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Seconding Justin's comment, that link explains what the score bands are better than I could.

I also had an 8-point spread, though for me I believe it's because that was my first LSAT, so they didn't have much data on me to narrow down that spread. Was this also your first LSAT?

As for how admissions officers view that, I don't know. I'm guessing with a grain of salt since I haven't heard/seen any indication that score bands matter.

Yes, this was my first time taking. So, you're saying that score bands ARE individual, then? Not based on the test itself?

Again, score bands have nothing to do with individual performance and are simply a statistical description of score variability. All test-takers have the same "spread" for a given exam.

Your score is what schools have to report and is all that matters. Score bands are just a fancy way of accounting for statistical variation in scores.

Score bands have traditionally been +/-3, but that was for the 100 question test. The current LSAT only has 75 scored questions. Smaller sample sizes mean larger statistical variation so score bands moved from +/-3 to +/-4. It has nothing to do with individual performance.

Seconded. 178 in August.

It's worth pointing out that a prerequisite is a necessary condition, something you need to do in order to do something else later. Even if you don't take the time to parse out what the hell this answer choice is trying to say, you should be able to recognize that it's moving the wrong way, against the flow, up the conditional chain. The correct answer will describe this invalid move to the left, from "reading skills" to "Democracy." Whatever E is trying to say, it describes a move to the right down the conditional chain.

Take August. And if you're not happy with your score then take October too. I know people who have gotten into HYS with 5 takes on their record. Your highest score is what counts most.

ETA- August scores come out after the October registration deadline so you should plan on taking October either way.

^^^ Lots of good information above.

I'd add that it's useful to know the common characteristics of correct answer choices for each question type. For example, correct answers for Sufficient Assumption questions tend to use strong language while correct answers for Necessary Assumption, Must Be True, and Most Supported questions tend to use weaker language. Please note: the content of the stimulus/argument will ALWAYS trump secondary concerns like language strength in determining the correct answer. However, this method can be crucial for picking up points when you're down to two answers and it's time to move on. If you do have a bit more time, and you know what to look for, focusing on differences in language strength can help you identify what differentiates two similar answer choices.

I think you're missing something significant. The credited response on a SA question is far stronger than a mere connector between premise and conclusion; it ensures that the conclusion is true. In other words, when added to the argument in the stimulus, the right answer will guarantee the truth of the conclusion.

MSS questions are very often sets of facts (not arguments) and thus the credited response need not have any connection to a conclusion or a premise. The right answer is simply the statement that can be best proven given the information in the stimulus. For example, check out PT 32, 1, 24. This is the infamous MSS question about "brown dwarf" celestial objects. You will find no argument here.

Varela doesn't address justification though. And you're having to do a lot of semantic gymnastics to connect "purpose," done for," and "motivation" which isn't in the stimulus.

Valera is saying that curiosity is a necessary condition of scientific inquiry so Pulford is wrong to suggest that you can have one without the other, i.e. his distinction is untenable.

I eliminated D because of the word "recently"

I eliminated it because of "recently" as well, but after thinking about it, even if the advertising program began sometime "not recently" D would still help to resolve the paradox. A sharp decrease in recent sales of yogurt in supermarkets across the entire nation is a strong statement.

I'm not sure what "innate skills" is supposed to mean but any differences in these hypothetical skills are attributable to differences in native intellectual ability. Assuming average+ natural intelligence, all of the skills needed to do very well on the test can be acquired with time and effort. But individuals absolutely do vary in natural intellectual capacity and therefore have different performance ceilings.

The question is flawed in that the author fails to consider the possibility that some combination of innate and learned skills contribute to LSAT test taking ability.

No, but i went from working 40+ hours to 20 or so.

Take June. It's your last crack EVER at the Flex.

Manhattan's LR book is excellent

I do this on parallel/parallel flaw questions.

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