Are we supposed to only bring ONE item? (ie banana, energy bar, etc)

I want to bring a banana, some chocolate pieces, and a CLIF bar.

I am getting slightly paranoid before this test.

Hi, I'm hoping I can get some responses for the following concerns:

Core Curriculum

I've been steadily going through the CC, and it has been a slow process (I'm trying to do as many of the problem sets I can). However, I often feel bad about myself due to the fact that I get questions wrong once past "medium" level sets. For example, on medium difficulty I may get one wrong (for SA, for example). But, when I start getting to the harder difficulty sets, I'm bound to get 1-2 wrong per set. (1) Is this normal? I mean, (2) upon going through the lesson on how to tackle the specific argument type, should we be able to get almost every one of the questions from the problem sets correct? (3) How is/was your experience with this (did you hardly get any questions wrong)?

Applications

The deadline is November 1st, and I want to get started on my applications, but I'm really worried about the personal statement portion. I have very little work experience during UG, and no volunteering (I fucked up, I know). My GPA is very strong if that counts, but I'm not so sure how I can remedy this crappy situation. What would you suggest I focus on instead in my PS (any ideas)? My reference letters are both from profs and should be good, so I'm not too worried about that, thankfully.

Also, the maximum for personal statements and whatnot tends to range from 2000-5000 characters (from what I've seen), but is it advisable to actually write that much? I would assume being sweet and short would be better, but again, I have no knowledge on this.

If anyone can help and respond to some of my questions with beneficial information, I'd really appreciate it!

Curious to hear everyone's thoughts!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-75-section-3-question-04/

So for some reason I treated this as conditional question.

So I thought

Premise: (stimulus)

A (sickly birds)→(generally )smaller spleens

killed by predators→(generally) smaller spleens

Conclusion: (answer choice) (D)

Sickly birds→(generally)killed by predators

Assumption

killed by predators→(generally) sickly birds

....I was confused.

I should not use conditional signals for "generally" or "likely" sentences?

I was curious to know if you are allowed to bring your notes to the lsat and read them during the break if you wanted to?

I am just just curious to know if anyone looks at the RC passages and then does the longest ones first?

Just in case anyone from last night was wondering. Talked to LSAC earlier today

I was just wondering if it's possible to apply to different law schools with different LSAT scores? For example, hypothetically, can i apply to a school with a 160 for example early in the application process because i know a 160 will be good enough BUT then apply later in the application process with a 170 score to a different school? I'm asking to see if i can apply to my back up schools with a lower score early in the process to make sure i get in and receive scholarships while still having the chance to apply to the better schools later on in the application process if i improve my LSAT score.

I'm unfortunately taking the LSAT coming up this Saturday, but I feel that I'm not entirely ready or maybe just discouraged. My score has fluctuated from a 155-162 with getting a nearly perfect score on the logic games. The fluctuation is mainly due to my inconsistent LR score. Even if I receive the lowest of that range, I'm nervous it won't be enough to get into the school I'm looking at, which is FIU. My gpa from college was a 3.49 with majors in Neurobiology and Neuropsychology. I've been out of school for two years, but unfortunately I didn't gain any law experience. However, I was a bartender and bar manager for 5 years at the same job that my GM wrote a very strong LOR. I also have another strong LOR from when I was a TA in undergrad. I'm in need of words of encouragement that there is some hope to get into FIU. I don't want to feel hopeless before going into the test this Saturday.

Hey everyone,

I notice that the the video explanations do a thorough job in explaining why the correct answer is indeed correct and why the other answer choices are incorrect. Although I find that very useful to study, when it comes to doing the PTs, I obviously don't have that much time. I'm wondering if there is any resource available that demonstrates what exactly a Sage is thinking in real-time when they are answering a question in the limited time available. Are there any videos/webinars of someone taking a full PT and thinking out loud what their thought-process is to answer the questions as quickly as possible?

Thanks

I got this question right first but after BR when I just solved it with my logical intuition, but I got wrong since I made some logical diagram for the question.

Please clarify whether I had any error.

"Their new shows are all police dramas" : NS -> PD

(C) None of the shows that W&W produced last year that were not canceled were police dramas: /C(NSL) -> /PD = PD -> C(NSL) (It means every police drama that W&W created last year was cancelled

So if (C) is true, doesn't it help the premise (NS->PD) to create conclusion that most of new shows will be cancelled ( NS -m-> C) as it creates ( NS -> PD -> C(NSL) )? In other words, every police drama that W&W created last year was cancelled and new shows for this year is all police dramas, so it is highly likely most of new shows this year will be cancelled.

I think it would not be good to solve this question in this way but still logical appeal of (C) confuses me.

Please help me to understand it.

Thanks!

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-76-section-2-question-25/

I did som RC sections today untimed and it was like...around -10.

I'm sure I will make more mistakes if it is timed...

This is seriously my weakest section.

How to improve RC? I read some prep books, and they recommend to take notes, but not sure I have time to do so...

What kind of things are you doing for preparing for RC? Just read&do questions?

Thanks,

Hi guys, I was reading through some older posts and found out that people should take a photo with them on the test day. But the LSAT checklist I printed with my admission ticket doesn't mention anything about this. Should I take a printed photo with me for the September test or my photo-bearing admission ticket is okay?

If you needed a little motivation for test or or just to stay on track with your studies I wanted to share! Oh... I guess to see all of the LSAT annotations on the video you have to watch at YouTube... but you get the idea..

On exam day is there a time warning given? 5 mins left on the exam? Or is it time's up, pencil down?

If you purchase a course and want to extend it does it cost the same as the purchasing the original course for the first time or is it a discounted price?

