I'm going to start crying because of this question... Yup I am crying LOL. Where the hell does bacteria living there would create biomarkers.....

Hi. Here is my take. At the end of the day you put in ample amount of work to raise your score. Take pride in that and screw the number. Perform the best of you're abilities. The worst that happens is you end up retaking the test, which most of us probably already anticipate.

You've put in the work and that work will pay off. Regardless of the number you want/receive the test will come and so will the score. Don't let the number give you tunnel vision. Check out those analytics and see what question types you should drill. Focus on doing your best. There's not more for you to learn, there's only time for you to improve speed and accuracy. You got this.

I know this may not be what you're looking for, but breathe, be confident, and know that you're going to do the best you possibly can. Whatever the score you receive, there's always a next step you can take; and clearly, you are already so capable of improvement.

Another question I got wrong that just made me so mad. F* these questions sometimes man.

this one just made me so mad. I hate it here LOL! Like why does the LSAT sometimes allow us to use a factor outside of the stimulus to weaken the question. Like UGH!

Yes. Study. study. study. Practice problems, practice problems, practice problems. DRILL DRILL DRILL.

I think it's possible because people plateau usually after months. You def can improve if you put in the work.

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suffering or manually unsubscribing from each school unfortunately

You're not alone. I feel so sad seeing people saying they cancelled high 150s. I am working so hard to get there and it feels like it's impossible sometimes. I take it the same day tho. Gotta shake off this rut and get back into it.

As I'm looking back at this question... I realized if I honed in on the phrase "seems unlikely to provide effective camouflage" I would've thought, oh it seems... to us (humans) the camouflage isn't effective and lead me down a more accurate train of thought.

@ can you please help @ access v2???

I love this idea!

I'm also saying that to comfort myself LMFOAFIEHIU

I did not write an addendum and applied recently. I wouldn't sweat it to much. You've put you're heart into your application package. Be confident in it. If I were you I wouldn't add an addendum bc you don't know how the reader will perceive it. You aren't submitting it past the deadline and I think you should take comfort in that.

Hi you're not alone. I seriously get sort of discouraged hearing people scoring in the high 150s and 160+ range. It sometimes feels like I won't ever get there. I keep reminding myself that I need to be realistic. I have never been great at standardized testing, but I also know my strengths. I know my GPA is high, my personal statements have also been well received, and I have solid recommendations for schools.

While this line of reasoning seems like I am choosing to neglect LSAT studies (that's not the case), but it eases my anxiety. The score we get is just a number that someone will look at. I remind myself that my SAT score didn't correlate with my undergraduate success. That gives me comfort. Maybe this is an illogical view going into this journey, but I know myself and how I learn.

As much as I want to see my score reach 170+, putting that pressure on myself doesn't benefit me. It causes me to shut down, question my intelligence, and disrupt my ability to continue learning. Be realistic with yourself, your goal doesn't have to be a 170, it could be breaking into the 150s, that's still a goal you should feel excited about reaching.

Right now it seems like you need to find a question type that you like, and build your confidence with those. I feel good going into Logic Games, so when I am frustrated I turn to doing those practice problems. Yes, it doesn't necessarily fix my problem area but it takes the weight off my chest and reminds me that I have some sections/ question types down pat. On my PT I have started to move through the LR questions types that I hate and do the ones I enjoy first then move onto the hard/ questions I don't like.

Something that has kind of help is writing down my thought processes the way it's done in the syllabus. So if the question is wrong, I can see what happened. Maybe is misinterpreted something or misread the question. That was more helpful to me in the beginning especially since I was getting mostly everything wrong. I would do this even with hard questions and simply write "WHAT?, this makes no sense to me, etc" so when I watch the explanation I can go "ohhhhh, that's how I should approach it"

I hope this helps, and you're not alone in your LSAT struggles, but don't give up.

Im in the same boat with @. RC is so boring, but LG is my best

The parentheses around the negations are very confusing to me.

How would you write it without the parentheses? I don't get it at all. To me it looks like it should be read this way:

Not A Not B

but it's probably just:

Not A B

Am I negating both conditions or just one?

@ I'm not sure if you guys every tried this, but a 7sage website group chat thing with like active members would be so cool lol. Similar to forum where it has sections to go into with relevant topics to avoid too many people chatting together at once. Not sure if it's feasible to moderate, but a cool idea. maybe you can block words from being posted.

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I'm getting frustrating because I know that I'm wrong in the way I'm thinking about the conditional relationship between these sentences.

"1. Mastering conditional logic requires some amount of memorizing conditional indicators.

2. Some amount of memorizing conditional indicators is required to master conditional logic."

my brain keeps reading it in the false relationship and I can't get my brain to understand that I'm wrong. I know that doesn't make sense, but I am trying to understand the foundational/conceptual reasons for why I am wrong.#help# #feedback

@7sage people please help.

Thank you!!! This is so funny to me because I def am someone who cannot stop talking in real life! Nice to see it pay off here LOL

My advice is to be realistic with yourself on LR. There's a lot of questions, so for starters breathe. I started to really look at my analytics and figure out what questions I'm good at and which ones I am not. Then I would start to find another source that explains those questions differently from 7sage. I have really started to see improvements when I go through 7sage question type and look elsewhere to see where the connections are being made. Sometimes the concept just clicks when it's told differently.

I'm also in the same position for RC, but my focus has been on LR so I am looking forward to the RC advice people give!

OKAY DO NOT GIVE UP! You are on the right track. I know a lot of us are on here aiming for that 160+ but it is not the end of your journey to law school if that doesn't happen. I think you're are being way too hard on yourself. Unless you are aiming for an Ivy or insanely high ranked school a 150 with that GPA is not the end all be all for you. I also believe that you will end up where you will end up. DO NOT LET THE NUMBER DICTATE WHO YOU ARE! It's just a score.

As for cancelling the score, I think that is up to you. If it was me... I would keep the score and take it again and hope to show an improvement in the score. I think that is a great thing for you to try, because you have something to write about for the additional essays if necessary. If you do cancel the score tho, you'll have to probably explain it in an application which is also not a big deal.

Let this be your turning point. There is always a next step in the process. This experience takes a lot more than intelligence, it takes grit and confidence. The LSAT is hard and not every successful lawyer scored a 170+. There's a bunch of law student & graduates today who probably score a 150. They didn't give up and you shouldn't either. If this is what you want, don't let that number define your future or discourage you from doing what you feel is right for you.

As someone who has been there & doubted their capability, don't give up. You don't want to sit back and wonder what if.