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Recently on a reddit post I found people saying it was okay to use command F on the flex test for RC and refer back to a specific part on a passage. This sounded kind of "sus" to me but I wanted to make sure and ask people here that might know. But if it is allowed that would be a major hack for myself and I'm sure many others, as I often have an idea of what a question is referring too and all i need is a way to quickly go back to that exact part in the passage and confirm my thoughts.

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Hi everyone. Does anyone have tips on consistency scoring so much lower than BR? It's just such a difference in scores and I know I have to do better on timing... but has anyone experienced this? And how did you overcome this? Honestly any advice would be great.

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Hi all!

I'm sure there's a lot of you out there who have gone through this and I thought it would be helpful to get some advice.

I have been on my LSAT journey for nearly a year now and am finally starting to score where I need to be but I find my performance on tests is hindered by my anxieties. I tend to tune into the "I'm taking the test right now" which leads me to read stimuli over a couple of times without actually taking anything in, I almost feel paralyzed if that makes sense? It really only happens in LR I'm not sure why.

I usually score between -5 on LR and just took the second LR on PT 73 and scored -9 not counting the 5 questions I left unanswered. Wondering if anyone has any strategies to combat this?

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Hello! I am struggling during my PTs without being able to scribble notes next to important parts of the passage. Highlighting is okay, but it gets pretty distracting by the end with so many colors popping out at me. Does anyone have an efficient system (writing it out on paper seems to be taking too long) for marking your passages?

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Does anyone have any tips for Must Be True or Necessary/Sufficient Assumption questions? I know they should probably be easy but they are the question types I consistently get wrong and find the hardest to understand

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Hi! I’m taking the LSAT flex tomorrow on my monitor that has a built in webcam at the bottom, so when I’m looking at the screen it looks like I’m looking up a bit. Has anyone done this before/run into problems with it? Do you think it’ll be fine?

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I started studying a few months ago, with a 160 diagnostic. I slowly creeped up to mid 60s, then low 70s, getting close to mid 70s with a top score of 177. Then, about a month ago, my score started dropping. I still get in the low 70s, but more commonly am now dropping back to mid 60s. My 163 today really did not feel great. (And this was after taking a full day off!!)

However, through this entire time, my BR score has consistently been 175-180 (most commonly a very specific 177, for some reason). So clearly I still know my shit, but just have completely lost how to do it during the test. What the heck is going on, and how can I reverse engineer this?

Alas, I am taking the October LSAT-Flex in a week... and there may not be enough time to remedy. (Though I do have first time test taker cancelling thingy, and am signed up for the November test as well.) But would love any thoughts!!

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I know it might be a little late but did anyone else have the August RC section with the bee's passage and the patriotism/ecocentrism comparative passage? I'm starting to think that it was one of the hardest reading comp sections I've ever seen and am wondering how others felt about it? The comparative passage could've been written in Sumerian and I would've had a better shot. Did anyone have this section and do well?

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Please let me down easy if I shouldn’t be, but I am wondering if my PT performance means I should be confident about taking the actual test. My most recent PT I scored a 165 which I would be thrilled to get on the actual exam. This is a big increase from my first flex PT which was a 152. I obviously always do the PTs timed, but since I live with 6 other people there is always a lot of distractions so I almost always have to stop and come back to the section I am on. However I will have a quiet space to complete the test on test day, so I’m hoping it will be easier to concentrate. Should I be confident that I am capable of getting another 165?

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My undergrad institution and LSAC have the exact same grading scale. When manually going through how they got to the numbers on the report, it fits perfectly with the following:

I determined that LSAC considered four "U" grades, or unsatisfactory grades, to equal 8 total "semester hours" with a 0.00 grade. My undergraduate school does says these count for "0 attempted credits" and do NOT contribute to my GPA. It seems arbitrary that LSAC calculated these to be 8 course hours when my school counts them as none.

