Hope it was helpful! Good luck, @awyatt89575 LAND ! :smiley:
Thanks @selenesteelman792 ! Good to hear that from you in particular. Ha!
Dear friends,
I want to provide hope to others starting with scores in the 140s. This has been said often, and I want to repeat it here because it is true:
You. Can. Beat. This. Test.
I won't go into my full journey, but a bit about me:
Potentially helpful thoughts and advice:
Good luck to all!
Thank you, andrew.rsn! Helpful context.
Thanks, Jmockabee! I agree with your logic here. This is helpful.
Hello,
My recommender asked me to review the letter or recommendation they wrote for me for fact-checking purposes before they submit it to LSAC. I waived my right to review it on LSAC. In my view (LR reasoning here) waiving the right to review it does not mean that it is unethical / against LSAC policy to review the letter if the recommender requested it. I can't find anything on the LSAC website that suggests this either.
But I wanted a gut check here. Thoughts? Should I tell the recommender to just submit without my reviewing? Or is it fine for me to review it prior to the recommender submitting it?
Thanks, all!
Hi there! I started out with a 149/150 and have consistently PT'd in mid to high 160s. I've found that focusing on why wrong answers are wrong is often very helpful, in addition to holding the P-C in mind / pre-phrasing. I've frequently had questions in which I had no idea why the right answer was right but KNEW the other four answer choices were wrong.
Can confirm... refresh like cray. It works.
Currently in high 160s plateau as well.
But one quick piece of advice: I understand not wanting to BR all questions. If you feel that you can't, I'd suggest that during a timed section you flag questions that you aren't 100% sure of and then blind review those after finishing the section and BEFORE seeing what you got wrong.
That way you're still getting the benefits of partial BR'ing on the questions that tripped you up, and you can see the questions on which you were overly confident.
@oliviamariemott570 said:
I'm in a similar position. I just got a tutor and I believe she is helping, but what has been actually especially helpful for me is adding in the habit of meditation. I know it doesn't sound like it would be helpful, but my achilles heel on the test is anxiety, so learning to manage that has I believe put me in a better position for my upcoming test. Sounds like it might help you too, based on what you said about freezing up.
I think where my tutor helps most is with providing some structure to my studying and helping me feel more confident about my answers and not second guess them, so yeah I would recommend it. Plus a higher LSAT can end up offsetting the cost of a tutor in increased scholarships, etc
Thanks for your reply! I have actually started meditation! And it seems to have a positive impact... It's great to know someone else is working through a similar issue. :) As a follow up to your other point—How often are you meeting with your tutor?
Hi all,
I scored a 166 on the June 2021 LSAT Flex, which was my PT average heading into the test (I scored into the 170s a couple of times). I am generally aware of my two weaknesses, which I've outlined below, but would love some feedback on how helpful a tutor would be.
Any thoughts on if a tutor could be helpful at this point? Would they be able to reveal anything else about my performance? Or should I just trudge through and work on these two weak areas?
Thanks!
Thank you, @rdelltownsel637! Always good to hear others in agreement with your reasoning! :)
Thanks for your comment, @andrewyang9999298. Have you seen other similar strengthen NA questions that barely strengthen an argument? Or do you feel it's an anomaly? Not quite sure how to "learn" from this question, TBH.
Hello, friends! This is my first time posting some analysis on a question. Please feel free to provide feedback or any corrections.
STRENGTHEN
Premise: The same ingredients and processes were used to make Han purple AND a common white glass (during the Han and Qin periods in ancient China).
Conclusion: Han purple was probably discovered by accident while making the white glass.
Initial analysis: The stimulus includes nothing that suggests Han purple was particularly rare, or at least rarer than the white glass. There are a variety of problems with this logic, which has many gaping holes to fill with an answer. Just because two things are made similarly and with the same ingredients does not mean that one must've been discovered while making the other. They could've been discovered simultaneously, independently, etc.
Answer anticipation: Anything that shows that the white glass was made prior to Han purple, restricts geographic location of where both were made, shows that Han purple was rarer, shows that one must've been expert with white glass production to make Han purple, etc.
A: CORRECT. If chemical analysis shows that both Han purple and the white glass were made in a relatively restricted area, this eliminates the possibility that Han purple was discovered independently elsewhere.
B: No. How Han purple and the white glass were used AFTER creation tells us nothing about how Han purple was originally created / discovered.
C: No. We don't know if the technique for making white glass was also widely known. And the number of people who know how to make Han purple doesn't tell us anything about how it was created / discovered originally. Han purple could have been discovered independent of white glass with only a few people knowing how to make it.
D: No. How easily obtainable the ingredients were isn't relevant to answering whether Han purple was discovered while making white glass. If anything this weakens in some minuscule way—if ingredients were easily obtainable it makes it more likely that Han purple was discovered by a random person who happened to NOT be making white glass.
E: No. What is left of the white glass in artifacts today v. Han purple tells us nothing about how Han purple was discovered. Maybe it was discovered independently but for some reason just didn't hold up as well as the white glass did over time.
Final thoughts: I really struggled with this question during both my practice test and blind review and still missed on blind review (I typically go -2/3 on LR). I think it's because the argument was overall quite terrible and there were many logical holes that a correct answer choice could've filled so it was difficult to anticipate. For me, I didn't initially connect that limiting the geographical location could help, if even slightly.
As another commenter wrote about answer choice A online in a different forum:
"one of the weakest Strengthen answers you are ever likely to see."
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Admin Note: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-74-section-1-question-17/
Hello! Please fix the elimination button. This is many folks' prime study time!
Was the flagging questions function the same?
Yes. I would also like to know this as well. Was the booklet of paper 8.5 by 11?
Is every PT available via the digital tester 7sage offers? If not, what tests ARE currently supported on the digital tester?
I didn’t know there was a BR call on the June test. But yes... would also be down to create a group!
So what's the verdict on how well this digital tester works with the latest iPad Pro?
Are we allowed to ask for explanations for specific questions on the June 2019 LSAT? I'm working through them now and am stumped on one LR question.
Thanks a ton!
Congrats on that great score, @kledesma354 ! How many hours a day do you have to put in to study until the exam you want to take? I think that's likely key.