Completely agree. I'm almost through Foundations, have taken a few PT, and skipped Blind Review every time because I had no clue what it was. People don't often complete the whole course before they start attempting PTs, and if we're also supposed to be doing BR for drills, then this really should be one of the first things taught. Just my opinion.
Thank you 7sage gods!!! Although I honestly wish this section came way up at the beginning of beginning this course. I've been doing tons of practice questions and a few practice tests concurrently with learning. Never knew my process was so wrong and unhelpful! Good to know now.
to be honest having known this before your diagnostic wouldnt have done much. diags are supposed to be cold where you have no knowledge on lsat questions. you wouldnt even know where you went wrong for most or what common traps you fell for.
i wish there was a video of a lsat taker at different levels (i.e 150s, 160s, 170s) going through there timed section speaking about their thought process during the timed portion then going through the BR section. as if we are just sitting behind them watching what they are doing and how they correctly review
I am going through my study plan and reviewing, but I feel like I'm not fully understanding the question as Im reading it but when I watch the explanation Its all clear. Anyone have any tips because I keep getting questions wrong even after reviewing
@LayalBazzi4 I sometimes fall into that issue too, usually when I end up in that same predicament I tell myself to rephrase the explanation in the video. If I can't rephrase the explanation in my own words then I haven't fully understood it.
Just a quick note: Try and review your answers that you got right for questions you didn't flag. You want to make sure you're getting questions right for the right reason.
Perhaps your reasoning was flawed and you got lucky, perhaps the wrong answers were even more wrong than you suspected (understanding these additional errors will allow you to eliminate answer choices even faster in the future!), or maybe reviewing what you did right will reinforce good reasoning.
I know it takes a lot longer! I get it, I'm feeling the time pressure too. Despite that, we should take every opportunity to double check ourselves; always critique yourself in order to spot weaknesses. Keep at it and don't give up!!! I believe in you :D
Is there a live class for foundations and beginning tips and tricks to cover up to this point so far? Sometimes reading the lessons vs. video explanations poses more questions...just wondering if there is a class where questions can be answered live. Or to see some walk-throughs.
So if I am taking timed PT's do I not try to finish all the questions (even guessing on ones I don't have time for) to see if I can BR them later. I know on the actual test it's better to answer everything even if it's a random guess. Is this not the case on the PT
No need to do it immediately after. A day or two after is fine. If you wait longer it gets harder to remember what you were thinking on the initial round, so you might not learn as much about your own thinking if you wait longer, though.
@Kevin_Lin I'm confused. Is this about the LSAT exam? They will let us do a blind review after taking the exam where we'll be able to try again on certain questions??????
This is good! But this is part of the learning platform, and because I didn't know what it was in the first 10 days of my studying, I asked the dumb question "how do I use blind review." This could be explained ... or better yet, incorporated into the product as a teaser when BR is first encountered.
#feedback Would there be a way to choose a timed format for the You Try or Adaptive Drill, where we are either told a set amount of time we have to begin with or the ideal time per question beforehand?
Sometimes find myself either going way too slowly or flying through questions blindly trying to mimic test conditions or not. It could be a good way to start being more conscious of timing for newbies!
Thanks for the clarification on what BRs are...but why am I getting it halfway through the essentially intro module to the LR section...? Had an issue in the foundations and had to google it cause I didn't know the purpose of the BRs and had to google it. Think it'd be a lot more beneficial before the actual start of any drills
Just to be sure. Do we need to do BR during the CC? I am doing all my drills untimed and each question takes me anywehre from 2-15 minutes so it is almsot like a BR from the first take and I have been getting it all right pretty much because it is untimed. So is it ok that I am skipping BR and checking my score?
Yes, that's fine. Untimed drills don't really need BR if you weren't trying to rush an answer and you really did take your time to try to figure it out.
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#feedback - I think this should be in the first lessons, before the foundations set - so we can be doing this from the very beginning.
Completely agree. I'm almost through Foundations, have taken a few PT, and skipped Blind Review every time because I had no clue what it was. People don't often complete the whole course before they start attempting PTs, and if we're also supposed to be doing BR for drills, then this really should be one of the first things taught. Just my opinion.
heavy on this !!
This is one of the best features of 7Sage IMO
Thank you 7sage gods!!! Although I honestly wish this section came way up at the beginning of beginning this course. I've been doing tons of practice questions and a few practice tests concurrently with learning. Never knew my process was so wrong and unhelpful! Good to know now.
