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After doing a lot of PTs, the thing that took my most by surprise was how thin the paper wa on the real thing. I'm used to the sturdy white paper of PTs and was initially taken aback by the thin nature of LSAT paper. In my first section, I found myself repeatedly tearing the paper when erasing.

Also, the inability to erase on the writing sample makes the test much more challenging (at least it did for me).

Just an FYI for which you can prepare

ConsideringLawSchool wrote:After doing a lot of PTs, the thing that took my most by surprise was how thin the paper wa on the real thing. I'm used to the sturdy white paper of PTs and was initially taken aback by the thin nature of LSAT paper. In my first section, I found myself repeatedly tearing the paper when erasing.

Also, the inability to erase on the writing sample makes the test much more challenging (at least it did for me).

Just an FYI for which you can prepare

It can also be used to see what section you have next.

This is an important point.

Someone warned me about this ahead of time, and I picked up these babies which did the trick:

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ConsideringLawSchool wrote: Also, the inability to erase on the writing sample makes the test much more challenging (at least it did for me).

Just an FYI for which you can prepare

FYI: the writing section doesn't matter, so don't really worry about it.

I thought erasing on the writing portion made it more difficult to read, not impossible.
... i definitely erased like one line.

are they not going to be able to read it (not that any adcoms will)

Na_Swatch wrote:

ConsideringLawSchool wrote: Also, the inability to erase on the writing sample makes the test much more challenging (at least it did for me).

Just an FYI for which you can prepare

FYI: the writing section doesn't matter, so don't really worry about it.

+1 - confirmed by an adcom member

Wow, this is the first I've heard of this; thanks for posting it.

yeah, i already knew LG was my first section.

What other major differences are there? I've been concerned that the margins will be much smaller than regular paper, ie less room to diagram in LGs.

Desert Fox wrote:

ConsideringLawSchool wrote:After doing a lot of PTs, the thing that took my most by surprise was how thin the paper wa on the real thing. I'm used to the sturdy white paper of PTs and was initially taken aback by the thin nature of LSAT paper. In my first section, I found myself repeatedly tearing the paper when erasing.

Also, the inability to erase on the writing sample makes the test much more challenging (at least it did for me).

Just an FYI for which you can prepare

It can also be used to see what section you have next.

Hahah, no shit! I was able to see what section was next throughout the whole test.

I also was struck by how thin and low quality the paper was. Kaplan's course materials are made of the same kind of paper, which I used to criticize as being cheap and crappy compared to the PrepTests, but now I see that they are much closer to the real thing.

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