Taking the January LSAT and have been PTing around the mid to high 160s and have only ever broken 170 once. I struggle the most with RC (avg -7) and I think I've hit a slump on my improvement. I've tried slowing down my reading, speeding up, highlighting etc. but I just can't find something that makes the section click. Does anyone have tips on how to really make the jump to the 170s?

How is AC D the correct answer? Based on the stimulus, I might fallen into the trap of thinking that words that express new ideas become "officially common" once they are put into dictionaries. Either the dictionary editor cares a whole lot about these new words or the words need to get into dictionary. Where in the stimulus does it express the concept of a "severe distortion"?

I do not understand at all what the correct AC C is trying to say and why it is correct. Stimulus says that the gov't makes the bank pay for a premium, but that depositors should instead pay the premium since they are the ones benefitting from the insurance. What does any of that have to do with interest rates?

What are your guys schedules like? I've had a lot of free time while I've been waiting for my classes to begin, and I've found it very difficult to study LR effiecently for long periods of time. After a couple hours of intense study I start to make a lot of mistakes as my concentration lapses. I've found that taking a day off helped a lot.

Curious how you guys approach breaks.

Hello,

I am unclear about the diagramming for this question below:

PT37.S2.Q12

Admin Note: I deleted the question as it is against our Forum Rules to post LSAT questions verbatim.

JY's diagram is below, but I am not sure why "without" did not warrant the negation of the sufficient (GS) and "cannot" the negation of the necessary (/GF) so that the diagram is /GS-->/GF. How do I get to the bolded translation below?

GM-->/BF

GF-->/BS

GS-->GFm-->CV

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Hey guys, this is really just a rant from me because I just finished my NU Kira interview and let's just say no amount of practice prepared me lmfao The questions weren't tough by any means, but as someone who has pretty bad anxiety, I just choked for like 3/6 of the questions. I did become more comfortable for the last 4 questions, but oof. I did 24 rounds of practice and still managed to slaughter myself in the 6 question interview LOL brb while I go cry in a corner since I may have just ruined my chances lmfao Good luck to everyone who is still applying and are interviewing soon!🥲🥲 If anyone has some interesting interview stories or rants they would like to tell, please comment below. I'm going to need some funny stories to get over this.

Edit: if anyone had a bad interview and still got admitted, please comment below. Need some sort of hope 😂😭

did anyone else find PT72 wildly difficult? i took it earlier this week and got absolutely wrecked. granted, i wasn't in the test-taking mood when i sat down for it so i knew i probably wouldn't be scoring my best. and i did guess the entire last logic game (seriously wtf was that?). but even LR destroyed me and that's usually a very reasonable section for me.

im signed up for the january test and my score for PT72 was SIGNIFICANTLY lower than my last few tests :(

Hi everyone,

The ABA has published its 2020 509 reports. We've updated our resources to include (1) the most recent medians for every law school and (2) a bunch of other data. New and exciting this year: we can finally see some statistics on GRE scores.

See the new medians here (in the same Coda doc that has application requirements) or here (a Google spreadsheet—scroll right for GRE information).

We've highlighted the changes between this year's medians and last year's here.

We've pulled out some of the most interesting ABA data for each school here.

A few quick points of interest:

Happy exploring, and happy New Year's!

Seems that this is my biggest weakness when I look back on why I'm missing questions on LR and RC. I'm really struggling to fully process the arguments without missing the smaller details. Like 70% of the questions I'm getting wrong on LR are mostly from missed details, the others being not properly I.Ding the argument and not understanding the abstract language in some ACs.

Any tips for getting better at reading for detail? Obviously an important quality to have in law, but I've always been a big picture reader/thinker rather than a detailed oriented person, so it's a hard transition for me to make.

This problem of mine is really exacerbated in the I.D the disagreement questions. I'm terrible at figuring out what word was misunderstood and what the two disagree about, since the questions require you to understand all of the more detailed implications of the two arguments.

Does anyone have an idea of how he lsat-flex is done?

like where do we log-on to take the test? what are needed, etc.

It's not very clear on the website. LSAC says that they allow ear plugs starting Aug, 2020. I know that the plugs are allowed for the actual exam but for the writing sample the instruction page says Headphones, Earbuds are prohibited.

I called LSAC for clarification but the rep I spoke with wasn't sure either. Her explanation was basically what's on the website. (she said as long as you can show it to the proctor it's fine, to which, I responded, "I thought there was no proctor for the writing sample and it's just my self-recording of the process??"

I plan on using non-electronic foam ear plugs.

Could someone who has taken the exam weigh in on this! Much appreciated.

Just started taking my first PTs since the diagnostic and am trying to prepare for the Feb LSAT. How much improvement do people usually see on the PTs?

How's everyone generally feeling after their first couple of PTs?

If anyone is or knows a tutor who would be willing to help, it would be greatly appreciated. Any sort of pricing is fine with me, as I have saved up a reasonable amount in preparation for a moment such as this.

