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@Zosia<3 Honestly I'm not sure lol, my test is also on Fri, I'm not sure there's a whole lot we can do systemically going forwards. I've been practicing with it the past months on 7sage and other platforms, I'm more used to it now, and tbh I think the new highlighting color selection system is actually more helpful for me, the other changes once I committed to muscle memory aren't isn't too bad. I still think this little curveball they're trying won't stop anyone who's studied thoroughly from succeeding.
Might it be possible for you to apply to take it remotely still? I know it's not offered to the public anymore but I think they still have some exceptions and might be worth looking into if there are none within your country at all.
Here's what I sent to the lsat feedback form here (https://www.lsac.org/send-us-your-feedback) regarding the interface coming up. I just had to spend a full fucking minute looking for "second-to-last sentence of the second paragraph of passage A, second-to-last sentence of the first paragraph of passage B" with no highlights before I even got to finish reading the rest of the question. The August test takers will undoubtedly have a disadvantage compared to everyone who already have their scores with this bullshit.
I am writing again regarding the new LSAT interface, particularly in light of the additional changes that have now been implemented.
RC line citations are no longer automatically highlighted. Masking mode resets between questions. Selected answers cannot be deselected or eliminated without additional steps. Eliminated answers must be unmasked before they can be selected. Highlighting and answer elimination have both become more cumbersome.
You have already told me that some of these changes are simply due to "the underlying structure of the new test driver platform." I find that response deeply unsatisfactory. LSAC charges students hundreds of dollars to take this exam and generates substantial revenue from LawHub and related services. If LSAC genuinely wanted to provide the best possible testing experience, "the platform is structured this way" would not be an acceptable excuse for repeatedly introducing unnecessary friction into a high-stakes examination.
LSAC frequently presents itself as an organization committed to advancing access to legal education and maintaining the integrity of the law school admissions process. If you truly believe in that mission, then you should be deeply concerned about introducing changes that make the exam more difficult to navigate, particularly just weeks before an administration, while asking students who have spent months preparing to simply adapt.
The LSAT is supposed to measure reasoning ability. It should not measure how effectively a test taker can compensate for an increasingly cumbersome interface.
You have the resources to do better. The old user interface was infinitely better than this joke of a design. I would encourage LSAC to seriously reconsider whether these limitations should have been accepted in the first place.
You owe test takers more than "that's how the new platform works." You owe us an examination experience that is fair, accessible, and worthy of the organization you claim to be.
UPDATE: I got a reply
"Thank you for contacting LSAC and providing feedback on our new LawHub interface.
Unfortunately, since we released the preview of the new user interface in March, we have made several changes in response to user feedback and updated some features. However, some of these features cannot be changed due to the structure of the new platform.
We encourage you to continue taking practice tests in LawHub to become familiar with the new interface. Should you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us with a description of the issue and any screenshots so we can review and correct any issues.
Please contact us if you have any additional questions and we will be happy to assist.
TLDR: we know its shit, sucks to suck lmao.
I sincerely hope the ongoing Risner vs LSAC case bankrupts every single one of them.
But, my LSAT brothers and sisters, we must stay focused as we can only play the hand that we have been dealt. I believe every person who has committed to studying on this platform has all the means to succeed on this test in spite of whatever bullshit they throw at us. LSAT, democrat, bureaucrat, IT DONT MATTER, 175!!!!!!!
@Amrita329 Oh there is, it's a very underhanded attempt at trying to fight score inflation. This also means all test takers going forwards are at a disadvantage compared to people who already have scores. Sucks to be us I guess.
https://www.lsac.org/send-us-your-feedback
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Upping this! Genuinely baffled at the design of the new UI, I can't think how anyone would find it more intuitive or easy to use. I can't even think of why they'd try to implement this aside from an attempt to combat score inflation.
Idk how you did that man the eileen gray passage slaps me every time i do it
I'm currently one year out of undergrad, I'm a slightly unconventional applicant as I have no experience in any legal fields, I work as a scientist at a biotechnology company and I was hoping to apply for a patent lawyer. As the title suggests I'm wondering if I should apply in the F26 cycle
Reasons I’m considering applying this cycle:
Applicant numbers seem to keep increasing year over year, so I’m worried waiting could make things more competitive
The job market feels unstable and I’m not fully confident I can secure or maintain employment for another year
Reasons I’m considering waiting:
I currently have no legal experience. If I wait and get some now, would a few months actually make a meaningful difference for admissions?
Does the type of experience matter a lot for patent law (e.g. patent/IP vs general legal work), or is any legal exposure worth my time? I’ve heard that legal experience isn’t really expected for patent-focused applicants, so I’m unsure how much weight to give this. I've also previously tried applying for patent related positions and got nothing back before being recruited for my current scientist position.
For context, I’m sitting at a 3.65 GPA and a 170 LSAT which I will most likely retake.
Would appreciate any thoughts, especially from people who applied with/without legal experience or made a similar timing decision.
Given the rising number of people applying for law schools how does that impact admission difficulty? For instance, a would a score like a 170 hold less weight than it did before because of how many more people are scoring high and applying?
2-3 hours a day is a totally acceptable amount of studying if you're using it correctly. One thing that will help you tremendously and what got me PTing in the 170s was recognizing patterns and making predictions. You've practiced enough now where you've seen every question type, you should try getting to a point where after just reading the stim and the question you should immediately have an idea of what your answer looks like before you even read the answer choices. Going back and revisiting the core lessons will also help with this if you haven't already.
Redo the questions you've gotten wrong in drills, and redo PT's from before. Try to force yourself to rethink the reasoning behind each question instead of just remembering the answer.
I'd say don't sign up until you've hit the score you want on a clean PT at least once., but that also depends on how confident you are in your abilities. And be careful about burnout, take a week or two off if you need to, you probably won't lose much progress in that time.
For LR my strategy is to speed through the first half of the section, aim to be done with the first 12 questions in 12 minutes, then you can have about 2 mins per question on the last 10 hard questions. The key to making this work is predictions and pattern recognition, if you know what kind of answer you need before you even read the AC's, it will save you much time. For RC there's no shortcut to being faster, its just something that comes with practice. However, I will say active reading is a better strategy than making low resolution summary. Think you're making a summary in the back of your mind about the passage, and every sentence you read you update that summary a bit. Hope this helps!
Take drills after lessons. Could be just targeted for the question type your lessons were about, or just random drills. It's important to practice what you learned in lessons right away. Even an hour a day is just fine. I also work a full 9-5, most workdays i didn't spend more than 2 hours studying, and I'd say its worked out quite well for me.
When you PT you should do the experimental as well. Most of the questions you'll encounter in there are questions you'd see anyway, so the extra reps will be very helpful. Also that way you'll be more prepared for the real exam stamina-wise when you'll actually have to do 4 sections.
Same I took it on Saturday with no issues. Really sorry that happened to OP and hope they'll let them retest!
@actuallymk yeah try to space out your PT's. Otherwise you'll run through fresh PT's without having learned all that much
Can the streaks include activity from before or do you guys not have that data? I've been studying for a year now I'm curious to see the activity.
I agree, please add an option to turn off adaptive question selections! Doing random questions is pretty important to my studying process, so its really annoying when the setting basically only gives me RRE questions. I've also literally drilled thousands of questions so even if I get better my priorities and percentages for RRE still won't change.
It would be nice if there was a separate toggle to turn it on and off. Often times when I drill I just like to have 7sage give me random questions of varying difficulties and question types, but now with adaptative now unless I select specifically for other tags it will only give me RRE questions and its quite annoying.
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