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Hello everyone,

I am taking the December LSAT at a nonpublished center in Luxembourg. This is all due because of the hurricane in Florida and me moving to Luxembourg shortly after the September test was cancelled. I contacted the LSAC and they graciously helped me sort everything out. I'm nervous because I do not know what to expect from a nonpublished center. Has anyone ever taken the exam at a nonpublished center? Will I be the only student in the room? I'm just worried about all the things that could go wrong. Anything that can be in my advantage?

Thanks guys!

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Hi, what do people normally do the day of the test? Does anyone do a few questions or should I avoid looking at practice material? Thanks :)

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7Sage Fam -

What was the score of your first preptest after finishing the core curr.? Looking not to boast or brag, but rather to gauge my progress and hopefully motivate all of us. Further, how much have you improved since that preptest (PT 36)?

My diagnostic was a 152, and I just scored 168 on PT36. Looking to be consistently around 175. Any tips are welcome!

Thanks all

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Hi guys!

So usually I'm pretty good at timing but for some reason today I was off. How can you tell if you're spending too much time on a game? I'm usually good at telling if I'm spending too much time on a specific problem but I'm asking for a game in general. How much time is recommended for a harder game?

Thanks in advanced!

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Hello all!

I have another addendum question. I know this may have been answered in previous discussions, but I wanted to get a clarification just in case. I received my CAS academic summary report and my GPA has fallen by .1. LSAC doesn't count grades received from studying at a foreign institution and my grades during my semester abroad, which were pretty strong, have been discarded. Would it be beneficial to write an addendum? I know that the admission committees receive copies of our official transcripts, but I'm not sure how much attention they really give them.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Hi!

I am having trouble seeing the value in blind review because every time I honestly do it, I never change any of my answers. A few facts about my situation: I have 100% more time and find myself finishing the sections with time to review (this may not be true on test day because of the nature of my accommodated disability), I am scoring average 172, missing an average of 4 questions in the LR, and I've increased my score from 134.

When I blind review, I go through the answers I have circled and make sure I am positive they are correct. I maybe change an answer 1/100 times. My question is: if I'm not getting anything out of it, is it worth the time to blind review? It is actually causing me stress because I'm not getting any value on something that most test prep companies advertise as the holy-grail.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Is this common for 170+ scorers?

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I'm filling out my application now and this is confusing me. For context, there's "Major" with a drop-down list, and right below is "Other Major," where you type the answer.

For "Major" I put "BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT - OTHER." My actual major is "Business Law," which is not in the drop-down list. Am I supposed to put "Business Law" for "Other Major?" Or is that for a 2nd major?

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Hi guys, so I'm taking the December exam and currently I've been scoring between 165-169. My scores don't drop from that range, but aren't as consistent as I'd like. I'll be getting a 167 3x and then a 165 all of a sudden.

Any tips on how to get more consistent on my scoring? I'd love to be constantly getting a 168/169 prior to the exam.

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Hi I was just wondering if someone could clear this up for me, because this confusion cost me quite a few points on in-out games, by making me hesitate

Example rules:

(1) K (----) /M

(2) K ----> /M

(1) would be a bi-conditional (always apart never together) and (2) would be a typical not-both rule.

My confusion centers around what would happen if given the premise K is out ( /K )...

The second rule would be considered irrelevant (sufficient failed), and "M" is free to float (correct me on this if I'm wrong); but would the first rule get "triggered" (meaning M would be in) because its an always apart never together bi-conditional?OR would the bi-conditional also be considered irrelevant because the sufficient condition is also getting failed in (1)? I'm hoping somebody could explain the logic behind how/what happens. I mean in the explanation videos JY usually splits the master game board if provided with a rule like (1) where K is in and M is out on one, and vice versa on the other, so you never have to really deal with the situation I've presented, since its already represented.

I guess I'm just curious lol

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Hi everyone!

I just purchased the LSAT Ultimate + Course and, although I am very excited and really willing to start, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed as the wealth of material to cover is quite vast. Do you have any suggestions as to where to start from and what to start with, please?

