Please I am so sick of this interface changing thing, everytime I open a test, it looks different, what is going on with LSAC are they actually going to finalize it??? Ever since the interface changed, I feel like it's so hard to use the highlight function + hiding the incorrect answers choice, I just hope they can stop changing it...

Hello everyone! Leading up to admissions I always thought that campus involvement, working, and volunteering was essential to law school applications. As I get further in, I hear more and more that softs aren't really that important.

So how much do law schools actually care about softs? Do they care about E-Board positions, campus work, working during school, community service, or law experience really? Is this one of those things that most applicants have so it doesn't really matter that much? What constitutes as strong softs, if any?

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I am in progress of writing my personal statement and would love for people to volunteer to review for free or low cost. As well as edit, help with grammar and overall make it ready for applications. I know hiring a professional is a possibility but unfortunately the budget isn’t there. Please comment below if you are up for this :)

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I've seen it mentioned that the target times for individual Q's are "calculated from top scorers," but what is the cut-off here? I realize that I heavily weight my speed performance off of these target times but they vary wildly especially when compared to that state showing how likely percintiles for given Q get them right, for example "75% [175]."

Is the target time based of of the average time like 175+ scorers get the question right in? Sometimes I get a question done much faster on hard ones, but then the percintiles data will be "75%[164]" which seems to imply that this "hard" Q is actually an easier "hard" Q. So if that's the case, is the target time on this Q using the average of the 164 scoreres for its time calculations? If not, and its still using the generic "high-scorers" (which I presume to be around 175+?), then why is would the target time be so high on a given question with such a low 75% percintule score?

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Hello, I am registered for September and am in search of a permanent tutor who would be available to meet more than once a week and provide intensive instruction between now and then. I am in need of a 175+, preferably without having to retake. I am already a few months of intensive study into this process and have either drilled or tested just about every question there is and have worked with other tutors in the past.

For background information, my diagnostic starting level was around ~160 and since then I have not seen the level of improvement I would like. My most recent practice tests were a 169 with a 174 BR and a 173 with a 180 BR (PT 156 and 159). I have been regressing since the 173, and am frequently getting around -4 to -6 on timed practice sections. I have a list of specific recurring problem areas that I would like to work on rather than starting from scratch. I don’t work that well with generalized lessons showing formulaic solutions to conditional reasoning, etc. , I would rather spend most of our sessions drilling actual missed questions in my identified problem areas and getting tips for strategies to approach these questions while working with them hands on.

If this sounds like it aligns with your teaching style or is something you could accommodate, please contact me 🙏. I am very willing to negotiate budget with anyone who feels confident they can get me to 174/175 by September. Tutor who has taken the test recently and scored 175+ preferred.

Sorry if this is a bit negative, but I am genuinely concerned about my applications chances and scholarship prospects at this rate.

Almost everyone agree that the new interface makes the exam more difficult. The highlighting system is totally different and hurts my hands, hiding answers is slow, text is harder to read, and they don't even highlight question prompt's referenced quotes in the RC sections anymore. All of these are time drains. Historically Law Schools have never cared about these things and only looked at the raw scores, but historically the LSAT has never been so stupid.

So my question for those who might have insider info is: Are we struggling August test takers just doomed? They won't consider our circumstances or anything? Surely they know that the exam went through massive changes right? @J.Y.Ping

How is the PS to be written and read? Is it a hook and description form of paper or is it a "Hi, name is so and so...". Are we wanting to intentionally grab the readers interest using literary devices or be as straightforward as possible (like a resume)?

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to make the subtitles on the videos customizable. Right now there is only one option and they take up half of the screen lol. Just wondering :)

Would anyone like to start a group where we read each other’s essays? Obviously it’s not going to be as good as a consultant, but at least we can catch simple mistakes and make sure the right ideas are coming across.

I just submitted my argumentative writing. After moving my webcam around to scan my testing environment, I could not see how I appeared in the frame. After the timer ran out, my webcam footage became visible and the tip of my chin was out of frame. I understand that part of the rule is to keep your shoulders in-frame during the exam, but I could not see that it was an issue at the time! Does anyone know if this will affect anything, and should I worry?

Can we get a predict the answer mode and button for the LR sections/drills? Like a mode that will blur the answer choices but let you read the question, and a button to toggle off the blur. This would help better predict answer choices before.

Would anyone be willing to read my GPA addenda and provide advice? A lot of personal life events happened during my time at university but I tried focusing on specifics and keeping it as short and to the point as possible.

TIA!

The absence of a full screen in LawHub is really messing w/ me for RC. Did August test-takers have a full screen by default, or were they forced to take the test without one? I'm extremely annoyed with this change from LSAC.

I tried pressing Ctrl+Cmd+F to enlarge the screen for my Mac, but it didn't work.

I have been struggling for the past hour to do drill tests and the ''you try'' questions because it doesn't let me submit them and see if it was correct or no. Does anybody have the same issues? I tried restarting my laptop, logging out and using a difference search engine, nothing worked. it is very frustrating :(

Hi everyone! Hope everyone's LSAT studying is going well. I am retaking the LSAT for the third time. I have been studying off and on for the last year but I plan on taking it in November. I am hopeful that this will be enough time as I dedicate three to four hours every day to studying. Am I being too hopeful or do you think it's doable? Anyone else in the same boat?

In taking timed sections and PT's across the past 2 (potentially 3 or more) weeks, I have noticed several instances of my countdown timer glitching. The clock will count down three or four seconds, then jump back up to the earlier time.

Ex) 11:53, 11:52, 11:51, 11:50, 11:49---11:53, 2, 1, 0, 9---

and so on.

The only reliable way to make the clock begin working normally has been to exit out of the section and re-enter, at which point I typically wait for 15-20 seconds to try to be realistic with how much time I've actually used.

I do not know if this issue is sometimes occurring and then stopping on its own, and with my clunky adjustments, the entire situation has made me far less confident in the recent speed "gains" I've been seeing.

What is important is that this has happened multiple times across a few UI updates. Could those be related?

Any updates are much appreciated!

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Every time I click next lesson in the study plan, the chapters on the left-hand side that show me where I am in today's content keeps hiding itself. The comments behave in the same way. It would help a lot if I could just toggle them on/off and it stays the way I set it to, rather than it automatically toggling both chapters and comments off by default every time a new lesson is loaded.

Hey San Diego LSAT studiers, I'm looking to create or join a San Diego study group. No score range necessary. We can do zoom or meet up study sessions, whatever helps us stay on track and progress😌!

I would like to report a bug, basically when I highlight a text with the new test taker, it resets my viewpoint of the screen and messes up with my zoom. #canyoufix JY

I have one school where my dad went and is an adjunct, this is a very big reason I feel drawn to the school. I feel like writing about this in the why this school essay could hurt me in a way, any opinions on this?

Hi everyone! I am taking the LSAT in April 2027. I took a diagnostic in the spring which landed me at 161, which initially I was very happy about. However, I have been studying since then and have been consistently stuck in the 160s- sometimes high, sometimes low. My biggest area of improvement is RC, but no matter how hard I blind review, I feel stuck! Does it just take time? I am so afraid of wasting my time studying ineffectively.