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"If males are assigned to Veblen South, then Wisteria North is assigned males."

Can I take the contrapositive of this as such: "If Wisteria North is not assigned males, then Veblen South is not assigned males." And then translate that, since the only two options are (1) male and (2) female, to: "If Wisteria North is female, then Veblen South is female." ?

I watched the solution video and this wasn't explicitly explained in these terms, so I wanted to make sure this is correct. I guess the way JY set up the video kind of implied this, but in any case. Thanks in advance!

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Tuesday, Aug 27 2019

Thanks @ and @ for the helpful responses! @ let’s swap at some point, I’ll pm you

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Tuesday, Aug 27 2019

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Resume: hours per week

Is it okay to have ranges for some activities/jobs and not for others? I know consistent formatting is important but some of my positions were more variable in terms of time commitment week to week.

For my current full time job (big law firm), should I just average out my hours? I’ve had as little as 35/week to 90+/week.

2a. Relatedly, I have 2 sub-entries for that job entry because I switched departments (litigation to an entirely different non-litigation group). Should I put a separate hours/week or just put one for that employer?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance! Also, if anyone wants to swap resumes, please reach out :-)

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Sunday, May 26 2019

Can I ask where exactly on campus you went to take test? I just registered for the July test and can't find any information about where to go. Thanks!

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Monday, Feb 25 2019

I hesitated between C and E because while careful analysis would reveal that the scientific discovery is itself a variation on a theme, I wasn't sure that it would necessarily reveal which themes it was a variation of. Also, I initially felt that E was incorrect because I thought something could represent something while not being that something. I got it right, but even after watching the video I have an inkling of uncertainty. Are there any finer distinctions that I'm missing?

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Wednesday, Apr 24 2019

This is a great feature. I noticed that when I highlight parts of the passage in RC sections, it creates a paragraph indent where I highlighted. Just FYI, thanks!

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Saturday, May 23 2020

I mistakenly assumed/read that if the lobsters don't live long enough to be harmed, that it meant they weren't contracting the disease. Given that, I thought (E) was irrelevant and chose (B) as the correct answer and figured that at least the proposal would have the benefit of prolonging their life span.

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Sunday, Apr 21 2019

I think I'd agree with the above comment about thorough BR. What I do every once in awhile is make a personalized problem set with questions I've missed, and do them untimed. Usually, I'll get a good amount of them right the second time because I've watched the solutions and I understand them now. However, there'll be some that I miss again. And again. So I'm going to do this until basically I'm down to none. And if it's any consolation, I still have questions that I've missed maybe 4 times and still, when I solve them, it feels like a guess. I try to write out my reasoning or "solving" process if it can be mapped out, and am trying to pinpoint exactly where the gap is between what I do and don't understand. I think the more difficult the question, the harder it is to pick out where exactly in the process you're going astray. It's very time-consuming, but I've found it to be worthwhile if you're aiming for a score where you can't afford for any misses you can prevent/learn. I hope this helps a bit!

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Wednesday, Aug 21 2019

Could I ask for a 167? Is the answer basically the same in terms of keeping or cancelling my score? I’m planning to wait a cycle and retake whenever I’m ready. I had been scoring 172+ about half the time leading up to the July test so I think it’s doable. I just don’t know if I should keep or cancel. Thanks in advance!

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Saturday, Apr 20 2019

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Looking for tutor (Chicago area)

Hi,

I’m seeking a tutor to help me prepare for the July exam. I’ve been studying on my own with 7Sage for awhile, but with the exam nearing I’m hoping that a tutor will (1) motivate me to commit more, regular time to studying until the big day and (2) help me understand some of the more difficult questions that are keeping me from getting the 170+ score that I’m aiming for consistently.

I think it’d be most helpful to have someone who scored in the mid-to-high 170s, since I’m occasionally scoring in that range. I’d prefer in person, if possible but would be happy to do this over phone/Skype also.

Please message me if you think you could help out! Thanks in advance.

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Saturday, Aug 17 2019

I had the same issue. This is probably not the quick-fix answer you were hoping for, but I think it's best to build your stamina organically: by continuing to take PTs and other methods of building your focus over longer periods of time. At least for me, I didn't want to rely on anything external to ensure I was in my best condition on test day. If it helps, it does get better over time! I also practiced taking tests/sections in a bunch of different environments so I could work on tuning out my surroundings. That really helped because on test day I felt very unconcerned with everything other than the test itself (e.g., going somewhere for the first time, not knowing what test format I would get because I took the July test, etc.).

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Sunday, Mar 17 2019

Thanks, @ and @ ! I've taken about 15 practice tests after subtracting the ones I took untimed just to get to know the questions better. I'm definitely open to making the July exam my first take, in which case September will probably be my retake if I need it. For now I'm just studying as if I'm 100% taking the March exam because it's unlikely that I'll be done in one take anyway. I'm also planning to take full practice tests more often (every 2-3 days, with reviewing/continuing with the CC and other materials in between) until the exam so that I can make a better informed decision about whether to take the March exam in two weeks or just wait until the July one. I was just unsure if there's some study strategy/method that I'm missing when it comes to closing gaps between older and newer tests and whether it simply indicates that I'm not as prepared as I should be yet.

