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Saturday, Sep 27 2014

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I got you on why the three casios were suggested... but struck me as complete overkill...

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cpetran467
Saturday, Sep 27 2014

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Are you absolutely positive that timepiece is allowed ?

LSAC states a very blanket prohibition: "no other timers —including electronic and countdown timers"

... and your watch there looks exactly like a "countdown timer"

Be careful !

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cpetran467
Friday, Sep 26 2014

thanks !

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Thursday, Sep 25 2014

cpetran467

Keeping time during the test

In the section "Resources for Taking Simulated LSATs" - there is advice on "How to Keep Time"

My question is this: why can't I simply reset the minute hand back to 12 on my analog watch at the beginning of each test section ?

There is no mention of the prohibition of resetting your analog watch here : http://www.lsac.org/jd/lsat/day-of-test

It only stipulates...

"Time. Supervisors will keep the official time. You may take an analog (nondigital) wristwatch to the test center. No other timers—including electronic and countdown timers—are allowed."

Rather than wearing three cheap-o Casio watches the day of the exam - is it permissible by the Test Gods to reset my watch after each section ? Or will I find myself tossed out of the testing center like an obnoxious drunk gets thown out of a bar ???

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cpetran467
Sunday, Nov 16 2014

I love The 'Trane... his Village Vanguard sessions are truly the best... but for LSAT study ? For me, Coltrane is too distracting.

I prefer ambient background music for studying the LSAT. Try Brian Eno.

There's a website / phone app which mimics the background noise of a coffee shop without actually hearing any specific conversations - https://coffitivity.com/

I agree with some here in this thread who suggest background noise is essential for your prep test - the "library noise" youtube clip that joegotbored posted is perfect. There's going to be noise during your actual test (coughing, pencils dropping... the lonely student in the back sobbing at the realization that all hope is lost...) so you should be ready & able to tune that garbage out. Prepping in dead silence ain't gonna prep you for life during the real test.

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cpetran467
Monday, Nov 10 2014

There are other 7 Sage-ers in Seoul ??? I too thought I was the only one here drawing out game boards in (Hyehwa) coffee shops !

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Monday, Oct 06 2014

cpetran467

Cancelling my score... HELP !

Greetings Fellow 7-Sagers...

I know there's recently been a few "should I / shouldn't I" discussion threads on whether or not to cancel a score. Having just taken the LSAT yesterday (in Korea), I now face the same dilemma.

Complicating my choice... today I was just informed by a colleague at work that even though you cancel your score, LSAC still scores your exam and... AND law schools can still see your "cancelled" score.

Is this true ??? WTF ?! Do law schools have access to your cancelled score ? Then what's the point of cancelling ?

Additionally, she tells me that some law schools will ask for a written reason why you cancelled.

Can anyone confirm this ?

Help me Obi-JY, you're our only hope.

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cpetran467
Friday, Oct 03 2014

Definitely say something. LSAC won't do anything if they're unaware anything is/was wrong.

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