Hi everyone,

The LSAC has provided the following information about their upcoming LSAC Analytical Reasoning Field Study scheduled to take place December 16 and 17.

As part of the LSAC's ongoing efforts to improve the LSAT, they are researching alternative, equally valid ways to assess analytical reasoning (AR) skills (also known as Logic Games).This is a long-term research effort that they’ve been working on for several years and will continue for some time.

As part of this effort, the LSAC included a special research section in the June 2022 LSAT administration for some test takers. Building on that research, they will administer a three-section AR field study to several thousand volunteers.

Participation is open to anyone 18 years or older in the United States or Canada who has an LSAC.org account. This will include future and past test takers, as well as people who are considering taking the LSAT. The same terms and conditions apply as a regular LSAT administration.

The field study will be administered in the same live, remotely proctored format as a standard LSAT, using ProctorU and LawHub. The field study will consist of three sections: one section of traditional AR questions and two sections of questions that use alternative approaches to assess AR skills.

As an incentive for your participation, test takers will receive feedback on their performance on the traditional AR questions. Every study participant will receive a copy of the traditional AR section, the correct answers, and the answers they provided for each question. Upon completion of the LSAC AR Field Study, only the traditional AR section will be disclosed.

The data gathered in this study will enable the LSAC to continue its rigorous testing and analysis to ensure that potential new question types have the same reliability and predictive validity as current AR questions so that schools remain confident of the LSAT’s predictive value.

It is important to reiterate that there are no plans to change any part of the LSAT’s content in the near future. If and when the LSAC decides to incorporate any new question types into the actual LSAT, they will provide lengthy advance notice, practice questions, and explanatory materials prior to LSAC using any new question type in a scored section of the LSAT.

You can sign up for the LSAC Analytical Reasoning Field Study here.

Hi folks - I'm taking the Nov test and I'm running into issues with negating to prove / disprove assumption questions. I've referenced JY's main negating "topic" but it's brief and I was told he has much more info on this in the course - I just need to locate it. Any suggestions would be VM appreciated! Thanks :)

What is the best PT to take in the week of the November LSAT? (Only taking 1) Preferably something "easy" in the 80s.

trying to get a situated schedule for the last 2 weeks

Explanation?

I took the most recent pt and scored 22 correct on one LR section and only 9 correct on the other section.

Throughout my LSAT studies, my score for LR varies significantly per section. Either 18-22 correct on one section and 9-15 correct on the other.

What does this mean? Any tips or strategies to consistently get my LR score between the 18-22 correct range for both sections?

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How many practice tests should one take in a week?

So i decided to take the NOV LSAT with very minimal studying. I purchased this program but I am not exactly sure how to use it and the syllabus is way too long for the few weeks I have left. What would be the best way to study?

Hi,

Is anyone aware of when LSAC will release new PTs and when they will be uploaded on 7Sage subsequently?

Also, are the changes to LG section expected to be applied from 2023 cycle?

Thank you!

Hi everyone! I am going to be taking the Nov 2022 LSAT and I really want to drill down on fool proofing LG. I was wondering how to go about this. Should I go back to each PT and do all 4 games timed? then BR? then if I get even -1, do that certain game 10 times? I am not sure how to go about this. Does anyone have step by step instructions on how to fool proof?

Thank you :)

I've gone through about 50-60 games so far (PT 1-35). I'm having a lot of trouble of creating the initial master board for never seen before games. That's my main issue, once I make the proper boards, I can clear the questions quickly.

Foolproofing has been "working" so far. For games that initially took me 15 minutes just to get half of the questions wrong because I don't know what the hell I was doing when making the masterboard, now takes me 5-7 minutes because I foolproofed them so many times.

It looks like my biggest fear is coming true. Foolproofing is making me faster at memorizing the games itself. Rather than memorizing the important inferences needed to be made when attacking never seen before games. To note, when I do foolproof, I do the whole game from scratch without memorizing the game rules, I try my best not to make any "cheat" inferences which are completely unintentional, but rather memorized because I foolproofed it (doing the game so many times over and over again)

Any tips?

Recently received advice that for my goal score - currently averaging 152 to 154 (sorry im typing this after a very long day) - just need around 7-10 more answers total correct to get what I need for my top schools. advice was to keep up LR and Reading and try to improve these sections, but since thats around -8 -9 and logic games is around - 11to -13, it makes most sense with the time crunch to keep drilling logic games as everyone has labeled this section "easiest to improve on."

