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 lathlee
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Dear Dave and amazing team members.
Adam Tyson wrote:We are looking forward to hearing how you did, lathlee! Sorry we were not able to respond to this post before the test, but we were swamped at the last minute, and even with half a dozen or so instructors tackling the questions last Thursday and Friday we did not manage to get to every one of them. Looking at it now, you are absolutely correct in your analysis here - good work! I hope that level of analysis and confidence carried you through to victory this past weekend!

Yep, so I wrote the LSAT september 2017. BTW, when and how do I find out which out of 5 section is the experimental section? I would like to know that asap. How can i possible find out?

If Adam just was saying nice social pleasantry, then nvm but if you meant some serious level, here's my takeaway:

It was my first LSAT in actually out of past 8 failed attempts that, Not during the practice session, I could actually finish the all three categories; logical reasoning, logic games, reading comprehension, 90-95% completeness of all Qs especially Reading comprehension, in prior, the goddess of luck was my only hope for getting the questions correctly due to the reasons of guessing and praying. When I was doing the last of the Logic games, game #4 and the last page with 5-8 minutes (I don't exactly remember how much) to go which I answered some and guessed some; After some time passed and when break time was given (I told you I write in special circumstance), I almost cried cuz I saw hard effort showed up.

I am writing application for law schools and scholarship etc but I am already prepared and determined to write December session cuz Dave might say that I am being too ambitious, after everything, I thought myself if I truly am the level of virtuoso in LSAT, I should be able to finish every section with 95-100% in time which I didn't. The questions I guessed due to lack of time, it is only fair to expect I get them wrong. And Everything I have done for getting a good score in LSAT, I still see a room to improve during the test time. As Dave and I's mutural source of inspiration, MJ, famously said, I will keep working toward the highest possible goal I never reached yet; If I know I have reached that plateau, that would be when I quit.

Also, another big question, I heard from a test examiner that writing sample is playing more and more important role for admission purpose. I always do my best of writing a persuasive argument essays for writing sample section. anyways, Is it True, what the test examiner said? Therefore, Do you think I should allocate some serious level of studying to write a better a good writing sample?
 AthenaDalton
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Hi lathlee,

I am so thrilled to hear that your hard work paid off!! We all know how hard you've been working, and how much effort you've been putting into mastering all of the LSAT concepts.

We hope that you receive a score you are happy with. However, if you are still not where you would like to be when you receive your score report, follow up with our staff with details about how you did and we can help you formulate a plan of attack for December.

Unfortunately, we won't know which section was the experimental one until scores are released. You'll just have to wait it out. ;)

I have not heard that the writing sample included at the end of the LSAT is playing a bigger role in admissions. The writing sample you submit as part of your law school application is very important, but the short, handwritten piece at the end of the LSAT is, to my knowledge, not carefully scrutinized by admission committees. The handwritten samples are scanned, and the resulting writing is sometimes difficult to read. I've heard of committees looking at them to confirm that students took that section seriously (as opposed to, for example, drawing a picture or writing about how much they hate the LSAT), or to compare the student's writing on the LSAT to their admissions essay (if there is any question about whether the student really wrote their own essay). The writing sample is also used to catch cheaters on the LSAT. But it's really not a critical part of the LSAT. Take it seriously on test day and do your best, but do not dedicate your limited prep time to perfecting that part of the test.

Of course, we all hope that you will never have to take the LSAT again! Keep us posted!
 Adam Brinker
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Hi lathlee,

There is a lot of discussion in this thread which may help you determine which of your test sections was experimental:
lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15253

I hope that helps!

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