The first time I heard the world LSAT I was watching Suits and I thought come on Mike how difficult it can be. Fast forward a year and I was just done with my diagnostic PT and it was a 148. My first thought was, LSAT is pretty hard. It was so hard that I gave it up for a month to reassessed my life plan and at the end of it I registered for December 2015 test and decided I gonna study LSAT full-time for couple of months and get a 160 which would get me into a decent Law School.
So, I borrowed a Kaplan LSAT book from library and finished it after a month by going to library from 08:00 am to 04:30 pm five days a week. Turned out it was the worse decision that I made during my prep because after finishing the book and taking another PT I got 149. My first thought was it must be the book so I bought power score books and finished them in one month by studying 08:00 am to 04:30 pm seven days a week.
During the same time I was watching YouTube videos about LSAT as break. YouTube being YouTube suggested a lot of LSAT related videos including 7Sage LG videos. I was afraid to take another PT so I printed out all the games from PT1-35 and sort them out based on the game type and did them under timed condition and watched J.Y. explanation for each of them afterward. By this time it was a week before December test I took PT 70 and I only got 152 and realized I will not get a 160 on December test and ended up withdrawing from the test. At that point I decided if I am going to do this I gonna do it right.
So I searched for an in person LSAT course but luckily there was none in my city, which forced me to signed up with an online company. I chose 7Sage one week free trial course, because I had not tried this one yet, bought and read most of LSAT Trainer as well as BRing the three PT that I took in two to three weeks. The free trial course was decent enough so I bought the Ultimate package and went through the core curriculum in three months. During this time, I was studying 07:30 am to 08:30 pm seven days a week. I made a mistake please do not study more that 6-7 hours, I burnt out two or three times and lost around 44 lb unnecessarily. The next step in my prep was fool-proofing all the LG games from PT 1-35 and attending all the webinars by different Sages. Needless to say, I postponed more than once, the more I learned about LSAT the less ready I felt.
The last phase of my prep took more than five months and consisted of taking 32 full-timed PTs and a lot of individual sections. Every PT that I took I made sure to BR it thoroughly on my own and then attend the BR call for it before scoring it. I progressively improved but when I reached 167 I stuck there and I could not go higher, I got a 171 once but it was mostly luck. I reached out to 7Sage community and got help from mentors like @twssmith , @Sami and @nessa.k13.0. I am glad that I got @"Cant Get Right" as my tutor to advise me and go through difficult questions and my PT recordings with me to point out my mistakes a month before the test.
The highest score that I got on a PT was a 172. On the actual test, I managed to get a 173. Thank you 7Sage for helping me increase my score from 148 to 173.
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The highest score that I got on a PT was a 172. On the actual test, I managed to get a 173. Thank you 7Sage for helping me increase my score from 148 to 173.
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Nader, this is really incredible. You earned every point you got on the test so congratulations! I'm bookmarking this because your story is proof that with dedication, hard work, and determination, the test is YOURS! Also I think it's incredible that you managed to get a 173 with a language barrier. Some people allow that to deter them from doing well on the LSAT so your story is more unique and inspirational because of it :)
I'm so happy for you and so glad we met! That's awesome you scored higher on the Dec LSAT! CONGRATULATIONS NADER!!!!
P.S. Because I'm so excited to see what comes next for you, I'll be requesting a signed portrait now in order to get it at a low cost while I still can
All my love and respect,
T
Hopefully we will always stay friends even through law school <3
These looks like notes from his 7sage yearbook haha! so cute. <3
The first time I heard the world LSAT I was watching Suits and I thought come on Mike how difficult it can be.
LOL famous last words
I'm so happy for you and so glad we met! That's awesome you scored higher on the Dec LSAT! CONGRATULATIONS NADER!!!!
P.S. Because I'm so excited to see what comes next for you, I'll be requesting a signed portrait now in order to get it at a low cost while I still can
Good luck on your application and thanks for your comment on LR.
I wish I can lose weight by preparing LSAT.
@aidoe339 I do not remember all of them (there were too many) I do remember my reluctant to skip those questions that I did not have any idea after the initial 30 seconds and how I wasted a lot of time debating between two wrong answer choices on questions that I should to skipped in first place was pointed out. I did not made those mistakes on my actual test, on the test day I skipped three questions in a row on one of the LR section and came back to them and still got two of them wrong but I got the rest of questions in that section right.
Just want to add my public congrats! It was a pleasure working with you in tutoring and in the BR calls, and I knew you were going to do great. I've got nothing but love for you and can't wait to see you taking the next steps and continuing to find success as you move forward. Now get those apps submitted so that you can start seeing those acceptance letters roll in!
