So I am stuck between what to choose on the various LSAT sections on the questions I don't get to. For example, Dave Killoran from PowerScore says to choose "D" 1-20 on LR when in doubt, and "E" on the last 5. JY says to choose "B" when in doubt on 1-20 and "E" on the last 5 for LR.

Note, JY uses data from PREPTEST 58 (Sept 2009 ) onwards, while Dave uses data from Nov 1991. Which one is more reliable?

Here are the sources for both opinions:

https://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/guessing.cfm

JY: https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/comment/190751

a majority of my RC wrong answers are coming from these questions, like upwards of 5 lol. I feel like the reason I'm crossing off AC's is because it's not 'clicking' for WHY it could be supported. Does anyone have any advice on being more lenient with the correct answer choices?

I'm having trouble finding the balance of where to be lenient and where to be strict. Would love to fine tune this a little more before next weeks exam. :)

Please help.

I am currently finishing up the core curriculum and have been struggling with the fact that a lot of the circling/side margin notation strategies are no longer applicable to the current state of the LSAT :(

I know myself to be a visual learner. So as someone who definitely would've been circling/scribbling little low res margin notes over the passage if it were still physical, i am struggling to find ways to break up the passages on the digital LSAT. My strategy for tackling the core curriculum has been to try and mirror J.Y.'s explanations/strategies. But personally i feel like all the circling and drawing lines between concepts that he does (that we are no longer able to do) plays a big role in that and my understanding.

Does anyone have suggestions on how they've adapted to this change for RC? or is it simply just training my short-term memory to adapt to this change?

Many Thanks!

Hello,

I take the January 2022 LSAT in less than two weeks. I'm at that stage where I'm growing nervous and really want to make sure I'm studying and practicing materials that will be most similar to my exam. I've been hearing about some kind of Powerscore crystal ball prediction where LSAT statistics are used to predict what will appear on the upcoming exam. If you don't attend live, they make you pay for it.

-Do these predictions tend to be highly accurate?

-By any chance, did someone attend one of these sessions and want to share? Would be highly appreciated.

-Is the general consensus that the most recent practice tests are whats most similar to upcoming tests?

Hi, could someone help me understand Lsat4.s1.question-18 better? I have several questions.

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I think my problem comes from the fact that I didn't come up with the right 'antecedent claim'. I had thought the claim would be something along the lines of, 'intelligent life exists...' or 'intelligent life doesn't exist...' so when I got to answer choices I went with (C) because it seemed that the whole passage hinged on the ambiguity of the key phrase 'intelligent life.'

Now, knowing the right answer is (D) I'm struggling. It's clear that LSAC are tricky bastards to put (C) as an answer choice. The nuance to the question lies in understanding how the passage challenges a claim that we are supposed to infer. Right now the only way I see (D) working is if the claim is 'The question whether intelligent life exists elsewhere is precise.' Is this right**?**

Typing this all out makes me realize what seems to be the proper claim is just the negation of the first sentence in the stimulus, but is that what we are supposed to go on**?**

I have the conclusion of the stimulus in lawgic as:

define life more precise -> !(find and recognize life -> leave definitions open)

conversely

(find and recognize life -> leave definitions open) -> define life less precise

With this all in mind, what part of the stimulus should I identify as arguing the claim is 'counter productive'? and am I right now looking back to say that 'cannot be adequately defined' is too strong and not what the passage is saying. When it's really saying that life cannot be precisely defined**?**

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Just wondering if there is a way to see all the questions one gets incorrectly throughout the core curriculum without having to revisit each question set? Would love to redo those questions at a later date, but am unsure of how to access them collectively, or if that can even be done at all.

I average -10 on LR and am trying to get that to -8 before test day next week. I am terrible at Sufficient Assumption and Necessary Questions. I struggle to determine the missing gap in both questions. Is there any advice someone could give me?

Since there's not an explanation posted yet, can anyone explain or point me to where Preptest 92 game 3 has already been explained? I feel so dumb, I know there's a major inference I'm missing. I didn't have problems with any other games on this exam! Gah! Any help would be so appreciated!!

This is the third time I select the correct answer and once I check in on the results the answer choices have been changed.

I am not sure if this question is even necessary but I'd like to know what people think.

I am taking the LSAT one more time next week (January). I expect about a 152-154. This would be an improvement from a previous try of a 146 (I took this test in a difficult environment). I secured a hotel room for this exam so I am confident now.

