I just took it and wow that hurt. I won't go into detail because I do not want to breach the verbal contract but I am torn on what to do. I completely guessed on a short game in in the LG section, RC wasn't horrible and LR was really difficult for me. Im not a student going for 160+, only a 150ish at most for my dream school. I took the test once at got a 149 in January, so would it be worth it to cancel and retake in January, or should I just stick through it and keep my score? Im scared that I did worse than the 149 and schools will notice that and be wary of choosing me. Thanks everyone!

I am not scoring where I want to be and my exam is in two hours. I am thinking of just withdrawing and not showing up, I know it doesn't go on my record... I would have to take the January exam. I have taken the LSAT twice before and I wasn't too prepared so I did poorly. I don't know if I should try it again today, and in January, but that'll be four times that I have taken it. How bad would that look? I am freaking out lol. I am applying to schools in LA, the January exam is the latest they accept. Ahhhh idk what to do

Now that the 2020 election is (mostly) behind us, I wanted to share how LR has completely taken over my life. On election night, I couldn't stop thinking about sufficiency vs necessity. Some pundits and social media users were freaking out about one state in particular -- Florida. I'm not a poli-sci guy, but if you understand the electoral college you'll know the following two conditionals are pretty close to accurate:

But D didn't win Florida, so can we conclude that D won't win the election? NO! What about WI, MI, & PA? Not to mention, there's also AZ and GA. I believe many people confused sufficiency and necessity. D failed the sufficient condition. We can't conclude anything else about D. (Bonus Point Flaw: Florida may be an unrepresentative sample of the general electorate).

R won Florida, so can we conclude that R will win the election? NO! Once again, the sufficiency-necessity error. R needed to win Florida to have a shot at 270 electoral votes. Winning the state certainly helps R's chances, but it doesn't guarantee a victory.

Hi 7Sage!

I have been foolproofing all logic games from PT 1-35 the past 2 months now. I am currently on PT 19 and foolproofing until mastery just like the other logic games. I am doing this because logic games is my weakest section and I continue to take around 15-20 min on a normal game averaging 1 or 2 missed questions. Logic games and puzzles in general have always came a bit slow to me. Hopefully if I keep practicing i'll improve on logic games.

That being said, my question is: how many logic game sections did it take you to where you became comfortable with the logic games and were scoring well in the section?

Like I said, i'm on PT 19 and I still have timing issues, hit roadblocks here and there to where I just don't understand the rules and how they are worded, and still get a few questions wrong.

Hope this makes sense, thanks 7Sage!

Where can I prepare for the writing section? On 7sage? On Lawhub? Thanks.

I just finished my LSAT flex, and with about 20 minutes left in my last section (LG) my screen went black and I couldn't see anything on the screen or hear my proctor, but it kept recording. I started to panic and cried as nothing I did would bring the screen back up. I panicked for about 10 minutes and could not figure out what to do but ultimately restarted my computer. While I waited for someone to reconnect me, I cried and got so upset about it as LG is my best section and would have saved my score if I got a perfect section. When they finally reconnected me, the time had still been ticking until I had restarted my computer so I got back into it and I had less than 10 minutes left. I was so upset and frazzled that I could not finish the section and just guessed my answers. No one knew why it shut down on me. I am going to have to cancel my score because of this, which might screw up my admissions. Currently calling LSAC about this.

Hello everyone. In 2014, I graduated with degrees in Philosophy and Political Science, respectively. The following year, in 2015, I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. This diagnosis helped explain some of the problems I encountered while I was an undergrad. Now, I have been really struggling with focus as it applies to studying for the LSAT, primarily due to my high-functioning autism. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as well as what strategies have helped you to focus better. Thanks!

I have a question for Canadian Applicants. I applied to 4 Ontario schools, I just wrote the LSAT this month and I know I didn’t do well. I am already registered for the January exam, does anyone know what would happen to my application if I cancel my score and just use whatever score I get in January?

Hi,

I have been struggling a lot with recent resolve questions (those from PT 50s~). Even after trying tips I learned from the CC and from other sources, this type of question still gives me a hard time.