Congratulations! Your story is so inspiring! I sent you a pm about a day ago and ran across this today. This has answered all of my questions. I am new to 7Sage but one of the first things I did was listened to the webinar, "Our 89 Point Increase Story". It was so informative and I was so motivated by your story, as well as the stories of @jhaldy10325, @danielznelson160, and @476 There is so much power in your humble spirit. I really admire that! Best of luck to you and thanks so much for sharing your story in such detail.
@476 Dude, you have to be the poster child of 7 Sage!! In-freaking-credible! Congratulations! I remember attending a webinar and you volunteered to answer a question. You sounded so unsure but I loved how you stepped up and look at you now! Wow! This is just freaking awesome!
Great job, Nader! I'm immensely proud to have you as a Mentor and a Sage. :)
Congratulations! That's amazing. I am also trying to increase my score from the 140s to 160s. Your experience gives me much encouragement. I really want to take it in June!! Let' see!
@476 , I heard about your score, but I only recently found this thread. You are awesome! I was always happy whenever I saw your name on a BR call. Your insight into problems (especially NA questions) is extremely powerful and helpful. You absolutely deserve all of this success! Thank you for sharing this inspiring tale of hard work, good BR'ing, and fully utilizing this awesome community.
Thanks for the inspiration!!! Much appreciated and a huge congratulations to you.
@jhaldy10325 I would not have gotten this score if you were not kind enough to go through my PT recordings and point out my mistakes, thank you for being such a great teacher.
@asaunders2010106 first of all congrats for breaking 170 barrier. Yes this was my first and last take :) going through recordings of my PT and having someone else analyse it with me helped me a lot to reach 170+ score repeatedly.
@rahelaalam514 thanks for your kind words One of wishes is to be your classmate at Harvard :)
@476.rizeq that is really funny lol
@476
You already know how proud I am of you <3 Congratulations!
Hopefully we will always stay friends even through law school <3
increase my score from 148 to 173.
Dearest Nader:)
Tears for you to reach your score after such a long and dedicated journey - YOU DID IT!!!
My wish is for everyone to be inspired from your story especially those who are ESL. You were an integral part of the pioneers attending every Webinar/Office Hours and the evolving BR/Study group calls when 7Sage added the "live" aspect for the community last year.
Blessed to be your friend, I can attest that your journey had so many more obstacles beyond your post - testing you more than the actual LSAT test could ever provide to show your resolve and determination to open the door to reach beyond the "glass ceiling" of perceived personal ability and reach for the stars. Underneath your soft demeanor is one of the most caring people I have met on 7Sage but have to admit, the fiery and spunky side of you is my favorite (sorry, but it is so funny when you allow your passion to over-ride your normally soft demeanor:)
Glenn sends his congratulations and both hope that we will stay in touch during the next stage of your journey:)
All my love and respect,
T
(My prayers will be with you always:)
Congratulations!! Best of luck to you.
@476 Wow! Congrats! Your story is truly inspiring!
Hearing about the hard work you put into increasing your score motivates me to stick to my regimen> @476 said:
> @aidoe339 I do not remember all of them (there were too many) I do remember my reluctant to skip those questions that I did not have any idea after the initial 30 seconds and how I wasted a lot of time debating between two wrong answer choices on questions that I should to skipped in first place was pointed out. I did not made those mistakes on my actual test, on the test day I skipped three questions in a row on one of the LR section and came back to them and still got two of them wrong but I got the rest of questions in that section right.
@katiebecker202 I printed the games individually from PDF version of PDFs. But as @kimberleemcmillin935 pointed out Ultimate+ has the LG bundle.
@danielznelson160.Sieradzki thanks for your kind words, I learned a lot from you.
@asaunders2010106 Congrats, you are right mastering flaw questions are a necessary condition for success on this test.
I actually have a similar story (although I take the test today). I went from scoring a 142 on my very first PT, and just yesterday I got a personal best at 162. I was averaging 156 ish until I finally found the "trends" and saw that "flaw" questions were absolutely fucking me, I went back and did that section over completely. I went from -8.5 average on LR to -5
> @katiebecker202 said:
> Nice job! Where did you access all the logic games from 1-35?
Ultimate+ has them in a bundle!
Nice job! Where did you access all the logic games from 1-35?
Great story! Thanks for sharing!
congrats nader, thk you for sharing your success story.
Ah! I hate to be so sniveling amidst all the deserved praise you're getting but please do disclose what was pointed out if you think the insight might be beneficial to the rest of us. Thank you, your excellency!