I ran out of time for one question on the first LR section @luizavikhnovich921 because despite warming up, I think nerves got me. Thank you for your suggestions.
@jhaldy10325 I'm speechless. I re-did the sections today under proper conditions and made significantly less errors than I had the day of the test.There were a bunch of really silly mistakes I made on NA questions. I am suspecting the pressure forced me to misread in some way. If I usually have a pre-phrased answer (as was the case today), I specifically remember being blindsided on the test and being unable to come up with a single possibility. I know I went wrong by diving in head first out of fear for wasting time during the test. Thing is, I am really good about writing my PT's in test-style conditions and I wasn't overly anxious on test day either.
Hey everyone!
Decided to write in February again. Thought I was doing well with the BR method prior to writing in September. Managed to get down to about -4/5 per LR section (which is okay for my goal score) however I ended up losing several more points per LR section than expected on PT79.
Was hoping to get input on additional prep materials for this section? (I will continue to use the BR method in the meantime).
I would only add that it also depends largely on how much you trust your boards. In the past I have made errors during the set-up stage where I forgot to take into account an additional board. However, reading through all possible answers (specifically during CBT/MBF) made me realize I missed a variation and allowed me to quickly ammend.
@deepikaraj2398 It took me 9 months of arduous studying to birth this LSAT score. I am in labor.
Right there with you. No epidural either.
@476.rizeq Nah, nothing will be investigated.
This is what happens when pre-score release anxiety kicks in. You have time to come up with all kinds of crazy scenarios. Good to know, thanks.
So just a hypothetical here, assuming your score is so high in comparison to your last score (wishful thinking) that it needs to be investigated... would your score be withheld? Has anyone had this happen to them?
Many thanks @danielznelson160
What are the chances of it still being today? Is there a consistent "start" time they've released scores at in the past?
I believe the deadline is October 18th.
@torahisland910 thank you for the suggestion. I'll try that out and see if I can make something work.
@torahisland910 thank you so much for the input. Depending on my pending score from the September LSAT I'll (hopefully) be applying with a more competitive score. Planning on writing in December as well just in case. My character sketch has also been updated.
I'm applying this year in Canada to a specific law school I've applied to before. I have a bit of a dilemma. I still feel the answers I provided in part A and B of my personal statement before accurately and best reflect me now. However, I'm worried by submitting a next to identical statement it looks lazy on my part. If I re-wrote, it would feel forced and less genuine in a way. Anyone been in this situation too? What would you recommend I do?
@danielznelson160 thanks for confirming
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"Twas the night before the Lsat".
But seriously, I felt the same way. Wrote the September test with maybe a couple hours sleep at best. Thank you to everyone for all the valuable advice.
@asenciok441 I knew it. I thought I was going crazy. Had 3 LR's sadly. Would've loved an experimental LG @jhaldy10325
It just dawned on me... was there even a substitution equivalence question? I can't seem to remember if there was. Maybe it was just the anxiety that clouded my memory.
The LSAT gave me yet another reason to hate computer viruses... as if I needed another one.
Perhaps it's some kind of quasi-Stockholm syndrome situation, but I'm actually feeling kind of excited about tomorrow! Wishing everyone writing tomorrow the very best of luck!
@hongsophia009962 The LSAT tests your perseverance, don't give up! It's possible. Spend lots of time getting to know the basic foundation and then drill, drill, drill. You will develop your own "style" (example: which questions to skip, when you fill in answers, how you diagram etc.) for the test with practice :)
Hi @luizavikhnovich921.a,
It's better if you drill this so that you have a more intuitive understanding of what you're reading. It is relative to the individual and their familiarity with difficult reading. For instance, if you do find that you're struggling to understand more verbose or complex passages it can come in handy to break them down. That being said, when you're under the pressure of a time limit you have to ask yourself whether or not your time would best be spent on parsing the grammar. Hope that helps.
@jy-ping Really appreciate you taking the time to explain that. Shifted my thinking entirely. I think I'll be trying this out on the harder questions - going at it by asking what assumptions I have to create to make the answer choice work (assuming I hopefully have the time) and seeing which assumption is the weakest. There's something more liberating about knowing it's not flawless. Many thanks.
Thank you @jy-ping. I understand, just feels like too big of an assumption to comfortably accept C.
You're welcome @jacobabellotharp17. Best of luck!
If I understand correctly, you mean you've been having trouble with strengthening questions in LR?
It's somewhat a two part process. You have to find possible assumptions, yes, but you also have to ensure those assumptions cannot be made by blocking them with an answer choice and hence strengthening the relationship between premise and conclusion.
If you mean sufficient assumptions alone, they generally look like:
A
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B
To bridge them, you simply have to show that A (fill it in with existing premise) can lead to B (fill it in with existing conclusion). Quite literally A ->B. Pay attention to any mismatch between terms in premise and conclusion - they are sometimes filled in by a sufficient assumption.
I hope I answered your question? Please let me know if I misunderstood it.
Make sure to bubble carefully. So many crazy stories on reddit about bubbling mishaps. Very depressing. All that time and effort studying only to slip up by shifting all of your answers down by one line.