***This isn't a legitimate course. It's a ten-minute online training about taking books out from the library that is mandatory before graduation but kind of expected to be completed as a first year. Did not know it would be on my transcript. Instead of a 3.69 overall GPA, LSAC computed a 3.22 which decimates my overall GPA (I transferred with a 3.91 with equal course hours). I know I was lazy but wow, this seems extreme. Can I appeal this to LSAC?

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HELP hahahhaah I took the lsat writing a week ago. I have tendencies to be a bit dyslexic when I am nervous........ so the whole time I am calling the main person in the prompt CLARA and today when my writing got approved I looked at the prompt again and her name is CARLA!!!!!!!!

I am dying inside from OMG what do I do but also..... it is pretty funny. Like it's not the biggest deal in the world, I have strong writing and could take it again, but wouldn't this one stay on file? I could write an addendum on my application?? Any advice?

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I’m a new 7Sage user. Been studying for the exam for a while and recently took a PT today where I scored a 161 but a 170 for BR.

How much should I read into this? I’ve been in low-160’s long time but this is personal high for a BR score.

I know it’s not the real score but wondering how one should read into it and what it represents?

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Do any previous LSAT takers have any tips for things to do day before the exam? I was planning on taking one lat practice exam around the time my exam is scheduled fro the following day, casually BR and then calling it a day. Any tips?

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Hey all,

I've been preparing for my second LSAT, taking a practice test each day. For a while now, my PTs have been around 167-169, with the occasional odd ball (164/165, 170/171, etc.). However, today, upon taking PT 70, I was gifted with a 176. Is this test unusually easy? I took part in a study session yesterday that taught me some helpful tricks for LG, as I normally get the first three sections all correct, but don't have enough time to finish section 4, but did not have this issue today. While I'd love to say this is me using the new strategies, I find it hard to believe I grew this much this quickly from the singular event. I'm just trying to figure out why I had the sudden jump in points.

Thanks,

Hunter

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After a long horrendous journey of waiting for my writing sample to be approved to receiving a score 6 points lower than my PT average, I feel like sh*t lol In hindsight, I know this is my first score and it's not completely terrible... however, I am just super disappointed in myself. I came out of the August exam feeling pretty decent about it and thankful that I didn't have any proctoring issues. I was hoping that feeling of calm meant that I performed well and would get a score within my PT range.. so I guess I am just in shock. I really want to dive back in and start studying again, but I just don't think I have the mental strength to do so right now. I think I am mainly upset because this test has really taken so much out of me mentally and emotionally over the past year or so that I was really hoping this exam would be my ticket to freedom so to speak. I really wanted to close this chapter of my legal journey and move on, but I feel so stuck now. I am signed up for November so I know I have a second shot at it, but it also feels like my final shot at this coming application cycle. Any advice on how to move forward? I feel so defeated

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Hey,

Just an observation I've had. My logic games prep has been really focused on 1-35 with some 40s and recently some low 50s mixed in.

I've been working very hard on these earlier games for about 2 months, and have made a lot of progress. I started out totally sucking at games (-14 diagnostic) and through foolproofing, or a version of it, have gotten to -4 average or so, and still improving.

A few recent problem sets have totally killed me with conditional sequencing though, and I realized that this game type is very uncommon in early games, increasing in frequency (though still relatively rare) in later games.

Are there other trends like this to be aware of, in games specifically (besides substitution questions)?

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Hi everyone! I have been studying for the LSAT since late May. When I say studying I mean 1-2 hours 4 times a week up until mid July and I have been doing about 2-4 hours a day everyday but Saturdays. I would study more if I could but on top of work and being a full time student its difficult! I have improved my score a lot upon starting (diagnostic 137) which I am proud of, but REALLY am aiming for 158-160. I take the LSAT this Saturday for the first time, but I also am taking November. Obviously I know I won't be able to reach my goal by Saturday, but does anyone have any advice for how to boost my score 7-9 points or so in the next 5 weeks? I really don't want to have to retake after November.

My worst is RC, best is LG. My biggest issue is timing. I can't get to the last passage of RC EVER, I can never get past #19 on LR, and I can never finish last passage of LG.

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