My LSAC GPA is a 3.66. I am not targeting the highest schools but I want to attend this Fall.

I enrolled in a ABA Paralegal Certificate program last year in January because I am interested in it as well as wanting more exposure to law and if law school would be something I wanted to pursue. Within a few short weeks, I knew this was what I wanted. It's been in my mind for many years but I never felt ready to pull the trigger until a few years of work post-college. Anyways... the question...

If I scored a 152 for example, would I be able to write an addendum. The reason I ask is because I began my studies right after the first semester (the program is basically two - 15 credit/5 classes per semesters). Obviously during my studies for the LSAT, I was also doing the full time course work. I completed the certificate last month.

Could I write an addendum for a slightly lower LSAT score due to the conflict of juggling both? I have a solid undergraduate GPA of 3.66 and received a 4.0 GPA for the paralegal certificate. (10 classes, all A grades).

I ask this because honestly, the LSAT is not my strongest attribute, however in a more real world setting involving actual cases, legal research, documentation, case briefs, memorandums, etc I clearly excelled. It was not easy to balance the full course load, the assignments and projects, with the studying overall - though I did it!, but is this a worthy addendum? I believe it is but idk. I know I have a solid foundation with legal information already but idk how addendums work.

Sorry for the long "sob" story but I really would appreciate any advice. I have uploaded the transcript of the certificate classes to the CAS system as well already. Thank you in advance!

with the stress of the lsat coming up I wanted to hear some inspiration and potentially remind ourselves why we are taking this crazy test! Would love to hear some of your stories of how old you are, what work experience or school background you have, and what made you make the move to want to go to law school :) I think sometimes we can get so LSAT focused it's easy to forget what we are even taking the test for!!

I was approved for accommodations for the exam next week and it's my first time taking with accommodations. I've taken the LSAT twice before. For those of you that have done this already, is the proctor already aware of your accommodations when you begin? Do you need to confirm with them or show them anything? I want to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible.

I attended a webinar tonight on diagnosing issues with the 7Sage analytics tool / score report. In the session's Q&A piece, there was a note made on blind review by a moderator - and specifically, blind reviewing with a timing component (an example was made for when you are blind reviewing RC - not taking as much time as you want reading the passage, looking up words, and so on, as that doesn't help you perform better once you're back into another PT with the clock ticking).

This got me to thinking about how I should be blind reviewing. Should my goal of blind review to not do a complete deep dive into passage/question intricacies, by factoring in some sort of a time component? Should I simply blind review less in order to see more cumulative LSAT material that I otherwise wouldn't?

It may sound excessive (I am not sure if it is), but fully reviewing a PT can take me in excess of 7-9 hours... Wonder if I should be allocating that time to new material instead.

Or, more generally, can anyone point me to some effective blind review habits that I can factor into my studies?

Thanks very much!

I started studying for the LSAT last January 2021. Two days later, my grandmother in Mexico passed away from COVID (the same day my prep books came in the mail) and I was devastated and am still recovering. I lost four family members to COVID last year. I live in Germany so I couldn't travel abroad to support my family.

I'm PTing in the 170s for the last two months and am taking my third and final test in 2 weeks as I'm applying this cycle. Yesterday I found out my dad and some family members back home in the States tested positive for COVID. I feel like it's happening all over again and I'm trapped in Germany unable to travel as it would put my family at more risk. I need to focus on studying but I feel like...what's the point?

I have two full-rides at University of Arizona and Iowa so I should feel calm but I just feel like giving up. I need to focus but am just losing momentum right when I need it the most.

-Aspiring first-gen lawyer

I am looking for someone to study online in the morning or night. I am currently working full time and would like to study twice a week on preptests. Hoping to take the exam in April or June. Please message me if you are interested. Thank you.

Let me know if anyone wants to be part of a study group I am creating!! JUNE 2022 here we go.

Hey everyone! As the title says, I'm hoping to get some advice on how to chill out or what to do when it seems like everything is going wrong as the January test day approaches. I bombed my most recent PT (166 when I normally get 170+), am currently sick (probably Covid, though I won't be sure until tomorrow when I can finally get tested) with no clue on how long this will last, and I just missed the February LSAT deadline.

It just feels like everything's spiraling out of control. I had been preparing for 8.5 months for the January 2022 LSAT and it was going to be my first time taking the exam, but now that I'm sick, I'm worried I'll have to delay until March, which feels absolutely soul-crushing because I don't know if I can continue studying like I had been for another 2 months.