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Wednesday, Jul 17 2019

I agree with the Economist. Another friend of mine recommended Oxford’s website of Very Short Introductions as a way of exposing yourself to other subject matters. This might help you navigate unfamiliar concepts

more easily by training your brain to understand things relationally/abstractly more quickly.

Sometimes I look at the bibliography page that tells you where the excerpts in the RC section are from — academic journals, etc. — so you could look at those or similar sources for additional reading material (with the attitude that they are RC passages, thinking about MP and stuff like that). You’d be surprised, there have been excerpts pulled from some books I’d read independently of LSAT studying and very much enjoyed. It’s not always difficult and dry! Hope that helps.

I'm currently scoring in the high 160s to mid 170s on the earlier PTs, but significantly lower (about 5 points) on the more recent PTs (60s and later). I don't have that many data points, but this is a trend I'm already starting to notice and since the recent exams are a better indicator of what the upcoming exams will be like, I'm inclined to put much more weight on the lower scores for an accurate gauge of where I am. I'm registered for the March exam, and I'm aiming for somewhere in the high 160s, and 170+ eventually (am tentatively planning to take a second time in July). I'd really like to close the gap and continue raising my score — has anybody had a similar discrepancy between the earlier and more recent practice tests, and how did you overcome it? Even within the two "categories" of practice tests, I'd like to close the gap so that I'm only fluctuating a few points rather than 5-6. Thanks in advance!

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Sunday, Aug 16 2020

Wow this one really got me with that one word. I didn't even see it until JY explicitly pointed it out toward the last 10 seconds of the explanation :0

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Friday, Aug 16 2019

@ and others, do you think that’s a possibility?

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Thursday, Aug 15 2019

@ you get that booklet for the whole exam, all sections.

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Thursday, Aug 15 2019

@-dawg I didn’t count but it was more than enough. Like I had at least 10+ single sides left at the end!

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Monday, Jul 15 2019

Thanks, @ !

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Monday, Jul 15 2019

@ Right? That's what I figured too, but thought better safe than sorry. Thanks for responding!

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Sunday, Jul 14 2019

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Cell phone

I'm taking the test tomorrow at a hotel about an hour away, and will need my phone for directions. The hotel front desk said they would be willing to hold my phone for me, but some other posts make it sound like I wouldn't even be able to get into the hotel with my phone? Could someone advise? Thanks!

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Wednesday, Aug 14 2019

@ Basically no time for my proctor. At 35 minutes, the device stops letting you take the section and the proctor basically said “time for the next section,” and the timer automatically starts.

One thing though is you have to press start to begin the section and I spent a few seconds to refresh my mind before starting but it seemed like the clock was already ticking from when the proctor said to start. Just FYI; just because you don’t hit start to have a short pause b/n sections doesn’t mean the section hasn’t started.

It was easier to be efficient (no bubbling) and review my answers than on a paper exam imo.

My graduating GPA is on the lower side, and I don't believe it's representative of my ability to succeed in law school but wanted to see how others read my explanation in terms of whether it would make for a productive addendum or not.

I started undergrad as a dual degree student pursuing piano performance and financial math, with music being my primary focus. I had a severe injury (from bad posture and over-practicing) which resulted in eight months off piano entirely. As someone who had envisioned a career as a performer since around 11, it had consequences on my mental health --- not to mention I had a lot more time on my hands to think about what it was that I really wanted to pursue. This was all in the first two years of undergrad and my GPA was low and unstable during this time.

My third year, I switched to Sociology and Philosophy, and it proved to be a fitting switch. I maintained a 4.0 while taking graduate-level courses, writing an honors thesis, and working 3 research jobs on top of a full course load (5-6 upper level courses). I feel that my physical injury and "wrong major" story go hand in hand because the injury gave me a chance to switch into something that I was better at. Does a GPA addendum seem appropriate given these circumstances? I'm very wary about my addendum coming across as an excuse or an attempt to justify my sub par grades. Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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Tuesday, Aug 13 2019

They give you a booklet to use as scratch paper during the test.

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Tuesday, Nov 12 2019

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Addendum header

Since people write different kinds of addenda, in the header should I specify mine is an undergrad performance addendum or simply keep the right header "Addendum [page #]" ? Thanks in advance.

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Tuesday, Aug 11 2020

#8: I didn't quite understand how to imagine a "glacier receding up a mountain valley." And I don't think re-reading it would've necessarily clarified that in my head.

I also picked (E) over (D) because the passage says that lichenometry is most accurate for 500 years or so, so I thought it'd be a better alternative (paired with the fact that I wasn't sure about what (D) meant).

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Sunday, Aug 11 2019

@ Thank you for the helpful response!

