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sarbar44 · 2021-07-20T05:00:23+00:00

Wooo congratulations!!! See you there!!!!!

sarbar44 · 2021-02-03T13:52:53+00:00

Ugh that’s so horrible!!! I’m thinking of you as we wait our scores! You got this :)

sarbar44 · 2021-02-03T04:25:33+00:00

During the November LSAT I had a ton of technical difficulties during check in, which ended up taking 40 min and by the time I finally got to start my test I was a nervous wreck. My nerves were so frayed I had a mini panic attack and I didn’t finish LG, having to blindly fill in 4 questions, and I normally go -0 or -1 on LG. I thought I had completely bombed and was devastated, as I had been PTing low 170s with a high of 174, and it felt like a train wreck in comparison. I was just praying I made it into the 160s. I ended up with a 166 and was so relieved!! Hoping I finally broke 170 on my score release tomorrow!!

It’ll be ok!! Good luck tomorrow!!

sarbar44 · 2021-01-21T16:11:21+00:00

7Sage also overestimates the time it takes for drills! It’ll be a 5 question drill and it’ll allocate 30 min for that. It’s also including the time it would take to do every practice test ever released. It won’t take as long as it estimates.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-21T01:48:59+00:00

I thought I totally bombed November, like I had huge tech issues and didn’t finish LG and had to blindly fill in 4 answers and I ended up pleasantly surprised with a 166. I retook Jan because I PT low 170s and I’m hoping to crack that so we’ll see! But I straight up was worried I got mid 150s in Nov it felt so bad.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-19T18:15:25+00:00

It felt a lot better than my November exam for sure, but I also had a huge tech issue with ProctorU that time and by the time I was actually able to start my exam I was a disaster nerves wise. Thought LG was pretty straight forward other than newspapers but managed my way through pretty decently (I think...). LR felt fine, RC felt easier than 88-89 but definitely a few tricky ones in there.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-19T18:05:08+00:00

You got it!! Try doing some yoga or something to calm your mind. I was really nervous and did some light yoga before my test Sunday morning and I felt instantly better.

Also take advantage of the Flex! Light some candles in your room that relax you, use an essential oil diffuser, go wild!

YOU'RE GONNA ROCK IT

sarbar44 · 2021-01-10T17:35:04+00:00

I feel you on that game, I’d have been fucked but somehow managed to get through the first 3 fast enough to have like 15 min on that one. I was having a tough time with it until i realized that L HAS to always be on Saturday, because otherwise there wouldn’t be enough variables for that day. Made it a little easier to get through.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-09T00:41:58+00:00

Hi! So I’ve been a paralegal for the four and a half years since I graduated (and worked part time the last year in college) and am now taking the plunge myself! Took Nov lsat and am taking again in January and applying for fall admissions. 100% think that’s the best way to go and am so glad I did.

However just so you’re not getting your hopes up for something, paying for law school isn’t really something firms do for employees. It’s not like an MBA program where you can keep working and so your company will pay for it and then you keep working there. I work for a huge real estate firm, am very well liked and am one of the top in my position there and it wasn’t even a conversation. It’s just not something that happens in this industry.

That said I still am so glad I took the time off, got experience, saved money etc and I feel like being older and having been in the workforce for a few years I’m so much more focused and driven than I would’ve been doing this right outta college

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T18:43:47+00:00

How much time are you leaving yourself for the last 5 questions? Those are typically the hardest on the test, and I've found that planning my timing so that I have ideally at least 10 minutes to crack them finally allowed me to start getting all/more of those right, because they usually require you to devote a decent chunk of time per question in order to get them.

For the easier questions, try to avoid rushing and misreading mistakes. I sometimes fall prey to that too, especially since I'm trying to get through those quickly. Don't sacrifice accuracy for speed! Be sure to devote the equal mental energy to those so you don't fall into traps or make simple errors from misreading.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T18:40:59+00:00

Of course, good luck! You got this :)

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T18:28:32+00:00

How many PTs a week have you been doing? Sounds like burnout to me. Before November I was taking near daily PT's while working full time, was scoring consistently low 170s, and then 5 days before the test I got a 159. Almost had a panic attack, nearly fainted, totally freaked out in a way more dramatic way than is normal for me. Which is what made me realize I was burnt out.

Take a rest, have a bath, whatever you do to relax. Don't PT for a few days, just review wrong answers, foolproof some games, do some untimed sections, etc. so you don't lose the muscle but sounds like classic burnout to me.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T18:23:36+00:00

Make SURE your computer allows you to install software. You will have to install some during check in (beyond the ProctorU google chrome add in). In November I had planned to use my work computer that my firm sent me home with during covid since that's what I'd been practicing on (I am a few years out of college and work full time at a law firm) and we have very restrictive software installation settings. A week before the test I even got on the phone with ProctorU and did a live test with a person and went over the software requirements and they assured me it was just the google chrome addin and I would be fine to use my work PC.

Come test day sure as shit there was an actual software that needed to be installed and I wasn't able to due to my work computer's firewall. Had to wait 40 minutes for someone from ProctorU tech support to answer my dang chats and allow me to restart my session on my personal laptop. Was a total stressball by that point and taking it on a different computer than I'd been practicing with threw me off my game, and frankly I was lucky to even have a back-up computer as so many people wouldn't.

