Hi - I know I'm late to the game, but I'm looking to join a group studying for June, August, or both--I'm currently registered for both administrations. Goal is 170+ like many of us here. Let me know if you have a group and can add me, thanks!

Hi fellow students! I'm a bit confused about the question listed above. I picked A, because I thought this would reconcile the issue with sample size. But the correct answer is C, and I don't really understand why... couldn't the percentages refer to different groups of people? So why would it matter that they're almost the same?

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So Ive been taking preptests and I seem to be stuck getting -1/-5 on LR. ITS DRIVING ME INSANE. I cant seem to get a perfect score on this section and was wondering how some y'all are studying for LR or how you went about drastically reducing the number of LR questions you get wrong?

I'm not seeing a place to sign up for the test on my LSAC account. Is registration open?

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Hello 7Sagers! I am a 33yo F healthcare professional (consultant) looking for a career change. I started preparing for the LSAT over winter break (I'm in a Masters program right now) and am looking to network with fellow working professionals who might be in a similar situation. Any interest in forming a study group/communication channel? I am planning to take the LSAT between Aug 2021-Jan 2022 (depending on practice test scores at that time) and I got a 162 on my most recent timed 5-section practice test (via Khan). I'm based in Chicago, CST.

Hi,

I recently look a weekend LSAT course, and I wanted to share some info that maybe supplements this course? Or maybe I just missed some aspects in the lectures, but I found it really helpful.

For NA questions, there are two types obviously. But there is a distinct way of solving both type.

NA Bridging. For bridging questions, it was kind of lost on me how to solve them, because I was never writing out the conclusion and stimulus. I was just kind of rushing through them. But I was also getting caught up in the..... you have to negate the answer choices, so instead I would just write the conclusion, start negating the answers and I would get lost.

For bridging, I was now told that you solve them strictly by writing the conclusion and the premise and find the missing gap. Just like SA.

An example of this is this question:

"Lines can be parallel in E systems of geometry, but the non-E system of geo that has the most empirical verification is regarded by prominent physicists as correctly describing the universe we inhabit. If they are right, our universe has no parallel lines."

Premise - E system, parallel lines. non-E system, the most empirical verification.

Conclusion: Our universe has no parallel lines.

What premise is missing? That there are no parallel lines in the non-E system that has the most empirical verification, which is the right answer.

No negation of the answer choices necessary. Just birding the information and finding the gap. Which, probably was being done by all of you, but was completely lost on me.

NA Shielding, in contrast, can be solved by negation. However, i think we were told to solve it strictly by negation of the answer choices, but I was taught that it is more effective to negate BOTH the conclusion AND the answer choices and make them match up, which works perfectly for me now.

An example of this is in this question:

"Novelists cannot become great as long as they remain in academia. Powers of observation and analysis, which schools hone, are useful to the novelist, but an intuitive grasp of the emotions of everyday life can be obtained only by the kind of immersion in everyday life that is precluded by being an academic."

Premise: (basically) that you can only get an intuitive grasp of emotions through everyday life and not through academics.

Conclusion: Novelists cannot become great as long as they remain in academia.

Negate the conclusions: Novelists can become great ... as long as they remain in academic.

Which means that the premise, that they need emotions through everyday life, is irrelevant.

The negation of the answer choice: "Novelists CAN be great if they stay in academia. They don't need an intuitive grasp of emotions."

Negate the conclusion. Negate the premise. Make them match.

Seems so easy now, but before I was so lost. Hope this helps some people!!

Hello All,

I am thinking about the taking the LSAT Exam next year. If you would like to join me, please comment below.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Jimmy Rivera.

For those that chose to have your recommenders send a paper letter, how long did it take for it to show up in CAS?

My recommender sent the letter 3-4 weeks ago and it still hasn’t showed up.

Recently been having trouble with the app. on my cellphone (android). Two problems in particular :

The background noise function is seemingly permanently turned up to 10. It just spits out constant noise even at the level 1 setting.

Oftentimes after like the 1st/2nd section the app will act as if it were the 4th/5th section and play the recording for turning in answer sheets and stop timing. I can fix it just by resetting the app, but it's kind of irritating when it happens in the middle of PTs.

Anyone else have this issue? How did you fix it?

Lately, anecdotal evidence has me thinking that the LSAT skews more toward the later answer choices (D and E) in what seem to be harder questions. I wonder if anyone has run some simple statistical analysis on this, and this would seem to be the site that does it.

Here's a few research questions that might yield interesting results (or not):

-For LR, taking the last 10 questions of all sections that have been released and taking a look at the distribution of correct answer choices. Is there a skew toward D or E?

