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@NoNamed92 Just because people resist change doesn't mean their frustration can't be valid. Facebook isn't a timed exam; no one on Facebook is using the interface to scroll through posts as fast as they can because their admission into law school depends on it. If something requires more clicks, users will just accept it. But the LSAT score heavily depends on our speed, and answering questions in time is literally a whole other skill to learn. The new changes now require users to spend more time with these unnecessary clicks, which not only wastes time but also interrupts their working memory.
Sure, we're not comfortable with it, but it's more than that. The only thing that may improve with time is our ability to click quicker. What won't change is the AMOUNT of clicks we have to go through for a simple, little task that took minimal effort before. If the LSAT wanted their system to be quicker, their search function to work better, and incorporate more accessibility options, then they should've done just that, not all the other nonsense they included.
Since the new interface and highlighting changes, my score on drills and sections has notably decreased. Eliminating or selecting an answer now requires an extra step to the mode toggle, which interrupts my reasoning rather than allowing immediate action, and highlighting now requires repeated clicks per selection instead of one continuous pass through the passage. The result is that the same reasoning work now takes measurably longer, which is counterintuitive given that this strictly timed exam is meant to measure reasoning ability.
At first, I was angry, but I find myself more confused and disappointed. Why would they try to fix something that's not broken, while throwing in obstacles along the way? It's simply unfair to 26-27 test-takers, and it's disappointing to see, especially from an organization designed to help us.
Am I the only one going through this? Does anyone else have any thoughts?
LSAC did another dumb feature change. Select a text and the highlighter tool will pop up. It's manual instead of the old automatic feature (in the sense that you have to toggle "Highlight" every time you select). If you don't see it try refreshing your page.
@Hahahahahar Feel free to go to this link, select "LSAT Prep," and describe your frustration.
Honestly, shame on LSAC for incorporating these useless, unnecessary, and time-consuming features. I personally see no benefit to them. If anyone reading this would like to voice their concerns, feel free to go to this link, select "LSAT Prep," and describe your frustration.
I was so confused about (B) at first, but I think I know why it's the wrong answer.
I'm looking for something that would explain why Plato & Aristotle made great intellectual progress during a time of political unrest--i.e., I'm looking for a cause of this intellectual progress that is unique to ancient Athens.
(B) tells me the consequences (or effect) of their intellectual success: The citizens held those who were intellectually successful in high esteem. Plato & Aristotle were already intellectually successful during times of political turmoil... and citizens held them in high esteem. Okay... but how did Plato & Aristotle become intellectually successful? (B) doesn't explain why or how they became intellectually successful.
I fell for this trap answer because it seems like it checks off the first criterion of presenting a phenomenon unique to ancient Athens, but not the second criterion (to give a cause).