I'm currently scoring between -8 to -6 in RC but need to get it to at least -4 by October!

Those of you who have managed to study while working full time.. how long did it take you to reach your dream score? any tips/advice on time management/ study schedule?

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How can we assume that answer choice B assumes an ice age period? I agree that: given we are in an ice age the concentration of oxygen 18 is increased but I switched my answer because that explicitness is not present and we know only in an ice age period it is increased otherwise it is in statis from the precipitation. I am thrown off here because the other answer choices make the distinction and this one doesn't.

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Hello all,

I am having a VERY difficult time with Sufficient Assumptions. JY says use logic for these questions, but every time I TRY to use it, it messes me up and slows me down. I feel like I am doing a math question. So, when I read the answer choices, in my head I expect it to be an outcome of one of the "forms" that he showed us.

HOWEVER, when I do it in my head and just simple compare then try to find gap between premise and conclusion I am quicker and accurate. Can anyone help, please?

Am I approaching this type of question correct? What mentality do you approach it with?

Premise

Conclusion

hi! im a bit confused about the timeline of the aug lsat release date and the oct registration deadline. it seems as though the august score will not be released until sept 10 but the last day to register for the october lsat is august 25th. further, you dont get a refund for the registration past sept 5, am i missing something? if anyone has more info that'd be great

Looking for someone to go over Pt's and study with for the 2022 February LSAT

It's been a few years since I graduated and I want to reach out to my professors for recommendation letters and I was wondering if anyone has any good email templates for people who have been out of school for a while. I would love to schedule a chat with them mostly because I want to touch base with them, let them know what I've been up to since graduating, and feel like that's done better over a call instead of email. However, I want to come off sensitive of their time and make sure they know I am doing this in hopes of receiving a rec letter. When I go to write the email I feel awkward because I don't even know if they remember me. One already agreed to write me a rec letter a few years ago but I have no idea if he remembers. Any tips would be appreciated!

Hello,

My Mac is not passing the ProctorU RAM usage test. Other than that, everything else checks out. Will this be a big deal in terms of smoothness of the test?

My first LG was about security guards (brutal). My second involved camps. I hope the first was was experimental. If anyone has any insight please lmk.

RC

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Hello! I could really use some advice. I took the June 2021 LSAT and got an average/good enough score for some of the schools to which I plan on applying. However, the score was not what I wanted so I took the August 2021 LSAT.

I felt good about 3 sections. Unfortunately, I did terrible on one of the two RC sections. On the first one I felt fine, but the second one I basically guessed on 18 questions because I ran out of time. I’m hoping that second RC section is the unscored. However, if it’s the section that is scored I am confident I will probably get a very low score (lower than my first LSAT).

Should I cancel my score and try again in October or should I take my chances and see which RC section ends up being scored? I worry if I don’t cancel I’ll have a very low score on my record.

If I cancel my August score, would taking it October 2021 be too soon/should I wait for the next application cycle or is 8 weeks enough time to focus on my weak areas?

Any crystal ball predictions for tomorrow's test (8/16)? Any particular things you're doing to prepare and/or brushing up on?

Also, what are the chances they reuse sections from sat/sun? (e.g. nigerian language RC, quantum physics RC, security guards LG)

Does anyone know when schools will release their class profiles for the most recent cycle? I’ve heard late August from an officer so wanted to check

Hi,

I am a non-native speaker of English. The RC is my weakness. Right now I am -6 to-8 in RC. I am looking for a good tutor.

Hello,

My recommender asked me to review the letter or recommendation they wrote for me for fact-checking purposes before they submit it to LSAC. I waived my right to review it on LSAC. In my view (LR reasoning here) waiving the right to review it does not mean that it is unethical / against LSAC policy to review the letter if the recommender requested it. I can't find anything on the LSAC website that suggests this either.

But I wanted a gut check here. Thoughts? Should I tell the recommender to just submit without my reviewing? Or is it fine for me to review it prior to the recommender submitting it?

Thanks, all!

Sort of a niche question here......

For a supplemental essay I am writing about the experience I had programming my first website. Would it be unprofessional to include the site URL/link in the body of the essay? I am proud of it and would not mind the admissions committee seeing it but not sure if it's appropriate for the format?

Maybe I'm thinking too much, but perhaps not.