I agree! I wish I had read this BEFORE taking the diagnostic test, lol!
to be honest having known this before your diagnostic wouldnt have done much. diags are supposed to be cold where you have no knowledge on lsat questions. you wouldnt even know where you went wrong for most or what common traps you fell for.
i wish there was a video of a lsat taker at different levels (i.e 150s, 160s, 170s) going through there timed section speaking about their thought process during the timed portion then going through the BR section. as if we are just sitting behind them watching what they are doing and how they correctly review
I am going through my study plan and reviewing, but I feel like I'm not fully understanding the question as Im reading it but when I watch the explanation Its all clear. Anyone have any tips because I keep getting questions wrong even after reviewing
@LayalBazzi4 I sometimes fall into that issue too, usually when I end up in that same predicament I tell myself to rephrase the explanation in the video. If I can't rephrase the explanation in my own words then I haven't fully understood it.
I wish this was in a video. #feedback
well this would have been helpful to know before all the drills we've taken up to this point
Just a quick note: Try and review your answers that you got right for questions you didn't flag. You want to make sure you're getting questions right for the right reason.
Perhaps your reasoning was flawed and you got lucky, perhaps the wrong answers were even more wrong than you suspected (understanding these additional errors will allow you to eliminate answer choices even faster in the future!), or maybe reviewing what you did right will reinforce good reasoning.
I know it takes a lot longer! I get it, I'm feeling the time pressure too. Despite that, we should take every opportunity to double check ourselves; always critique yourself in order to spot weaknesses. Keep at it and don't give up!!! I believe in you :D
Is there a live class for foundations and beginning tips and tricks to cover up to this point so far? Sometimes reading the lessons vs. video explanations poses more questions...just wondering if there is a class where questions can be answered live. Or to see some walk-throughs.
@16dnholli I think the office hours videos are kind of designed for that, but i could be wrong!
@JaidaAnderson Thank you!
So if I am taking timed PT's do I not try to finish all the questions (even guessing on ones I don't have time for) to see if I can BR them later. I know on the actual test it's better to answer everything even if it's a random guess. Is this not the case on the PT
Is there a way to flag questions using the 7Sage interface? I haven't noticed it. Or do we just mark in on a piece of paper or something?
this wouldve been nice 3 weeks ago...
Blind review is great for timed drills or sections but how do i review my untimed sections?
love this, going to review it frequently to ground myself
what about peeking at the score?? should i be doing that or skipping it too
Do I need to do a BR immediately after finishing the exam? Can I go back the next day and review?
No need to do it immediately after. A day or two after is fine. If you wait longer it gets harder to remember what you were thinking on the initial round, so you might not learn as much about your own thinking if you wait longer, though.
@Kevin_Lin I'm confused. Is this about the LSAT exam? They will let us do a blind review after taking the exam where we'll be able to try again on certain questions??????
@SofiyaBerman No, that would be amazing! BR is just about taking drills/sections/PTs in the 7Sage interface.
Am I the only one who kind of doesn't like BR? It makes me second guess myself when I should've gone with my gut half the time.
@lilacsunrise0526 did you read this article?
@danseppi lol roasted
This is good! But this is part of the learning platform, and because I didn't know what it was in the first 10 days of my studying, I asked the dumb question "how do I use blind review." This could be explained ... or better yet, incorporated into the product as a teaser when BR is first encountered.
Ok I had been thinking from the beginning that br was cheating but I can see it's a little bit helpful with this
when doing full PT BR, is it recommended i do 7sage's "recommended for BR" questions in addition to the ones i flag?
#feedback Would there be a way to choose a timed format for the You Try or Adaptive Drill, where we are either told a set amount of time we have to begin with or the ideal time per question beforehand?
Sometimes find myself either going way too slowly or flying through questions blindly trying to mimic test conditions or not. It could be a good way to start being more conscious of timing for newbies!
Thanks for the clarification on what BRs are...but why am I getting it halfway through the essentially intro module to the LR section...? Had an issue in the foundations and had to google it cause I didn't know the purpose of the BRs and had to google it. Think it'd be a lot more beneficial before the actual start of any drills
I actually really like this rationale for blind review. It makes total sense!
so for step 6 does this mean we should keep track of the question that we skip or will the practice test do that?
Just to be sure. Do we need to do BR during the CC? I am doing all my drills untimed and each question takes me anywehre from 2-15 minutes so it is almsot like a BR from the first take and I have been getting it all right pretty much because it is untimed. So is it ok that I am skipping BR and checking my score?
Yes, that's fine. Untimed drills don't really need BR if you weren't trying to rush an answer and you really did take your time to try to figure it out.