7Sage Changelog ⚙️

By J.Y. Ping Published Aug 16, 2024 Updated Dec 8, 2024

We’re obsessed with the LSAT—and with making our studying platform better. Here are some recent improvements we’ve made to 7Sage.

12.08.2024: Another batch of upgraded explanation videos

PT 101:

• Section 3, Question 19 - "Every student who walks to school goes home for lunch..."

PT 107:

• Section 4, Question 13 - "Plant manager: We could greatly reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide..."

PT 109:

• Section 3, Question 17 - "In a business whose owners and employees all belong to one family..."

• Section 3, Question 21 - "Some government economists view their home countries..."

PT 112:

• Section 3, Question 17 - "The purpose of a general theory of art is to explain every..."

PT 113:

• Section 2, Question 05 - "Although consciousness seems to arise from physical processes..."

• Section 3, Question 04 - "Doctor: The practice of using this therapy to treat..."

• Section 3, Question 19 - "If the flowers Drew received today had been sent by someone..."

• Section 4, Question 17 - "A year ago the government reduced the highway speed limit..."

PT 118:

• Section 4, Question 22 - "The only preexisting recordings that are transferred onto compact disc..."

PT 119:

• Section 4, Question 08 - "Some students attending a small university with a well-known choir..."

• Section 4, Question 21 - "Pizzerias are the only restaurants that routinely record the names..."

PT 120:

• Section 4, Question 26 - "The number of applications for admission reported by..."

PT 122:

• Section 1, Question 21 - "Many successful graphic designers began their careers after years of formal..."

• Section 1, Question 24 - "Ethicist: In general it is wrong to use medical treatments and procedures..."

• Section 4, Question 23 - "Counselor: Constantly comparing oneself to those one sees as more able..."

PT 125:

• Section 4, Question 22 - "The short-term and long-term interests of a business often conflict..."

PT 127:

• Section 1, Question 12 - "Many people say that the press should not pry into the personal lives of..."

• Section 1, Question 20 - "A recent study suggests that consuming three glasses of wine daily substantially..."

• Section 2, Question 22 - "The writing styles in works of high literary quality are not well suited..."

PT 129:

• Section 1, Question 22 - "Economist: Real wages in this country will increase significantly..."

PT 130:

• Section 4, Question 24 - "The genuine creative genius is someone who is dissatisfied with merely..."

PT 131:

• Section 3, Question 19 - "If understanding a word always involves knowing its dictionary definition..."

PT 140:

• Section 1, Question 05 - "Essayist: If Earth's population continues to grow geometrically..."

• Section 1, Question 12 - "Climatologist: Over the coming century, winter temperatures are likely..."

PT 142:

• Section 1, Question 20 - "If the city builds the proposed convention center, several national professional organizations..."

PT 144:

• Section 2, Question 20 - "Professor: The number of new university students who enter as chemistry majors..."

• Section 3, Question 06 - "Problem: The Thimble Corporation recently distributed rebate coupons..."

PT 145:

• Section 2, Question 24 - "Tariffs on particular products tend to protect the small percentage of the population..."

11.25.2024: More New Videos

We heard you liked explanation videos, so we made you some new ones so you can study for the LSAT while studying the LSAT.

PT 101:

• Section 3, Question 10 - "All material bodies are divisible into parts, and everything divisible is..."

PT 102:

• Section 2, Question 20 - "Physicist: Determinism is the view that every event has a preceding cause..."

• Section 2, Question 21 - "If this parking policy is unpopular with the faculty, then we should..."

• Section 2, Question 22 - "It is an absurd idea that whatever artistic endeavor the government refuses"

PT 104:

• Section 4, Question 15 - "It is often said that beauty is subjective. But this judgment has to be..."

PT 110:

• Section 2, Question 17 - "Dietary researcher: A recent study reports that laboratory animals that were fed..."

• Section 3, Question 14 - "People's political behavior frequently does not match their rhetoric..."

