@dusicadanica790 thank you!! Yeah, you're definitely right, it is a major improvement from my diagnostic score and I should be proud of that. Maybe I'll take it again in the fall and just focus on my weak areas and hopefully I won't be as stressed out.
@dusicadanica790 said:
You should be proud of your progress! Even if it isn't where you want to be, it is far better than where you were. Personally, I took the LSAT again in January and didn't get the score i wanted, but it was still 13 points higher than my diagnostic. Even though though I will likely apply to law school again after studying for the LSAT and improving my score, it's all about perspective. You've come along way and you got this.
Well I got my score back today and for the first time taking the official LSAT I received a 155. While I’m disappointed a bit because I was scoring in the 156-160 range on my PTs, I’m still proud of how much I have progressed from my diagnostic, and maybe I’ll take the test again this Fall and focus on my weak areas.
@dignatius2002645 thank you so much for your very kind words, I'll try keeping my mind off it in the meantime and hopefully I did better than I'm thinking but if not, I'm just going to get right back up and try again and focus on weak areas.
@luigig280952 yes, it was my very first time taking the exam. I've been studying for 6 months and had been doing decently in the preptests but I honestly feel like I blacked out during the exam but I just don't think I did well. But you're right, and also I can always retake it and just focus on areas that I felt weak on but I won't stress about it too much now.
@madeleinershapiro324 Yeah, that's exactly how i was feeling. I was doing alright in my preptests (155-158) but the actual test felt significantly harder in my opinion and it's really discouraging because I have been studying for 6 months. But you're right, we should stay positive and even if we don't end up getting the score we want at least we took the exam and did our best.
Was wondering if someone could just reassure me that everything is going to be okay, because I really don’t know how I did. I thought RC was fairly easy for me but LR (the sections I was doing best on in preptests) was kind of harder. Has anyone thought they did bad but ended up being alright?
I disagree. You're basing your claim on the assumption that 'pretending' an answer choice is right and then revealing it to be wrong is completely economically motivated, but what if that process is to help others who might've chosen that incorrect answer to understand why their internal reasoning was incorrect for the specific answer choice. (A little weaking reasoning for you as well)
So when I’m having a tough time with a question and I’m on my phone, sometimes I’ll look up the question on Google, and see that 7sage has that particular video online (ex: “Section 1 Question 23”) but when I click on it from Safari, it opens up through the browser and I’d have to log in in order to view the video. If possible, and I think it would be a lot more convenient for people who have the app installed on their phones, to insert a button at the top of the browser that allows you to automatically open the app with the specific video instead of having to log in through the browser.
I know I'm not the person you're replying to, but just some advice I'd give is to definitely focus on blind reviewing and drilling weak areas that you can find under 'analytics' because that can help tremendously.
6/6! Took me forever though but for my first drill, I'm proud of it! Definitely need to keep working on my low-res summaries and practicing getting better at them.
So for these purpose questions, we aren't looking at simply what the author states in the paragraph, but instead looking more broadly as to why they included the entire paragraph? Am I understanding that correctly?
The way I approached why it wasn't A is because it's equating 'snacks' to 'popcorn sales' whereas in the stimulus (and answer choice E) it's stating the same wording in the premises and conclusion.
I think that's a good strategy and is something I am doing too. It's also very time consuming so I think it's smart to leave it till the end when you have extra time.
#feedback precisely. I think causation is an extremely important lesson to learn especially for LR, it would be great if we could get video lessons but also skill builder sections to identify correlation /= causation and practice identifying potential issues with the logic.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Or, that there are more firefighter stations placed in areas with larger fires which causes more firefighters to accumulate faster and in larger quantities to fires nearby.
@2dillanahmed15 said:
Score fluctuations are normal - remember that LSAC creates score bands (you'll always vary within ~3 points). For this specific PT, it's possible you had an off day, took a difficult PT that hit more of your weak areas, were out of practice, etc. But it's unlikely you've lost skills in the past month. Often with the LSAT, when you learn something new or improve, it can take a little while for your scores to catch up, so try not to put too much weight on one test result.
I'd recommend sticking with your study plan for January and continuing to take and review PTs (emphasis on review). Pay attention to the trends in your scores - if you're averaging 160+ by January, you'll be in a good spot to take the test then. It's still 1.5 months away, and you've made it to 158 already. Whether you push it to February depends on your application deadlines, but a lot of schools either don't accept February scores or have deadlines before then. Have you considered waiting till the next cycle?
Yeah those potential explanations could have been the reason why I didn't do as well this time around. I also think it could be because of time reasons, and feeling more pressure because I am currently reviewing my sections (without looking at the correct answer or my BR answer) and I am getting most of them right, so I think I need to work on timing a bit more to feel more comfortable. But thank you for the advice, I am definitely feeling more encouraged and motivated.
@natemanwell1617 said:
no. you already knew your initial answer was incorrect and most of the time's there's two clear potential answer choices.
Well, no, I did not review my answer choices at all when I reviewed after (this is after Blind Review). So when I reviewed my wrong answers, I was not looking at the answer that I submitted or my BR answer, I am simply trying the questions again and seeing if I felt more pressure due to time constraints, and I am getting them consistently right this time around.
Hi everyone! So I posted a few days ago disappointed with my low LSAT score of 151 after scoring in the 155-158 range previously, but I just reviewed the test (which, by the way, was harder than the previous tests I had completed) and I reviewed the first LR section, only the ones I got wrong, without looking at the correct answers and I ended up getting them all right after my review. Does this mean I have to work more on timing, and if so, how do I go about doing that effectively? I’m taking the January LSAT so any advice would be appreciated.
So I’ve been using 7sage for a few months now, since August. While using it, I was scoring 153-158 in between those scores, and my blind review has been on the higher end in the 156-158 range. I decided to try the LR Loophole just to give myself a new perspective and i was only studying that this month and I thought it would’ve helped, but I just took a practice test and score a 151. I feel extremely discouraged, and that I wasted my time but I also think it could be that it was a lot of material that I covered this entire month and I neglected reading comprehension. I was planning on taking the January test with a goal of 160+ but now I’m not so sure. Does anyone know how to deal with this and what to do to improve? Also, should I still take the January exam with my goal score or push it to February but I think it’ll be too late for applications? I think I’m just going to switch back to 7sage because I was doing better.
I think what's really important is just practicing. That way, you can get more comfortable with the text/question types and that would lead you to getting better at reading at a faster rate. Also, just practicing the low-res strategy over and over would lead to being faster at it over time the more you practice.
The difference between B and D is that D states that a reasonable person would have expected the policy to cover the damage, but in the original Principle, it states that the reasonable expectations of the policyholder concerning the policy's coverage takes legal precedence. The policyholder in the Application is Celia, so the answer choice must be directly concerned with what she, as the policyholder, expected (given that the expectation is reasonable), and not just any reasonable person in general.
I think it's important to remember that we are still in the learning phase of these kinds of arguments, and it is okay to get questions wrong as long as you're learning why and how to not make the same mistake next time. But even if you do, learn from it and continue practicing. Also, these instructors have had waaay more time with the LSAT and the various functions than we have, so be patient! You can get there, it just takes time.
#feedback
I wish there were more causal You Try for this type of strengthen question!
@dusicadanica790 said:
how did you break into the 150s? My highest test score was a 148 and for some reason I just cant even get a 150 on the dot.
I'd say if you're stuck in the 140s, really focus on the fundamentals. REALLY get a good grasp on conditional reasoning, and in the beginning, focus on the 'easier' question types like main conclusion just to help yourself do better on those sections before going further into the different question types.