Any comments are really appreciated!

Thanks!

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I’m taking the December LSAT and I’ve been scoring from 167-174 on my PTs. It’s a pretty wide range, so I’m hoping to get results that are more consistently in the 170s. What’s a realistic goal for improving my score in time for the LSAT? What should I be doing? I work full time, but I could take time off if that would make a difference in my score.

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Does anyone know for sure? I wanted to take the March test so I would have more time to prepare without having overlapping time demands for Dec 2017 finals. I am a Junior, and if you are allowed three test takes that means I must take the Feb 2018 test, and have backups as June 2018 and Fall 2018 to send out law school applications in fall 2018.

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I have neglected logic games for a while now thinking I was good to go and focused all my attention on LR (which btw I have seen hardly any improvement)...

Is there any way I can achieve -0 by December test?

Right now I am fool-proofing the CC LG problem sets.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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Hey 7sagers,

I have started to focus on doing individual untimed/timed sections and question type drilling to tackle Logical Reasoning.

I've saved PT 50~80+ for full time PT's and dedicated PT 1~49 for drilling (QT+ Sections). More specifically, I have designated PT 1~20 for question type drilling and PT 21~49 for section drills.

I'm wondering if this is similar to how you guys are drilling LR.

If possible, could you also share at which point (after how many section drills/QT drills) you started to see improvement in the section?

I'm unsure how many sections I should be doing per week to gain stamina and develop a sense to do well on LR.

any help is appreciated!

Thank you!

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Hi 7sage fam,

I am just finishing up the core-curriculum; my question is, what's next? How did you guys most productively spend your time after the CC? Was it PT after PT? There doesn't seem to be any explicit instructions following the completion of the course, so I'm looking for advice there. Thanks in advance! Good luck everyone!

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The new NA and SA questions in PT 70 onward are killing me. I thought I had a strong grasp of them since I did well on almost all of them from PTs 52 - 69. And now I feel super discouraged and feel as if I am not even good at them anymore...

Any advice?

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I took the test in Sept. and I have been able to narrow down the parts of the test that I struggled on. I struggled on the necessary assumptions and the sufficient assumptions on both the practice and real test. I have gone through all of the videos and looked through multiple articles to try to figure out exactly what I am doing wrong and I can't figure it out. It is like when I follow along with JY, I understand perfectly, but when I am doing the questions myself, I never figure it out like he does. Can anyone offer any hints, or articles online that might clear up the situation for me? I would really appreciate it.

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Just wondering, but can you go back after a section is done and fill in the bubble sheet (like if you leave the ones you didn't get to blank, and then when you have time say at the start of the next section to finish bubbling in the ones you are guessing on)?

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Hi everyone,

I just took a PT and feel kind of mixed about it. I have improved dramatically on LG, it used to be my worst section and now it's my best. I got kind of what I expected on LR. On RC, I missed 16! On all the tests I have taken before this, the most I ever missed was 7, but normally only miss 4 or 5. Looking at the exam, I missed 7 questions from a single passage all because I made some wrong assumptions and did not read it thoroughly enough. I guess my question is, should I treat this section as a major concern now? Is there anything any of you have done to improve your RC score? I hadn't focused on RC at all really because I always assumed I had it down and now I am kind of shaken. My school is offering a practice LSAT tomorrow morning which I will be taking, should I wait and see if I do better while paying more attention to the RC section?

Thanks for your help, I rarely write on here but seeing all of your posts and seeing how dedicated everyone on this site is really inspires me.

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Hey everyone,

Can anyone explain the difference between the main point of a passage and a passage's purpose?

I understand that the passage's purpose answers the question "Why is the author writing this?" but to me, the answer to that question seems to be the main point.

For example, if a passage is about how new scientific research techniques have allowed us to definitively conclude that climate change is real, the answer to "why is the author writing this?" would be "to tell me how new scientific research techniques have allowed us to conclude that climate change is real." That would imply that main point and purpose are more or less the same, so I feel like I'm thinking about this wrong.

Thanks!!

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