I have been studying LSAT in general for more than a year and a half now and at least feel that I have a sound understanding of how LG works, but I have become inconsistent in my daily studies. I have been trying to get to the point where I know I can tackle most logic games in time, and reliably only miss a maximum of 4-5 on each LG section I take, but that has not been the case thus far. Like I said, I feel I have a sound understanding of how games work, it just seems that whenever one is put in front of me, I don't deliver. I do understand that not being consistent enough is very detrimental in LG especially, but I have been trying to recover from a crazy semester and let my mind be at ease. With that being said, I am ready to get back at every day consistency and am looking to score in the high 150s to the low 160s, so mastering LG would be huge for that score. Any help or referrals are greatly appreciated and everyone have a great end of the year.

I'm studying for the Jan test and I often find myself reviewing answers which leads to me being super frustrated when I see that it's often just a silly mistake that kept me from getting the answer right. It seems that my anxiety gets the best of me and I really am struggling to slow down! I ALWAYS have extra time on every section (especially LR and RC). I am averaging -4 on each of these sections, but the questions I'm missing are typically easier. Does anyone have a similar problem or have any tips for slowing down?

Hi- does anyone know a way to view the practice test you took continually and not question by question? That way you can keep pressing next and see what you got wrong in the same fashion that you take the test vs. seeing the filter view?

Would it be smart to fool proof entire game sections at once or is that too much memorization to handle effectively?

I was pting anywhere from 165-172 until about 2 weeks ago. Since then I’ve ptd three times (about to take my 4th) and continuously scored in the low 170s with my best score being 173 on PT 74 (LR -2 LG -0 RC -4). I’m so happy!! Hoping I do well on the Jan flex.

I tend to struggle with parallel flaw questions.. I was so confused on this question because I was focused on matching up the negatives.

Great medieval universities ---> /administrators

/administrators ---> longevity

I chose A, even though I didn't love it. I ruled out B because that answer choice said that we should also get a computer to be successful, but I thought the answer choice would have to recommend NOT having something, like the stimulus.

Is my thinking incorrect here? With parallel questions, do the negatives/positives not always match up? I guess instead I should have thought of "no administrators" as "a certain characteristic that helps longevity" rather than "not A," right?

And is A wrong because the point of the stimulus isn't that just that a certain characteristic is not necessary for the ideal outcome, but rather that characteristic SHOULD be adopted BECAUSE it is the reason for the ideal outcome? The author is mistakenly assuming that the lack of administrators was necessary/responsible for the longevity of great medieval universities?

Thanks!!

WEAKEN

Stimulus:

If the public library was moved from Redville to Glenwood, then the library would be within walking distance of a larger number of users.

Because:

-More people live in Glenwood than Redville

-People only walk to the library if it's close to their home

Was stuck between A and B for this one. Can someone explain why it's not A and why the answer is B? Here's my attempt:

A) - Maybe relocating the library to Glenwood would put the library within reach of a whole new segment of the population, so the fact that more people who currently walk to the library live in Redville doesn't matter?

B) - This is literally a direct comparison of how many people would use the library in Redville vs. Greenville if it was located in their respective areas, so this is the correct answer?

Hi all,

I'm registered for the Jan LSAT, but I'm not quite sure when we get to choose from the available time slots to take the exam. Is this even an option or do they randomly assign you to a data and time? If we do have options, what are they exactly? I'm assuming you can't start your exam whenever you want on the mentioned test days, so there must be some predetermined time slots.

Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi guys. Hope all are well.

Certain schools have emailed me with offers of a merit-based fee waiver. They specified that I don't need to use any kind of code, and the application fee should be automatically waived when I go to checkout on LSAC.

However, when I tried submitting my apps last night my application fees weren't waived for some of the schools that had sent me such an email.

Has this happened to anyone else? Also, what do you think I should do...

I.E. Should I be submit ASAP because of rolling admissions, or submit a week from now to ensure I get these waivers? Does it even matter if I submit a week from now, since no one is in the admissions offices anyways?

Thanks so much y'all. (3(/p)

Hello-

I am working through the MBT questions and was wondering if a "chain logic" for example X -> B -> C -> D contrapositive is just the "inverse of the logical chain" making it /D -> /C -> /B -> /X

I realize that is kind of hard to read, but basically.....

if X then B then C then D

contrapositive would be:

if not D then not C then not B then not X

Hey! I have some questions involving the proctoring guidelines for the January LSAT. I know which items I am allowed/not allowed to have at the table with me during the test, but don't have much info about what else is prohibited, if anything. I live in a small cottage where my living room/ dining room is connected with my kitchen, so my TV is technically in the same room that I will be taking the test. Will this be allowed? Is there anything else I need to know? I am trying to do everything I can to make sure I avoid any complications on test day.

Thanks!

I am looking for a reading comp tutor for the Jan 16 LSAT RC Section. I am scoring -4 to -7 and really need to be -2 to -3 consistently. If you can help, please message me your rates and availabilities

Did the time slots come out yet for Asia? I haven't heard anything from LSAC.

Also it's the week of the 19th correct?