PT 113:

• Section 4, Question 19 - "Large-scale government projects designed to benefit everyone..."

PT 118:

• Section 4, Question 06 - "Although we could replace the beautiful—but dilapidated—old bridge across..."

PT 119:

• Section 2, Question 08 - "The laboratory experiment, the most effective method for teaching science..."

PT 122:

• Section 1, Question 05 - "Statistician: Two major studies found no causal link between medical procedure..."

PT 127:

• Section 1, Question 05 - "Researchers have found that, hours after birth, infants are able to distinguish..."

11.18.2024: Another week, another batch of new explanation videos

PT 109:

• • Section 1, Question 11 - "Researchers have discovered that caffeine can be as physically addictive as other..."

PT 111:

• • Section 3, Question 18 - "If there are any inspired musical performances in the concert, the audience..."

PT 112:

• • Section 1, Question 06 - "It is widely believed that eating chocolate can cause acne. Indeed, many people who are..."

• • Section 1, Question 22 - "Any writer whose purpose is personal expression sometimes..."

• • Section 3, Question 03 - "Muscular strength is a limited resource, and athletic techniques help to use..."

PT 114:

• • Section 1, Question 02 - "Last month OCF, Inc., announced what it described as a unique..."

PT 118:

• • Section 1, Question 17 - "In practice the government will have the last word on what an individual's..."

PT 119:

• • Section 3, Question 21 - "Baumgartner's comparison of the environmental hazards of gasoline-powered cars..."

• • Section 4, Question 09 - "Journalist: A free marketplace ideas ensures that all ideas get a fair hearing..."

PT 120:

• • Section 4, Question 04 - "The purpose of the physical sciences is to predict the order in which events..."

• • Section 4, Question 15 - "People who have doctorates in the liberal arts are interested in improving their intellects..."

PT 123:

• • Section 3, Question 13 - "Therapist: Cognitive psychotherapy focuses on changing a patient's conscious beliefs..."

PT 126:

• • Section 3, Question 20 - "Scientists study a common type of bacteria have discovered that most bacteria..."

PT 127:

• • Section 1, Question 02 - "Economist: Some sociologists argue that because capitalism intrinsically..."

• • Section 1, Question 10 - "Prediction, the hallmark of the natural sciences, appears to have been made possible by..."

• • Section 1, Question 18 - "Nutritionist: Because humans have evolved very little since the development of agriculture..."

• • Section 2, Question 10 - "Critic: The idealized world portrayed in romance literature is diametrically opposed..."

• • Section 3, Question 03 - "Mariah: Joanna has argued that Adam should not judge the essay contest..."

• • Section 3, Question 16 - "Therapist: The ability to trust other people is essential to happiness..."

PT 131:

• • Section 2, Question 03 - "Despite the enormous number of transactions processed daily by banks nowadays...:

• • Section 2, Question 10 - "Chemical fertilizers not only create potential health hazards, they also destroy..."

PT 140:

• • Section 2, Question 16 - "Some heartburn-medication advertisements imply that unrelieved heartburn..."

PT 141:

• • Section 2, Question 11 - "Municipal legislator: The mayor proposes that the city accept a lighting company's gift..."

PT 142:

• • Section 1, Question 23 - "Geologist: The dominant view that petroleum formed from the fossilized remains of plants..."

11.11.2024: Explanation video upgrades

PT 101:

• • Section 3, Question 04 - "M: The Greek alphabet must have been invented by some individual..."

• • Section 3, Question 15 - "Dr. Z: Many of the characterizations of my work offeredd by Dr. Q are imprecise..."

PT 104:

• • Section 4, Question 25 - "All any reporter knows about the accident is what the press agent has said..."

PT 107:

• • Section 1, Question 20 - "The price of a full-fare coach ticket from Toronto to Dallas on Breezeway Airlines..."