I first posted this question in the comments section of one of the CC lessons (https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/quiz-group-1-and-2-translations-1-answers/?ss_completed_lesson=17922), but since no one has yet to respond, I'm posting this here.

Main gist is, how should I treat subjunctives in questions?

Take, for instance, one of the sentences from this particular lesson "I would not be able to see Arun if he were in the next room."

According to standard grammar rules, "[I]f he were" indicates a subjunctive, which means in fact that Arun is not is the next room. This means that the sufficient is thus negated.

Or another example, this one from Fiddlers on the Roof. One of the famous scores has the line "If I were a rich man..." The character singing is not rich, that's why the subjunctive form of the verb "to be" is used.

If I see such a phrasing in the stimulus of a question, shall I assume that the sufficient is negated?

If anybody wants to join, I created a meeting link below. As the title states it is Monday, August 16th 5:30pm MST, 90 minute session.

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Looking at this forum it seems people want to study with others, but a lot of the meeting links are dead or don't give specific meeting times, therefore I am creating a meeting time. (do you like my conclusion indicator :)

This first session will focus on LR and it will last about 90 minutes. We will do some LR questions so there is nothing to prep for, just show up and participate. I am not a tutor, just someone looking to work on practice problems with others. I am scoring around 154 on PTs so there is plenty for me to work on.

If you can join, cool. If not, all good I will try to do another soon.

Dear everyone,

I am on the game section of the CC. I am amazed by the creativity of JY to draw these beautiful diagrams. My concern is that I was not born with an innate knowledge on how to draw these diagrams, and I have to watch JY’s explanation videos every time to understand how to visually represent the game pieces and rules. I am just wondering if I would have to watch all game videos from all available practice tests (PT1-90, I believe) to learn how to draw these game pieces and rules. I don’t mind, but I am just curious – does, at one point, patterns on drawing these emerge, and we are able to draw game pieces and rules without having to watch JY’s videos on how to draw them? I would like to emulate JY’s method as I find them easy to understand and visually represent, but I am unsure of how I would be able to autonomously draw these game pieces and rules when I actually encounter a fresh game section. After watching the video and learning how to visually represent the game pieces and rules, I am able to finish the game section within the target time with not even a single incorrect answer. This is what JY advised to do – print ten copies of the game and keep doing them until we can finish it within the target time without getting any question wrong. Could anyone please share light on this? Let me summarize my questions below:

Best,

Ken

Within the last week, I've taken ten practice tests. Three of them were in the high 150s, two in the low 160s, three in the high 160s, and two in the 170s. I do not understand why my test scores are varying so wildly; maybe it is a time of day or confidence thing? My average across all the tests on each of the three sections is around -5 for LG/RC and -4 for LG, so it's not that one of my sections is particularly weaker than the others.

I'm taking the test on Tuesday and it's really psyching me out that I could end up scoring 157 or I could end up scoring 173. Did anyone else experience something similar? What do you think could be the biggest reasons for it?

Does anybody know the deadline of registration for the October LSAT, as well as the specific time it will be administered on the day? Knowing the time in advance will greatly help by allowing me to make adjustments in my study schedule as early as possible.

Thank you!

I took the November 2020 LSAT and scored a 160. Since then I've gone through the 7sage CC for LR and LG. I've taken 3 practice tests in the last week and my scores keep dropping (i.e. 166-->163-->162). Should I slow down on the practice tests? The toughest section for me by far is LG (-8 average) and my best section is LR followed by RC. I will most likely take the October 2021 LSAT and am aiming for a 172. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you!

Hi all, I just finished the August exam and I hope everyone did well! Unfortunately, I was interrupted repeatedly throughout my first RC section by a pop-up that said "reconnecting". It obscured the exam, but the time was still running. Because of this, I lost probably 10-15 minutes of exam time and had no opportunity to answer the last 7 RC questions because the pop-up was appearing every few seconds at that point. Not to mention, the entire experience was disruptive and threw me out of my flow state.

I eventually got my proctor's attention, but it was too late for the RC section. During the following section (LR), we had to pause everything at question 14 and test my WiFi speed. Not as bad as the RC, but the interruption still made it more difficult to focus.

I have a feeling that I'm not alone in this. I even tested everything multiple times on ProctorU before starting the test. Does anyone know what we can do?