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I really need some solid guidance with this one. With only 3 days to go before testing - would I be better off postponing until June altogether, or is there a benefit to testing on Saturday knowing that I will likely need to retest in June?
Hey! So, has anyone here taken a formal logic course or found a source like Khan that does one? We hear all the time that this test it all logic, and even through grad school, I never had to take any form. I am wondering if it would be worth taking it as a non-credit class at a local college, but I am really hoping there is a great online resource with a class set up (ys, even if it costs money). Thank you so much in advance for your help!
-AJ
7Sage Community,
I am one of the many that is working full time and studying. I want to give a word of encouragement to those that are balancing a full work load and maintaining your studies. Remember that the study schedule is a guide, not the bible. Please make sure to take breaks and digest what you are taking in. If at all possible try and get some practice in at work, before work, or in transit to work (any little bit helps)....as I understand it can be difficult to stay up late after dinner and a long day of work.
Peace of mind and positivity are what will keep you going. Yes, you are going insane...but it will be worth it!
Best,
Jonah
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J.Y., can you help us on this one? PT83.3.12 "In a scene in an ancient Greek play..."
Honestly, I was completely stumped on test day on this one and the answer choices still mostly seem irrelevant to me. I don't understand how to process it at all. Any insight?
Interesting commentary in the ABA Journal.
I find that in RC (my worst section), I get a heinous amount of answers incorrect because I am overthinking and trying to absorb every single detail of the passage into my mind rather than just reading for the overall structure, argument, (aka what the questions are asking) etc. and end up losing myself. Does anyone else have a problem with this? And if so, how did you combat It? Did you just try to keep on reminding yourself to zoom out? Cause that's what I do but It definitely takes getting used to since I've been reading the same way for like 20 years now....
Also, I was wondering if you guys ever get distracted whilst studying? Haha so I don't feel alone. What distracts you? Sometimes I read magazine articles or take my phone off airplane mode and respond to texts. Sometimes I check Twitter. Sometimes I try to do some online shopping/browsing.
Hi guys.
So, I've been having several mental breakdowns lately because I'm realizing I might not be ready to take the LSAT. I'm believing I shouldn't take it until I'm scoring within my range and am wondering if I should take the extra months to do it in September or June. I was supposed to take it last June, but at the time, I honestly underestimated how hard the test was and that it would take me a minute to figure out which strategies to use and etc. I really want to do well. Especially considering the fact that my GPA is well below median of my dream school (3.2 average) and I want to ensure I'm scoring in the late 160s. Right now, I'm PTing in the early 160s.
Anyway, I am aiming for 170+ and even though I'm considering postponing my applications for a year, I still think about my age silly I know, but I am 23 right now and will be 24 by the time I get in if I postpone and I feel like I'm too old and need to just take the test, apply and get my life together right now. I've been out of school for a year and a half, adding good experience to my resume (ex: I work in a music licensing firm and aim to practice music/IP law), but man, I don't know.
Everyone is telling me I'm stressing out and should just take it. But I can't help, but think WHAT IF...
Let me know what you guys think, maybe it'll help me reach a decision.
Thank you!
Hey guys,
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For those of you interested in cyber law or how tech might influence lawyering in the future, this article published on Harvard's website might pique your interest.
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I understand why the other answer choices are wrong.
But I have a problem with confirming that answer choice E is correct.
E: The only offer that Sal made to Veronica was not a legitimate one. Thus, regardless of whether Sal made the offer in jest, there is no valid contract between them.
My problem with E is the open possibility that Veronica made an offer to Sal. If that's the case, even though the offer Sal made to Veronica is invalid, you can't be certain that there is no valid contract between them, because an offer made by Veronica to Sal would still be a contract between them.
Am I supposed to ignore this possibility because this is a "most" helps to justify question? Can anyone help me out here?
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-80-section-4-question-24/
I was excited that I'd scored a 170 on PTs a few weeks ago, but instead of going higher, my score has only dropped since. I am aiming for a 171-172. I'll take the test on the 10th.
LG is typically my strongest section, RC next strongest, and LR my weakest. RC can vary widely, from -1 to -4 or -5. LR used to be my strong suit (once I scored -2 out of both sections) but I have fallen backwards.
Does anyone have advice on how to get my score back again? Part of me thinks my issue is anxiety, but studying is definitely easier for me than trying to decrease my stress.
Thanks!
I submitted my test already and now I am not able to go back and do the blind review. Should I just delete it and take it over again or is there still a way to do blind review after I submitted my score?
Hey all,
Another RC topic here. I've only been drilling from early PT's, PT 35 being the latest. I've only taken full timed PTs from the 30s and 40s. I've heard that RC becomes more challenging, LG becomes a bit more straightforward, and LR stays about the same? For all y'all who've taken a more extensive number of PT's, would you agree with this?
Just wondering if I should move my focus to more recent tests.
Also I sometimes procrastinate by beginning new discussions.