-For RC, take the last 2 questions of each passage that has been released and look at the distribution of correct answer choices. Is there a skew toward D or E?

-For both of the above. Instead of just looking at the distribution, one thing I have noticed is that on many of the more difficult questions, LSAC tends to insert a misleading answer toward the beginning while the correct answer is at the end. This tactic exploits a psychological tendency that people have called "priming" where a given stimulus (like a tempting but wrong answer choice) shapes the way a test taker views later information. So for all questions in which more than 15% of test takers wrongly chose A or B, what is the distribution of correct answer choices? Is there a skew toward D or E?

The last research question is especially helpful because it provides a vital piece of information when you've narrowed down answer choices toward the end. It's a more pointed way at educated guessing than blinding picking D or E. I'd love to hear what people find, if anything.

Looking for an LSAT tutor in the Greater New York Area or Long Island. Please pm me for my email. Thanks.

I recently moved my test date to April, does that mean I have to pay for score preview again or does it transfer to my current April test?

I am hoping for advice on choosing what degree to finish undergrad. I’m a non traditional student, I just took the April LSAT and I have a few options for completing undergrad in a year in order to apply next year. I’m in Texas and a Bachelors degree is required. Does anyone know if a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science would be considered or if it would make me a ‘lesser’ candidate?

I don't know if this is common, but I have seen great improvements in logic games especially, now averaging around a minus 2, and similar (but not as extreme) increases in LR. Oddly enough though my RC has been dropping and I find myself more confused than ever.

Would anyone be willing to look over my LOCI??

Any New Orleanians in here?

Hi everyone!! I have been viewing all these posts here on 7Sage and saw really useful suggestions for my LSAT prep. I have scheduled April 2022 digital lsat, yet still I got my PT score average at 160 (only started prepping from February). My LR score raised from -15 to -3 ~ -5 now after I finished loophole (just skim through) and LSAT Trainer (another skim through) and Powerscore Bible LR. I am currently working on the Manhattan LG prep book and find it useful for my LG score boost. Just wondering is there anyone who has used the Manhattan LR book and raised score even after a relatively OK level (such as -3 to -5)? By the way, I am struggling at RC and still do not find a helpful prep book and haven't developed my own strategies for this section. Is there any suggestion? Thank you so much and hope everyone can kill this monster. : )

Hey so as the title says, I'm looking for a study partner.

I ask for the higher score because I think it'd be nice to study with someone that has a better understanding than you. This doesn't necessarily mean I am looking for a free tutor or something though - I've actually got a tutor from TLS I'll be working with soon (and have worked with in the past). I've been studying for a while now, my last PT was 156 and this was months ago, during my school semester. I studied a lot during my last summer and into my school semester a bit (wanted to take in december) but didn't quite get the score I wanted on PT's so didn't bother writing in addition to getting caught up with school work that took precedent over LSAT studying so I did what I could to maintain.

I am again however, hoping to write in december. I think this time will be a lot better for me since I don't have to spend a most of my time figuring out what the hell I was doing in the first place, and can spend these months drilling - which is where the partner comes in. I think it'd be good for things such as LR (over skype) or discussing general strategies for the test.

If anyone scoring well would be interested, just reply below.

I was doing a section and my battery died on my laptop. And when I came back 7sage did not detect that I had left the test abruptly, or lest not the way I anticipated.

the timer stopped but then updated and I lost 4 minutes. Its ust for minutes, and I'm still new, but as I get further and work on my timing more, I feel like this would be very disruptive.

I just want it to hit the pause button for me for cases like this, even if I lose the time for it to recognize and check, that is still better than 4 minutes.

Hi! I have done all the 60-80's PTs and now have to rely on the older exams (30-50)and was wondering which ones have you found to be the most similar? Is it bad to base a practice test on the older exams? Should I redo 60-80PT's? I took some about 3 months ago but it is not a fresh test so am worried.

Hi all,

I picked the right answer but my prediction of the main point was quite different from the language of the credited choice.

My prediction: the origin of the scholars' nonpoetic emphasis was due to Milman Parry.

When I read the first paragraph, my attention was caught by this sentence "Something wsa driving scholars away from the actual work to peripheral issues" (Lines 14-15).

Could someone explain why the reason/origin of the nonpoetic emphasis is deemed as not a part in the main point?

Thanks!

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I want to know why answer E is wrong. In Manhattan Prep. It says "everyday food" is irrelevent to the question. However, couldnt water be part of everyday food? Is this also making assumptions?

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Any advice for weakening and strengthening questions? I am just plain stuck!!

Hi! Does anyone know how to use the coda school tracker with the 2023 rankings put out by world news, or are they measured by several metrics? Thanks!