Are the words "and" and "but" logically the same?

I believe I read this or heard this somewhere; just wanted to be sure.

Looking to help out a few people who are finding it difficult to improve in Logical Reasoning. If LR feels like your cryptonite and is bringing down your overall score, dm me.

I was curious if any others have had issues playing 7Sage explanation videos. I first noticed the issue last night and rationalized it as an network connectivity problem, but the same issue continued today too.

How seriously should we take the "actual score" that's provided on our PTs? I can't help but feel like it's an inflated score. For instance, on PT 55, getting nine wrong would've been 167 according to the original curve, but a 170 according to 7sage's "actual score" predictor. What am I supposed to make of this?

If my "actual score" is always a couple points higher than the score assigned to me by the original curve, isn't this implying that the new LSATs are just easier?

Any clarification would be appreciated!

If so who is down for a study group? My goal score is at least a 165 or higher!

Hi all! I am really struggling to understand why B is incorrect. I know now that D is the right option, but I'm not sure how to structurally identify why in other LR sections. I'd appreciate any help/explanations!

Hello. I'm applying to law school in the fall, and I'd like as much input as possible on what my chance of a T3 school are.

Hards: 176 Lsat, 3.98 GPA

Softs: 1 year working for a lawyer, plus a separate summer internship for a NY supreme court judge (hopefully... I don't actually have the job yet.

250 hours (roughly a year) volunteering for the Crisis text line.

Skills: coding (python, java etc.) unrelated to my undergraduate degree.

Great letters of recommendation from my boss, professor and super at the text line.

Are my chances above 50% ah HYS... or even superman wouldn't be a guarantee in at the top?

P.S. I'm a white male, so not a URM.

All input appreciated, thank you in advance 🙏

Hello. I'm applying to law school in the fall, and I'd like as much input as possible on what my chance of a T3 school are.

Hards: 176 Lsat, 3.98 GPA

Softs: 1 year working for a lawyer, plus a separate summer internship for a NY supreme court judge (hopefully... I don't actually have the job yet.

250 hours (roughly a year) volunteering for the Crisis text line.

Skills: coding (python, java etc.) unrelated to my undergraduate degree.

Great letters of recommendation from my boss, professor and super at the text line.

Are my chances above 50% ah HYS... or even superman wouldn't be a guarantee in at the top?

P.S. I'm a white male, so not a URM.

All input appreciated, thank you in advance 🙏

Hello everyone! I could not find any study group on Discord so I just made a new LSAT study group and would love to connect with you all! Please feel free to pass the link around and I look forward to studying with you guys soon. Thank you!

https://discord.gg/uXXcjb8Vb3

I’m scoring 150s on my diagnostic. I want to get to 170. I have the power score bibles for logic games and logical reasoning which I’m going through. Also, should I complete ALL of the core curricula ? What are y’all’s thoughts on the loophole ? Should I get that book too?

Does anyone how I can improve on weaken questions? I really having a tough time with them.

I understand you have to weaken the support the premise gives the conclusion, but how? Am I questioning the premises? Is there something I'm looking for? Do I say, what if it's something else?

How do I weaken the support? In what ways???

Why is D correct when it says opposing views are discussed 'briefly". #help

why is it not required to block out that Mayor Drabble could repay her debt to Lee immediately in some other way? Why is the temporal aspect more important by the stimulus? Was stuck between A and E. #help

Does anyone write down the board for the acceptable situation question 1? I feel like this could potentially help on future questions to show a could be true answer or something similar. Or is this too risky in case you get it wrong?

The LSAC has not released an official August test date, but they usually hold one each test cycle. Do you guys think there will be one? Cuz I don't necessarily think I will be prepped enough by the June Test date.

I encountered a question with an answer choice that said something like "companies are no more likely to do X if B than if A"

This feels like a riddle to me, and I am not exactly sure what relationship is established here. My best guess was that this means that if B, then X is either the same level or less likely than if A. Is that correct or is there a better way to interpret this relationship?

I'm finding myself confused with how LSAC scales your raw score on prep tests. I'm in a prep course and have taken several official prep tests and have had instances where my raw score has differed significantly, yet my scaled score doesn't show such improvement. I will list my scores and coinciding practice tests below...

PT 84: raw score 44. scaled 144.

PT 65: raw score 50. scaled 146.

PT 85: raw score 54. scaled 148.

PT 81: raw score 60. scaled 152.

PT 86: raw score 60. scaled 153.

PT 87: raw score 69. scaled 157.

PT 88: raw score 65. scaled 155.

PT 89: raw score 70. scaled 157.

My concern is that when looking at general estimated LSAT raw score conversion charts, a 69 can be scaled up to a 173 or 75 can be up to 180 scaled. That's a pretty big difference in the scaled scores I'm seeing! How is this determined and are the 4 section prep tests that I've been using to practice scaled differently than the Flex format and that is why I'm seeing such a difference on these charts?

I came across a question (PT58, S2 Q19) that had a question stem like the one above and JY's explanation raised a question for me. Does a passage only provide support for the author's arguments? In this passage, the author is refuting a legal theory, so is it wrong to say that the passage is providing support for the opposing theory in any way?

P.S. I would've asked under the passage, but the last comment was 10 months ago. I guess I'm the only one with this problem lol.

Never really posted before so here goes nothing. I interviewed for a spot in a big firm's paralegal program the other day. Took 20 minutes, went so-so, but less than 4 hours later I got a rejection email. I'm not too broken up about the rejection but it seems ridiculously fast considering I only got off the phone with them and definitely wounded my pride a bit. Should I read into the speedy rejection too much, or am I just doing my typical type-a overthinking?

Does anyone know of a good way to practice dissecting the different parts of an argument in a question stem? For example, J likes to highlight, circle, label P for premise & C for conclusion, call out context & referential phrases, key words like thus, therefore, etc. I feel like I need practice with this. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you print out a bunch of questions and practice that by hand? Is that a helpful thing to do?

Hello,

I'm quite new to the application process for US schools and I have a question regarding URM status. I was born and raised in Vietnam, immigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen this past year. If I apply to US law schools, would I be considered URM? Or do I need to be a US citizen for that?

Thank you.

Hi guys, I have a serious issue with test anxieties. How come does a person when he does a drill section by section and gets an average -6 on RC, untimed - but always do it on time - get a -15 on a recent preptest. I diagnosed this as lack of confidence and looming test anxieties. Any tips on reducing test anxieties? I appreciate your comments, thanks.

Hello, I have been struggling with my timing and accuracy on reading comp.

When I move slow throughout the questions and passage, I tend to do much better with the questions (obviously). I will usually get all the questions right for easier - medium passages/questions, and only 1 wrong for harder passages.

My biggest problem however is that is takes me awhile, and usually in the 35 minutes I can only get through 3 of the passages. I have attempted speeding up my reading / time in questions to reach all 4 passages but my accuracy in questions severely drops in where I may get 2-3+ wrong per passage.

I have gotten much better at low res summaries, and I find that method helpful especially for structure questions.

What is the best way to speed up while maintaining accuracy? I have read previous discussion forums in where people only focus on the 3 passages and leaving the 4th passage for guesses. I have experimented with this method and i usually do way better in terms of accuracy (getting around 18-20 correct, vs 12 - 15 correct). I do recognize I sometimes waste time by checking answers in the passage when I am fairly confident in my memory however, I can't seem to trust it (as every now and then I check to find out my memory was wrong).

Any help / recommendations is recommended, thanks!

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but it would be cool to get a study group together for those of us who receive accommodations. Who would want to join if I started one?

Does anyone know if we are still allowed to use command f on the exam?