PT 111:

• • Section 3, Question 11 - "Teacher to a student: You agree that it is bad to break promises. But when we speak..."

• • Section 3, Question 20 - "Scientist: Some critics of public funding for this research project have maintained..."

• • Section 3, Question 26 - "People ought to take into account a discipline's blemished origins..."

PT 112:

• • Section 1, Question 26 - "In the paintings by seventeenth-century Dutch artist Vermeer, we find several recurrent items..."

PT 113:

• • Section 2, Question 18 - "Some critics of space exploration programs claim that they are too costly to be justified..."

PT 114:

• • Section 2, Question 18 - "It is impossible to do science without measuring. It is impossible to measure without..."

PT 118:

• • Section 1, Question 21 - "Although the geological record contains some hints of major meteor impacts preceding mass extinctions..."

PT 119:

• • Section 2, Question 03 - "Philosopher: Effective tests have recently been developed to predict fatal diseases having a largely genetic basis..."

• • Section 2, Question 04 - "Chapin: Commentators have noted with concern the recent electoral success by extremist..."

PT 120:

• • Section 3, Question 21 - "Clearly, fitness consultants who smoke cigarettes cannot help their clients..."

PT 125:

• • Section 2, Question 13 - "Consumers seek to purchase the highest quality at the lowest prices..."

PT 126:

• • Section 3, Question 07 - "Scientist: In our study, chemical R did not cause cancer in laboratory rats..."

• • Section 3, Question 10 - "Lawyer: This witness acknowledges being present at the restaurant..."

• • Section 3, Question 21 - "Any student who is not required to hand in written homework based..."

PT 130:

• • Section 1, Question 03 - "Letter to the editor: The Planning Department budget increased..."

• • Section 1, Question 05 - "Doctor: While a few alternative medicines have dangerous side effects..."

• • Section 1, Question 09 - "People who need to reduce their intake of fat and to consume fewer..."

PT 131:

• • Section 2, Question 26 - "Commentator: For a free market to function properly, each prospective buyer of an item..."

PT 137:

• • Section 3, Question 06 - "Of the many test pilots who have flown the new plane, none has found it..."

PT 146:

• • Section 1, Question 16 - "In most of this forest, the expected outbreak of tree-eating tussock moths should not be countered..."

• • Section 3, Question 18 - "For consumers, the most enjoyable emotional experience garnered from shopping..."

10.28.2024: Updates to Even More PT Explanations

Each week, we've been upgrading our LSAT explanations. Here are the latest changes:

PT 101:

• • Section 2, Question 12 - "For years scientists have been scanning the skies in the hope of finding..."

• • Section 2, Question 16 - "The authors of a recent article examined warning of an impending wave of extinctions..."

PT 102:

• • Section 3, Question 04 - "Scientists analyzing air bubbles that had been trapped in Antarctic ice..."

• • Section 3, Question 17 - "People cannot devote themselves to the study of natural processes..."

• • Section 3, Question 18 - "In the part decade, a decreasing percentage of money spent on treating disease..."

• • Section 4, Question 16 - "Essayist: Wisdom and intelligence are desirable qualities..."

PT 103:

• • Section 1, Question 12 - "On their way from their next to a food source, ants of most species leave a trail of chemicals..."

• • Section 3, Question 21 - "The companies that are the prime purchasers of computer software..."

PT 104:

• • Section 1, Question 02 - "Although 90 percent of the population believes itself to be well informed about health care..."

• • Section 4, Question 01 - "Politician: Governments should tax any harmful substance..."

PT 105:

• • Section 2, Question 01 - "French divers recently found a large cave along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea..."

PT 106:

• • Section 1, Question 20 - "If the economy is weak, then prices remain constant although unemployment rises..."

PT 107:

• • Section 1, Question 08 - "Nutritionist: Many people claim that simple carbohydrates are a reasonable..."

• • Section 1, Question 14 - "Prosecutor: Dr. Yuge has testified that, had the robbery occurred after..."

