Cant look it up during LSAT right? I just had to look up "dearth"

Hello guys, I have a rough draft of my personal statement and need feedback. Should I stick to one "story" or should I explain the many things that make me who I am today?

The idea of becoming an attorney has always been a reoccurring drive for me, stimming from me being told that “you’re a good arguer, you should be a lawyer”, possibly being an insult to me being stubborn, or me having a trait of pulling through hard times and exceling. Another drive is seeing firsthand how the legal system works in moments when people are vulnerable and need guidance. My first experience with an attorney was during family's divorce, I saw how legal representation can bring structure and resolutions to emotional situations. Even as a young teenager, I got the understanding that attorneys do more than just argue but create a pathway through uncertainty. That kind of experience gave me motivation to drive myself towards legal education, and a profession that needs both discipline and resilience.  

At sixteen my life took a dramatic turn when I was hit by a truck while walking, temporarily putting me in a wheelchair and struggling with my speech and memory. At first, I thought I couldn't pursue the life I dreamed of (at the time being a psychologist or lawyer), but instead of focusing on the negative, I pushed myself with persistence and patience. I studied more than the average person to get the grades I wanted. Instead of going to the sleepover, or going to games, I stayed home, retraining myself how to form words again. My memory slowly got better, I lost around a year and a half of memory including what my teachers in school taught me. I had to work extra hard to be where I needed to be, pushing myself to the best of my abilities. I returned to high school committed to facing every challenge thrown at me, from learning how to speak clearly and walk again, to keeping up with my classes and returning to my extracurricular activities like soccer. This wasn’t something I was open to talking about with my piers at the time, maybe coming from a thought of embarrassment, but I soon came to realize this experience single handedly taught me the significance of persistence, patience, self-discipline, and critical thinking, which are traits I definitely carried through college and that I know will help me prosper in law school.  

I went into college knowing I wanted a career that focuses on helping people, which brought me to psychology, which I loved learning about, but soon realized what I wanted more was to help people using the law to help guide and support them, similar to my personal experience. To build off my interest, I added a minor in legal studies, advancing my desire to help people with using practice legal skills. Being the first in my family to attend and graduate college, and being a child of nine, I had to manage most of my challenges independently. From figuring out applications and LSAC procedures, to managing finances. Since freshman year of college, I have supported myself, working up to three jobs while keeping up with classes, balancing responsibilities, and learning the importance of persistence, endurance and time management, which were hard earned and deeply ingrained skills I know I will bring in my studies and future career.  

These experiences, overcoming personal setbacks, challenges, and balancing responsibilities, helped shape me in who I am today.  They have taught me important attributes I have and need to be successful in my goal of becoming an attorney. I am hoping, as a first-generation college graduate, to not only achieve a goal, but pave my next path with the attributes given to me to make a difference in the lives of others as a resilient, persistent, critical thinking attorney.  

(I am going to shorten it up, this is a DRAFT)

Hey all, I got a -4 on PR 128 for the first time. I am still struggling with level 3-5 Conditional reasoning, Causal reasoning, and Link assumption questions. I was wondering if I should continue drilling and reviewing, or if someone could point me in the right direction.

Thank you

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I am not a particularly eloquent writer so I know the writing portion of the LSAT may give me some trouble. I decided to complete a practice writing prompt to help give me some real practice and would like thoughts and opinions on how I did. The prompt was "What role should parents play in deciding what gets taught in public schools?"

The education system has always been an institution in our society that is rife with controversy. Finding a balance in a rigorous system is a delicate endeavor. One of the current balancing acts at the forefront of this system is what role parents should have in choosing what their children are taught inside the public school system. As a parent myself, I recognize the need to protect our children from values and beliefs we may not agree with, however, I also recognize the limitation that should be implemented. A parent's role is not to decide the content of the education system but to leave that to the experts in the field, while also monitoring and offering input in appropriate ways.

I would not want someone who is not knowledgeable in the field of education to be making choices that affect our children's education. When a doctor performs surgery, we do not walk into their operating room and demand they do things our way, instead we rely on their education and expertise in their field. I feel like this is transcribable to the role a parent plays in the education of their children. Teacher undergo years of training and learning to be able to teach our children. They also gain real world experience in dealing with children while inside the classroom. What qualifications do most parents have to be able to dictate what curriculum should be taught? Depending on generation and socioeconomic level, ones level of knowledge can vary greatly. This is why people who specialize in education are the decisionmakers for the overall curriculum of students. 

Some parents state that schools may try to indoctrinate our children, but is it indoctrination just because you do not agree with it? I understand a parents need to protect their children from content they may deem inappropriate, whether due to age or just generality, but we are responsible to teach our children how to navigate these types of situations at home so that it can be applied in the real world. Also, what one parent deems inappropriate, another may not. Curriculum is a thought out process. And if a teacher was to overstep in an inappropriate way, there are ways a parent can intervein, such as filing a complaint with the school board. This assures there are checks and balances. Parents are also able to voice their opinions and concerns in school board meetings and even get some content on the ballet to be voted on for addition, or removal, to the curriculum.

If a parent is concerned the education their child is getting inside of a public school is inappropriate, they also have other options available to them, such as changing schools or home schooling their child. Some people have expressed concerns that a drop in enrollment of the public school system could cause irreversible damage to the system and will use this opinion to try and strongarm the system into letting parents have more input. But if a parent wants more input and control they can home school their children. Home schooling children gives the parent more control over the environment their child learns in and the way the content of the education is dispersed to their child. 

Being a parent is hard, and sometimes letting go of control is even harder. We all want what is best for our children and for society in general. When it comes to the education system, parents have to learn to let go of the control, and allow those with the knowledge and expertise to construct our education curriculum. Parents have avenues to offer their input through appropriate channels. And if a parent still feels their child is not getting an appropriate education they have options available to them, such as home schooling. 

