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What should your thought process be on a question like this? On easier RRE, I could often come up with a paraphrase, but it definitely wasn't the case here. I felt like I was going into the choices blind.

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Hey guys, when it comes to LR Core Curriculum. I am having a hard time understanding the Introduction to Logic. Example when it comes to Sufficient, Necessity and contrapositive I am lost. For some reason I am having a hard understand JY logic. If someone could help I would appreciate it. Thank You.

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I am currently putting together my resume for admissions and I am pretty much done with all of the content, however, the format of my resume is very boring black/white. Do you think this will have a significant impact on admissions or does resume format not really matter for these kinds of applications?

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Hi All!

I recently made myself a personalized weekly/daily planner to help with my study goals/habits. I'm the kind of person that loves to-do lists, tracking, and crossing things off so I find myself being more successful when using it. Happy to email anyone the template if it might be helpful (PM me your email). I typically just print out the pages at the beginning of every week.

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So I’ve posted once before and would like to get a new perspective on this question. I thought the second sentence was supported by the first and so picked answer choice C. Why is that not the case? Could I have someone who truly understands the question break it down completely so this post thread doesn’t get too long? Like break down the role each sentence plays? I thought it was premise (people only care about what’s an obvious threat) subsidiary conclusion (that’s why people see contaminated water as a threat rather than ozone) then main conclusion (why we won’t have a grassroots movement to combat air pollution anytime soon) but that’s wrong apparently.

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Hello Sagers,

I took an LR section today and I came to a realization that I often see in my studies and thought that many of you could use this as well. When doing my LR section I always try to base my analysis on whether to skip or stay based on my confidence. If I know I get a question correct (Ex. SA question and going on hunt mode) I know that is a point in my bag. But sometimes I am confident in an answer choice and then see another answer that I am confident in. This is where I lose points. Often times we see an answer choice that is in fact correct but then we see that other AC and think, "Oh no..." and then what do we do? Some of us sink time or some of us skip but still think about that question. Today there were 3 questions where I had under-confidence and it cost me 3 points. Instead of going -3, I went -6 just because of this simple error.

Takeaway: Understand where your confidence is and use that to skip or stay. Create a process of being able to knock that one answer choice that you just cant let go of. Be confident in your answer choices and move on. That is what top scorer's do. They don't dwell on an AC for 1 min. They pick an answer and move on. If they have time to come back they will flag. This test is about confidence and whether you are overconfident or under-confident it can impact your score dramatically.

Stick to your processes for each question type and don't freak out if you don't know the answer. It is just one point. We don't need to be perfect to get a top score.

Hope that helps some of you and happy studies!

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All my super-splitter (or reverse splitter) friends out there, I just realized that Wash U now has a redacted LSAT and redacted GPA application. This, in theory would be wonderful for me. I got straight A's all through grad school, which usually doesn't matter since only undergrad GPA is looked at, and a 174 on the LSAT which don't pair well with a sub 3 undergrad GPA.

I wonder though, despite their claim that they'll evaluate the application holistically without regard to the redacted component if it might have an impact on scholarship opportunities. Does anyone have any knowledge of other schools doing this? Did scholarship money continue to flow? @studentservice any thoughts?

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I took my test this past weekend and it was pretty damn difficult for me. The 2 RC sections threw me for a loop. Not only that but as soon as I began the exam and read the first 2 questions on the LR I completely brain fogged and began crying uncontrollably. Luckily I had a few accommodations and was able to pause. However, I know that I didn't score well at all.

I just want to say that I am so proud of everyone who took this exam and I have so much respect for every one of you. I studied hard and didn't have a good testing experience, but I am glad I did it and I am pushing forward to learn more and to retake in January. For all who felt they bombed the exam and retaking in January, let's keep our heads up and don't forget we have already come so far to feel that we shouldn't give it another shot, or 2 or 3, or however many more times it takes lol. :)

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Hello everyone,

I've been putting together my addendum to explain why my CAS GPA is so much lower than my UGPA, and I'm finding it difficult to condense my addendum anymore than I have. Its only three paragraphs, but its almost one full page double-spaced. So many samples I've seen are super short! Is one page double spaced too long for something like this? I believe I've cut to the chase and have not included any unnecessary language or details, yet its still one page.

Is one page acceptable?

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Hi! Does anyone have a sample LSAT schedule that includes working full time and/or working out? I just recently got a fulltime job at a law firm and I am adjusting to it. I am taking the January 2022 LSAT so I really need to make time to study as this is not my 1st time retaking it. Ugh. Anything helps!

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Could someone help me understand how AC E counters the city officials response?

On another note, I have a tendency to want to set off either the sufficient condition, or contrapose the necessary for 'if' statements in order to prove that they will work, but is that even required for a weaken question or is the 'if' possibility of an idea taking place enough to weaken an argument?

Thanks!

Admin Note: Edited title. Please use the format: "PT#.S#.Q# - brief description of the question"

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Hi everyone, I took the test two days ago and I’ve tried not to think about it but I‘m starting to feel that I didn’t do as well as I planned to. I think LG went well, I was confident about my answers except for one question. RC I feel okay about but given that this section has always varied for me (-5 to -8) I can’t say for sure. LR is the toss-up. I don’t know if you guys have experienced this but the questions seemed foreign and I just can’t pinpoint why. Usually in practice I’m able to eliminate and narrow down to two choices but for several questions I had three choices still remaining and couldn’t quite pinpoint the purpose of the stimulus. I felt this way about LR in August (first time taking) as well but at that point I thought perhaps I just didn’t have enough experience. Obviously I won’t know my score until December but I’m feeling bummed that the section I was most excited about I just couldn’t execute as planned.

With about two months to January, I am thinking about reading the Loophole — has this been helpful for any of you? My goal score is 170 and at this point I feel like maybe I should go back to the basics and try the sections untimed to guage my accuracy before continuing with timed practices. Would appreciate all advice! Thanks!

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I've been drilling MSS questions, and this one had me hung up for a while. I initially chose C, but then chose D during BR - would appreciate it if someone could validate my thought process in how I got to the right answer (mostly through POE). #help

Stimulus: For the same crime, it's unfair how famous vs unknown criminals are sentenced, even though the principle of equality says there shouldn't be a discrepancy in how people are sentenced due to fame, etc. (For a while, the "however" really threw me off because I thought for some reason that the principle of equality was used to counter the uneven sentences in a resentencing/retributive manner...I was very confused lol)

A) "only a few": we don't know this. Technically it could be 99% of trials that are for unknown defendants so it's actually a majority

B) "The number should equal" - proportionally this doesn't make sense, since there's maybe like 1 famous criminal per 1000 unknown defendants

C) "Can properly be overridden by other principles" What principles are we talking about?

D) Yes - basically what the author is saying. This sentencing is unfair and a breach of the equality principle

E) We don't know if it does or doesn't allow for leniency

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