@877116 said:

Did you guys get an email when you first submitted your writing sample ?

nope

@zgeller2013326 said:

for those with approved emails, when did you take the writing sample? I took mine on the 2nd and still haven't seen a change in my account, I'm almost sure I didn't show the front and back of my paper, I was dealing with technological issues the entire test and didn't even remember by the time I got to that point. They really should have on screen instructions like other tests do. I really hope this doesn't delay my score but you call LSAC and they give you general we dont know answers and that it could take up to 15 business days, not just 3 weeks.

I wrote mine on the 4th. Apparently they are working around the clock to process everything. given the fact I didn't show anything on my desk and they approved it still, I think you've got a good chance too! I'm sure they'll get to it!

I wrote my writing sample on the 4th, and got an email saying it's approved last night. I didn't show my paper nor my desk and pencil lol

Update: just got approved! Email received at 11pm ET

I took mine on the 4th, but I totally forgot to show the paper and my desk... So it still says results pending. Hoping they'll accept it lol so I don't have to write again and get my score back on time!

@saberisraa371 said:

@johnschengber665 My first section was LR too which is typically my worst and for some reason i was super thrown off by the phrasing in the answer choices. since I couldn't move quickly during the first few questions, i ended up almost running out of time on the section which made me freak out even more. running out of time hasn't happened in over two months so I was shocked at how much difficulty I was having. I think i was also refusing to pull the trigger on quite a few questions and kept telling myself i'd come back to them which also messed up timing for me. i was just so nervous to choose an answer and end up getting it wrong. i'm also consistently -0 on LG but changed my answer at the last second for a substitution question and i realized when time was up that i was right the first time around. i think second-guessing myself just generally hurt me on this test. i needed to be more confident that i knew what i was doing.

@johnschengber665 @karenako539 I've been taking 2 practice tests every week for the past two months. Do you think I should increase to 3? I've done pretty much all of the recent practice tests and the extra LR sections in them. do you think it would be worth re-doing any of them? or should i move to older tests? i just don't know how many tests will get me to the point of thinking that the actual test is just another practice test.

How familiar do you think you are with the phrasing/understanding of answer choices and passages? Would you say you are able to predict an answer/even the direction of a passage? Quantity will help you to become familiar with the timing and everything, but I think really understanding the passages and answer choices is what helps you to improve your confidence. I usually spent a lot of time reviewing after initial blind review. I really tried to understand the flaw of the passages, as I got better, I was able to predict where a passage is going and what an accurate answer choice would look like. So this confidence definitely helped me with staying calm because I know I'm at the point that I really have a grasp on the passage and the answer choices.

@saberisraa371 said:

I'm re-taking the test in October. I don't think I did particularly well in August since I choked and just couldn't focus on the rest of the test. I took a couple of days off but will get back to 2 tests per week and daily timed sections. I need to figure out how to deal with the nervousness that comes with the actual test - if anyone has any tips, I'd much appreciate it!

For me what helped is just to do tons of PTs. I was really calm during the exam because it pretty much just felt like a PT to me. Also, I just kinda let all go, the pressure, expectations, and what if scenerios, and really relied on my faith in Jesus. Once all of that stop having an effect on me, im just cruising through PTs, and it became really fun! During the test, when I realized at the end that I messed up s rule for a game, I was still really calm because I know there was no point freaking out because I wouldn't be able to think straight so might as well stay calm and try to figure it out, and it worked out well.

Honestly I think it just gets to a point where you've done so much PT and you've pretty much seen it all, the patterns, you are just like yep, seen this before. Not gonna trick me this time. Lol

@laurenpeterkin505 said:

Took the August exam with a 102 fever, nausea, and chest pain due to COVID. Wish I wouldve been able to reschedule. Oh well. I'll try again in October.

Wow what a champ. Hope you get well soon and ace the next one!

@johnschengber665 said:

@juliet7sage reposting this in case you have an official answer:

QUESTION — if something technical goes wrong before or during the LSAT-Flex, what recourse do test takers have with LSAC?

Taking my test on Monday! And yet I woke up this morning to my IP address being stolen and the remnants of Hurricane Laura threatening to knock out internet in my region.

Hey I just saw this on LSACs website "Hurricane/Wildfire Issues: If you are scheduled to take the August LSAT-Flex, but are affected by Hurricane Laura or the recent wildfires, you may reschedule your test at no additional charge by emailing LSACinfo@armanc74710.org (subject line: “Hurricane/Wildfire”) or calling 215.968.1001."

@amberngrimmer545 said:

How many pieces of scratch paper can you use? #help

5

@johnschengber665 said:

Taking my test on Monday! And yet I woke up this morning to my IP address being stolen and the remnants of Hurricane Laura threatening to knock out internet in my region.

So, QUESTION — if something technical goes wrong before or during the LSAT-Flex, what recourse do test takers have with LSAC?

From what I've heard, you get a free rewrite that's about it

Good luck everyone!!

I'm loving all the encouragement on this post. First of all, diagnostic of 151, that's amazing! And you are already hitting that 158? Congratz! I did not progress that fast lol, so I think you need to give yourself some pat on the back for that. I used to feel exactly what you are feeling, guilty if I'm not putting in the hours, stressing and trying to do as much as I can and dreading to study. but the result was bleh. I've since learned, it's not about the score I get at the end of a PT. It's about what I'm learning, it's the process that helps you to sharpen your mind and your skills.