Hi. I am hoping to create a study group for the LSAT. If anyone is in the SoCal / Inland Empire area, I would love to connect and work together! I plan on taking the LSAT in April or June. Please let me know if you are interested!

hey everyone, I'm taking the lsat for the first time the first weekend of feb and would love to hear any tips/advice people have for this period. with pts, i've gone from 162 to 174 and am aiming at at least a 176. should i be pting twice a week now? any specific things i should be doing? thanks in advance!

Hey, wondering if anyone has some more up-to-date information on this, is it okay to mumble quietly to yourself / read to yourself during the LSAT? I find it helps a lot with my understanding in RC sections. Thanks and good luck studying! If it helps I planned on taking it remotely, but any information is appreciated.

Hello is anyone currently studying for the LSAT in this area and would want to study together?

Hey guys! I’m taking the LSAT on February 6th, which is about three weeks away. I’ve been using 7Sage since September and have been drilling every day. I took one diagnostic early on, and today I’m taking my first full practice test now that I have more knowledge than I did during the diagnostic.

Does anyone have tips for how to best use these next couple of weeks leading up to the test? My plan is to take this practice test, review all of my mistakes tomorrow, and then drill throughout the rest of the week on the question types I struggled with. If anyone has additional advice or strategies, I’d really appreciate it!

I have been using 7Sage for a while now, and I just want to say that I absolutely love it! I think it’s an awesome platform that clearly passionate people have put a lot of work into. As I am nearing the end of my studies, I have one suggestion...

When creating a drill or when looking at my analytics, I wish I was able to filter out by question stem and stimulus logic. For example, let’s say I want to review or drill all weakening questions that involve causal reasoning. I have to filter both causal and weakening and then, one by one, manually select the questions that contain both tags. I think it would be great if there was a way for 7Sage to automatically group filters like this as opposed to showing me questions that only contain either the LR stimulus logic or question stem.

Thanks!

which are the best tests to practice with weekly in the months leading up to the test! I have done all of the 150s and the high 140s and havent scored exactly where I want to yet.

Hi everyone! I’m looking to join or start a study group near the Broward County FL area. I’m motivated, consistent, and open to virtual or in-person sessions. If anyone is interested, please comment or message me. Thanks!

Hi! I'm planning to take the LSAT in April and would love to find people in the Denver area to study with. I will be focusing on strategy and timing. I work M-F (9-5) and am broadly available outside of those hours.

Got this question right because of process of elimination, but I don't quite understand why A is the right answer?

https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-21-section-2-question-15/

Hello, newb here!

Struggling with sufficient necessary, went through lesson a few times.

Do I understand this so far?

Apple---->Fruit

Apple is a sufficient condition to be a fruit

Fruit is a necessary condition to be an apple

Whats next to complete my understanding?

Thanks in advance for further elaboration and help! :)

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I have my heart set on taking the January LSAT and applying for the 2026 cycle. I am finally PT-ing where I want to be and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

My mom is insisting that I register for both Jan AND Feb. I have tried to explain to her that Jan is already super late in the application cycle and that Feb is not something I am considering. She believes that I should absolutely register for Feb as well.

My thought process is that Feb would be a complete waste because if January doesn’t go well I would most likely have to wait for the next cycle to apply and therefore would certainly give myself more than one month to retake the exam. I am concerned that schools will see and judge how many times I have registered/taken (I have already canceled August and I took October).

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Assuming the cost isn’t a factor, should I register for both?

Hello! Creating a study group for those in Minneapolis & St. Paul.

Able to meet in-person and online (whichever works best for building consistent study schedules). I plan on taking the LSAT in April. All levels of skill and intended test dates are welcome!

Any way to do this? There arent enough PTs for me to do one every week. I will run out. But I also dont want to leave the gap in my study plan because not seeing the 100% will keep me up at night.

I really feel like this prep course is confusing me more than helping me, I literally took almost a whole week of lessons to take an LSAT question and get it wrong, like is this course really going to help it feels more of like a scam at this point, and the guy! Jesus Christ he goes 1000 miles per hour when explaining anything!!!

1. I started about 1 month ago. It takes me on LR drills 2-4 minutes per problem, basically to absorb the words in the premise, a quick diagram sometimes, and then going through the answers. Im not a slow reader (nor fast). But I cannot contain a LR passage in my head. I assume this is normal. So, improvement in speed comes with practice and applied methods?

2. In terms of learning the approach, better results if I memorize the concepts, approaches, etc? Im still working intuitively.

Could someone explain the analytics that come up when you complete a "You Try" or "Drill" section? What are the scores with benchmarks that say "180-scorers got 96% right" or "180-scorers got 0% right", dependent on? For example, it will say, "Closing the gap with your goal score will require getting 3.8 more questions correct per test in this tag," but it doesn't make sense because (1) I haven't taken a test yet, and (2) I have been self-tracking and have definitely gotten 4 correct in that section. I don't understand those analytics at all. Also, is there another section on the website that can show me this or anything about my performance so far?

I'm taking the test in April and have finished the entire curriculum now, but will go over foundations again because I need a refresher before I start drilling seriously. I kinda wanted to have someone (can be multiple people) so we could keep each other accountable and make sure we're both studying. I'm more of a self learner so it wouldn't be like we teach other stuff but I would be glad to help if any questions arise. (My diagnostic was a 146 so idk where I'm at now, but my overall goal is mid 160s by April and hopefully high 160s or low 170s by June/August)

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I am taking the LSAT in April. I have been trying to get through the Core Curriculum since October, and I just find a lot of the diagrams and skills that they recommend using to not work for me, or to be more confusing to understand. Any recommendations on what I should focus on to get my score from 150 to 160?