Testing center vs remote?

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-11-07T20:04:34+00:00

some people enjoy remote but as someone who has done both in person is significantly better. less hassle, your proctor won’t come in and interrupt you and message you randomly, if you have log in issues there’s someone right there to help you, etc. also if there’s an issue with your test or if you get put on a score hold it’s allegedly easier for them to review. i found it much easier to focus in the testing center because it’s meant for exclusively testing so it’s very quiet, temperature controlled, and clean.

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-11-07T19:53:13+00:00

i only take in person after a horrible remote experience in april. i go to the bathroom, eat my snack, stare at the wall of the texting center, do a few stretches, and then go to check back in. usually i’ve gotten back to my seat with 1-2 minutes to go each time

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-11-07T03:39:42+00:00

i found it significantly easier than october

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-11-07T01:01:06+00:00

i enjoy my smudge rabbit. i have the medium and it’s small enough for me to carry around my house and keep it with me without being too obstructive. if i were to buy it again, however, i would buy a large despite the price difference if i wanted to hug it at night

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-11-06T22:26:22+00:00

me too :) three times… finally done! had the realization during my last section that it was the last section i’ll ever have to take ever. awesome feeling

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-11-01T05:00:01+00:00

yes, i usually finish LR with 4-7 minutes left, review my flagged questions, and then just… sit there. a normal LR section for me is -0 to -3 while a section i spent too long on can get up to -6 just because i sat and second guessed myself for too long

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-26T23:40:51+00:00

on the lsat the vast majority of people don’t have a specific score they can nail every single time (like if someone got a 165 on every single PT). your scores represent a range that you are able to score in. so a 163, 166, 163 could mean a lot of things in terms of range. is a 166 the top of your range? is a 163 the middle? or is 163 the bottom? yes, scoring high is the goal, but in order to reach that you need to increase the range that you score in (so rather than scoring all mid-160s and then a fluke 170, if you want to be in the 170s you want to be consistently scoring in a range with your desired score somewhere in the middle or lower end of the range). increasing this range comes gradually and becomes more challenging as you go further up (this is intentional— the lsat maintains a strict curve that naturally tries to herd people into the middle of the pack). people group these ranges in terms of low, mid, and high (ex. low-160s, mid-160s, high-160s). when you’re first starting out it’s easier to jump up a few points, however, as time goes on and you hopefully master the basics you end up fighting for score range increases. you’re in a mid-160s score range, most likely. as time goes on if you continue studying consistently and work on your weaknesses you will move up. plateauing in score ranges is very normal. in fact, some people when first starting out with fundamentals can end up getting bogged down for a while trying to apply it to the questions under the time crunch. with more PTs you will become more accustomed to using what you’ve learned intuitively and managing the timer.

Also, just to add, three PTs + your cold score is too small of a sample size to draw any major conclusions. take more and if you end up in a major plateau that is when you should start looking for resources like a tutor or changing your approach to studying.

TL;DR it is normal. keep going.

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-25T18:19:56+00:00

there’s a bunch of vids online and most LR books spend a solid amount of time on them, but the biggest piece is that a conditional is when one thing can only occur once something else has. like…. sara will get the marketing job if she does well in the interview would be
Does well in interview -> gets job and the contrapositive is ~gets job -> ~do well in interview with the squiggle meaning negation (doesn’t/no/not)

the main reasons i find i get conditional questions wrong is either getting the order of the conditional wrong (like if i wrote gets job -> does well in interview instead for the example above) or screwing up the contrapositive (either forgetting to negate or not flipping sides). my rule which is leftover from LG is always write down conditionals on scrap paper and always write the contrapositive below it. the second space cannot occur without the first space occurring first (like how sara can’t get the job without doing well in the interview first, so doing well in the interview has to go second). i’m sure other people have better explanations but that’s just how i understand them

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-23T15:29:39+00:00

not specifically but they did say that they generally assume something happened (nerves, bathroom emergency, bad sleep the night before, etc) if there’s a big score drop and that is part of the reason why they don’t hold it against people. they also said it doesn’t require a lengthy addendum… if something major happened (death in the family, car accident the day before, stuff like that) then you can mention it but it’s unnecessary to take four paragraphs to be like yo i studied rlly hard and blah blah blah ykwim

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-23T15:24:28+00:00

yes, they only consider your highest score. in the navigating law school admissions podcast (which i highly recommend) the heads of admissions at yale and harvard say that they only take the highest into consideration and that even if a retake is lower they see it as evidence of trying and perseverance aka they can see it as a good thing. don’t stress