• • Section 3, Question 17 - "Wild cheetahs live in the African grasslands. Previous estimates of the size..."

• • Section 4, Question 02 - "Economist: To the extent that homelessness arises from a lack of available housing..."

• • Section 4, Question 10 - "Parents should not necessarily raise their children in the ways experts recommend..."

PT 109:

• • Section 4, Question 12 - "Most adults in country X consume an increasing amount of fat..."

• • Section 4, Question 13 - "Politician: The bill that makes using car phones while driving illegal..."

• • Section 4, Question 24 - "Party spokesperson: The opposition party's proposal to stimulate economic activity..."

PT 110:

• • Section 3, Question 26 - "The media now devote more coverage to crime than they did ten years ago..."

PT 111:

• • Section 3, Question 09 - "A running track with a hard surface makes for greater running speed..."

PT 112:

• • Section 1, Question 24 - "Columnist: George Orwell's book 1984 has exercised much influence..."

• • Section 4, Question 03 - "Legal theorist: It is unreasonable to incarcerate anyone for any other reason..."

PT 113:

• • Section 3, Question 07 - "Social critic: The whole debate over the legal right of rock singers..."

PT 115:

• • Section 2, Question 01 - "A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether some administrative decision..."

PT 116:

• • Section 3, Question 23 - "Each of many different human hormones can by itself raise the concentration of glucose..."

PT 117:

• • Section 2, Question 16 - "Sociologist: Some economists hold that unregulated markets should accompany..."

PT 118:

• • Section 4, Question 09 - "Public health expert: Until recently people belived that applications of biochemical..."

PT 119:

• • Section 3, Question 19- "Tanya would refrain from littering if everyone else refrained from littering..."

PT 124:

• • Section 3, Question 14 - "Criminologist: A judicial system that tries and punishes criminals without delay..."

PT 125:

• • Section 4, Question 11 - "Australia has considerable fewer species of carnivorous mammals than any other..."

10.22.2024: Updates to Eight More PTs

PT 104:

• • Section 1, Question 01- "Powell: Private waste-removal companies spend 60 percent of what..."

• • Section 4, Question 07- "If you know a lot about history, it will be easy for you to impress people..."

PT 107:

• • Section 1, Question 05- "Barnes: The two newest employees at this company have salaries that are too..."

PT 111:

• • Section 3, Question 02- "Raymond Burr played the role of lawyer Perry Mason on television..."

PT 112:

• • Section 4, Question 02- "The current theory about earthquakes holds that they are caused by adjoining plates of rock..."

PT 119:

• • Section 2, Question 23- "Whoever is kind is loved by somebody or other, and whoever loves..."

PT 126:

• • Section 3, Question 03- "Psychiatrist: Breaking any habit is difficult, especially when it involves an addictive substance..."

• • Section 3, Question 04- "Cassie: In order to improve the quality of customer service provided by our real estate agency..."

PT 131:

• • Section 2, Question 08- "Though ice cream is an excellent source of calcium, dairy farmers report that during the..."

PT 137:

• • Section 3, Question 03- "Unless the building permit is obtained by February 1 of this year or some of the other..."

10.17.2024: Updated Explanations for PTs 104, 107, 111, and 121

PT 104:

• • Section 1, Question 19 - "Pollen and other allergens can cause cells in the nose..."

PT 107:

• • Section 1, Question 15 - "Ordinary mountain sickness, a common condition among mountain climbers..."

• • Section 1, Question 23 - "Linda says that, as a scientist, she knows that no scientist appreciates poetry..."

• • Section 4, Question 12 - "Editorialist; Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additionally..."

• • Section 4, Question 21 - "All too many weaklings are also cowards, and few cowards fail..."

• • Section 4, Question 25 - "Formal performance evaluations in the professional world..."

PT 111:

• • Section 1, Question 06 - "Proponent: Irradiation of food by gamma rays would keep it from spoiling..."