Hi everyone. I'm sure something like this gets posted from time to time, but I want to get the current group's opinion.

I've been out of academia for 13 years, running my own business. My Academic life is long behind me, and the three people I could think of that might write me letters would not remember me in a clear, detailed way.

I have the potential to ask a high-profile politician (who was once mayor of the city that one of the schools I'm applying to is in, and is now in upper level government) who was a regular customer at my restaurant, but he neither knows me academically, or more than a 15 minute chat once a week. I should also point out that he could be viewed as controversial. I don't know if he would say yes or not, but my suspicion is that he would.

I also have a professor in the law department at UofT who was a joint law and philosophy prof, and he taught me in two courses. When he came into my restaurant, he greeted me by name, and introduced me to his guests as one of his former students, but I suspect he saw my name when googling the restaurant.

Two grad students that I did well in both went on to teach, one an associate professor at a community college in Texas, and one at the University of California, San Diego. Again, it's been so long.

Another regular customer is a law professor at Western.

I don't know what would be stronger: old academic references that might be vague and weak (but might not) or non-academic references from strong people that do know me well, but not in 'that' way.

I should mention that I need 3 letters for one of my school choices....

Any advice?

To those taking the test on Saturday and also in December, how long, if at all, of a break from studying are you taking?

Does anyone know if there is somewhere that I can download past exams as PDFs instead of eBooks? I'm looking specifically for PT 72-77 ... not necessarily looking for a free download (if so, then great! lol) as I am willing to pay for them.

Does anyone know where I can find these? Or if anyone has PDFs of them --- would you be willing to share?

Thanks :)

Can someone help me understand this one? I got it wrong and I understand why the correct answer is correct but not why the incorrect answers are incorrect.

I thought the flaw was Tim using his grandpa as a counterexample to the experts position. My thought was even though the experts had no way of knowing about this specific case, if they conducted studies/experiments they would have accounted for outliers such as Tim's grandpa.

A) This is correct because Tim uses counterexample (his grandpa) to refute a probabilistic conclusion (it is very likely to be harmful to the smokers health). The reason this is correct is also because "very likely" allows for other cases such as Tim's grandpa. I was wavering between this one and B but went with B.

B) I really can't figure out a way to eliminate this answer choice. The information was specific because it was T's grandpa, the only thing I can think of is maybe "information unavailable to experts in the field" and the fact that perhaps the experts were including outliers in their research/assessments prior to making a claim about the future health of smokers. ???

C) I think C is wrong because the experts do not explicitly discount the information of Tim's grandpa, they never mention it.

D) This I'm completely lost on.

E) It never indicates experts that are in agreement with each other and how they derived that agreement, it's focus is on discounting/eliminating their stance on the health of long term smokers.

Thank you in advance, I am most appreciative.

I am really nervous now , I studied around 2 months, with 5 PT, only get 141, not sure I can overcome it in December, not sure I will try in this Saturday, I want get 160 finally

Well, it's that time again. Another test has come around and for many of us, that means it's time for all of this hard work, passion, and ability to pay off. We've dedicated months if not years of our lives to this test and to the opportunities it can lead to. Just remember that your LSAT score won't be earned on Saturday. You've already earned it. It was earned in the curriculum and in the problem sets. It was earned in the dozens of PT's and BR's and group study sessions. It was earned on that one question you thought you'd never understand but that you refused to let go until you saw right through it, and it was absolutely earned on endless LG fool-proofing drills. So I'm not worried about Saturday, and I'm not worried about any of you either. We've already proven ourselves. Saturday is not when all this happens, it's when it ends. And I know that everyone of us is going to show up and achieve our full potential.

So on Wednesday, whether you need this:

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or this:

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(or both!)

We'll be meeting up to get pumped up for game day! Hope to see everyone there!

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Hey y'all! I wish nothing but the best to those taking the LSAT in September.

I just have a quick question for you guys. So I studied for the LSAT sporadically throughout the second half of my college career.

I quit studying for the test at the end of 2013 as I had to enlist in the military. I haven't studied for it since then. I drilled dozens of RC from time to time but I haven't been able to study consistently. Now that I have time and have become an Ultimate+ member recently, I'm hoping to take the test next year. So I just took the first LR from June 2011 administration UNTIMED and I got a 23/25 and I did not guess any of the questions. I reasoned myself and eliminated every wrong answer choice with conviction. Granted I took it untimed(And I'm going to do this for a while because accuracy and certainty>>>>>>>>>timing right now) but I personally think this is encouraging because the last time I finished PT-ing 3 years ago I was scoring in the range of 158-161 on PT 50s all the way to 69/70. LR June 2011 is still relatively a modern test and so I'm wondering if I'm in good shape to just continue drilling LR sections from modern tests instead of having to go through Manhattan LSAT or perusing LSAT Trainer for LR. Do you think this was just a fluke? I am curious of your thoughts on this! I don't have issues with any particular question types. If the stimulus or the question itself is difficult, I get it wrong. Simple as that. Most of the questions I miss/struggle with have difficulty levels of 4 and 5 on this website. I look forward to reading your comments! But 23/25 untimed LR for a guy who was in the high 150s 3 years ago is actually giving me consolation and strength that with a lot more practice I will be able to write the test next summer/fall.

Your fellow LSATer,

DK

Hi

So this may be a weird question, but do you cook? or buy?

I think I read somewhere, food is also important, but go shopping, cooking, and washing dishes kind of take time...which is good for studying? Saving time or nutrition?

Thanks

I am getting a LOR from my college band director. On the LOR form, it asks for recommender contact information, including an address. Do I put the address of the band hall, for example, or do I have to obtain the house address of the recommender?