LSAC accepts transcripts via Digitary Core from foreign institutions!

OMG!!! I had the worst experience with LSAC. it took me 7 weeks now but finally they uploaded them. I studied in the UK, they gave me a lot of wrong directions and often staff didn't know what to do.

This is how it worked in the end:

-every time I called, I asked to speak to a supervisor. every time I emailed LSAC info, I put 'SUPERVISOR ATTENTION' in the subject line

-I made a digitary core account, then sent the link to my transcripts to my university, then the university forwarded the link to a JD transcripts email address: LSAC_JDforeignprocessing@19204.org

-then LSAC said my docs had a password, which they didn't, so more of the supervisor attention business..

GOOD LUCK!!!

I agree that D is also a weakener, but it is a very ineffective one, because it is unclear how it applies to the argument we are trying to weaken. D states that 'it is not always reasonable to adopt a different code', which could still mean that in 99 out of 100 cases it is reasonable, so it doesn't really effectively help us to weaken the link from the premise to the conclusion in this case.

I think we have a clear answer to your questions in the stimulus, as we know that people suffering from Amusia suffer from an inability to discern pitch, and do not suffer from an inability to track timed sequences. So it is not based on our own assumption, but based on the stimulus. I think you are confusing the consequences of Amusia and the 'cause' of Amusia.

My guess would be to just diagram it like 'only if'

I think that when Henry says that ‘there should be another explanation for the dance’ he means that there must be a different explanation, as opposed to an additional explanation. Hence, when reading his statement this way, it is apparent that Henry does not agree with the fact that bees communicate the location of food with their dance.

It makes sense that he says ‘another’ with the intention of meaning different, because

1) He says honeybees do not need so complicated (a dance) a mechanism to communicate that information (where the food is)

2) And he says that forager honeybees don’t need the dance, they simply leave a scent trail from the food trail they have just visited.

It also makes sense because Winifred responds by arguing that there might be a scenario where there are multiple ways used to accomplish a critical task, so that is in disagreement to Henry’s point that there is ONE different explanation than the dancing.

I think E is wrong because both could agree that the sense of smell plays some role in some of the bees foraging strategies, yet Henry says that the dance does not play a role, while Winifred acknowledges it can play a role.

I believe that E is correct because we need to show that the conclusion (less money is now being spent on effective treatments of disease X than was 10 years ago) is true, and E, by stating that the total amount of money that is being spent on disease X today is less than it was 10 years ago, shows exactly that.

Especially because we know that MORE is being spent on ineffective treatments in the past decade, we can be sure that if the total amount of money being spent is shrinking, and the proportion of money being spent on effective treatments is shrinking, the conclusion is correct when selecting E. (less money being spent on effective treatments than was 10 years ago).

Thanks for this! Your explanation for why this is a difficult question helped me to understand what's going on better.

D also made sense to me, but I think the key task is to make sure that the conclusion can be reached with the premises given, and so we need to make clear that the definition of censorship used makes sense, for which E provides the best solution.

As J.Y. also indicates in the video, the definition of censorship used seems rather overly inclusive. One could argue that when people decide to cause shows to go off air, this does not amount to censorship. One would rather assume that censorship is a 'top-down' move.

@celiabrecht239 said:

How can we best prepare for the LSAT flex as opposed to the regular in-person LSAT? Should I be doing my practice tests as I would for the normal test or should I do it as it will be for the flex (only three sections)?

I feel like doing Flex style PTs makes more sense, as the importance of the sections changes when there is only one instead of two LR sections, so that will give you a more accurate picture of where you stand and what will bring you the most improvement.

Plus you save a lot of time and can get more PTs in when you do the shorter version.

I believe the difference is that A is talking about a claim offered in support for a conclusion (i.e. NOT a conclusion) and B talks about 'it is a conclusion' so a conclusion.

I found this q confusing as well, mostly because of the main conclusion and sub-conclusion structure.

Hope this helps!

@jakennedy98761 said:

I’m a US citizen who has gone to live with family in Europe due to the pandemic. Am I still able register for and take the USA LSAT flex? The June 27-28 International LSAT registration deadline doesn’t seem to have been extended.)

I'm in the same situation (US citizen went to Europe due to pandemic) and I could easily sign up for the June and July 'USA' LSAT flex as well.

thanks for sharing! great to see that some of the passages are actually interesting