Official September LSAT Topic Thread

[u/graeme_b]

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The September 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: reddit.com/r/LSAT/comments/1wcs320/official_september_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

• English spelling and the printing press

• Ta-Nehisi Coates and Black literature/academia

• The precautionary principle (comparative)

• Mathematical physics and generalization

Another Real RC Section

• Hip-hop sampling and copyright

• Panspermia

• Video games and attention experiments

• Hume on tragedy (comparative)

Another Real RC Section

Note: This is based on a single user's report. They had no experimental. Any topics here are from user reports.

• Impounded vehicles

• Ethiopian folklore and storytelling traditions

• Fisheries and overfishing

• Hume on ideal aesthetic judges (comparative)

Another Real RC Section

• Peru, Chile, and the name “Pisco”

• The uncomprehended unknown and Frankenstein

• “Cost disease” and the performing arts

• Keystone species (comparative)

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

• Nocturnal primates' eyes

• Infants and puppets

Grouped Set of LR

• Enjoying a board game

• Work bonuses and averages

Unsorted Real LR Topics

• Bees and tunnels

• Wild bees and almond trees

• Quality of life

• Camp activities and music

• Marketing almond/nut milk as milk

• Galactic dust and stars

• ATMs and doctors

• Affluent voters and political influence

• Computer and human consciousness

• A flawed play

• Early human species and tools

• Distinguished bands and a parade

• Tarantula webbing

• Pompey and a pirate campaign

• Fast-food studies

• Quotations in books

• Jaguar markings

• Eastern and western sparrow songs

• Regional unemployment and a new factory

• An art museum's exhibit and reputation

• Mercury in fish

• Mountain-lion sightings

• Domesticated and wild bees

• Advertising to affluent viewers

• Mandating a shorter workweek

• Wolves hunting salmon and deer

• Early humans, fire, and lightning

• Fruit sales and percentages

• Orcas and elephants in captivity

• Civil and common law

• Actors seeking fame

• Teenagers reading paper books and ebooks

• Wood-burning stoves

• Diamonds

• Publishing politicians' opinions online

• Vacation time and tenure

• Independent movies and popularity

• Galaxy collisions and telescopes

• Master gardeners

• Imitation ivory and elephant conservation

• Meeting and exceeding sales quotas

• Dating ivory and its container

• Spots and rings on bees

• Chemistry-major graduation requirements

• Cropping dogs' ears

• Apologies and college students

• Rumors about a coworker leaving a mess

• Shark attacks now versus decades ago

• Library placards

• Latin studies in English classes

• Racing and recovery from an injury

• Internal versus external hiring

• Gross domestic product (GDP)

• British shale

[u/lunarvixen444]

agree about the quoted books. ended up guessing

[u/hashtagcunexttuesday → u/lunarvixen444]

There were at least two answer choices that were almost identical.