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Matt Sorr
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I think it comes down to personal feel, to a large extent. There's a couple of metrics you could use: one way to do it, and perhaps most intuitively, is to drill until a question type seems easier or more natural. This typically means you've found a…
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Which section are you struggling with the most? If you haven’t hit your LG target yet, you can almost surely pick up some points on it with consistent drilling.
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@blanklaw I don’t think the binder is necessary or useful anymore. When this post was made, LSATs were administered on paper and Pacifico was practicing on paper. Now that the test is virtual, you’re absolutely right that you only need an excel shee…
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For the first part of your question, about academic forgiveness, I'm curious to hear what the LSAC employees said. You asked what the "actual process" is for academic forgiveness grades to not count towards your CAS GPA (the GPA law schools see/care…
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Which question?
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In my opinion, 6 PTs a week is far too many. Unless you’re scoring close to 180 consistently, there’s no way to throughly blind review your PT, analyze the questions you missed, watch explanation vids, etc. if you’re doing 6 PTs a week. Assuming you…
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@gjsaoud-1 I began using the spreadsheet when I started fool proofing (after the curriculum). I did this for a couple of reasons: first, because I knew I was going to fool proof all games from PTs 1-35. All games in the CC are pulled from tests 1-35…
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It’s sounds to me like one or two things are happening: nerves are getting the best of you during PTs, you’re experiencing mental fatigue when taking PTs, or both. If you typically get a -2 when doing full-length practice sections, that implies that…
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In general, it can’t hurt to go after these questions first. It’s particularly useful if you’re confused about how to set up the game board, how the game pieces interact with each other, how the rules work, etc. Also, if it’s a rule-driven game, the…
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It’s almost guaranteed logic games will stick around through June 2023. In the past, when LSAC has made a major change to the LSAT, they’ve given a notice far in advance of it happening. Additionally, it’s still not confirmed whether LG will be tota…
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Totally normal. For most people, score increases aren’t linear. The same as you’ll see score spikes, you’ll see score drops. The key is to not place too much value on the short term but rather to focus on your long term trajectory. Just keep working…
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@chocolatesprinkles yes of course! Just sent you a private message.
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For most, I think you’ll need more than the curriculum videos and drills to master LG (get to -1 or -0 consistently). The curriculum vids and drills were awesome for familiarizing me with each of the common game types and boards, but I was far from …
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Any rule that greatly limits where variables can or can’t go is highly restrictive. For instance, if you’re doing a five slot sequencing game and you have a three-variable block, it can only be placed in one of three positions (1-2-3, or 2-3-4, or 3…
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To answer the first part of your question, I personally find drawing the game as a circle to be the most helpful. Circular sequencing games are generally considered “miscellaneous,” and because miscellaneous games are generally unusual and unlike ot…
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When I’m given years for a linear sequencing game, I usually just label the slots normally if possible. So, for instance, what I mean is that if I’m given the years 1971-1978, I’d just write the slots as 1-8 because they all begin with “197” and wri…
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If you go to the “LSAT Questions” tab and click “Drills,” you can just select all of the questions from any section of any test and then answer those questions with the standard section time. The sections are labeled as LG, LR, or RC and tell you th…
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It can really be either. When the disagreement is the conclusion or it is obviously contradictory premises it may be an easier question, but really any part of the argument can be the disagreement.
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My issue with only doing a game twice in relatively rapid succession (as it sounds you sometimes do unless I'm misunderstanding) is that I've found that often, after completing a game the second time on the same day, I believe I've learned a game's …
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If you truly finish the questions under the game's target time every time (or almost every time) and get them all right, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with the amount of time you're spending on your setup. It just means that you prefer to sp…
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LSAC will not use questions from released tests on future exams. As @"elize.khan" said, however, LR questions often have nearly identical (if not totally identical) logical structures. Additionally, logic games have game boards, inferences, and ques…
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@ailema03 It’s almost guaranteed logic games will stick around through June 2023. In the past, when LSAC has made a major change to the LSAT, they’ve given a notice far in advance of it happening. Additionally, it’s still not confirmed whether LG wi…
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I really think going through the core curriculum in the order it’s laid out is great. Many 7Sagers have made cases that certain question types should be presented a bit sooner or later in the curriculum but, for the most part, the lessons really do …
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Usually, I’ll make scenarios for a few reasons: first, if there’s a highly restrictive rule/variable that can only be placed in a few spots (like 2, 3, or 4) spots. This is the most obvious indicator that I want to split boards. Another reason I’ll …
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If you’re finishing around the target time or way under, I’d stick to what you’re doing. Creating sub game boards isn’t inherently better/faster, it’s just helpful for many people, increases their accuracy, speeds them up, etc. All that matters is g…
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I think it’s almost always better to ask the person you’re closer to. They’ll have more to write about and in more detail. If the main reason you’re considering the attorney is because they’re an attorney, I’d go with the coach. Everywhere that I’ve…
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@josephkim Yes of course! I'm not an admissions advisor, however, so if you could get the opinion of one of them it would surely hold more weight than mine.
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I'd ask whichever professor/teacher/instructor that you were the closest to for a letter. Even if you don't end up using it, it can't hurt to have one or two letters on hand from former teachers. From my understanding, law schools typically prefer a…
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Just requested to join. Thanks for creating this group!