• • Section 1, Question 13 - "Journal: In several psychological studies, subjects were given statements..."

• • Section 1, Question 24 - "In every case of political unrest in a certain country, the police have discovered..."

• • Section 4, Question 06 - "Many people are alarmed about the population explosion..."

• • Section 4, Question 08 - "It is widely believed that by age 80, perception and memory are each significantly reduced..."

• • Section 4, Question 17 - "Politician: All nations that place a high tax on income produce thereby a negative incentive..."

• • Section 4, Question 18 - "Philosopher: Scientists talk about the pursuit of truth, but, like most people, they are self-interested..."

• • Section 4, Question 25 - "Zachary: The term "fresco" refers to paint that has been applied to wet plaster..."

PT 121:

• • Section 4, Question 09 - "A recent study of several hundred female physicians showed that their tendency..."

10.10.2024: More New Explanations!

We're continuing to add lots of brand-new LSAT explanations each week. Check out our latest updates:

PT 104:

• • Section 1, Question 09 - "Sales manager: Last year the total number of meals sold..."

• • Section 1, Question 17 - "The stable functioning of a society depends upon..."

• • Section 1, Question 20 - "A poem is any work of art that exploits some of the musical..."

• • Section 1, Question 23 - "Research indicates that 90 percent of extreme insomniacs consume..."

• • Section 1, Question 24 - "Folklorist: Oral traditions are often preferable to written ones..."

• • Section 4, Question 18 - "Book publishers have traditionally published a few books that they thought were..."

PT 111:

• • Section 1, Question 01 - "Some critics argue that an opera's stage directions are..."

• • Section 1, Question 02 - "Lecturer: Given our current state of knowledge and technology..."

• • Section 1, Question 05 - "Proponent: Irradiation of food by gamma rays would keep it from spoiling..."

• • Section 1, Question 07 - "Due to wider commercial availability of audio recordings of authors..."

• • Section 1, Question 09 - "Researcher: The rate of psychological problems is higher among children of divorced parents..."

• • Section 1, Question 11 - "Linguist: Some people have understood certain studies as showing that bilingual children..."

• • Section 1, Question 14 - "Novelists cannot become great as long as they remain in academia..."

• • Section 1, Question 18 - "The current pattern of human consumption of resources, in which we rely on nonrenewable..."

• • Section 4, Question 02 - "Bureaucratic mechanisms are engineered to resist change. Thus, despite growing..."

• • Section 4, Question 07 - "Attorney: I ask you to find Mr. Smith guilty of assaulting Mr. Jackson..."

• • Section 4, Question 13 - "Mayor: The law prohibiting pedestrians from crossing against red lights serves..."

• • Section 4, Question 15 - "Geneticist: Ethicists have fears, many of them reasonable, about the prospect of..."

• • Section 4, Question 16 - "Publicity campaigns for endangered species are unlikely to have much impact..."

PT 113:

• • Section 2, Question 04 - "Compared to us, people who lived a century ago had very few diversions..."

PT 119:

• • Section 4, Question 19 - "Anger in response to insults is unreasonable, for insults are merely assertions that..."

PT 132:

• • Section 4, Question 24 - "In a recent study of arthritis, researchers tried but failed to find any..."

09.30.2024: New Explanations! 🆕

You spoke, we listened! We've added a ton of new and improved explanation videos in response to student feedback. Here's a list of some of our most recent additions:

PT 101:

• • Section 2, Question 19 - "In Australia the population that is of driving age..."

• • Section 3, Question 09 - "The play Mankind must have been written..."

• • Section 3, Question 11 - "Special kinds of cotton..."

• • Section 3, Question 18 - "The widespread staff reductions..."

PT 111:

• • Section 1, Question 20 - "Columnist: Almost anyone can be an expert..."

• • Section 1, Question 22 - "No chordates are tracheophytes..."

