@ @ Thank you so much for your helpful comments! You're 100% right about people with bad experiences being more vocal. It's so reassuring to know that June test takers had a relatively good experience and that LSAC is continuing to make proper adjustments in accordance with user feedback!

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My best improvements came from practicing translation drills over and over. Besides that, learning to tactically skip questions was massively beneficial. For example, when you come across a parallel reasoning question or find yourself having a hard time understanding a difficult stimulus -select a random answer choice, flag the question, and move on. When I started skipping like this, I found I would always get done with a section with 7 - 10 minutes to spare. This left me plenty of time to go back and answer all of my flagged questions. By doing this, you won't waste time on hard questions that you could have spent on easier ones. And, it gives you a better chance at getting the hard ones right too.

This!! My tutor taught me that you don't want to struggle on your first pass through the questions. Even feeling like you spent too much time on one question can leave you flustered and stressed for the rest of the section, or worse, for the rest of your test.

Especially when you're stuck on a question oscillating between two answer choices, you're wasting your time and making yourself less and less confident. If you find yourself in a situation like that it's better to pick one and move on. Lower hanging fruit likely awaits!

7Sage has an Lsat Flex Score Converter (https://classic.7sage.com/lsat-flex-score-converter/) where you can input the number of questions missed on each section and they'll recalculate on the basis of how that test would likely be scored as a flex.

I think we don't exactly know the method by which LSAC calculates flex scores, so what you get from the converter is more of an educated guess of what your score would be, and not a certainty.

Even if you don't go through the whole LR CC, I would recommend going through the 'introduction to logic' and 'advanced logic' portions thoroughly. The content in those lessons lay out the basics of logic really well, which is key to acing more difficult LG questions. I don't think I'd be able to draw the necessary inferences as quickly as I do without the time that I put into those LR lessons.

And don't worry! You can definitely improve on LG before your exam. Speaking from experience, it's the easiest section to improve on as well. I went from -10+ per section to -1/-0 per section after going through the CC. You can do it!

Hi I'm signed up for the July test and still don't quite get how ProctorU is supposed to work? Is there any explanation for proctor switch overs during the exam? And is there any way we could request to have one proctor through the entire exam? It honestly seems like the service LSAC has decided to use isn't well suited for the LSAT.

I'm anxious enough about the exam already. Having a nightmare proctor is the last thing I want to worry about :/

I started studying with a tutor a little over a month ago and I don't regret it one bit! However, I will say that tutoring can be expensive because it is such a valuable service. Your score should see a good amount if improvement just by doing your due diligence with the CC and absorbing the fundamentals of logic.

I wouldn't recommend getting a tutor until you feel that your PT scores are starting to plateau. You shouldn't be paying money for help on things the CC will teach you. If you feel like you need help on fundamentals, the discussion board is a great place to ask for free. You could also find an accountability parter for the CC, so you can ask each other questions about things you might not be getting.

A tutor can enhance your score by helping you see some of the strategic mistakes you're making. The most valuable thing that I've gotten out of tutoring is a testing strategy that doesn't fail me when I'm stressed out on a specific question or game. It's definitely worth the money to have a tutor help you to become a more mindful and confident test taker, but I would hold off until you're done with the CC.

@ Hi, thank you so much Juliet!

I've actually gotten in touch with LSAC and figured it out.

I'm going to leave my solution here in case anybody has a similar issue.

If you are using google chrome and somehow cannot log in to your prep plus account via the links provided on 7sage or the LSAC email, try logging into another chrome browser using a different email account. I can't tell you why this worked, but it certainly did. Which is strange considering it would not work on the chrome browser logged into the email that I use for my LSAC account, but it did work for my university email.

Hope no one else runs into this problem!

We aren't meant to purchase the account on our own if we've been grandfathered into our accounts, right? I can't access any of the course material any more because I'm having issues with connecting to the Prep Plus account.

I would love to be a part of this! Now that all my classes are online I'd love to spend time connecting with other undergrads prepping for the LSAT!

