I am confused, doesn't the phrase "bicyclists are at least partially responsible," indicate that something else could be responsible in a given accident? I understand from an argument viewpoint, that you reach the claim about bicycles through the two separate claims about bicycle safety and then traffic regulations, but the term partially is throwing me off here.

Maybe this is exactly what you said it is: a bad day. I understand that it is frustrating to take a 2 and a half hour test and have the result be not ideal, but I think that putting some work in is better than not putting any work in (unless you are exhausting yourself.) Maybe when you take the official test next week you'll improve, and you'll look back on this bad day as an outlier. Best of luck next week, all you can really do is try your best and see what happens.

@mbot3 Maybe this will work for you because it worked for me, but I found a great deal of success in watching the videos for the questions that I got wrong. I would also write out explanations for why the correct answer is correct, and why the wrong answer that I selected was wrong. Once I was able to explain my reasoning, I was able to view my previous answer choices as more than arbitrary, which was quite helpful. With regard to drills on question types that are a high priority for you, I did not find too much success there. Sure, my percentages for individual question types did improve, but I think it is a good idea that you stick to your study plan. Mostly for me, I just spent a ton of time reviewing and explaining why an answer choice was correct or incorrect.

I would give it some more time if I were you. I definitely think you can score higher than 160, but I do have some questions about your study habits. Your undergraduate GPA is not bad, I just wonder what exactly the issue seems to be with your studying. I think what @BlueeTulip said below is a valid point too, you don't want to push too hard on question volume, because then you might run out of PTs. How many hours per week are you studying, and what does a general week of studying look like for you? I will also say that as far as I understand it, you want to be in a place where you are PTing about 3-4 points above your goal score before taking an official test, just to account for test day anxiety. I did not adhere to that rule, and while I am happy with how my scores have been improving, I think my first few official LSATs were a bit of a waste of time, to be frank.

I guess E makes sense because it means that modern historians are merely projecting modern day categorizations onto people that did not even know such categories existed.

I know this might not be super helpful but all I’ll say is just keep chipping away. With 7Sage you have all the resources in front of you to improve, so just make sure you use them. I’ve found some success from taking a weekly practice test (though you can burn through these quickly,) and through explaining why a question is wrong or right to myself on paper. Once you understand the rationale for an answer choice’s correctness (or lack thereof) you build confidence. Once you build confidence, then you’re able to hold it together during a test and not let your nerves get to you. That is why you do blind review too, because it shows you that you can figure out these questions, but the main issue is timing. I hope that helps!

I can relate. On my last 5 tests I’ve got scores between 158 - 162. Even when I try to make sure my timing is right I manage to score poorly (averaging -7 per section.) I think I’m going to keep plugging away, but I’m not sure how to improve other than maybe by trying to take more time on individual questions rather than rushing.

Maybe this is a silly question, but do only witnesses give testimonies during trials?

@02kimask That's exactly what I was thinking too. What happens if the criminal accidentally becomes a criminal? I get that E is MORE correct, but it is still a frustrating question.

How much reading are you doing outside of the LSAT? Also, how good is your LR generally? RC is essentially longform LR, so I’d say depending on how good your LR is, just take a bit more time with reading and also finding evidence in the text (even for implied questions) for your answer choices.

Maybe you can do a bit of both? I don’t see why doing the core curriculum would be a bad thing. Are there specific question types you are getting wrong frequently? If that’s the case, then go to the core curriculum lessons on those question types. It can feel a bit slow but it is definitely helpful to have those foundational concepts in your brain.

Should it really be a "some" arrow here in between the Hallstown and Frozen Dinners Regularly conditionals in the stimulus?

I am so stupid. I wondered what the LSAT meant by position - I thought it meant post or role, not opinion or idea (or treatment plan)

This question really annoys me because the correct answer relies on the fact that you are thinking too narrowly about the definition of reducing smoking. I know answer choice C is correct, but the LSAT is LSATing and it frustrates me.

@calliekoskovich Yeah I second this opinion about PTs. I usually try to take a PT on Saturday and then review it on Sunday. If I am feeling energetic I will try to combine this into just Saturday. Mostly though, I spend some time at work doing practice questions (the priority tab on the drill section is very helpful for this, to just take 5 questions at a time, to truly target the questions that are troubling you the most)

@iwillcrushthelsat Interesting. Is it specific types of passages (ie. Science, or Law or whatever) that you are doing worse on?

I think it’s mostly just reps, that way you get to be more intuitive about RC in general. Obviously the BR is going to help and the explanation videos can be good too for some passive learning. At least for me, the things I have found to be most fruitful are repetition and if I begin to plateau then trying do so some research about what could be wrong about my approach.

I think it’s also important to remember with RC that it’s essentially just long form LR, which for you, should indicate that it’s a fatigue problem, no?

@k13lawwwwww Understood. What exactly are admissions counsel's looking for? Is it mostly clarity or just that you can write in an organized way? I just did a practice exam and ran out of time.

Also, E is wrong because knowing a consequence is different from evaluating a consequence

@LawyeRell Literally same. I was so mad once I got to reviewing this, because I thought indispensable meant that you cannot dispense it (ie., it cannot be used...) I got even more upset when I realized there is a line in Hamilton (which I am a big fan of) where Burr describes Hamilton as having made himself "indispensable," to Washington (which makes the necessary component a bit more clear; although the knowledge of the show is INDISPENSABLE for you to know that.)