@davidbusis895 I hope this isn't too much of a bother, but I have two questions regarding this that may or may not be time-sensitive given that I'm planning to submit my apps next week. I took the the LSAT five times, three of which still included the handwritten writing sample, and two with the digital/typed sample.

1. My first LSAT attempt was the one I also gave the most amount of effort toward the writing—about five decent-sized paragraphs (handwritten) and, IMO, not half-bad. The other two handwritten attempts I was pretty blasé toward. On each, I wrote two modest paragraphs and called it a day. I wasn't flippant or glib, but I was fatigued and wanted to be done. If 1 out of my 3 attempts show real effort, will they hold those other two against me? Or is this _merely_ to get a sense/glimpse of my writing ability, and thus that first attempt is all they're seeking?

2. Because of that first attempt, I hadn't bothered attempting either of my digital writing samples that are available. Would it be wise to do a typed sample given all of this, or does it not matter?

Just a shot in the dark, but is there any chance the LG explanation videos for PT 88 will be up before November 15th? I'm a former Ultimate user but was hoping to see the explanations for this particular games section for free if possible. No worries if not, obviously.

Thank you, @davidbusis895!

Thanks @selenesteelman792!

Right, I assumed as such. I wasn’t being very clear at the end there (and/or I chose a poor post title), sorry. What I meant to say was are there any indicator words or phrases that includes accident report (aside from the term itself)? For example, I take it that “citation,” “ticket,” “infraction,” or “violation” don’t qualify if only an accident report was written. Would it just say “traffic crash report” or would it be a less obvious term?

I apologize if it sounds like a finicky question. I’m just trying to limit my addenda and minimize extra materials to read in my applications.

Thank you!

Oh wow, I’m mildly surprised to hear that both of those occurred! But the more I think about it maybe I shouldn’t be, haha. Thanks @23085.

To answer your question, I’d say it depends on how long you’ve been studying. If you’ve been grinding away for say the last 4-6 months, then you should give yourself some time - I’d say 10-14 days at this point of true, unconditional relaxation and then get back at it. For me, any longer than 2 weeks and I found it really hard to gain back the motivation - I got comfortable with having no study regimen very quickly. I also think it’s good to begin to get back into it a little bit before you receive your score back - if in the case that you don’t do as well as you’d hoped you’ll already be back in the groove/flow and it’ll be easier to brush off said underperformance much more easily. And then you’ll have about a month from that point (mid-late August) to re-immerse until the September exam. Wishing you the best!

Out of curiosity, did they still give you the tablet version of the exam? And was it the same exam that everyone else took?

Thanks for sharing this! Really interesting. The only thing I’d say (for other 7Sagers) is that their response to question #6 seems fairly dubious from their limited answer. If a 172 is “devalued” because it took 5 attempts to get it, but the school’s median is (say) 169 - or a 75th percentile of (say) 171 - and your GPA is of a similar competitive caliber, then that person’s chances/appeal almost certainly won’t be affected in any impactful manner (all else being equal).

The only instance where it could be devalued is if you’re being considered against other people with very similar numbers and application profile. Then maybe other 172s that scored that in one or two tries might look slightly more appealing at first blush (which is by no means clear that they are, in fact, once looking further into each applicant). But even in this instance it would have to be if you’re in their median range or below. If you’re above their 75th, then they won’t care about how many times it took each applicant with a 172 to attain that score (all else being equal). They’re either posturing/saving face to a prospective applicant, or their answer was far too context-independent. If I’m incorrect and neither is the case, then what that particular school is saying is they’re just resigned to not improving upon their ranking within the next couple cycles. Just my two cents.

Is your testing site typically a university or college of some kind? Prior to this year, the non-summer standard LSAT dates always fell on a Saturday and always at 8:30am. When I saw that they were offering multiple fall/winter/spring exams at 12:30pm on Mondays, I instantly wondered how my prior testing site (a law school at a university) was going to handle it since college classes would be going on during then. It turns out my curiosity was warranted: the closest testing site near me for the October, November, and March exams (all on a Monday @ 12:30pm) is 65 miles away.

Takeaway: LSAC masks their shortsighted decision-making and disregard for test takers as "convenience" and "increased accessibility."

Hey Alan, is there by chance a way you could change the highlighting/underlining mechanism to simply highlight/underline the entire word upon touching it and not the individual letters of the text? It’s becoming pretty frustrating when only half the word gets highlighted and I have to try highlighting the text again and using up precious seconds.

Aside from the LSAC’s program itself, TestMasters’ (ew) program is also designed that way, so I take it it’s possible to do.

Apologies if this has already been asked. The other comments are difficult to wade through at this volume. Thank you for working so hard!

Thanks J.Y.!

@aholtzer34-4 That's what I'm hoping to figure out with this post haha.

@aholtzer34 would you happen to know?

Yes, the explanations just get uploaded after a few weeks following purchase. That's what happened with PTs 85 & 86.

@dillonritchi757 Would you happen to know?

Hey @dillonritchi757 thanks so much for such a thorough response and helpful suggestion! I really appreciate it :) I just wanted to follow-up and say that June 2019 was a disclosed exam, meaning all test takers already got back the full test and it's now available for public purchase, so it'll definitely be available on 7Sage pretty soon! The only question is how soon :)

Thanks for the pointer @aholtzer34-4. My hope is to get it digitally since I wanted to take both one of the newer PTs as well as take a PT digitally for the sake of adjustment to the tablet. Hopefully it's released within the next week or so!

Many thanks again @kangjisoocom36. This was really helpful.

Thanks, @kangjisoocom36. So the Fire HD10 would allow me to download the 7Sage app and jump straight into taking PTs, right?

One additional reason (C) is wrong: Saying a nerve sheath begins to disintegrate around 3 months does not say anything about how long it takes until it is fully disintegrated. Suppose the disintegration process is a 12 month process. Additionally, suppose that so long as there is some semblance of a nerve sheath - be it fully intact or just partially disintegrated - then that nerve tissue can still regenerate within the sheath (this was never ruled in the stimulus!). Then, given this, there is absolutely no reason whatever to think muscle function necessarily cannot be restored after 3 months despite the nerve not yet having regenerated successfully. A nerve could have as long as 15 months (in this particular hypothetical) to restore itself and have muscle function, given the 3 months + 12 months disintegration process. Thus, (C) is not strongly supported, especially compared to (D).