Does anyone have an opinion on what an easy PT is in the 70s or 80s? I want to take one more PT before the test but don’t want to take a hard one and get discouraged if I don’t do well.

Whenever I create a problem set using the resource section, I’m never able to go back to it? Is there a way to save the problem sets I created ?

I took the weekend off in hopes of feeling refreshed, but Friday and today have felt like I've forgotten everything I've learned! Has anybody else experienced this or have any words of advice for tomorrow?

TIA!

Hi 7sage peeps! I am curious if any of you have experience with submitting requests for accommodations after the deadline LSAC lists (in my case, Sept 23 for the Nov 7 LSAT). I submitted my initial materials (candidate form, statement of need) several days after the deadline and added some backup documentation from my doctor (it was super hard to get an appointment because of the pandemic). Has anyone submitted materials after the deadline and still been approved? Or is it hard and fast cutoff? In my case, there have been some extenuating circumstances that caused me to submit late, and I explained that in my email, but I am not sure if LSAC takes those types of things into consideration. I really just want to know if there's even a chance, and if there's not, then I can mentally prepare myself. Thank you to all!!

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Hey guys,

I'm planning on taking the LSAT in January and my question is, what strategies can I use to best bridge this gap. from 144 pt to a 158 BR. Any advice is welcomed.

Thanks.

Took October, signed up for November.

I've done the games from most of the 1-35 and many of the 40s. Have many 60s, 70s, and 80s tests yet to take - more tests than I can take before November, which will by my final LSAT attempt.

How do I prioritize (or should I just go semi-random)? Would doing all 80s and a couple 70s leave me at a disadvantage if new tests pull from old material? How are y'all handling this?

Are there particular tests that stand out as "must dos?"

I figure this to be the result of simple arithmetic, and the stakes are higher given the 25% drop in the amount of questions while taking a Flex Test. But I've recently gone from 157 as my high to a 149 on a (older) Practice test.. Has anybody else been practicing by simulating Flex and getting significantly worse scores? This has me beyond nervous considering my test is Thursday..

Any idea on how to break through the 172 plateau? Been taking a PT every week for the last month and pretty much stuck between 168 - 172. Not entirely sure what i can do next because i feel like i have a firm grasp of what's being asked but somehow.. i always end up getting 6-8 questions wrong between RC and LR. I take one section of either LR/RC/LG every day except Sat when i take the PT and then BR/watch explanation videos and been seeing no improvements (my score when i take test sections has been slumping actually) and i'm not sure what i can do to push this out to a 175+ range come November. Any advice or direction would be appreciated!

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Are we allowed to take the US Flex LSAT overseas?

Hi! I'm taking the November flex and have PTs 78-89 for practicing up until then - spacing out 2 per week pretty much. Any word of advice for which are harder/hardest? