Agree with @ and @ .

I would add that given the limited amount of time you have on the test and per passage (~8:45), it is very inefficient to spend time looking at the questions first. Since the right answers are often quite subtle and differ by only a word or two, one the best ways to find the answer in RC is by elimination of the wrong answers, which you need a full context of the passage in mind to eliminate.

You should be expected to finish reading each passage in under 3:00 min. Your main objective as you read the passage should be to glean the Author's opinion and Main Points along with Reasoning Structure. You won't be able to do this in time if you are looking for clues from the questions at the same time on your first read. A good strategy is to read the passage first, hit the questions, eliminate wrong answers, then confirm the right answer by referring back to the passage.

I think eliminating the paper answer sheet and showing the time remaining within a test section could be positive, as the report indicates in their sample tests. That could save time bubbling and allow you more control of your pacing.

However, my concern is that notating on LR & LG, as well as referring back and forth to the RC Passage for questions on the second page could be a challenge for some people. Moreover, the difficulty of simulating test day conditions is an issue for me. I think this may push me to write my test earlier than I would have liked...

Rule of thumb from some wise 7Sagers is to write the LSAT when you are scoring your last 5 Practice Tests in your target score range. I personally would recommend that you write a diagnostic and do a Blind Review. That will show you your room for potential improvement. Then perhaps you can revise your estimates for your target score, and determine the amount of time and energy you wish to allocate for this exam to reach your goal realistically.

I recommend looking at this post too: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/8078/should-you-postpone

I would recommend timing yourself, but also try simulating your test in the actual test centre if you can get permission. Otherwise, try simulating your test in a public place. Recreate all the same conditions (using a proctor, using the bubble sheet, 15 min breaks only after the 3rd section in a 5 section test). Try simulating with 5 sections (with a random section thrown in from an earlier PT) to see if it was an endurance issue. Also see if you can record yourself with a video camera or phone while taking the test.

You can certainly get back into it and get up to your PT scores again! Best of luck!

Good luck in your future endeavours!

I would ask these good folks here: http://lawstudents.ca/forums/

Also check out the statistics for Canadian law schools here: http://www.oxfordseminars.ca/LSAT/lsat_profiles.php

@ All A's are B's EXCEPT WHEN they are C's.

In this case, I would personally diagram it as (A -> B) -> C

Taking the contrapositive, that would be C -> not (A -> B)

If you just treat (A->B) as a variable, say X, then it just reads:

X -> C

Contrapositive: C -> X

If you take an example, "All Jedi use the force except when they are tired."

(Jedi -> Use the Force) -> (not tired)

Tired -> not (Jedi -> Use the Force)

The contrapositive would read: If they are tired, Jedi are not able to use the force.

The flaw is all about the support relationship between the Premise and Conclusion. Make sure you are able to correctly identify each component of the argument correctly first. Then try to see the gap between them, and pre-phrase them in your mind before attacking the questions. You should be spending the majority of your time analyzing the stimulus for each question, and much less time looking at the answers themselves.

It is very repetitive, so memorizing the 20 flaws is very useful. Getting a good handle on Method of Reasoning Flaws is very helpful too, because the answers in those help identify flaws for other questions.

As Mike Kim would say, "The best way to ensure success is to deserve it! The ones who succeed are the ones most passionate about reaching their goals, and have the greatest capacity to work towards those goals."

Doing something that is intellectually challenging and diverse.

Oftentimes, the wrong answers can be eliminated due to one of very few reasons:

1) They are unrelated to the stimulus (go beyond the scope of the text)

2) They are unrelated to the reasoning issues (needs to point to the exact flaw between support and conclusion)

3) They misrepresent the conclusion or the support

4) They don't satisfy the exact task that the question stem asks you to do

It comes with careful reading and deliberate, painstaking practice and experience to carefully eliminate answers with absolute justifications like those above. You will develop a subtle distinction between reasonable inferences based on the stimulus and conjectures (personal assumptions) that are not warranted after you do tons of questions and review explanations.