I'm also worried I won't have enough PTs to last, because I had planned on March being my 2nd take if I didn't do well in January, so I spaced out my PTs to be mostly used up by January, but saving a few, enough to last me from February to March. If I don't end up doing my first-take in January, I'm worried I won't have enough PTs to use for my 2nd take*.

*If anyone's wondering why I'm so insistent on taking the LSAT twice, it's moreso I'm planning a safety measure in case I don't do well the first time. I don't want to use up all my PTs for the first LSAT, only to realize I didn't do well and be left with no practice material for my 2nd try.

TLDR; Bombed most recent PT resulting in confidence drop, sick with (most likely) Covid, and January test day is coming up. How to stop freaking out and make a solid plan for my next steps?

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

This is the only question in passage set that I can't seem to resolve on my own. I was caught between AC C and E, ended up picking E timed and C in BR.

C) I thought it seemed likely that Sibley would think a good goal is to simply the classification systems by reducing the total number, because in paragraph 3 he talks about how there are too many criteria's complicating the species classification.

ie: "We must limit the number of degrees we choose to 'recognize' by names"

E) This seemed likely to me because of the arguments going on in paragraph 3, it just didn't seem like an easy issue to resolve so it seemed likely that disagreements would continue; especially given the fact that the critics seemed more concerned with the interpretation of Sibley's data rather than the procedure of it. ie: if more techniques like Sibely's are refined, they would still take issue with the arbitrary interpretation.

I just couldn't find a reason to eliminate C and direct support for E!

For Q8, I have difficulty deciding between B and C. I have some disagreement with some words in both of B and C, which makes it even harder to pick.

Based on my notes, I wrote down the MP of Passage A as "Intro to market and advocate for its abilities to forecast and efficiency to learn."

Mp of Passage B as "against to think market as too different from other polls. Fallible."

However, it does not help much to answer Q8.

(B) what can be learn from studying the movement of stock markets?

(C) Can markets be used to elicit reliable information?

For B, I understand that both passages discuss markets in general instead of stock markets. However, we do know the authors of both passages are mainly concern about what the movement of markets represent. For author A, the movement of a market forecasts, learns from collective wisdom. For author B, the movement of a market, the movement represents the populace opinion of a certain time period. But the main problem remains that they are not talking about stock markets, but markets in general.

For C, the question is about markets in general, which is a correct description of both passages. And I am confident that author A agrees and mainly focuses on illustrating the fact that market can be use to elicit reliable information. However, I am not quite confident about what author B thinks. Author B says that market is more of a reflection of people's opinion of the time, which means that it can either be right or wrong. And she also says that market is fallible. But I would not say author B argues that markets can't be used to elicit reliable information? It is too strong for passage B in my opinion. But it did come out to be the correct answer choice. Please help me out with this.

For Q22, I was completely lost after finishing reading the answer choices. I was attracted to D. Please help me with E!

Thank you for reading my post and discuss the questions with me. These are the only two questions I got wrong in the section, so if you have any questions about the section, I am glad to help! Good luck!

I have been missing a bunch of these questions lately and I am wondering if there are any tips/patterns that can help me improve? Started to panic as the Jan test approaching

Hi 7Sagers, I've been wanting to write this post for a while. I've noticed as we approach LSATs, people get quite a bit of anxiety about ProctorU failing them on test day. When individual students do have bad experiences they tend to post on here (which I totally understand), but I suspect they're the exception rather than the norm.

I've personally had three LSATs and no problems with ProctorU. The only thing I had was the 5 second "connection issues" interruption window once, but that was it.

So I just want to say, go in expecting Proctor to work as it should. Leave that bit of anxiety to the side. People have definitely had horror stories but, statistically, I suspect you're much more likely to have no issues at all.

If ProctorU fails you, LSAT will absolutely give you another shot within a week or something (I can't remember).

Good luck.

Hi 7sage,

Would it be possible to include an analytics page for reading comp that shows you which kinds of passages you need to work on in reference to the topic? Meaning am i getting more questions right on a Law passage vs. Art... etc...

Thank you.

Hello everyone! my name is Fatimah and I'm looking for a study buddy.

I was not admitted early decision to a program, and a particularity highly ranked school by any means. If I reach out to admissions, would they be willing to go over areas of my application to provide advice on where I need to improve or offer specific feedback on why I was not offered early admission?