I didn't have time to come back to them at the end of the section. Heading into section 2 (LR), I was still freaked out about timing, was finding my mind wandering, and was distracted by hip pain (pregnant, sitting in not-so-supportive desk chair) that I skipped/bubbled in c for quite a few questions that I didn't have time to come back to yet again. This is all quite accurately refkected in my scores for those sections as well. I got a little bit more familiar and comfortable with timing on my last 2 sections and ended up only not getting to ~2 questions/section.

Anyway, what I also wasn't prepared for was my 178 BR score (super stoked, don't get me wrong, but unsure as to how to proceed). Like I previously mentioned, I was fairly confident on LG going in, so I knew I could get -0 on BR especially after I realized the games weren't as bad as I first thought. I didn't expect -0 for RC but I figured LR would be my worst section, as it was. My original plan was to foolproof LG until I hit -0 on BR at least and work LR and RC via timed sections as needed before taking more pts. Now, I'm not so sure? Should I still try to foolproof LG before moving on? I haven't done any fool proofing nor any timed games, although I only got -1/-0 on games during the cc and only one -2 when I was burnt out. Or, do I take more pts to see more accurately where I stand/where my weak spots are/to work on timing?Because I know this is only my first pt and isnt necessarily indicative of what I'll actually be averaging for BR or otherwise. Or, should I begin drilling LR since it's my worst section (all 4 LR questions that I missed were of different types, 3 with 4 or 5 star difficulty). OR (probably what I'm leaning more towards) do individual timed sections of LG LR and RC to get used to timing and review and go from there? Sorry this is so long and thanks ahead of time for any and all input!

Logic is a language. In order to understand the ideas on the LSAT I find it almost unavoidable to study the theory behind it. Those who have taken theoretical logic classes previous to the LSAT have performed extremely well compared with those who have been only recently introduced to the world of logic. I have gathered this information from those around me (myself included) who have scored well into the high 160s and 170s. I propose that those struggling with understanding the language and ideas behind the LSAT read the following books:

Introduction to Logic - P. Suppes (1957)

Logic Made East- Deborah Bennett

The Art of Thinking in Systems- Steven Schuster

Introduction to Traditional Logic - Scott M Sullivan

If anyone else with a good score on the LSAT can provide people with other good books that can help us understand Logic, it would be extremely helpful. There is also a wonderful reddit post describing this process from a user who earned a 180: https://www.reddit.com/r/LSAT/comments/8dpw3p/how_i_got_my_180_tips_for_the_lsat/

How bad is it to have two canceled LSAT takes in a row? I've got one for Sept 2017 and as I prepare for my next take in July 2018, I can't help but think that may be a possibility (no matter how prepared I may think I am). For the sake of avoiding that mid-test fear and speculation, what should I do?