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Can I submit an addendum or additional written materials along with my application?

Yes. The Admissions Committee believes that candidates should be able to expand upon aspects of their candidacy that are otherwise not represented in the required materials. Some examples include diversity statements, statements of strong interest in Columbia Law School, explanations of undergraduate and/or LSAT performance, etc. We strongly suggest that applicants use their best judgment, in terms of content and length, when considering the submission of supplemental materials.

So the question is do I treat it like a Why X essay? I'm not sure if writing one is a good idea...

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Wednesday, Jan 30 2019

FOR INTERNATIONAL TEST TAKERS (ASIA):

I had RC-LG-LR-LR-LG and both LGs were time-consuming and hard. I was so disappointed in myself for struggling with LGs that much.... The 3rd game on the second LG section had a really weird game that I had zero prep for..

I saw posts saying Assigning 5 people to 3 apartments (with and without pets) and Employee orientations on Wednesday afternoon, Friday Morning, and Friday afternoon

were the real games..but I can't recall whether it was the 2nd or 5th section that tested those games....

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Hello. I was wondering if I fail to cancel LSAT registration by tonight 11:59pm, the schools will get to KNOW that I withdrew from Jan exam. I want to make a decision tomorrow morning depending on my physical/mental condition....so I don't want to cancel it tonight in case I do want to take the test for the last time.

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Monday, Jan 08 2018

I decided not to apply this cycle so I'm opting out of the study group. Good luck to you all!

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Saturday, Dec 23 2017

I'm taking the exam in February. Count me in!

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Tuesday, Nov 28 2017

My diagnostic was like yours too. I had to cancel my first exam because I had only one hour of sleep the night before. It was one of the most dreadful and awful experiences of my life. I felt like a failure.

This week I'm gonna do my best to not let fear get me and overwhelm me. I'm not going to complain anymore and compare myself to anyone. I got 160 last week and I will get a higher score in February. It is rare that someone can increase 30 points but I hope I can be a living testament that it is possible and doable as long as you keep pushing yourself and believing yourself. And I want everyone to remember this:

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13

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Saturday, Sep 09 2017

Perhaps another reason why A is wrong is that we are only told that these people "hear" the poems. I remember reading about epic poetry how during preliterate societies, poetry was transmitted to the audience and from performer to performer by purely oral means.

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Saturday, Sep 09 2017

Came up with a parallel argument.

I have been unfairly criticized for not studying hard enough for the upcoming LSAT.

Students who study hard are students who do all they can to improve their LSAT score.

My study methods have allowed me to improve significantly from my cold diagnostic score, and there currently are no methods that would allow me to get a perfect score on the exam.

LOL.

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Sunday, Jul 09 2017

Hellllo. Am I too late to join this study group?? I've already done PT 64 and 65.. so I would like to join this group starting PT 69.

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Wednesday, Apr 26 2017

blairped887

PT62.S4.Q25 - cities with healthy economies

Hi. I'm not sure how to translate "those in search of jobs should move to a city with high-tech businesses" into lawgic. I thought the word "should" might be a necessary condition, but JY didn't put an arrow to connect JOBS and HIGH TECH. Whereas in Manhattan forum, one of the instructors translated it as "if you want JOBS, go to HT" which would require the use of an arrow. So I'm not sure which is the right approach to take..

Also, is it even a valid argument?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-62-section-4-question-25/

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Wednesday, Feb 08 2017

I get that "the more technologically advanced a society is, the more aware its members are of technology's drawbacks" is a PREMISE but weren't we taught that explanation/hypothesis for a phenomenon is a CONCLUSION not a premise? Ex) PT 58 S.4 Q.3

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I'm confused why the arrow splits for PT 22 GAME 4 RULE 4 and the arrow doesn't split for PT 31 GAME 2 RULE 4 even though they both contain the words NEITHER NOR.

I thought the arrow can't be split for NEITHER NOR statements.

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Monday, Jan 16 2017

Got it. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much! :)

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I know answer choice B is not supported but I can't explain to myself WHY it's wrong.

Is it wrong because the terms "apple" and "citrus" should be switched places? Could it be a right answer choice if the answer choice actually read:

[McElligott's citrus juices are less likely to contain infectious bacteria than is McElligott's apple juice]

Because McElligott's citrus juices HAVE NOT BEEN LINKED TO ANY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, can't I assume that they contain less infectious bacteria than M'S apple juice?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-52-section-1-question-24/

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Monday, Oct 17 2016

Although I was able to eliminate all the other answer choices, I was a little hesitant to pick (D) due to the word "slightly". If the sentence didn't contain the word "slightly" I think it would've been much stronger answer choice. I feel like the creator of this question intentionally put that word to confuse people like me. What do you guys think?

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Thursday, Oct 13 2016

(E) directly contradicts the statement in the stimulus: Comedy and tragedy...require that the moral qualities of MAJOR characters change during the course of the action.

Be careful of the shift from MAJOR to MINOR.

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Friday, Oct 07 2016

The way this question stem is phrased is so confusing. I'm sure the test makers knew some ppl would suck up their time trying to figure out wth they are supposed to do with the question.

The Q stem is asking for us to find a statement that Sandra would disagree with Taylor about. It's not asking us to identify a statement that Sandra would disagree with.

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Friday, Oct 07 2016

Is the answer both necessary and sufficient assumption? Because when I negate it it hurts the argument.

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Tuesday, Oct 04 2016

Same here. So I try to skip them during timed conditions.

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Friday, Sep 30 2016

Would the answer choice (c) be correct if it said "It would be to the store's disadvantage to offer customers for free gift wrapping services"?

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Saturday, Sep 17 2016

This passage ate me alive.

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PT120.S3.Q4
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Tuesday, Sep 13 2016

I thought D is wrong because it doesn't focus on "developing good character." D just talks about gambling. The author's conclusion is not that children shouldn't gamble. He's against children being raised in an "atmosphere" that can be detrimental to the development of good character.

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Friday, Sep 09 2016

Ahhh. First passage can be a really hard one. Just because a passage is easy to read doesn't mean its questions are going to be easy as well. Bait and switch!

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Friday, Sep 09 2016

If you were able to see the significance of the first sentence, this question could've been a lot easier to solve. I didn't pay attention to the word "naturally" and so could not understand the relevance of answer choice A. Now that I know the crucial point at matter is "naturally occurring polio" vs. "vaccination-caused polio" the answer choice makes total sense.

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Monday, Sep 05 2016

This is the hardest weaken question I've ever seen. It requires you to use your "imagination" and make quite an assumption to choose the right answer. POE would be the best approach to take but even that was hard to do during BR. So indeed one of those WOW/WTF questions..

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