Official October LSAT Topic Thread

[u/graeme_b]

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The October LSAT administration is now done. The goal is to keep topic discussion to this thread, and identify a list of real topics. Here's how it works:

1. If you had a single section of RC, or two sections of LR, then posting topics from that will establish that those topics were from a real section
2. If you had two sections of RC, or three sections of LR, DO NOT POST (on that topic). Posting topics is worse than useless - it pollutes information. The reason is that you don't know which was experimental and which was real.

You do not need section orders, these are now randomized so your order doesn't mean anything.

TL;DR If you had a single RC, or two LR's, please post topics from those single sections. Don't post your section topics for a section type where you had an experimental.

Stuff that still isn't allowed

• Posting about the content of sections: specific questions and answers etc
• Posting about topics or content in an experimental section

This thread will be updated with confirmed topics as we go.

Note: Have seen some people flagrantly discussing real answers or asking to dm about it. This still isn't allowed, and won't be, and we've handed out bans where people do it willfully.

Everything below is scored: Where I write "other section" I mean it was a different scored section. Everything below is from people who had a single section in that topic, so they have confirmed real sections.

Prometric Experiences: You can find the original test day experience thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LSAT/comments/1x096xd/official_october_lsat_discussion_thread/

International LSAT: This thread is generally just for the North American topics. If you took internationally, please specify that you had the international version. Thanks!

Real RC Topics

One Real RC Section

• Chilean music
• Contract law
• Economics and moral judgment (comparative)
• Opossums playing dead

Another Real RC Section

• Neolithic South Africa
• Brain hemispheres and language
• Dracula and Twilight
• Nineteenth-century English marriage laws

Another Real RC Section

• Elk deaths
• Colombian silk
• Presentism
• The definition of rights

Another Real RC Section

• Peru, Chile, and the name “Pisco”
• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
• Cost disease and the performing arts
• Keystone species

Real LR Topics

These grouped sets are partial topic lists from a confirmed two-LR source. Other confirmed topics are listed separately where their section allocation is uncertain.

Grouped Set of LR

• Spanish, Russian, and Turkish professions / murder investigation
• Jam samples

Grouped Set of LR

• Electricity use and daylight saving time
• Tree abrasion

Unsorted Real LR Topics

• Bees and stinging
• Banks and thermostats
• Oranges
• Bioluminescent squid
• Beetles and native predators
• Employee complaints
• A mayor’s neighborhood representatives
• Property forfeiture laws
• Nominations involving three people
• Amphibian diversity
• Frogs and vibration
• Managers monitoring employee email
• Buying silver
• Journalists and truthfulness
• Teachers’ motivations
• Bird cortisol
• Earth and a casserole
• Cranberry juice and other juices
• Brandon’s painting
• Junior and senior researchers
• Plants and workplace productivity
• Children and an Olympic diet
• Dogs and chimpanzees
• Moose saliva
• An ice-skating ban
• Maple trees and carbon dioxide
• The Sahara Desert
• Eating wheat
• Pirates and modern government
• A terrible movie
• Acupuncture and placebos
• Life on Mars and Earth
• Planetary habitability, temperature, and water
• Local and national journalists’ office floors
• Stingless bees, honeybees, and waggle dances

[u/The_Butch_Man]

LR, RC, LR, LR

RC: Elk Deaths/Colombian Silkworms/Presentism/Right of Rights

LR1: Captive Chimp v Bonobo aggression

LR2: ACME Screwdriver discounts

LR3: Beneficial lies, Outlying bus routes, Science fiction movie profits, Earth's Molten Core

Additional LR topics whose sections I can't remember
-Evolutionary reasons for flies who can't remember after sleepless nights vs. those who can
-Why do bees bite the leaves of plants they pollinate
-Luxurious lifestyle violates a duty to save lives
-Life starting on Mars vs starting on Earth (Might've been 2?)
-Potted plants increase office productivity
-Office workers being more productive if given bigger tasks
-Language complexity of 3-year-olds vs. 4-year-olds

[u/Disastrous_Panda5522 → u/The_Butch_Man]

how was your LR1 becasue it felt very difficult or longer i was able to breeze through the other LR and i had 2 LRs and 2 RCs

[u/The_Butch_Man → u/Disastrous_Panda5522]

LR1 was fine(?) I don't really remember any of the questions besides the Bonobo one

LR2 felt really good until the last like 5 questions

LR3 felt ok at the time but I'm starting to think I might've screwed up on a good amount of the questions in hindsight

Did you remember any questions about Bonobos v Chimps

[u/Disastrous_Panda5522 → u/The_Butch_Man]

yes i think that was an easier one for me don’t remember which LR tho I had 2

[u/Disastrous_Panda5522 → u/The_Butch_Man]

did you have something like this in LR:  more the assumption was false the more some people believed it was true…

[u/The_Butch_Man → u/Disastrous_Panda5522]

Yeah, I did have that one. I think LR2 was the experimental

[u/Disastrous_Panda5522 → u/The_Butch_Man]

I only had 2 LRs and I had that one so I believe that was the real one for me, do you remember the difficulty level for that section in comparison to other LRs

[u/Icy-Drink-5308 → u/The_Butch_Man]

I wanted acme screwdriver to be real but it sounds like it’s experimental… can someone confirm 😔

[u/Amethyst_Underlined → u/The_Butch_Man]

This was my exact test. I really wanted the last section to be experimental but it looks like the 3rd one was :/. Oh well

[u/nlzh → u/The_Butch_Man]

wait wtf i had the exact same sections LOL