I would like to beg you for a favor: I want to know how do you usually approach the Resolve questions, specifically:

i) what's your expectation (the key information you look for) for this type of question?

ii) do you have any steps for this type of questions?

iii) if you are going to teach me this q type, what would you tell me?

Thank you very much.

Leon

Was on the fence about taking it as I’m not PTing in my desired range, but since I already have multiple scores and still have 3/5/7 takes remaining, I decided to give it a shot in the hopes of being able to throw some apps out before the new year.

Diagnostic 154. Current PT average 171. High PT 174. Target score 174+.

RC - LG - LR

RC - indians, paintings, info on the internet comparative, punishment

A little on the harder side but nothing crazy. Least confident section. I normally do -0 on a good day, -2 average. 8 minutes left starting round 2. I did my due diligence scouring for topics... read up about acoustic separation, alain locke, values theory, harlem renaissance, sericulture, ethics of lying in government, club cells... I pulled none of those lol. That strategy worked for me in the past as far as topic familiarity, but not this time, oh well. I always try to adopt a "read to learn" mindset, but am typically unsuccessful on PTs... this was no different. Something to work on if I do another retake.

LG - ingredients, theaters, piano? lessons, last one I think was an auction but I could be making that up.

Easier... on a 1-10 I'd say 4, most confident section. 10 minutes left going into round 2 with everything answered. Two of the games had a certain type of question I wasn't expecting on a flex test and almost gave me a heart attack, but I'm not holding any grudges. LG was my last section to get comfortable with. I'm -0 to -2 here typically. I feel like I only got there in the last couple months. This is one of those I'll be kicking myself over if I don't get my score, as it will have been a waste of an easy section.

LR - Just slightly harder than average. One weird stem, not a 80s PT feel... maybe mid 70s? Struggling to recall any topics. There were two fill in the blank questions... one about some kind of power plant construction being delayed. I average -1/2 but can go to -4 on a bad day. Was at 10 right at 10 min and finished round 1 with about 9 minutes left. Still a bit rushed but I got to give everything flagged another look. I noticed my analytics were prioritizing weaken questions, so I tried to work on those these past couple days. In the podcasts, there's an episode about transforming weaken questions to RREs. I've heard it a few times before and listened to it on my run. JY says it (transforming weaken Qs to RRE) probably won't be too helpful, but is a good exercise... well for some reason I found it actually helped a lot to kind of tweak how I was approaching those harder weaken questions. I haven't sat down to articulate exactly why to myself yet, but give it a listen if you haven't yet. This turned out to be great as I'm pretty sure there were more weaken questions than usual. Edit: oil/skin/acid, cannonballs, liquid water on planet, fuel additives, plato/poe quote.

Flawless ProctorU experience finally. Hoping this is my last time.

So I recently took the November-Flex test, and while I think I did okay on LR and RC, I completely bombed Logic Games. I normally finish the section and get around -3. This time, though, I was able to do only two games and completely guessed on the other two games. I've been hoping for 165+ to a 170 score, and I can retake in January, so I was wondering if it's smart to just cancel this score. Please LMK what you think. Thank you!

hey everyone I wanted to ask if any of you had some tips to ease pre-test anxiety? I know its going to keep me up all night. have never ever been an anxious person or worried so much about tests but I have the LSAT tomorrow morning and my hands are shaking, I'm tearing up and just overall on the verge of a breakdown. Please help.

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a LSAT tutor for the upcoming January test. For both October and November test, I have been PT (of all ranges) around high 160s, and blank out so hard on the actual test that I leave 5-7 questions blank per section. Thus, I am looking around for LSAT tutors to help me diagnose what is happening. 

Thanks in advance for any response!

can I used lined paper or does it have to be blank

Too late to take the January LSAT & apply for Fall 21 Admission in Feb? Higher score later > Lower score earlier?

Anyone else in the same situation?

I had RC-LR-LG. RC was easy-ish, except for the third game which was 8 questions long, unfortunately. LR felt extremely easy; the only thing that slightly tripped me up was repeated letter answers. In my opinion, LG was above average difficulty, unlike the suspiciously easy October LG.

Wondering if the difficulty of the LSAT affects the scaled score. Does anyone know the answer to this?

