Hi all, I am planning on taking the LSAT in April, June or both and was wondering what the rules are in regard to reading passages/stimuli out loud. I have developed a bit of a habit of doing this when practicing and taking PTs. I was not sure given I have not yet taken a proctored PT or am familiar with the portal conditions. Can anyone speak to this? I figured I would get ahead of this if it is not allowed so I can get rid of the habit.
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This was one of those passages where the answers were not as clear cut. I thought I had a good understanding after I read but felt like it was hard to differentiate between ACs in some of the questions
Definitely helped to hear ab explanation of C. I honestly overlooked that answer choice pretty quickly because of how simple it was but also knew the other answer choice I had picked (B) seemed slightly off given that the process was already fairly viable outside of a small shortcoming. Will be good to remember the terminology of a qualification presented for a claim going forward.
The wording on this straight up sucks. I like JY's explanation and understand the right answer but I went with D at first because I thought the point was to try and explain why the approach itself was flawed and that theoretical grounds should be an acceptable measure at times to qualify something as real.
Hey, I am working right now and am planning to apply this year. I have had some similar annoying experiences with the LSAT and just got my September results being a 160 despite the fact that my average was more in the range of 164-168. I am deciding to move forward with my applications instead of retaking. I think most people experience a lower LSAT score than practice tests and I would rather get my applications in earlier than sacrifice a couple months without a guarantee of raising my score. I currently work at a top-rated global law firm and have some strong rec letters and soft factors that I think will boost my application quite a bit. If you feel like the other factors of your application are solid, then I would encourage you to apply. However, I will also say there are a lot of benefits to working before law school and you should definitely explore the option of doing so if you are uncertain. I took two years off and think it has improved my understanding of the law and preparedness for law school in general. Anyways, best of luck!
I was thinking the same thing but JY said when we do the sets all types of passages should be available in them
Experiencing the same thing and agree they felt a little harder typically average around -5 as well on LR but got a -7 and -8
^^^I second the previous comment. Does not hurt to reach out and clarify, I am sure they will understand.
My PT scores bounce around all the time and it's natural. You are going to have games at times that are more difficult, certain LR sections will produce a greater number of questions in which you understand how to approach them better than others, and some RC passages are more difficult to comprehend. Take a win in the fact that your BR went up by 8 points. Work on understanding how to approach the test and get your timing down and you will improve!
@ I had a similar experience and was offered the potential to retest as well and filed a complaint. Have yet to hear back and will also have to take off work on Tuesday if they accept my complaint. I was told by the rep I spoke with that I would be guaranteed the option to retest but will have to wait and see.
If LG isn't going to help your score you might as well wait. I pushed to test in April and now am testing again in June because LG is my best section. Otherwise, might as well narrow your focus and work on LR and RC.
Sorry to hear that, must have been really tough. I would definitely write one, why not. Also, still a very solid GPA. Good luck!
JY saying A has nothing to do with the stimulus is so annoying. The second part of his explanation is right saying that A does go after the conclusion instead of the "beam" we had visualized with the Goku example, so I understand AC E. Kind of annoying for him to just act like there is no attractiveness even to A.
D was super appealing but reviewing now I see that redirecting the savings expenditures externally would impact the need for residents to pay back the province and be taxed for the $600 million. I think the hardest thing about this is that JY had been adamant about the need to accept that everything in the stimulus is true. I thought redirecting the $600 million would then be modifying the stimulus too harshly and thus could not be an option. Thus, I now see that it was not quite as important as I originally thought where I should have been more focused on weakening the need for citizens to pay back the 600 million through taxes even if the funds had to be redirected given that the 600 million being given out was not being retracted. All and all this is an extremely hard question and choosing answer D originally does not discourage me as it at least shows I was on the right track and just missed it. I will get it next time!
@ I went through the core curriculum first and foremost but also made sure that I was drilling each concept to make sure I was understanding what I was learning. I try to take a prep test once a week since I also work full time.
I had a diagnostic of 143 back in October and my highest PT to date is a 163. Definitely possible!
Hey Isa, I am studying anywhere from 2-4 hours a day basically 6-7 days a week. I also work full time so that is somewhat flexible.
Local codes have to be a sub set of national codes. This is one of JY's best explanations in my opinion.
My RC has been improving a ton. I found I understood this passage well but unlike other passages, the questions on these felt much tougher. Anyone else feel this way? #feedback
To simplify many of these explanations after reading them I think the key point here is just because something cannot be known does not mean it is not true. Determinism can still exist even if we cannot detect it. This makes answer choice D correct.
I feel like B completes the flaw best here in this example. Answer A was also appealing to me as well as E but B states best to describe the flaw in the argument that just because something is not apparent when it is alone, it does not mean that it is not responsible in some cases where there are multiple factors involved to producing the said result.
This explanation is not great. Time to move but I still do not fully understand.
I am honestly just trying to touch on a little bit of everything to make sure I stay sharp. My scores are very similar to yours on my PTs. I definitely experience some inconsistency across the board in my LR and RC and LG has been a bit more of a main stay. I plan on today for example, taking a full LR section after work for practice, and then reading a couple passages, and doing a more difficult LG to practice my game board setups. My goal is to not overdo it but also keep myself sharp. This Saturday, I will take one last PT and try to simulate it to test day standards as much as possible to ease some of that stress of next weekend. Good luck, we got this!
I have been studying for about three weeks now and feel like it is still slightly ineffective to take a PT each week this early and would benefit more from getting through most of the lessons initially. I took two diagnostics so far and feel as though not having really viewed each section, yet my score is most likely not going to improve. I know the benefits of blind review but would have to imagine taking a test each week after not enough practice is not going to yield as much growth opportunity as studying for maybe the first month or so. By the way I have a target test date of April but may push to June depending on how I am scoring on PTs when I get closer to that date.
I am going to get a 165+ on the April LSAT!
@ Thank you this is a big help!