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Mine is for sure PT69.S1.Q14

The test writers really outdid themselves with this one. For some reason this concept is just really interesting to me (the flaw). Perhaps how properties of two things when taken independent of each other can be different when you combine them together.

This relationship is easy to see when you have different color paint etc but in LSAT world I found it super interesting.

Spent 30 minutes trying to understand what was wrong yet still could not understand the flaw until I looked.

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I have been studying for the LSAT for close to 5 months now. I don't know what my diagnostic score would be as I never took one. The first practice test I took, I scored around a 165, and I am now scoring in the 171-173 range. I took the LSAT in September 2016 and I am not confident I hit my target score of 173. I want to retake in December, but the question is - Should I aim higher? Is there a point in postponing until February? It's such a small score improvement that I think I am capable of scoring higher, but I do not want to waste another 3-4 months working at something where I really don't have a chance of improving much.

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Hello Everyone! I am new here. I am from Pakistan and applying for fall 2017 at Northwestern University! There's no LSAT group studying or coaching provided in my country :( I have a full time job right now, I am Assistant Manager Legal for a company in the energy sector. I am going to take the December LSAT. My husband is in Chicago and I'll be moving to the US next year (just waiting on my immigration visa) sooooooooooooo basically i'm REALLY nervous and just wanted to introduce myself and get some help from you guys! is anyone opting for the 2 yr JD program at northwestern? what are your thoughts on it? and is two months enough for a good LSAT score? (i understand there's not really a yes or no for this question!) sorry if i am all over the place!

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Preptest 25 - Section 3 - Game 2

I don't get question 10 and 12!

Can someone help out for question 10? I don’t see why it’s not answer “C,” which allows four tourists to speak Turkish.

@dannyy121 Mentioned:

“For Q10, is it also possible that H,I,K all speak Turkish? My board looks like:

V: M

X: N

Y: H & I & K

Z: L

Each tourist can speak only one of the languages that the guide can speak. so in case where N and L speak Spanish, N can also go to X, since X speaks Spanish and Turkish?”

Because of this confusion, I chose answer "C," but the right answer is supposed to be "B."

Given the rules, I feel that this is an acceptable situation. What am I missing?

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For Q12, I don’t see why exactly 3 tourists don’t speak Spanish (answer “C”). My board looks like:

V: K

X: M & N

Y: H & I

Z: L

“M, N & L” all speak Spanish, which would make “C” a choosable answer. Can someone help me out here?

I don’t see where I went wrong. In my eyes answer “C” and “E” are right, and I chose answer “C,” but the right answer is supposed to be "E."

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    Hi,

    I thought "other cases" are alwas irrelevant to the case discussed in the stimulus...

    I thought "yes, maybe that happens in this case, but may not in the specific case discussed in the stimulus."

    So I kind of always eliminate those answers.

    But for example in PT 71 Sec 1 Q12...the correct answer is B, which uses other mountainous regions to support the argument.

    I cannot recall exact question numbers, but I'm pretty sure those answers including "other" things are red flag...

    So my question is...

    When do these "other" choices work and when do not?

    Do they work in support/weaken questions always?

    I just thought those "other" cases are irrelevant in discussing what happens in the stimulus.

    I'd appreciate any insights.

    Thanks

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    Do you guys check the law school ranking by law field? For example, if you want to practice health law, U of Wash in St.Louis is the first school, comparably Berkley is the first in intellectual law. Is general ranking of law schools more important for you (considering you know which law you want to practice)?

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    Hey Guys,

    I seem to have a dilemma. I cannot Blind Review. Well, I CAN Blind Review, I just can't bring myself to do it. As I'm going through the curriculum I'm doing section worth of LR questions (about 25 questions) on the video set I just watched. I recently finished the MSS video set and then did about 25 MSS questions. First timed, and then I tried BRing. HOWEVER, I LEGIT GET SO LAZY AND SO IMPATIENT WITH FINDING MY SCORE THAT I DON'T FOCUS OR EFFECTIVELY BR.

