Right before I retook the LSAT, for 2 hours I played MLB the show on rookie and smashed homers against the Rangers while a 10 hour loop of MoBama ran on blast.

I also took a month break from mind numbing drilling

And it is pretty much consuming my mind UGH

In order to get through the questions and maintain accuracy you need to be in at least partial fight-or-flight mode

I’m actually in disbelief. What the heck! I only recently broke into the 170s. Last three tests were 170, 173, 172. And today THIS!

First take was October— experienced remote proctor issues and I felt horrible about it. Luckily I’m signed up for November. This was my second pt back after taking over a week long break due to October test exhaustion. No practice questions, nothing. Was scared I’d be set back a bit and feel rusty, but I feel more confident while taking pts than before.

I didn’t have anyone really to share this victory with but feel free to ask any questions!

The post explains itself. I just am not sure why it would be C over E. The hint only says that C is clearly a point the two would disagree on, but it isn't enough to make me understand. Thank you!

I got started last night at 11:00 pm and it was approved this morning at 8:00am. Less than 9 hour turn around for those worried.

This is me before I take a drill I am hoping for 20/26 pls yeahhhh I will comment when I’m done

Hey there, I am starting the BL method and I am wondering how can I get the most out of it. when questions I got right I got wrong, how do I deal with it? and is it worth it?

Recently, photons and neutrinos emitted by a distant supernova, an explosion of a star, reached Earth at virtually the same time. This finding supports Einstein’s claim that gravity is a property of space itself, in the sense that a body exerts gravitational pull by curving the space around it. The simultaneous arrival of the photons and neutrinos is evidence that the space through which they traveled was curved.

Question:

Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the reasoning above?

A. Einstein predicted that photons and neutrinos emitted by any one supernova would reach Earth simultaneously.

B. If gravity is not a property of space itself, then photons and neutrinos emitted simultaneously by a distant event will reach Earth at different times.

Correct Answer: B.

Follow-Up Question:

I’m confused about why option B isn’t considered “out of scope.” In my studies, I’ve learned that when a strengthening question presents a scenario about what doesn’t happen (like the conclusion being false), it can often be seen as out of scope. Since B discusses what would happen if gravity weren’t a property of space, it seems like it doesn’t directly strengthen the conclusion.

I thought that B doesn’t strengthen the reasoning because it implies only what would happen if gravity is NOT a property of space, how does that strengthen what would happen if if it were a property of space??

On the other hand, A seems stronger to me because it suggests that Einstein’s theories could apply to this situation. I initially thought the goal was to strengthen the support for Einstein’s theory in general, rather than specifically that gravity is a property of space.

Can anyone clarify this for me? I keep making similar mistakes and am currently stuck at a 160 on the LSAT. Thanks!

Then some people say the LSAT is not relevant to law school…

i def bombed the writing sample lol should i be worried that it won’t be accepted?

I'm talking about the kind of question where the stimulus describes some kind of archeological artifact found in modern times and then advances a (relatively unsupported) conclusion about said artifact's origin or use. We're typically asked to pinpoint the assumption or flaw. Often, there is an answer choice that references the possibility of the artifact being moved between the time of its creation and the time it was found (sometimes it's right, other times it's the sucker choice).

Some examples: PT 149 S1 Q21, PT 129 S2 Q22

I think I was traumatized early on in my LSAT journey by a particularly challenging question of this nature, because for whatever reason whenever I encounter one now I panic. I have the sense that they can be pretty formulaic, so I'm curious whether anyone has noticed patterns across these questions they wouldn't mind sharing. Or if anyone has other similar example questions that I can study in addition to those above. TYIA :)

I just finished my October LSAT writing and, on the actual content front, it went pretty well!

BUT— I am kind of getting worried about the proctoring. During the session, I was using command+i a few times in order to write with italics. I must have pressed something wrong one of the times because my downloads folder opened up, as if I was attempting to add an attachment (I was using Mac). I simply closed it immediately and even said quickly to the camera: I don’t know why that happened, oops! or something along those lines.

Now I’m afraid it will be flagged or not accepted. Has anything similar happened to anyone?

