Thank you for this very detailed post!

A is kind of flipped. It is absolutely necessary that making a promise is counts as the "ought."

Or else the counterexample falls apart. So you can think about a promise being a subset of the "ought" superset or as promise → ought.

But that does not mean "ought failed → promise failed." This is not the contrapositive of promise → ought.

The correct contrapositive is that if it's not ought, then it's not a promise.

Failing of a promise, and something not being a promise to begin with are two different things.

Kudos to the writers of this question.

Completely bypassed C thinking it's taken care of with "the similar illnesses".

But the stim isn't saying the two hospitals only treat the similar illnesses, but rather that the recovery rate for the similar illnesses are similar.

I conflated P1 and P2 in my head.

I had a really hard time choosing between A and C. Picked A in first run, then changed to C last minute. I changed it back to A during BR.

I did underline the word 'unique', but I didn't realize that unique plant = unique pollen. I thought two different unique plants could have the same pollen, which made C a lot more attractive than it should have been.

most realistic (most truthful) =/= the best (most beautiful)

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truth =/= beauty

Interested. Averaging around 167 and -2 ~ -5 on LR!

Saw that we need the P → C, but I overlooked E for too long because I didn't think in contrapositive.

Contrapositive!!!

Just got done w the international flex.

LR (26) - RC - LG

LR included questions about breast milk, mountain climbing??

RC was drilling for waste disposal, tricksters, plagiarism (comp; it was suuuper hard and I basically guessed all 7 questions), and civil vs. criminal law

LG: playing for concert? (jazz, orchestra, solo), morning afternoon and night shift was the last game

Overall LR felt fair, and LG on the easier side

w/ super hard RC for me.

Fellow intl' flex takers pls share your sentiments!!

Went into the answer choices thinking I need to something that questions that 'trauma is the cause for high cortisol level'.

I picked B because it attributes a specific use for cortisol, which complicates the whole picture.

Even though I didn't understand how exactly B weakens, it was providing an additional information that made me question that cortisol level is simply higher due to trauma.

Yup it's how many you could get wrong to get 170.

I chose C because I overlooked the referential phrasing: "this relationship". C is irrelevant because we are already talking about elderly Singaporeans of Indian ethnicity who regularly eat curry vs. who don't. The fact that most Indian Singaporeans eat curry regularly doesn't matter!!!

It was breezy for 99% of the time. My internet did disconnect two times, but each came back within 10 seconds and I was not super distracted by it.

I think I finally understand Q27. In the stimulus, the "signature" being written all over is kind of like a trail/clue you can find WITHIN the genes. A) B) C) D) all talk about evidences OUTSIDE of the text, like a corroborating evidence. Only E) talks about something within the book that can be indicative of some alteration.

@ pen/mechanic pencil is not allowed. If your laptop/computer already has a built-in camera that should work without needing a separate webcam. Check your gear through ProctorU beforehand!

I believe I've PMed everyone. Let me know if I missed you!

Thank you so much for this neat summary!

You can extend at 'Extensions' under the 'Course' tab.

When I reached them about it vis email, they said we couldn't. Whether it's Flex or not, you have to physically be in that country you are registered for.

I'm not sure whether it does in general. But as long as for a Flex test, you need to be on a laptop or a desktop! HP Stream thus should work.

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The May test was drawn at least in part from as October 2019, as well as from other recent tests. Aside from being familiar with the earlier games for the sake of adaptability, the later tests are still better. LSAC has demonstrated they can/will draw from anywhere, and issues are typically transitioning from earlier to later tests, not the other way around.

Where did you read this??

Jon Denning told me this in response to this exact question. The source tests for the May Flex was a separate conversation.

Gotcha. I was on the hunt on the internet, but it doesn't seem like Powerscore officially released where the May test has come from. Thanks for sharing.

The very long causal chain reminds me of 71.1.12.

I learned from that question that even if A caused B, and B caused C, you can't always say A caused C.

E is the only answer choice that doesn't jump around the chain of causality, but only talks about the causality between strong El Nino and draught (supported in the stim).

I think this question is pretty similar to the weakening Q.5 in this section. The right answer choices broadens the scope and provides an alternative explanation.

If this makes you feel any better, my LR started suffering significantly from PT82 and onwards too. It sucked and I didn't completely recover from it, but you're not alone!

I started to notice that the language in LR for the latest tests seem a little different and requires a bit more assumption to get to the right answer. I remember some questions that included sentences in the stim that sounded relevant, but just being huge distractors instead. It seems like they reward really really meticulous reading more than ever, and having less of the cookie cutter answer choices. And with the exams being Flex, some tests were from earlier years' undisclosed tests, so the latest trends in LR might not even be applicable. Try not to stress out too much!

If you found C) attractive, you could have brought in your outside assumption that if something is false, it's rational not to pursue that thing. Fell for this trap during timed condition.

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I think you'd be better off focusing on the specific experience you think is the most impactful, even if it's from before college. I'm no expert, but from my understanding, it's fine to talk about a past experience as long as you show how it's still relevant to your life or how it's shaped who you are now. UChicago Law has examples of "admissions essays that worked." In the first one, the author describes an experience that seems to be from high school and then in the last paragraph, describes how it's still relevant now.

Link to UChicago essays: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/their-own-words-admissions-essays-worked

Thank you for your comment and the link! My essay and the first essay do have a lot of things in common, and it comforts me to know that her essay also does not address anything about higher education either. I do feel more comfortable sticking with my current focus, and I'm not sure if I would be able to write a compelling description of my years at college either. Thanks again!