Congratulations to everyone who took the test and good luck to those testing later this week (3(/p)

On Sunday, of all days, a tropical storm hit my neighborhood. On the first two sections of the LSAT my internet kept disconnecting, losing me precious time on LR and RC. I am already panicked and, not having a proper flex experience, my electricity turns off (including wifi). I had to break policy by reaching for my phone to connect to my hotspot and report to my proctor. They said I should be fine to take another November date but the LSAC personnel said to wait a few days for options.

Do you think I should go ahead with the writing portion at least? Also if they only let me redo the last section and not the prior 2 (which I would rather just redo it all due to complications) or cancel to instead take the January exam, which do you think is the better option? Please lmk!

Hey y'all. I am starting to work on applications in addition to studying to retake my test in Jan. I'm a non-traditional student, working 50+ hrs a week so time is not on my side. But I also don't have anyone to go to for questions/advice in the application process. Are there any resources you'd recommend to get through the application process without having a mental breakdown :)

I'm writing for the November Flex and I went on the LSAC website under the "LSAT writing" tab, and do not see where I can sign up for the writing section etc. Can someone help?

That's all. I think I blew it with RC yesterday and won't get the score I need to offset my mediocre GPA

It's a weakening question. I don't understand why answer is D.

Answer choice is saying the ordinary crop doesn't contain drug. But according to stimulus, after pollination, the ordinary crop may produce drug-producing crop, therefore drug may end up in food supply. Answer choice D doesn't weaken this argument.

I was indecisive between E and B. But I couldn't think of an explanation of D is the right answer. HELPP~

Looking for serious individuals to join for a study group to prepare for the 2021 April Lsat flex

I'm looking into two schools but one of them I'm not entirely sure I will get into (I have yet to break 150 on a PT, I've only gotten a 150 in BR and I take exam in JAN, fml). Anyway, there's one school that I'm not entirely sold on because it's a T4 (Widener Law) but I sense that I can get manage to get into it (MAYBEEEEEE) but, I'd love to go to Drexel Law. Assuming I get into Widener and not Drexel, what are you thoughts on transferring after 1L? I've been wanting to go to law school since 2018 and here I am, REALLY TRYING STILL...thoughts?

So I'm about halfway through my RC section, when my screen goes completely blank. I'm thinking "what just happened?". I reach out to my proctor -- they say something along the lines of "just reconnect". I refresh the page and it reconnects. I've lost time. I ask my proctor for time back and they shoot back "continue".

I try to collect myself and deal with the situation. A few minutes later, my proctor interrupts me saying they need to take control of my computer to reconnect the video. This takes a while. Once again, time ticks away and I don't get it back. This was my 2nd section. I was absolutely shook. I barely finished on time and had to guess on questions. As you can imagine, the 3rd/next section didn't go so well.

I've already filed a complaint with LSAC. Does anyone know what they usually offer as a remedy? I took the test a while ago (May 2019) and I've been studying for months. Would score preview be on the table despite having taken the regular LSAT before? If push comes to shove, I can take it in January. Obviously not ideal, but I still have plenty of material and PTs. Please advise.

Hi everybody! I have really been stressing out lately. I've been really harping down on myself about my current situation and I'm really frustrated. I know that there are some discussions similar to this, but I just really need some advice in real-time. So I had a bit of an existential crisis over the summer about what I wanted to do with my life and decided in July that I was going to apply to law school and take the LSAT. This left me with only two months to study, and while I studied about seven hours a day, it still was nowhere near the amount of time needed to study for the October LSAT. I got my score back and it's a 150, which I was SUPER disappointed with because of my UG-GPA. I attended two four-year universities and one community college. My performance at my first college was really abysmal primarily because of extenuating circumstances, a really shoddy mental health situation, and undiagnosed ADHD (which I recently got put on meds for). Realistically, I need to raise my score by A LOT to make up for my GPA. I am mostly wondering, based on what I have said, should I wait to apply until the next Admissions Cycle or not? I plan on taking the January and February test to improve my score and I've read that it might be a little late to apply to schools by the time that I get the results back. Let me know what your thoughts are! If you answer the poll please give me a reason why!