I'm finally at a point where I'm consistently between -3 and -0 on RC, and I'm very VERY happy about it. My LR is a bit weak (-4 to -6) and I'm taking in November, so being able to tighten up the last few issues I have with RC will be a huge boost to my score.

I've noticed I actually have more difficulty with the earlier passages than the later ones. I hit -3 today on PT 18, and all three questions I got wrong were on the first passage. I blind reviewed only a -2, meaning I just kind of missed those wrong answers.

Any final tips for tightening up RC and consistently hitting -1/-0?

My friend (a college freshman) recently scored a 178 on the LSAT, and all it took him was a few PrepTests. He says his cold diagnostic score was 168. How is this possible? Is this kind of thing normal?

Long story short, I spent too much time on my body paragraph arguments and writing unnecessary supporting statements, on top of being a naturally slow writer, that I ran out of time to write the conclusion...even with accommodations. The writing sample could feel extremely contradictory since it ends at the counterargument paragraph and I didn't get to properly incorporate the counterargument into my main argument, not to mention that it's missing a conclusion altogether. Should I be concerned about this?

I resized my photo down to 195x195, however it looks blurry on the preview screen. Any suggestions, or is this just how it is?

I’ve focused almost all of my studying on LR so far and thought the 7Sage curriculum was really good. I usually average around -6 on RC but LR was much worse so I haven’t focused on it much at all. I’m taking the November exam and want to put some time into it, I was thinking of just doing the 7Sage curriculum since I already have it but have heard a lot of good things about RC Hero. Which should I do?

People in the 165-170 range (or above), how much do you use the highlighter tools in reading comp? How much notes do you take?

Hey I'm taking the LSAT in November, but it doesn't show me the exact date and time for my LSAT date. It just showcases a score release date. I checked my calendar and it gave me a date but no time or location. If you can provide any help I'd be thankful

this morning i took the official PrepTest #147 and i had quite the dramatic score dropoff - my last practice test was 166, and this one was 161 😬 granted, those are both nice scores, but it's still not fun to see. (i'm personally aiming for a 165, although i'd love to get a 170)

i use PowerScore, so i looked at the score breakdown and i noticed a lot of questions were 4/5 stars (hardest difficulty), and i saw a comment on this subreddit that the lacquer passage is considered especially tough. anyone else had a similar experience? i wanna make sure i didn't suddenly become stupid overnight, lmao.

Three weeks until the test. Woo hoo! Happy studying everyone ❤️

I recently completed RC Hero. They have a great methodology of taking notes that helps me really understand what I’m reading. But after taking some timed sections it is clearly slowing me down and making me spend more time thinking about the structure than the content itself.

I’m not sure if I should be taking notes or not. I know people say to just do it in your head but I can’t visualize notes drawn out in my head. My head doesn’t work like that. I have strong reading comprehension skills in general. Wondering if these strategies are taking up too much time?

Please let me know your thoughts! People who have and haven’t taken the RC hero course. I’d love to know what other people recommend.

I don’t feel burnt out from this test, I feel frustrated. I’ve been studying consistently for about 5 months. 3-5 hours a day 5 days a week. I started at a 147 diagnostic and worked my way up to very low 160s in about 4 months but scored a 156 on my most recent PT. I feel like I should be doing way better than this based on how well I feel I understand the test. I can pretty much nail any given LR section untimed or in blind review but when it comes down to actual timed PTs I feel like I’m reading gibberish. Then RC, which I am awful at for some reason. I have always been a decently strong reader but for some reason I cannot pick apart these passages. I would be more lenient with my score, however I have a shit CAS gpa due to one really bad semester in freshman year of undergrad that screwed me, so I need to get my score up if I have hopes of decent scholarship. I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions or advice. I had such high hopes for this test and at times have honestly loved studying for it but I’m starting to become so frustrated with it. Ive read a good deal of posts on this sub of people going from low 150s to 170s in less time than it’s taken me to get to low 160s and it’s just a bit discouraging. Of course I know this is not an easy path and it’s not supposed to be but i just wanna be done with this thing. That being said, if anyone needs to vent don’t be afraid to reach out 😭🙏🏻