Was supposed to take it today, but proctor U kept disconnecting and wouldn’t let me start the test. The staff was unhelpful. I’m pretty upset. LSAC tells me to reschedule through Proctor U but there’s no times for me to schedule... hope someone from Proctor U or LSAT can help me. Sigh...

Apparently there are internet shortages and technical errors on LSAC and Proctor U end... Trying to call LSAC now.. I hope I can reschedule the test at this point. I'm so distraught.

LSAC: "Due to a widespread Internet incident that is affecting many organizations across the world, we are experiencing phone outages, and LSAC accounts are temporarily unavailable. We thank you for being patient while we work with authorities to get services back online as soon as possible. If you are scheduled to take the LSAT-Flex today and your testing session is affected by this Internet incident, we will work with you to ensure you are able to test as soon as possible."

Proctor U: "There is an intermittent global internet disruption that may affect connecting with ProctorU. We are monitoring the situation by the minute. Please be patient as you wait to enter the exam."

I'll be taking it tomorrow. Good luck to everyone!!

Rest in Power!!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this, because after coming across two star games on here I'm just like wow... haha

Thank you so much for sharing your story @ your resilience and mindfulness is the inspiration I need.

Necessary Assumptions - although never explicitly stated, it has to be true for the argument to work. If it could be false then the argument falls apart.

Keywords:

- the argument depends on

- the argument relies on

-required by the argument/ the argument requires that

Sufficient Assumptions - focuses on conclusions/perfect valid arguments. The argument must be true once added

Keywords:

-conclusion properly drawn if assumed

-follows logically if assumed

Psuedo-Sufficient Assumptions - makes argument more likely to be true. not quite as strong as sufficient assumption

Keywords:

-often uses Justify

@ I was thinking the same thing.. I may mute my computer that is terrible...

Wow! They're even in the evening. It's actually possible for working people. Makes me so happy

I was a first time test taker in July... I wish they could have done this for us!

Following -I am trying to work on the same thing myself. I think it may be jus met overthinking or loosing concentration during some questions. But also trying to improve closer to the BR.

@ Thank you for this advice! I got my happy score so I will stick to practicing timing and tapering like you said. Also completely agree! Improving LG was low hanging fruit to improve on!

@ when I was a month away, I looked at my trends. It seems like you have a lot of practice tests, so if I were you I would input the data in 7sage then analyze your trends. It will break down what you should prioritize as you study. For me I noticed I get the same types of questions wrong that show up frequently over and over. I spent time reviewing those sections and practicing timing on my logic games. That is what led to my huge jump of 10 points. Hope it helps. Also thank you to everyone for your advice for the week before!

I truly had to read this 3x after the test to know what the heck is happening xD lol

sidenote: now I want to look up if this is really the reason the keyboard is laid out this way.

Update! Omg Cora is right I googled it lol. Bernard you fool use google! xD (I'm sleepy. Time for bed.)

Thank you so much @ Judges! I was a collegiate athlete too and I love this advice. I was just thinking if I should treat this as a race. Also thank you @ ! i will just do timing and practice moving forward with a special focusing on timing the problematic areas.

Ear plugs are a nice touch! I loose time plugging my ears while practice testing at home lol also mechanical pencils are way easier!

Have you had any good weather lately? I thought about grabbing a blanket and doing a study session/ picnic in the park. I'm getting sick of studying in the house lately.

I think that's the only way to go. What I did was I would do a sitting with all three sections as a test environment. Then I the next day I would do a one section test to see what the average LR will be. It's not perfect, but the best i could think of while forcing myself to get more practicing in.

Hey I'm interested!

@ Hey! I feel you I was stuck there for a long time... It helped me a TON to start prioritizing my time and energy, because I was trying to focus on everything all the time. That ended up being exhausting and useless. I use the analytics tools on here. After I take a test, I use the tools to see what areas I mess up the most and how frequently they show up on the test. Letting myself get more comfortable taking practices tests, hammering hard in the blind review/analytics took me a long way. I also decided to focus my energy on Logic games first because that's the easiest area to improve. I usually miss 3-6 questions there. Now I'm moving onto Logical Reasoning accuracy. They say logic games is the easiest to improve, then logical reasoning, then reading comprehension is usually the hardest to improve. I'm at the point where I do silly mistakes, so I am trying to practice concentrating during the test situations.. I also noticed when I really started to understand valid and invalid argument forms, I started to improve a lot more in LG and LR. I hope this isn't rambling ! Just some initial thoughts. I hope it is helpful for you :3

Have you considered doing a 3 section format? The LSAT flex format is what a lot of people end up doing in the test situation anyway these days with COVID. It takes less time. Also, it may help to maybe take tests every other week or at least take a few days off of the LSAT each week? My practice tests went from a 148 score to a 161 just from being kind to myself and taking more breaks. Some of my mentors say you gotta give your brain time and stamina to catch up to all that you learned.

Congrats!!!

Hey everyone thanks so much for your candid, real advice. I wrote this post in a very discouraged headspace. I suffer from test anxiety, have a disability, and I’m a low income URM

so I was feeling very defeated/discouraged in this moment. But your advice really has helped me gain perspectives I needed.

I have practiced a lot of meditation and mindfulness to prepare and I think those skills is what got me to refocus and calm down for sections 2 and 3.

I’m going to re-work my plan to try again. A lot of mentors say my resume is very above average and my GPA is a 3.58 from a top 20 undergrad university. However, I do want to increase my odds for admission and scholarship for those tier schools. I need to buckle down again and get some more coaching.

Thank you all for everything I saved your advice for reminders to keep doing my best

Congrats, and thank you so much for sharing this advice

Omg thanks so much!!