    Are there ANY tips on how to force myself to BR properly. I may try doing less questions - maybe that will help. Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I know I'm losing out on valuable points by BRing like a chump. I'm not sure if I need motivation, or a better strategy or whatever.

    Thank you,

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    Hi,

    My question is regarding my GPA and how it looks for law schools. My GPA is really low right now its a 3.56 Poli Sci major and Minor in Environmental Studied. I was hoping to take extra classes to boost my GPA and was wondering how that would look for law schools. In addition, I was wondering if it looks better to take the courses at my University than at the extension school of the University or at a local community college.

    Since attending classes at my actual university is really expensive I was hoping to take extra classes at the extension school or at a community college, but I was thinking that Law schools might look down on that. I attended university straight out of high school and the GE's during my freshman and sophomore year of college really killed me. I was wondering what was the best recommendation.

    In addition, I am able to graduate earlier than expected this year, during winter quarter, and was thinking of taking extra classes for spring, summer session 1 and summer session 2 to hopefully get my GPA higher.

    I'm planning to take a year off after graduating to apply for Law school. I'm taking my LSATs in February and possibly June if the February score isn't where I want it to be.

    I'm trying to get my application as competitive as possible and hoping to get advice.

    Thanks!

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    Hi I was wondering if there was a list that shows for each game how long you should spend on it? JY tells you at times during the core curriculum the max amount of time for a 160/170 score and I was hoping there was a list for all the games so I can gain a solid foundation for when I get to a game during the actual test around how long I should spend on it.

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    I understand why the correct answer is right, but I'm not so sure about the incorrect answers. If someone can check my reasoning and see if I am correct, I would be so appreciative and grateful!

    A) This answer choice discusses luck which was never talked about in the exchange. I also think it is wrong because of the word "rarely" while we know that some farms have positive successful rates which the critic argues against, we don't know the rate of the farms success.

    B) The critics do not show that the results would be different if twice the amount of farms were studied; they only say the farms studied were the ones that were amenable to natural methods, the results would be the same because of the farms selected under study

    C) This is true except for the fact that the critics show justification for their reasoning (farms that were selected for study)

    D) They don't demonstrate that natural methods are not suitable for the majority of farms; they only point out that if a self selecting group is used for a study, then it is not representative of all farms using natural methods

    E) captures the flaw, the study is saying natural methods success rates is possible, not that it is representative for all farms

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    Hello all,

    I'm trying to decide if I want to cancel my score from this last September test. I really don't know how well I did, because LR/RC aside, I really messed up on LG....I ran out of time to bubble in my answers for like 8 frkn questions. I'm predicting a score in the low 160s.

    How bad will it look to the committee if I have - Cancel - 173 - Cancel? I'm also on the fence about retaking the test if I don't cancel.. just to make prove to admissions that 173 wasn't an outlier...

    Help.... :( and thank you!

    ^Posting for a friend.

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    Hi, i'm hoping to get some advice from 7sagers who may have once been in my shoes.

    Some brief background: My diagnostic was a 164. The 7sage curriculum has made me much more confident in my answer choices. Before doing the core curriculum I just kind of had a feeling an answer was correct without being able to articulate why and confidently move forward. This vague understanding often led me to miss the more difficult questions because I was spending too much time on the simple ones. However, since I have started taking regular PTs (2 per week on average), I have been hovering around the 165-170 range. I am not struggling with a particular section more than any other at this point, I feel like I have found every possible combination of section scores to get to a168. I am generally not missing lower difficulty questions and I am BRing at 174+ so i'm not sure what this prolonged plateau is all about :( I would like to be scoring in the mid-170s consistently before I take this test.

    Can anyone share their experiences with breaking into consistent 170 PTs? Any "ah ha" moments or things you wish you would have realized sooner?

    Thanks in advance.

