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newgal

🙃 Confused

staying in shape post april LSAT if i think i did poorly

hi, does anyone who has ultimately gotten in the mid-170s have advice for how to prep after having taken once.

ive been ptest scoring in mid 170s, took april and didn't feel like i had enough time to be confident about (or even fully read) some questions. the week leading up to the test i took several sections that i performed more poorly on than usual.

before i can know what my score is, how do i stay in shape? is the best to still keep of routine of prioritizing sections with some light drilling on side for Q types i found hard on the actual test?

how long of a break (at this point its been 3 days) is best?

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4 days ago

newgal

😖 Frustrated

reading sections in the 130s?

hi! generally i go like -1 to -2. taking LSAT on saturday and decided to take a couple RC sections for practice this week. on several sections from ptests in the 130s, i just got like -4s and -5. freaking out a bit as ive been feeling confident up until now, and worried that these sections will reflect my test. has anyone found these RC sections to be harder? and does anyone know if these are similar to modern day RC difficulty?

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Lessons · Skill Builder - Rules and Exceptions (Embedded Conditionals)
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Edited Monday, Mar 16

@businessgoose businessgoose we meet again!!!

i dont know if this is helpful, but the way i read this that inclined me to separate into two things: "none of the pandas that relocated to this part of the forest will prosper" is a conditional statement in itself. i think i remember the loophole having a page where she translated a conditional with "none," i will try to find. in my head, i read this as: "if im a relocated panda -> i will not prosper."

i have that embedded conditional, and then i deal with the "unless" clause of this sentence.

i think if you want to keep it in just 1 SA side and 1 NA side, you would map it as: "-poach driven out-> (none of relocated pandas prosper)" or inverse "(some relocated pandas prosper)-> poachers driven out." in which i thought some ("not none") is the negation of none.

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hi! I have been studying consistently for (typically) 2-3 hrs a day since maybe july 2025, often doing timed or untimed sections, reviewing thoroughly, and occasionally drilling when i noticed a pattern of mistakes. Im finally at the point where im scoring low 170s and have signed up for the april test, yet still hoping that my final score will be in the mid to high 170s. i don't notice any more clear patterns to my mistakes.

is there any recommendation for breaking this plateau ~2 months out from the test? are there recommended daily schedules that have worked for people in my position ~2 months out? thank you !!

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which are the best tests to practice with weekly in the months leading up to the test! I have done all of the 150s and the high 140s and havent scored exactly where I want to yet.

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PT146.S2.Q17
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Sunday, Jan 18

I chose C because I thought it was an NA for the argument.

the necessary assumption is that "not showing WHAT audiences found FFM" makes it difficult to determine audience members responses. there is an NA we can pull.

we have no idea what success and failure depend on.

even if success and failure depend on viewers finding it FFM, we dont know if this impacts whether film historians find it difficult to determine audience members' responses. is that a key reason why C is wrong?

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hi! I am realizing I have trouble identifying the main conclusion in reading passages, as simple as it is. I often highlight the statement (or statements) that jumps out in the passage as conclusion statements, yet when i get to the ACs i am often stuck between something that reflects those sentences exactly or something that is more all encompassing of the passage (ie will nod to an earlier paragraph or theme). do people recommend drilling "find the main conclusion" questions for RC passages? or drilling full passages with the complete set of questions?

or if there's a particular strategy to deep reviewing these questions? that would be super helpful, thank you.

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PT148.S4.Q18
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newgal
Monday, Jan 12

Is this a specific type of NA? So that I can drill! It feels more convoluted than others.

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Saturday, Jan 10

newgal

😖 Frustrated

How long does the high 160s plateau last?

Hi! I have been at this plateau for the last ~6 months. In the last 9 practice tests I've taken, only 3 have been in the 170s. How do I move past this barrier when I feel confident abt questions during the test? Are there recommended daily study routines? I fluctuate between getting -2 and -5 wrong on an LR section and I would just love to get consistent.

Please help. My goal is mid -170s

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PT156.S4.Q11
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Edited Tuesday, Jan 6

This one tripped me up bc a lot of the NA questions I've done in recent history have the AC as the NA that links the first conditional statement to the second conditional statement (this second conditional being the conclusion).

I now see why AC B is correct via the negation technique. It just wasn't the answer I predicted before heading to the ACs, especially because it doesn't refer back to the first conditional statement (-most parties subject abide willingly -> law futile).

I read "Thus, there can be no comprehensive international solution to the problem of pollution, since few nations would willingly give up their power over their own industries" in its entirety as the conclusion. Was that wrong?

Should I have been tipped off to look for this more simplistic NA (AC B) once I couldn't find the NA linking the two conditional statements? Please advise.

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Sunday, Jan 4

newgal

ptest 155

stressed bc this one was far worse score than my usual average, particularly section 4 (LR). was it unusually bad for anyone else (like ~my diagnostic score from a year ago)? section 1 and 2 were normal scores. 3 and 4 far lower sectional average.

how to address this outcome via studying methods?

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Hi! When I first started studying I took most recent ptests within the 150s and worked backwards. as i get closer to the test I have been redoing those with the 150s with mixed results. which ptests should I take closest to the real thing to get me prepared?

and does anyone have a recommended list of ptests to take leading up (ex. varied as ptests 149, 154, 132, 147, etc. )? Thank you!!

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PT154.S1.Q13
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newgal
Sunday, Dec 28, 2025

@7SageTutor Hi! Im confused at this point in your explanation: "So the argument is treating the inability to distinguish homophones as a symptom of a deeper problem: the lack of semantic and grammatical understanding." I similarly read "as a consequence..." to indicate an embedded conditional as the conclusion (/homophones → (/recognize semantics → /accurately translate) and accurately translate -> homophones). How do we know the inability to distinguish homophones is a symptom of the problem (/accurate translate -> /homophones)?

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Study Groups · Looking for a 170+ Study Partner
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Wednesday, Dec 24, 2025

hi ! can i ask how you went up from the -3/-4 plateau to the -0/-2 level?

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hi! please see question above? ive been doing slow work-throughs of LR sections, reviewing the questions I get wrong thoroughly (or what i think is thorough--identifying why wrong ACs are wrong, why the rigjt one is right). ive started to incorporate time, yet i am still in the same place of usually getting -3 to -4 wrong. i know it doesnt feel drastically different, yet i have been at this plateau for the past 3/4 months. I don't want to believe that I can't get better!! is there something I'm missing?

i've done some drills based on identified weaknesses (strengthen/weaken/NA). but i don't feel as though there are types that I can identify as consistently missed.

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