Any way to know which is the experimental section?
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:34 pm
Is it true that the experimental section is always one of the first 3 sections?
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Larrymitchell808 wrote:I'm sure we've all thought of this, is it true that the experimental section is always one of the first 3 sections? If yes then if I peek at the last 2 sections and see a RC or LG can I safely assume the RC or LG in the first 3 is the experimental?
You are correct, there is not. (I mean....otherwise no one would do the section and would just take a mental break....wouldn't be much of an experiment)roflsat wrote:Related question: most of the individual PrepTests have a table of contents at the start showing which section is which (not experimental vs. not, but whether each is LG, LR, or RC). I'm assuming there's nothing like that on the real test?
If you see that section on the upcoming exam with high-school level geometry and algebra - pilot for full content merger with GRE - it's a pretty safe bet that you can skip.Slippin' Jimmy wrote:My mentor took the LSAT way back when the sections were constantly changing. He saw a section type that he had never seen before so he took a 35 minute nap guessing it was the experimental, and he was right. Doing something like this now is nearly impossible, there's no way to determine in a short time that a section is experimental unless you see something that is 100% not LR, RC or LG. But the odds of that happening are slim to none.
LolNeil_Gorsuch wrote:If you see that section on the upcoming exam with high-school level geometry and algebra - pilot for full content merger with GRE - it's a pretty safe bet that you can skip.Slippin' Jimmy wrote:My mentor took the LSAT way back when the sections were constantly changing. He saw a section type that he had never seen before so he took a 35 minute nap guessing it was the experimental, and he was right. Doing something like this now is nearly impossible, there's no way to determine in a short time that a section is experimental unless you see something that is 100% not LR, RC or LG. But the odds of that happening are slim to none.
I bet there have been cases of people with fat fingers flipping to the wrong page. I wonder if they kick them out.Po$eidon wrote:Larrymitchell808 wrote:I'm sure we've all thought of this, is it true that the experimental section is always one of the first 3 sections? If yes then if I peek at the last 2 sections and see a RC or LG can I safely assume the RC or LG in the first 3 is the experimental?
You will kicked out of the testing center and ever law school will be informed that you're a cheater if you 'peek'
They don't.dm1683 wrote:I bet there have been cases of people with fat fingers flipping to the wrong page. I wonder if they kick them out.Po$eidon wrote:Larrymitchell808 wrote:I'm sure we've all thought of this, is it true that the experimental section is always one of the first 3 sections? If yes then if I peek at the last 2 sections and see a RC or LG can I safely assume the RC or LG in the first 3 is the experimental?
You will kicked out of the testing center and ever law school will be informed that you're a cheater if you 'peek'
Friend of mine got chucked bc mid section he got thirsty and out of habit took a sip from his water bottle and going...Going... GONEEEEE!Alexandros wrote:Wouldn't assume so. I know people who were kicked out for fairly minor things.Neil_Gorsuch wrote:They don't.dm1683 wrote:I bet there have been cases of people with fat fingers flipping to the wrong page. I wonder if they kick them out.Po$eidon wrote:Larrymitchell808 wrote:I'm sure we've all thought of this, is it true that the experimental section is always one of the first 3 sections? If yes then if I peek at the last 2 sections and see a RC or LG can I safely assume the RC or LG in the first 3 is the experimental?
You will kicked out of the testing center and ever law school will be informed that you're a cheater if you 'peek'
You can't drink water while writing the lsat?Larrymitchell808 wrote:Friend of mine got chucked bc mid section he got thirsty and out of habit took a sip from his water bottle and going...Going... GONEEEEE!Alexandros wrote:Wouldn't assume so. I know people who were kicked out for fairly minor things.Neil_Gorsuch wrote:They don't.dm1683 wrote:I bet there have been cases of people with fat fingers flipping to the wrong page. I wonder if they kick them out.Po$eidon wrote:Larrymitchell808 wrote:I'm sure we've all thought of this, is it true that the experimental section is always one of the first 3 sections? If yes then if I peek at the last 2 sections and see a RC or LG can I safely assume the RC or LG in the first 3 is the experimental?
You will kicked out of the testing center and ever law school will be informed that you're a cheater if you 'peek'
18034iplaw wrote:Much like men's suiting, you can do the pinch and roll test to determine the fake section from the real McCoy.
On the top of each section, there are several shapes with numbers on them. Between the center and rightmost number, gently roll the paper between your fingers and pinch the two sides and carefully pull them apart. As it separates, you should be able to feel a thin third layer that appears to be floating between the two layers in your fingers. If you feel no such layer, it's a fake section. Fill all E's and enjoy your break. You beat the system. Suck it LSAC. If you feel such a layer, get to work; it's the real deal. The reason for this is LSAC is trying to save money. They print the fake sections on lesser paper that is simply fused, or glued, together. It lasts far less time and doesn't fall as nicely on the desk. For the real sections, they do not hold back. They use paper painstakingly crafted by professionally trained Italian paper makers that hang a third layer to give the paper more heft and a nicer drape on the desk.
I hope that helps.
You will go far in life my friend.34iplaw wrote:Much like men's suiting, you can do the pinch and roll test to determine the fake section from the real McCoy.
On the top of each section, there are several shapes with numbers on them. Between the center and rightmost number, gently roll the paper between your fingers and pinch the two sides and carefully pull them apart. As it separates, you should be able to feel a thin third layer that appears to be floating between the two layers in your fingers. If you feel no such layer, it's a fake section. Fill all E's and enjoy your break. You beat the system. Suck it LSAC. If you feel such a layer, get to work; it's the real deal. The reason for this is LSAC is trying to save money. They print the fake sections on lesser paper that is simply fused, or glued, together. It lasts far less time and doesn't fall as nicely on the desk. For the real sections, they do not hold back. They use paper painstakingly crafted by professionally trained Italian paper makers that hang a third layer to give the paper more heft and a nicer drape on the desk.
I hope that helps.
At first, I was upset to see that this thread was still going. Then I read this, and all has been redeemed.34iplaw wrote:Much like men's suiting, you can do the pinch and roll test to determine the fake section from the real McCoy.
On the top of each section, there are several shapes with numbers on them. Between the center and rightmost number, gently roll the paper between your fingers and pinch the two sides and carefully pull them apart. As it separates, you should be able to feel a thin third layer that appears to be floating between the two layers in your fingers. If you feel no such layer, it's a fake section. Fill all E's and enjoy your break. You beat the system. Suck it LSAC. If you feel such a layer, get to work; it's the real deal. The reason for this is LSAC is trying to save money. They print the fake sections on lesser paper that is simply fused, or glued, together. It lasts far less time and doesn't fall as nicely on the desk. For the real sections, they do not hold back. They use paper painstakingly crafted by professionally trained Italian paper makers that hang a third layer to give the paper more heft and a nicer drape on the desk.
I hope that helps.
I had a ridiculously hard LG section as section 2 on the Dec16 test. It almost made me want to cancel mid-test (still finished it, but LG I'm usually done in 23-25 minutes). Then I got to another LG on section 5 (the real one) and blew it away. I should have known it would be experimental. That tough one threw me on sections 3/4 thoughguybourdin wrote:I had an exp games section that I knew was experimental because all the games were the same easy type (simple linear ordering). There's no way they would put together a real section that was THAT easy. I was right, it was experimental, but knowing that didn't help me at all: I still needed to do as well as I could on that section because if it happened to be real it would be among the easiest games sections ever given and would have probably one of the most harshly curved LSATs because of it. You need to kill at 5 sections and move along.