Also, what helped me the most is a shift in mindset. If you see the LSAT as a mean to an end, you are only becoming a slave to it and it will eat up all of the freedom of your spirit. Free yourself from that trap, that fear of it, and essentially putting it on a pedestal that really doesn't even deserve. When I shifted my mentality, I started reading the LR passages as if someone is talking to me, and I started finding myself going, wow are you kidding me? Nooo get outta here, and sometimes I'm like oh thats cool, interesting thought! And for LG, I also learned to have fun, it's like playing a brain teaser game, don't see it as a part of your obligation, but have fun with it! And for RC, I'm trying to read them as if I'm interested and learning. And I've actually gained some knowledge from it! There are times I Google the topic they are talking about and become super invested in the topic, and the great thing is that these RC topics repeat. So once you learned about one topic, it'll come up again, and you'll be like hey! I've read a passage on this! And you'll be able to use the knowledge you gained from previous passages to help you through it. Like everyone's been saying, the test will always be there, law school will always be there. Don't put pressure on yourself thinking this is a race of life, it's not. If you aren't in a good mental state, it's hard to do pretty much anything. Seriously don't let the LSAT take away the freedom of your spirit!! Ease off on the PT right now because you need time to yourself and regroup. I've only recently started doing two PTs a day, and that's because I went through a huuuuuge self-transformation which actually enabled me to do it without burning out, because i'm having fun with it, thank Jesus honestly.

Don't see the LSAT as a necessary mean to get into law school, but think of it as your own personal journey, a rite of passage for you to grow and develop as a person, it's a personal development. The fact that you are struggling indicates to me at least, you are in an uncomfortable place, where I honestly believe is the place for growth. Take your time, work on yourself. The circumstances don't change, but what makes something seem easier or better? It's because the person who's going through it changes. Don't be afraid of the LSAT! Fear is crippling when you let it take hold of you. Turn your fear into curiosity, try to find out more about it, and then you'll realize it's actually not that bad after all. If law school really is your calling, then don't give up, but take it one step at a time with peace and grace to yourself.

please don't put your self-worth in the score you get on your PTS or in the studying of the LSAT, or just in the LSAT itself. BECAUSE YOU ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE! YOU ARE WONDERFULLY AND FEARFULLY MADE AND NO MATTER WHAT SCORE YOU SEE AT THE END OF YOUR PTS OR ANYTHING IN LIFE, IT CANNOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU!!!!!!

wow JY must really like curie lol

when JY mentions that infamous sculpture passage on Noguchi... oh the fun memories from reading that passage... and yet don't even remember that question/answer choice lol

"all sorts of psychology being played on me" bursted into laughter at this. touché, touché

on a serious note, I think the tricky part about this question is the 'unwarranted' for me. I thought unwarranted meant rejecting the conclusion, and saying it's wrong. but once knowing that unwarranted doesn't mean the anthropologies is flat out denying the other people's conclusion, the answer choices made much more sense.

full length! always better to be over prepared for this

interested!

so the argument essentially is saying, we are doing you a favour by giving you a job, paying you, helping you to fund your tuition. don't go overboard asking for more.

b) is irrelevant to this argument. so what if there are adjunct instructors getting paid the same? how does this have anything to do with the argument's P (doing TAs a favour essentially) and C (don't go asking for more)?

c) on the other hand is saying, wait you aren't doing this for them solely like you are arguing. you are doing it for cheap labour, so you can benefit more from TAs! part of me is also thinking, by replacing faculty with TAs, one can argue that TAs are fairly equivalent to faculty. so if TAs can replace faculty members who are treated like university employees, then why aren't TAs treated the same way?

what helped me to understand this question is the flaw in the passage.

just because theresa believes income tax should be increased doesn't mean she approves the overall job performance. she could still disapprove the overall job performance, but agree with the income tax. we simply don't know. so when i was doing this question, i was simply looking for the answer choice that has the same flaw to this question. and AC A) does it. just because andy thinks limited logging will not reduce risk, it doesn't mean opposes. we just can't conclude that.

"the highest price it can command in the open market" i mistook that as the highest price amongst bidders, i gave into my own presumption about what i know when it comes to bid system. i got it right during timed, but in BR i was confused. so ended up BR C). but now looking back, that misunderstanding led me to not BR E). when the restrictions lead to a reduction in price, it is saying that originally, the gov could get X amount of money (being the highest it can get in an open market), but now this restriction is in place, the gov can only get X - (whatever the reduction is gonna be). so this new reduced price isn't the highest the gov can get once restriction is in place. so it fails one of the requirement.

LSAT did it again.

group 1: petroleum came from living things

group 2: petroleum came from carbon deposits

conclusion: group 2? nah. there are biomarkers (aka living things stuff) in petroleum. so how can you say petroleum came from carbon deposits

assumption: if petroleum came from carbon deposits then there shouldn't be biomarkers. living things and carbon deposits don't get along. they can't be found together. there shouldn't be living things in carbon deposits, if there are living things in petroleum, and you are saying it came from carbon deposits, then you are saying there are living things in carbon deposits, that can't be it because living things and carbon deposits just can't be together.

strategy for weakening this argument: attack the assumption. what if there are evidences that show there are living things (bacteria, which could be considered as a biomarker given certain living things are formed by bacteria, i think?) in carbon deposits (earth's curst)?

AC D) - aha! there are bacteria (aka living things) in the earth curst (carbon deposits). sooo what were you saying about living things and carbon deposits can't be together? yeah that's what i thought.