I took it in 2016 when I thought I'd be going to a different graduate program; and I took the LSAT earlier this year. I can't figure out whether submitting my GRE score is mandatory. Even if it's not, should I submit it if I did well?

This is for UChicago.

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Monday, Nov 11 2019

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ps swap asap

I have a rough draft of a PS and need some detailed feedback as I go into a second draft. If you're interested in swapping, ideally with a quick (24 hours or less) turnaround, please pm me !

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Sunday, Mar 10 2019

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Customized Practice Sets

On the LSAT Test Analytics page, is there a way to export/create a customized practice set? For example, I just wanted to have a set of LR questions that I've missed. I know you can do a similar thing by question/game type, so I was wondering if there was a way to do this too. Thanks!

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Monday, Feb 10 2020

Thank you @ !

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Monday, Feb 10 2020

@ thank you! To follow up, do I use the cumulative or degree GPA? They're slightly different.

Just wondering if anyone has taken the LSAT at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and how that experience was. I've read a lot of posts about different test settings and unexpected distractions, so I was hoping to get a sense of what testing at this location might be like. Thanks in advance!

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Saturday, Aug 10 2019

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Employer LOR - advice?

I'm soliciting advice regarding whether I should get a letter from my employer. In case it matters, I work at a big and well-known law firm and a managing partner would be writing me that letter.

I'm now about a year out of school, so will be two years out by the time I matriculate. However, I have 2 professors I'm very close with who have written many letters for me and know me very well (we text and catch up on the phone regularly and they know me both academically and personally) who are happy to write letters for me. Additionally, I have a third potential letter writer who heads a research center housed at Michigan's law and public policy schools; I recently had the chance to read the letter she wrote for my Master's application and it was strong, as well.

My question is whether, given that I have strong academic and kind-of professional letter writers, will it raise a red flag if I've been out of school 2 years by the time I start law school and don't have any employer letters, especially from a law firm? For schools that accept 4 letters, would it be worth using my 3 academic letters and also add an employer letter? I think they're all strong enough that they would enhance my application in a unique way. Thanks in advance!

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Sunday, Aug 09 2020

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PT 71, #4

I narrowed it down to (A) derisive condescension and (B) open dissatisfaction, and then picked (A) after referring back to the language about how Gilliam was "impatient" with strictly representational art. In retrospect, I can see how (A) connotes too strong of a sentiment; but I'm not sure what I could have gone back to or thought while solving under time to show that (A) is too strong and (B) is just right. Can anyone explain their thinking? TIA!

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Saturday, Feb 08 2020

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What's my GPA???

There's a GPA on my transcript which I had put on my application (I haven't submitted yet), but I just opened my education report on the LSAC website and my cumulative GPA on the report is different (0.1 higher). Which one is correct? Obviously I want to put the higher one even though they'll see all of this information, but don't want to do anything that is incorrect or seems dishonest. Thanks!

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Monday, Jun 03 2019

@ Thanks for responding! Yup, I lost the exact amount of time that passed between when my app crashed and when I clicked "start" to resume. Also, in case it helps, I was taking the test on a Samsung tablet. And I ended up setting a timer for 5 minutes and finishing the section manually, so no worries! But it'd be helpful to have a kind of reset timer function, especially for test prep purposes (e.g., to take a timed test under different constraints, or to be able to stop/start more easily).

I marked (A) and eliminated (C), which is the correct answer, without hesitation. My reasoning was that if certain types of trees are less effectively pollinated, then honey production will decrease. At the same time, (A) seemed compelling to me because if the honeybees native to Brazil and those native to the United States are different, it's possible that the bees native to the U.S. might off the bat be superior to the Africanized honeybees. But I do realize that even if (A) were granted as true, whether they're superior or inferior to the Africanized honeybees is not determined and, while it could potentially weaken the argument, as stated, it doesn't necessarily do so.

Looking back, knowing the right answer, I can see how this is an assumption I made on my own since it's possible that the "certain types of ornamental trees" might not even contribute to the honey production to begin with, but I'm still not sure that I would come back to this question in the future and approach it this way.

Are there any additional and/or complementary reasons for why (C) is the best answer?

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Monday, Jun 03 2019

@ the app crashed in the middle of my PT, and when I re-launched the app, it said I had the right amount of time remaining for the section. However, when I clicked "Start" the minutes in between the app crashing and when I resumed my section had gone by, and I wanted to extend the time I had to solve the section by just 5 minutes (how much I lost) but there's no way to do that.

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Wednesday, Oct 02 2019

Hi @ , thanks for your prompt response. So for the supplemental essays, you're saying typically 1 page double-spaced, right?

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Wednesday, Oct 02 2019

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unspecified essay format

If the school doesn't specify except that one page is typically sufficient for supplemental essays, is it okay to write one page single-spaced? Then should I single-space my personal statement to have consistent formatting? Thanks in advance!

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Monday, Jul 01 2019

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PT25.S3.G3

Just to clarify, when O is playing tennis by itself, is it both the highest and lowest ranking player? Thanks!

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