I agree, and I can see why. Please help me though. The reading comes to me more naturally than logic games and I know its because it takes time / practice / nothing like you've ever done in academic history etc, I know my brain and im trying to articulate that these puzzles are very hard for me in a general sense. I usually can get the set up pretty good for most games even if im not too fast at it, understand the logic behind it, but the questions is where I go wrong. yes I know there is video explanations. I have been watching them. its hard to keep up with the question format in the explanations vs what I have on paper (with such strict time constraints) and the explanations are not necessarily helping me improve, even when I truly am listening and taking it in.

It would mean the world to me for thorough advice and step by step insight. What would you do in my situation, specifically? Im willing to put in the work, but feel like I need to change something.

Thank you so much in advance.

I am very geographically limited as I know I want to live in California and have been here my whole life. Only applying to USD and Chapman. Love LMU and Pepperdine but cant do locationally / financially. I do not want any pretentious comments or unsolicited advice. Please only respond if you know which law school is worth going to more, I know chapman is a great school but personally know 4 people from USD law who created great success for themselves. Yes, I am also aware stats are available online. I looked things up and am nonetheless confused or feeling ambiguous. Please let me know which school has what pros / cons from any knowledge you have. I need guidance and help, nothing negative please!

I am taking the November 2022 LSAT. I took the LSAT twice already. I scored a 152 the first time, I went to retake a few months later and scored a 150. I was devastated and I didn’t know what to do. I gave up my law school dreams for a few years and decided to pick it up in January. After months of grinding back at the start of core curriculum again, I broke 160 in august, and hovered at 158-161 for a few months, after PT91 today I broke 165! Improving is possible, stay on your grind.

I applied to HLS/CLS/Chi a few times, but since then my score (171) has expired and I retook this Oct.

I wrote a new PS for this cycle (using partly on my previous apps' PS) that's based on my long work-ex in tech industry.

Would be interested to know the feedback from those with law school experience.

I’m scheduled for the November lsat and for the past four days I’ve been consistently getting a 161 instead of my usual 165-166. I’m reviewing all my wrong answers and understand the logic, but it doesn’t seem to help. I don’t know what I can do to help my score stabilize in the next week or so. Does anyone have any advise?

This is my first time taking the LSAT. I’m kind of freaking out and am not sure if I should reschedule my test or not.

Hi! Im taking a month or two off studying, and I wanted to "cancel" my membership for those two months. Does anyone know if I will lose all of my test data if i cancel for two months and renew in January?

I am taking the Nov Lsat and I really want to improve LR as much as I can in the next two weeks. My logic game is pretty strong and RC is average. For LR, I average about -10 to -11. I want to make the most out of the time I have remaining but I am stuck on how to improve. Should I just keeping drilling previous Logical reasoning sections? My goal score range is between 158-160 to get into the school I want.

Hey everyone. I hope you all are doing well. I wanted to offer help for any students currently scoring under a 155 on their practice exams or are new and in need of assistance. I am pretty consistently scoring 165+ but I think it would help me to offer assistance in explaining questions and offering strategies to others. Pretty casual and of course no charge, so feel free to pm me. Thanks.

A bit of context: I am currently 2+ years out of undergrad. I worked in a summer research program during undergrad where I worked closely with a graduate student, who was on a PhD track and one of the principal researchers on the project. In addition, I spoke every 2 weeks with the supervising Professor on the program to touch base with him about research progress. The graduate student was my main mentor, and he had daily insight into my daily research work.

From what I gather from online sources, a professor in my major would be the optimal person to write my LOR. However, I feel that the graduate student who supervised my daily work is much more familiar with my work ethic and research abilities. Would law schools view a personalized, well-written letter from a graduate student mentor/instructor less favorably compared to a more general, but still overall positive LOR from a professor?

Thanks!

This is a bit of a picky random question, but I was wondering if the online version of the official LSAT has the X's to cross out answers that you believe are wrong. I don't want to get used to this feature then feel naked if it doesn't exist on the actual LSAT. For those who have taken the test, please let me know. Thanks!!

After taking a drill, and reviewing your results, there is a "priority" category. Which will either say "v low" or "v high"

What does this mean? I'm constantly getting the "v low" ones correct, but not always the "v high" which I am concerned about.

I'm aware "they" say not, but why is that? Is it really that harmful? Can't it help to keep the material fresh in your mind? I'm writing the June 9 LSAT and I'm afraid that after being accustomed to studying every day, by taking an entire day off, I might just blank on the Monday. Any advice is appreciated!

I am scheduled to take the November and January LSAT. I received time accommodations for January only. I been thinking about canceling the November exam to put all my focus on January since I would have to adjust my PT exams to match my accommodations. Should I take the November test to see how proctoring goes so I know what to expect in January or is it not worth it?