I also struggle a lot with testing anxiety, especially since my PT scores are still pretty inconsistent. Like others have mentioned, your anxiety and timing issues will begin to reduce as you get more and more practice, and seeing the results of this will also make you more confident going in.

I do have one "magic trick" that might seem silly. There are days where I feel like I just can't bring myself to take a timed section or PT. Before I begin any timed practice, I'll set a timer for two minutes and power pose with by back straight and hands on my hips. There's something about taking up space that can somehow make you feel more calm and confident going into a high stress situation. I recommend you give it a try!

(here's a link to the power-posing Ted Talk that inspired me to do this: https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en)

I'm currently completing undergrad in Japan and am wondering the same! I've gotten a lot of mixed advice regarding applying as an international student.

While CAS does convert all international score assessments into a universal value (your Above Average B ) I have been told that schools put much more weight on LSATs for international applicants. This is apparently because schools can't know for certain how grading is conducted in foreign institutions since they vary so much from country to country and school to school.

Thank y'all so much for hosting this! It was super fun and informative!

one of the differences that caught me off guard was that you can't move forward or backward in the questions using the arrow keys. I usually use that function on 7sage, so it became an ingrained habit to hit the forward key when I want to move on to the next question. I would hit the key like three times before remembering to move my cursor and click forward to the next q.

I think it's important to take a cold diagnostic just to see where you're at without knowing any material. If anything it'll be good to look back on as you begin taking practice tests just to see how far you've come. It's likely that your score will plateau at some point, as it does for many students, and being able to look back on your diagnostic can be a good motivator.

You'll also be able to see your initial strengths and weaknesses, which can be helpful to know since your best and worst sections will likely change as you progress in your studies.

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Once you purchase the CAS, you can update your transcript for free by sending your new transcript from your university to their mail address. So you might want to send your current transcript to LSAC before your application. You can update it in the future when you complete your degree if needed.

For processing time reference, I've sent LSAC my international undergraduate degree via DHL on the 1st which they received on the 9th of April and completed processing it by 15th of April. I highly recommend sending your transcripts at least 3-4 weeks earlier before you have to apply. If you're applying early in October then I'd recommend having everything sent to LSAC by September.

Thank you so much! This is super helpful!

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At the webinar by LSAC regarding LSAT-flex, they mentioned that LR will not be double scored. They also stated that the questions will not be easier or harder than any other LSAT.

Interesting, I don't totally understand how that will work... did they say anything else about the scoring/weighting?

I'm gonna be honest, it doesn't seem like they're being very transparent about the weighting of the test. I don't see how they can score the test on the same 120-180 scale with three sections. The math doesn't really work out...?

I'll be trying to get in touch with them, so I'll post another update on scoring if/when they get back to me!

At the webinar by LSAC regarding LSAT-flex, they mentioned that LR will not be double scored. They also stated that the questions will not be easier or harder than any other LSAT.

What is it exactly that they're taking so much time on anyway? You'd think that an unscored portion of the test wouldn't take so long to review. Don't they just need to play back to the footage to check for cheating or something?

Do any of you think it might be beneficial to start PTing with just three sections? I kind of like the idea of a three section test. I'm signed up for July, but who knows maybe they'll be back to regular testing by then.

I'd love to join in on this! I've moved my test from June to August :)

I'm prepping for the July flex (it's so soon it's terrifying) and I've been focused on taking flex-style PTs this past week. I'll go ahead and look for which sections are LR, and I'll pick one at random to do as a warmup section before taking the other three sections. I found that with four section tests, I always did worse on the first LR section, so using one as a warmup and scoring the other has definitely helped the score I get with the flex converter.

sorry if this is a bad question but does anyone know how many sheets of scratch paper we're allowed to use?

how do y'all remember so much about test content... I can barely recall taking the damn thing...

I've watched screen recordings of myself taking timed sections and let me tell ya, it's like watching a horror movie where all the characters are doing exactly what you don't want them to do. Doing this a couple of times actually helped me get out of my head a little bit when I'm taking sections.

x1.7 speed! you know it's bad when you've gotten so used to JY sped up that he sounds drunk at normal speed.