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Matt Sorr
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Go crush it!
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Have you watched the core curriculum videos on biconditionals? JY lists the phrases that the LSAT writers use to express biconditionals. I also struggled to recognize them for a while, but after reviewing the videos for a little bit I’ve had a much …
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I think that would be a great idea. Seeing as you already have two academic letters and you wrote about the internship in your personal statement, having a non-academic letter makes sense. I assume that you're applying straight from undergrad, so ha…
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Great advice already given. I mostly agree with @"Kitty McMaster-1" , but I’ll add a couple of points I’ve found useful. Kitty is absolutely right that you should work on getting through the easy games quickly. That means for one, two, and three sta…
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In my experience, they often give the tougher games more questions (assumedly to increase the difficulty even more), but they also sometimes give the tougher games fewer questions (assumedly because they’re already so tough). I’m not sure how much o…
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Huge congrats! You earned that great score.
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If your PT average over your past few tests is above a 172 by at least a point or two, I think retaking is reasonable. I know your PR is a 177, but if that was an outlier you may want to practice a bit more before testing again. If you'd like to get…
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You can't call an official, administered LSAT a fluke. You took the real August test and got a very real 163. A fluctuation of five to six points, particularly when you're not scoring far into the upper rungs (like the mid to high 170s), is normal. …
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Great post. Thanks for this.
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Thanks so much for these awesome tips and congrats on the score!
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If you’re almost always scoring over 170 and you’re set on HYS, I’d strongly consider retaking. A 4.0 while being a D1 athlete and a URM makes you a near perfect applicant, not including LSAT. With just two or three more points on the LSAT, you’d ha…
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Congratulations! Your great work ethic really paid off!
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Congratulations! Go crush admissions with that score!
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We don't yet know how any changes will affect scoring or what the new section will look like. It's possible that LSAC totally does away with games but it's also possible that they only slightly tweak them. Additionally, nobody knows when exactly gam…
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I think it kinda depends on what you're aiming for. If you're purely hoping to get into any school in the T20, and you're willing to attend at whatever price, then applying after receiving your November score is worth a shot. It can't hurt because w…
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Weakening and strengthening questions are common question types you hear people struggling with. I think this is largely because you not only have to identify the assumptions made by an argument, but you have to also choose an answer choice that pro…
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I think that’s a great way to study. Saving practice sets for later so you can brush up on your memory is super useful. The only thing I’d recommend (and you may already have this in mind) is not forcing yourself to go back and complete the practice…
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@hunter3littleton-1 it’s definitely worth a shot! And don’t be afraid to experiment with multiple strategies on RC. One may just “click” with you.
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There are exceptions. On easier questions (like one or two star questions) you'll often find that premise and conclusion indicators directly reveal to you the premises or conclusion. On more difficult questions (like three stars and up), however, th…
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Your current usage is similar to many high scorers, so don't be concerned that you're "not using enough paper" or anything along those lines. The only purpose of the paper is to help you figure stuff out when you can't do it in your head. Therefore,…
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There is nothing wrong with what you're doing. To answer your first question ("Is this what everyone is doing"): No, not everybody is reading the passages in 1:45-3:00 minutes. Some people are, but many aren't. In RC, more than in the other sections…
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If I understand correctly, grouping with sequencing games are primarily set up as grouping games, but within the groups you may have to sequence some game pieces. For instance, you may have to choose whether a piece goes into group A, B, or C, then …
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Whether or not you should simulate modern is personal preference. If you don't, you'll be given four sections, just like how the test is actually administered now. Your repeat section will always be LR, however. What I do is simulate modern then jot…
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I recommend doing the entire curriculum before taking tests, just because I wanted to at least be exposed to all of the test's concepts before being tested on them. Many people recommend taking a practice test once very two weeks to a month while do…
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I am currently studying and working full time so I don’t know my score yet. I can tell you my schedule, though, as something similar may work for you. Basically, I’ve told myself I’m going to be a bit of a robot Monday through Thursday. So get off …
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@"smiley mans" No. The experimental section can be any of the sections, regardless of order. Unfortunately, that means you've got to try as hard as you can on each section, including the fourth!
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Being in the military is viewed very favorably by law schools. It is one of the stronger "soft factors" (meaning a factor in law school admissions that isn't something quantifiable, like your LSAT score and GPA). Schools love to boast the amount of …
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I find that redoing the game is only necessary if you couldn't figure out how to set it up during the first pass through. If you have the correct setup (or what you think is the correct setup), I think just going through the questions and making sur…
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I’m not sure if there are more official lists, but here’s one I found on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LSAT/comments/71zteo/hardest_most_difficult_lsat_sections_ever_listed/ Granted, it’s five years old so it’s probably missing the hardest secti…
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@"Cant Get Right" @"If Glory then Guts" Thank y'all for the responses. I also haven't been finishing with much time and figured going back to, say, the first passage after having read three others may be challenging. To some extent I'm afraid that i…