• • Section 4, Question 14 - "Marian Anderson, the famous contralto..."

• • Section 4, Question 19 - "Several critics have claimed that any contemporary poet..."

PT 119:

• • Section 2, Question 07 - "Although instinct enables organisms..."

• • Section 2, Question 11 - "Career consultant: the most popular career advice suggests..."

• • Section 3, Question 15 - "Critic: Works of literature often present protagonists who scorn..."

• • Section 3, Question 17 - "Traditionally, students at Kelly University..."

• • Section 3, Question 22 - "Over the last 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase..."

• • Section 3, Question 24 - "Editorialist: ...money does not really exist..."

• • Section 3, Question 25 - "False chicory's taproot..."

• • Section 3, Question 26 - "Fossilized teeth of an extinct species..."

PT 126:

• • Section 3, Question 19 - "Bureaucrat: The primary, constant goal of an ideal bureaucracy..."

PT 130:

• • Section 1, Question 11 - "Recent studies indicate a correlation..."

• • Section 1, Question 13 - "It is a given that to be an intriguing person..."

• • Section 1, Question 18 - "Travel agent: although most low-fare airlines..."

• • Section 1, Question 21 - "Columnist: Although there is and should be complete freedom of thought..."

• • Section 1, Question 22 - "When a society undergoes slow change..."

• • Section 1, Question 26 - "Philosopher: wolves do not tolerate an attack..."

PT 131:

• • Section 2, Question 15 - "Bowers: A few theorists hold the extreme view..."

• • Section 2, Question 19 - "At a gathering at which bankers, athletes, and lawyers are all present..."

• • Section 2, Question 21 - "Essayist: When the first prehistoric migrations..."

• • Section 2, Question 25 - "About 3 billion years ago, the sun was only about 80% as luminous..."

PT 134:

• • Section 3, Question 22 - "Science writer: Scientists' astounding success rate..."

PT 137:

• • Section 3, Question 20 - "Principle: one should criticize the works..."

• • Section 3, Question 22 - "Consumer advocate: There is no doubt..."

PT 142:

• • Section 2, Question 17 - "Herbalist: While standard antibiotics..."

09.18.2024: New Features for LR explanations 🪩

Our LR explanations are getting some new features! We’re highlighting different parts of the stimulus to help you break down questions faster. We’ve also added written summaries and answer snippets to help you quickly make sense of the stimulus and each answer choice. So far, we’ve added these to about 500 questions, and we’re planning to update all of them. Check out an upgraded LR explanation here.

09.13.2024: Upgraded RC Explanations on PTs 105 and 108 📓

We’ve added new and improved explanations to every Reading Comp question in PTs 105 and 108. Find them (and all our explanations) here.

09.05.2024: Upgraded LR Explanations on PTs 105 and 108 💬

We’ve added all-new Logical Reasoning explanations for PTs 105 and 108. Find them here.

08.19.2024 - Added Quick View to CCV2 👀

Due to popular demand, we've reintroduced the "quick view" feature into our CCV2 curriculum. Now, you can get a quick preview of the question we're referencing in video lessons.

08.05.2024 - New RC passage tags 🏷️

We've added style tags to the explanation for every RC passage. The old RC curriculum broke things down based on passage subject (law, science, humanities, art). But focusing on a passage's style rather than its subject is more helpful. The five styles are Critique or Debate, Single Position, Phenomenon-Hypothesis, Problem-Analysis, and Spotlight. Check them out at the start of each low-res summary.

08.02.2024 - New low-resolution summaries  📝

We’ve updated our RC explanations! In addition to a video, each RC passage now has a short text breakdown summarizing the passage's structure and content and highlighting key points. Check one out here.

08.01.2024 - New Reading Comprehension curriculum 📚

We completely revamped the Reading Comprehension lessons in the Core Curriculum! The new material will help you take a systematic, patterns-based approach to each passage and question. See the new lessons in the syllabus.