Thanks !
Hi everyone,
I graduated in 2016 from XULA with a 2.3 GPA due to taking on many responsibilities at home. For example, I helped supplement the income in my household in which I worked full-time for most of my career. This is my regular GPA and not my LSAC gpa which I terrified about. I knew I wanted to be a lawyer since I was 11 years old but I have been through so much life wise. Is there hope for me and if so what are some tips I could use to improve my chances
I feel like I made a horrible mistake by taking PT82 prior to sitting this Saturday. I did the test as quick as I could, pretty nonchalantly. I did horrible. I went -9 on each LR, -3 on LG, and -8 on RC. I haven't gone -9 on an LR section in a long time, let alone 2 sections in a row on the same test. My goal is a 165, I did a 158 on the last PT before the real thing. I'm afraid of burn out prior to Saturday but Im also afraid that if I take Wed, Thurs, & Friday off I may not be warmed up enough for Saturday morning. Any thoughts? I normally go -3/4 on LR, and -1/3 on LG.
What should I do if I already told law schools I'm going to take the Feb test but I know that I won't perform very well on it?
My applications are already in. GPA 3.74 Last LSAT 161. Really want to get into some reaching schools like USC and UCLA. Should I mentally prepare myself for rejections and apply again next cycle?
Based on the correct answer to an RC question I just saw I'm wondering how to distinguish this from trap answers...
The question asks for the purpose of an introductory quote to a passage, to which the correct answer reads "[to] suggest that music that is at first seen as alienating need not seem alienating later"
The issue I'm having with this is that reading comprehension questions sometimes contain trap answers that go "beyond" the message of the passage, misconstruing or overextending the message beyond what the author intended.
This looked like one of those typical trap answers. Nowhere in the passage does the author suggest the work of either composer was ever considered alienating. Disturbing, shrill, incoherent, and dissonant were all used to describe the works of the two composers, none of these or other descriptive elements in the passage seem to equate to the concept of alienation in music.
In ambiguous cases like this, how do we distinguish a right answer from to a trap answer that is drawing a false equivalency or overextending the author's prose?
I'm rounding off my prep before this Saturday's LSAT, it would be great if someone could lend some guidance before then
Thanks in advance!
I'm quite curious about the way test forms are mixed for each and every individual on test day. I've gotten 2 RC sections both times I sat for the exam and was wondering if this was by random chance? Or, perhaps some other reason?
I'm writing the test this weekend and I'm praying I don't get another 2 RC sections.
Can someone sprinkle some insight on this, particularly those who took the exam more than once or twice?
much much thanks in advance!
So I took a PT last week, felt good on sections 1 and 2 (LR and LG respectively). Sections 3 and 4 (LR and RC) felt particularly tough, and I ran out of time on both. Ended up with a super low score--I know, I shouldn't look at anything until after BR but my curiosity was killing me. During the test, the questions after 15 felt SO hard and I ended up leaving a few blank, which is weird for me since I usually finish LR in 25-30 minutes.
Anyway, I ended up going back through and BRing really, really well in sections 1-3,100% on that second LR section that gave me hell. (To avoid as much bias as possible on my BRs I just print out another test and take it again with no time pressure.) So I figure that my level of knowledge in LR is pretty damn good if I can blind review well. I guess I scored so poorly in that section (65%) because of time pressure, and that more practice will make me quicker on tougher sections. I went back and watched explanations for questions that seemed tricky and reviewed my methodology, but I feel like I got everything down. Is there anything else I should do when reviewing after nailing it on BR?
Thanks!
Hello,
Can someone help explain to me why A is correct and not E? From my perspective, the passage never says that certain qualities (those of men) are detrimental, just that they can no longer be the society's primary qualities and that women need to have an equal role in society from here on out. That perspective lead me to answer E, since if women are inevitably going to become more and more essential in society, than those qualities that they possess will be too.
Here is my dilemma...
I have been studying for the LSAT for about 3 months now. I do really well on RC so the majority of my study time is focused on other areas. I have spent significantly more time on LR and very little time, comparatively, on LG, yet when I take timed sections I score virtually identical in points on all three sections?
Has this happened to anyone else, and what am I missing here?
So I'm in Philly today visiting Penn, and holy cow this city is a dump! There are overturned cars, smashed windows, lightpoles riped out of the ground and strewn around. Beer cans and bottles and other seeming remnants of some wild party throughout the downtown area.
It looks almost post-apocalyptic. If I didn't know better I'd think some epic battle occurred last night and the victors proceeded to pillage this normally beautiful community.
Is it always like this, or is it only once every 58 years or so??
Hi everyone! I have recently decided to postpone my applications to next cycle. Having an active CRS registration, I’ve received a ton of fee waivers from schools. I was going to send out some quick “Thank you for the fee waiver” emails, and ask them to apply waivers to my account for next cycle. Do you guys think it would be good to do it now, or wait till closer to next year’s cycle?