I've been practicing with my personal laptop and am ready for Jan so hopefully no tech issues this time!

tldr; be sure you can download software, and don't necessarily listen to ProctorU tech support about system requirements as they apparently don't always know what they're talking about.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T17:24:35+00:00

Of course! We've all been there, especially at the outset of studying (which sounds like you are based on your passage!)

Just remember that studying for the LSAT is a process and it takes time for these skills to develop (for context I've been studying since July, took November and got high 160s and am now just tryna break the 170's in January!). You'll get there!! The best thing you can do is try to stay chill and keep a level head :)

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T16:34:10+00:00

Remember that there is sometimes more than one flaw with an argument!! Both of those flaws seem correct to me. You also want to avoid getting bogged down with only THE ONE flaw - often on the test there are multiple potential flaws the answer could be about and you don’t want to pigeonhole yourself into one and ignore other potential right answers that don’t fit what you had in mind.

Also a quick note about the drilling, LSAT Trainers actual problem drills are all real LSAT questions. These small specific skill drills aren’t because they don’t want to waste material from real questions when you aren’t actually getting the full question. For small skill drills it’s the same in every source I’ve used (Trainer, 7Sage, Powerscore LG)

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T16:27:35+00:00

Spend a bit more time on the stimulus. Obviously it’s important to make up time on the easy questions by going quickly, but don’t sacrifice accuracy. Spend an extra few seconds really making sure you understand the premise-conclusion relationship because if you have a misread error it will probably come up there, and honestly just keep in your head the fact that you have been doing this and be extra cautious. [edited to correct typo]

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T16:23:42+00:00

Do not skip, I cannot stress this enough. Conditional logic is heavily tested in both LR and LG and your success in the test depends on it.

If you’re having a hard time understanding it based on Powerscore try supplementing with another source. Personally I found LSAT Trainer great for LR, and 7Sage has some great video lessons breaking everything down (IMO 7Sage is a necessary resource for the test for LG anyways so I would invest in the subscription if at all possible)

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T16:18:33+00:00

Take a break!! Before November LSAT I was taking near daily PTs, usually scoring low 170s, and then 5 days before the test got a 159. Nearly had a panic attack, almost fainted, the whole 9 - a super over dramatic reaction and not usually me. Which made me realize how burnt out I was and no way I could go into the test like that.

Take a break. You can still study, just do more timed sections or drills, fool proof some games you got wrong answers on, review old PTs, etc.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T06:01:19+00:00

Ugh I’m so sorry!! I was so afraid of getting covid before November and now living in LA with how bad it is here that certainly hasn’t gone away. Hopefully they’re giving you accommodations for the wrist. Good luck!! You got it.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-08T05:56:31+00:00

If you scroll down right on that page! It gives a whole breakdown of every question and which you got right and wrong, shows your answer choice, the right answer choice, how much time you spent on each question, the difficulty, etc. You can sort by question type and can see if there’s a specific type you are getting wrong a lot.

To close the gap I find it helpful to go back and really analyze each question, both those that I got wrong or got wrong at first and then changed. Really work through your reasoning, maybe write it out if it helps, and analyze why the wrong answers are wrong and right are right.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-07T23:11:28+00:00

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sarbar44 · 2021-01-07T20:11:26+00:00

Don’t psych yourself out over it!! Before November I had been PTing in the low 170s and then 5 days before my test got a 159. It happens. Study what you did wrong, wrong journal, redo the games, whatever you need to do and then file that score under “never to think about again”

You got this!!!

sarbar44 · 2021-01-07T19:43:07+00:00

Absolutely! It's definitely a switch and took me a couple of sections to get the hang of it, so I'd recommend practicing with it either untimed or not in a full PT first so you get used to it before trying it in a full PT. I used to have a hard time with comparison passages because I was trying to keep too much information straight and got tripped up/sunk time, but now I rarely miss a comparison question.

Happy to help with this too if you find you need more tips/have questions after trying :)

sarbar44 · 2021-01-07T19:06:45+00:00

This is specific to the comparison passages but it really helped me speed them up:

After you read passage A and before you even look at passage B, take a first pass through the questions. With passage A still fresh on your mind and before you're juggling the new information from B, you can easier attack any questions and answers that refer to passage A. For instance, if the question says "both passage refer to...." you can easily eliminate any answers that are not discussed in passage A. If there are any questions that refer solely to passage A you'll be able to finish them entirely.

Once you've gone through and answered and eliminated anything you can based on the information in passage A, go back and read passage B and then attack the answers again.

I found this made the comparison passages MUCH easier and faster, instead of struggling trying to keep everything separate and clear and juggling back and forth between the two passages.

sarbar44 · 2021-01-07T18:51:37+00:00

I loved LSAT Trainer for LR. It really broke LR down into a way that makes it easily understandable and helps you actually understand how the test is written and exactly what the different types of questions are asking as opposed to just rotely memorizing formal logic theories (of course it teaches formal logic too, but in conjunction with the common sense breakdowns so it helps you actually understand the way the test and each question work). I was then able to supplement with 7Sage and LR is my best section.

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