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    I just received an email from lsac saying the answer sheets from my test center (sep 2016) were stolen so I will have to either take a makeup test on the 8th of october or wait until december!

    I'm wondering if this happened to anyone else and if there is any specificity to makeup LSATs that I should be wary of??

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    I took the LSAT on Saturday. I surprisingly did not freak out at the last game, I was calm, and just kind of went for it. But after they called time, I looked down, and realized I had only bubbled 22 questions and not 23. I have never ever made a bubbling error in the past, but I remember skipping one question early on. I will add this is my second take and I have been studying for about a year and a half.

    I either just forgot to bubble question 23 or I messed up when bubbling. I have been debating canceling. Should I? I

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    Saturday, October 1rd at 5PM ET: PT 50

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    Hello,

    I have a question about these two choices

    1. the argument takes for granted that the higher sales of established products are due to effective advertising

    2. the argument confuses a condition necessary for increasing product sales with a condition that will ensure increased sales

    So I thought in the stimulusu says

    lower sale(This season's sales...)→ill conceived(Thus...)

    Then 1. says effective ad→higher sale

    So this looks like contrapositive of what the stimulus says

    (ill conveived=effective ad)

    In 2. I thought it says higer sale→effective ad is actually the correct one, and because the stimulus says lower sale→ill conceived, it confuses the sufficient and necessary.

    Why I cannot think this way?

    Thanks

    https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-73-section-2-question-15/

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    Overall: I chose this test center blind as I was traveling to Nashville for a wedding. I registered relatively late and it was the only center left in the are, so I was worried about what I was getting into. Turned out it was great, very timely, very well run.

    Proctors: The proctors were great. They stayed quiet, were kind and encouraging (inasmuch as you can be within the script), and kept time effectively. They were also relatively kind with regards to the rules while still being fair - they had bags people could place hats in and leave outside the room; they called someone (LSAC?) to discuss a photo issue while still being reassuring to the student whose ticket was in question; they let someone who brought their things in a clear non-ziplock bag switch to an extra ziplock they had. They had extra pencils and erasers which was nice of them. Very fair, but humane. They were silent during the exam as far as I could tell and definitely had an air of certainty and experience about them. They had an analog clock up in front, a projector projecting the digital time, and an electronic timer running that was the official timer.

    Facilities: A standard college building. It was a little hard to find the hall on campus and I ended up taking ~10 minutes driving around but once I was there parking was easy and right next to the hall. There was a soda machine, and the bathrooms were close, although there weren't that many available and the line for the women's room was a real problem.

    What kind of room: Standard college lecture hall. Big tables with seats on swing-arms that you could slide in and out of so everyone had a lot of room to work. I was worried about feeling crowded with my things and absolutely didn't. I assume this also made it easy for lefties and as a fat person, I was still very comfortable (I was worrying about fitting into one of those tiny desks.)

    How many in the room: 25-30. We were well-spaced and had a ton of room. I had a special pencil station area I had so much room. There was another room running a little bit off from our schedule (maybe accommodated testing?) and that seemed even smaller.

    Noise levels: You could hear a pin drop, only no one would have dropped a pin, because it would be inappropriate to make noise, and this place was very appropriate.

    Parking: Easy, free, right next to the building. It took a minute to find it, though.

    Time elapsed from arrival to test: Arrival time was 8:30, we got going by 9am and finished around 1pm. I was shocked at how efficient it was.

    Other comments: I was really worried about what it meant that I was getting the last available center in Nashville. The only thing I could find about TSU was a horror story about a location mixup; I was worried but it was what I had. This could not have been further from my experience. They were professional, fast, kind, and the center was very comfortable. The only downside was that the vending machine only had soda, ergo I could not forgo my healthy snack in favor of some carby stress-eating (although this is probably not a real downside as I had no sugar crash to contend with.)

    Would you take the test here again? Definitely yes.

    Date[s] of Exam[s]: 9/24/16

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