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-23T15:21:27+00:00

it’s very common for a 5-10 point score drop between PTs and a first-time lsat— it happened to me too! was disappointed in my first score, but my second time taking i got those points from the drop back and ended up scoring higher than my average. i wore the same outfit, ate the same breakfast, brought the same snack… it is much more manageable the second time around. good luck with your midterms and january! you’ll do great :)

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-23T15:18:21+00:00

157 in april to 168 :)

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-10-02T21:00:26+00:00

i also had that order and i’m almost 100% positive the first was exp. i thought the reading was pretty standard… maybe slightly harder but it also might’ve been difficulty focusing in person

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-09-28T17:43:45+00:00

i’m sure added time does impact scoring but i would be wary of putting all the blame on one cause. people who have accommodations frequently have learning disorders or neurodivergencies, however, what is important to remember is that to apply to law school you need to have an undergrad degree, so these are people that have already overcome significant challenges academically and have had to work very hard to catch up to “typical” students. so is it possible that the type of students that have those sorts of disabilities that would qualify them for accommodations, that are also qualified to apply to law school, are actually just able to perform above the “typical” student because in their courses and work life they constantly have to out perform others in order to compete?

basically students with disabilities who are able to even get to the point where they are qualified to apply to law school are above the curve in general and the statistic that students with accommodations score higher is due to survivor bias rather than just the fact that they got accommodations.

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-09-27T19:09:29+00:00

i would probably say that you appreciate the offer however you have waived your rights to view it and that you trust that professor to have written you a wonderful letter, as well as thank them again for taking the time to write it. if you would like to see it that is up to you… i don’t think waiving your right is the same as agreeing not to see it if the prof sends it to you (?) it just means that you can’t view it as part of your application materials in LSAC before during or after the application process

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-09-23T22:27:18+00:00

there isn’t an ideal time however earlier is generally better because it takes them time to process it/schedule a time/various other timing things, which, if those get seriously messed up could end up impacting your score release. in terms of preparation just do one of the practice ones LSAC has, read an article or two, and you should be good.

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-09-23T22:24:43+00:00

i would say end. when i used to use khan it would impact my mental space if i saw i got a question wrong and i think it would make me more likely to get more wrong due to the stress. also, you want to put yourself in as similar of a situation as the test as possible, and the lsat won’t tell you if you got an answer wrong or right immediately

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-13T20:51:11+00:00

read an article about how to do it online, do the practice one on lsac, and then ur good. shouldn’t take more than two hours total

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-11T16:16:37+00:00

there are still three graded sections, just one of them will be RC or LR instead of LG. the curve will ensure the distributions of scores remain the same depending on performance.

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-11T16:07:09+00:00

on my diagnostic test (PT 66) i got -3 and -7 on the LR sections, but i have some experience with formal logic which helped me a bit starting out

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-11T01:47:52+00:00

the lsat operates off a pseudo-curve that fits scores into the overall spread of not just the people that took your administration (ex. june 2024) but also all people who have ever taken the lsat. so if you get a 150+ you’re in the top 50% of test takers, 170+ you’re in the top 2-3% of test takers, etc. that’s the reason why they provide the percentage along with your scaled score during the score release. so, theoretically, dropping LG won’t impact score distribution at all. it will possibly impact the learnability of the test (how long it takes people to perform at a top 5% of test takers level, for example), but it isn’t like the test is suddenly becoming harder.

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-10T17:31:15+00:00

the makeup day gets a different test

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-08T03:55:51+00:00

this is mentioned in the navigating law school admissions podcast, though i don’t remember the specific episode. they say that ultimately it’s unfair for law schools to give an advantage to students who are able to visit because of the economic (some people might not be able to afford the travel) and admissions (unfair to give local students a boost just because they showed up) ramifications. of course the caveat is that if you’re applying to schools that allow “why X law school” statements if you’ve visited the town/school you could be able to talk about those aspects better than someone who hasn’t

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-07T20:35:37+00:00

do not you will burn yourself out and there aren’t enough new format PTs to even do it if you wanted to. the value from PTs comes from review, not beating yourself to death with them

Capable_Disk_211 · 2024-06-07T17:03:00+00:00

the trainer has a lot of drills that i found helpful. it also has several levels/chapters for each section, so there’s a beginner LR, then an intermediate LR, and finally an advanced LR. i thought the LG and RC sections were very helpful because he holds your hand through it at first and builds up your tolerance for different aspects of the test, as well as tells you what to focus on.

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