Same here. I didn't misread A and thought the exact same thing about access, here's how I post rationalized the LSAT reasoning that might be behind this:

A vs E:

A: they have frequent/easy access to trees to glide out from trees

E: living off/gliding out of trees would aid their survival since their most dangerous predators could not climb trees.

need for survival is generally a stronger evolutionary driver than access, hence E strengthens the arg slightly better than A.

But agreed both AC require a stretch..

my sustainability-core brain eliminated A right off the bat

coming from an art field can affirm the frustration with B

Thank you so much!!!

thought was MSS..

I read Brothers Karamazov before my August test and it was amazing and honestly helped my RC!! Seriously recommend, the chapter on defense attorney speech was also gold. Just don't read before bedtime tho haha

spoke with Dean Z at a law school fair she's the best!!

thank you!! I was also thrown off by A cuz I thought scarcity is still an economic reason lol

I first bubble all remaining Qs, and then calmly tackle 2-3 Qs that seemed easier to me

(Minor correction) D states:

pass judgement → know all factors, contrapositive is:

not know all the factors → should not pass judgement

Big equipments are okay! I did remove my guitars just to be easy on the room scan, but I covered my speakers etc. with bedsheets. The room scan is self-guided, and no live proctor was connected I believe. I think they just take a look of the recording to make sure the room is good. Good luck!

Hi! Same boat here.. something I realized is that balancing LSAT with FT work is not easy at all! I used to study after work, but then decided to shifted my study to the morning, and it was helpful for me. Ideally I would get 1-1.5 hr of study done in the morning, but on some days if I can't finish everything in the morning, I'll leave the BR/WAJ until afterwork, but it would be easier to do since it's less of a mental load for me than doing new questions. Hope this helps!

my brain switched to NA halfway thru the question smh

@DDD np! I don't have a website, but a lot of her works are pretty old so are usually easily found if you search "title + "pdf" on Google, I personally found "against interpretation" and "notes on camp" interesting reads. And for feminist work I really like Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. Happy reading! :)

susan sontag!

Echoing jamandaa's advice! I personally found after doing a few writing preps, building out a personalized template is very helpful. I tend to get nervous on the real test and my brain just freezes lol, so having those templates in my head that are ready to use relieves the stress of having to write everything from scratch.

Also make sure you have a good webcam that can take a clear pic of your ID, and test out your equipment prior :)

Hi OP! I was in a similar place and am still working on it. I started around like 150 timed/170BR, and now I'm around 165 timed/178BR. A few things that I've found worked for me are:

1. Thought process analysis: During BR, I would do a thought process analysis of how it lead me to the wrong answer, and then how I should think to get to the right answer. I'd also do this for the questions that took me longer. This helped me to identify areas of improvement in my skills (e.g. I discovered I was slow in negations, so doing Necessary Assumption Qs are harder for me). This also helped me to identify the pattern of the traps I tend to fall into.

2. Weakness area superset: Drilling a mix of about 20 easy-hard questions (e.g. 5 easy, 7 medium, 8 hard) untimed, and then do the review in step #1. I found that sometimes if I only drill the harder Qs I forget/overcomplicate the easy questions.

3. With FT job, 1-hr of LSAT practice in the morning: I found it extremely draining to study at the end of the day after a long day of work and had like 3 burnouts in 12 months...so I shifted my study hours to the morning. This lessened my mental load and even if I didn't finish everything in the morning, I know what's left is just review, so it's less of a lift when I get home at night.

4. Trust the process: It took me about 8 months of studying when things start to click (for reference, I spend about 10-12 hrs/week studying). The fact that you are getting good scores in BR shows you understand the materials - it's just a matter of practicing & making them more intuitive so you can go faster. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other - you'll get there!

In my August test they set default at 125%, and I needed to re-set it to the preferred size at the start of every section

I do a ritual of a few deep breaths using the 4-7-8 technique before I start the test and after I come back from the intermission!

@Christine772 Thank you! Update tho - my writing got cancelled yesterday because somehow my webcam got disconnected during the test, I think it's because the proctorU extension tried to access my laptop camera mid-exam (which is closed), so I guess my updated advice is to use webcam with caution and make sure the webcam is set as the default camera :)

@Christine772 Totally! It was somehow confusing to navigate the process and I wish there were more information about it published

Hi! I'm in a similar boat and I'm planning to do the following:

1. Practice skills on fresh questions: unlock all the older Qs for practice drills

2. For full-length tests, since my goal is just pacing and time management, I'm re-taking PTs that I did 2month+ ago

3. Extensive BR/thought process analysis afterwards

Hi, I think it really depends on the person, so I'd experiment with different strategies to see what works best for you. For me, I find it harder for my brain to enter LSAT mode if I take the prior day entirely off, so on the day prior, I did 2 sections (1LR, 1RC) and did extensive blind review during the day. In the evening, I did yoga to calm down my mind and body. On the day of the test I did a warm-up drill with easy LR/RC before heading out to the test center (I didn't check the answers). Hope this helps and good luck!!