So awesome! Congrats!

LR - LG - RC

LR was straightforward, I felt confident I performed well.

LG is my best section, and had to guess on the last 3 questions of the Interview Assignments game. Oyyyy.

RC seemed fairly easy to me. I had the Wolves vs. Dogs passage and usually I struggle finishing RC.

Goodluck everyone!

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@ , thank you for your response. I have only been studying for a little over a month, and wanted to get a baseline score on the July or August test. I am not sure of my strongest points right now, as I only took one diagnostic and got a 140 and have been going through the Core Curriculum, but I thought it may be a good idea to stick to a flex first since all three sections are weighted equally. What are your thoughts on that?

There's really no value to getting a baseline score. Even though schools focus on your highest score, it's always better to do well on your first LSAT. Taking the LSAT and waiting on your score can be an emotionally taxing process, so I don't think many people would recommend voluntarily subjecting yourself to unnecessary official takes. You should not sit for a real LSAT until you're confident that you're ready to do well. One month is probably not going to cut it for most people. You should probably finish the Core Curriculum and then spend 2-3 months drilling and taking practice tests before you sit for the LSAT.

This^^^ I agree 100%

Just for reference, it took me a month to see a significant improvement in LG, about 6 months for both LR and RC. But, everyone's mind works differently. Hard work and using your time effectively does not lie, so keep chugging away and you will eventually see an improvement. Sometimes, it's quicker and sometimes it takes FOREVER

I luckily saw on twitter that they opened the registration around 10am eastern, which is incredibly annoying considering the fact that everyone was waiting for an email all morning only to find out they just released registration early without warning.

If LR is your strongest section, I would hold out until August in hopes that the normal LSAT is administered because you are losing crucial points that could help you. However, if your best section is either LG or RC you should 100% try and take the flex. If there are major technological issues LSAC will work with you and make it right. Also, if you do not have access to a quiet area in your home, I would caution taking the flex because of the potential distractions you could be facing. It's a give and take type of thing, but I personally loved the flex because I get fatigued on section 4 and 5 regardless of what the section is testing, and my best section is LG.

I get confused and get the information all jumbled when I read both then go on to the questions. I think it's a personal preference thing tbh. I find the return on getting more questions right is worth the extra time it adds

You definitely won't forget all of the core stuff. I think picking back up and doing a handful of PT's 4-6 weeks before the test is a good idea. Coming from someone who gets test anxiety I feel your pain. You got this!

RC 27, LG 23, LR 26.

My experience technology wise was a breeze. In and out in 2 hrs.

I think the RC was about a 4/5, I didn’t really have an easy gimme passage. I might be hallucinating but I thought there was a typo in one of my questions in my Criminal vs Civil passage. If anyone saw this please let me know, I’m going to email LSAC about it.

LG was comparable to just a super average 3/5 test. The last two games were a bit challenging and had to guess on 2 answers in the end, but nothing I couldn’t handle.

LR was probably a 2/5. My section was incredibly easy and I finished with 7 minutes to spare which allowed me to go back and fix some flags.

I agree that if you are not scoring a -3 in LG consistently, you should focus on that because you are able to pick up a lot of points since it is the most easily learnable section. Also, it's hard to be 160+ without that solid LG score. I started at about -10 in LG, and after spending 4 weeks of constant drilling and redrawing hard game boards and doing the strategies that JY has I started seeing my LG score go to -1s and -0s. Mastery in LG makes you better at inferences, which is good for RC & LR because there are MANY inference questions where you have to put some pieces together, which uses similar "mind muscles" (what I like to call them, haha). Focus on the LG. It'll be your best bang for your buck in the short time you have. Good luck, you got this!

Usually what I do is one easy-medium game, 5 relatively easy-medium LR questions, and depending how I feel I read a easier reading comp passage and then I decide whether I want to answer the questions or not. I want to warm up my brain but I am also easily discouraged so that is why I use easier questions just to boost my confidence. It's all about the mindset! This usually only takes 20-25 minutes for me.

So I used my July 2019 freebie to register for the March test. Now that I am automatically moved to the April exam, what happens if that gets canceled? Will LSAC allow the people who used the "freebie" essentially from the July test to use it later than their mandated April 2020 cut off? If anyone has information please let me know. I am stressing.

Stay safe everyone!

So I used my July 2019 freebie to register for the March test. Now that I am automatically moved to the April exam, what happens if that gets canceled? Will LSAC allow the people who used the "freebie" essentially from the July test to use it later than their mandated April 2020 cut off? If anyone has information please let me know. I am stressing.

Stay safe!!!!

The May flex I took was very average in difficulty. My average PT score was a 158 and I scored a 157, so not far and pretty accurate compared to a full length test. Personally, I thought the flex was easier mentally because you only had to get through 3 sections vs 5. However, I think I would've score 158-160 if I would have had that extra LR section because the past month before the test my LR section has improved immensely. Oh well, it's give and take... but I think it is reflective on your normal LSAT score overall.

They played me with the left and left thing.

Starting a course like 7Sage sooner and/or allowing more than 3-4 months of studying (more like 1 year, to ensure you have reached your scoring potential).

I think you need to sit back and really evaluate how you study and how you recreate test day conditions. I know you said you had some problems on test day with technology, but if you are confident in your abilities and mentally in the right place (practicing mindfulness, meditation, and breathing) it should not have effected your score that much. Was it all the pressure you were putting on yourself? Do you have testing anxiety? Did you find this particular flex test you took extra challenging? Was there a section (looks like your first section) where you felt like you just bombed it and it sat in your mind for the rest of the test even though you tried calming techniques?

I know for me doing a PT is not as stressful as actual test day (I have sat for 2 LSATs, July 2019 and May Flex). We all have bad days, this might have just been one for you. I wouldn't give up. If you scored a 161 the week before the test and average 154, I believe that you can achieve 154+ if you stay consistent in your studying. You got this.