I'd definitely retake in October! I'd just try to prepare your apps in the meantime, so that soon after you get your score you can apply - applying around mid October would still be pretty early!

sweet thank you!!

Another possibility I've heard from many others is that they are burned out and needed to take a little break to get back to where they were! You'll get there!!

Ah that makes so much more sense - thank you so much!

#help Maybe a dumb question but how does this experiment compare chess-playing programs? To me this experiment just helps determine which computer is faster. You're taking 1 program and testing it on two different computers, and saying the program has a better chance of winning on the faster computer.

How can you use this info to compare this first program to program B, who also when run on two different computers has a better chance of winning on the faster computer?

#help I'm confused about why question 13 isn't A - particularly because of lines 54-55. It says "in games that are intentionally commodified, even of in-world sales for virtual currency". Doesn't this imply that there are some intentionally commodified games where you have in-world sales of real items for virtual currency?

I believe LSAC should be answering calls from 8am-6pm EST both Saturday and Sunday- so you should be able to get a hold of someone before Monday! Very worst case, there is also a Tuesday test!

@ said:

I have a random question, does anyone know how taking 3 sections in the LSAT FLex vs. 4-5 on the regular LSAT will effect scores? Currently, the score received is based on your raw score of how many answered correctly over 4 sections, if you take out 23-26 questions then it seems to me it would be harder to achieve, for example a 160, on the flex than the regular. Am I wrong? Is it the same and I just am not thinking about it the right way? Initially, I thought the 3 sections would be much better because you aren't wondering which is the experimental section and less time spent taxing your brain to it's fullest, but now I am reconsidering. Thoughts??? Or does anyone have a raw scores conversion chart from a recent LSAT flex?

It should be the same - the # you can get wrong will be less to get the same score, but that is because there will also be fewer questions. Another way to look at it is that the percentile you'd need to get a certain score would be roughly the same for the flex and regular. It would be harder to get the same score if you are particularly strong in LR though since an LR section is removed.

This is the 7sage converter for flex for the prep tests!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat-flex-score-converter/

@ Variation initially is common - I noticed that often on the tests where I scored significantly lower there were particular concepts/question types that came up that were my weaker spots. Look at the test breakdown under analytics and see which types of questions you are struggling most on. Once I did this, I worked on drilling my weakest points, and eventually my PT scores got more consistent!

I would keep the score - you never know how the curve will end up or if you got lucky on a few questions! I think November still puts you in a good position and isn't considered late, if you're worried I'd just prepare the other parts of your application before getting your score back so you are ready to submit soon after getting the November score if you have to take that! Also from everything I've read taking the test at least 2-3 times is the new normal – don't worry about having 3 takes at all!

following - same issue! You can definitely do better on this based on your PTs! I think staying calm and keeping your confidence up will be important.

same, following

Reading on the computer can be hard on the eyes for a lot of people - you might be able to get an accommodation such that you'd be able to take it on paper? Otherwise the fact that you score 10+ point higher on paper means you do know the material itself, so I'm sure with more practice reading on the computer you can get your score back up 10 points!

I would definitely plan to retake the test in August - I think given where you were PTing, and given that you might have just gotten messed up by a weird LG section, you have a really good shot of scoring a lot closer to your average! Also keep in mind the LSAT Flex tests don't count towards the limit to the number of tests you can take!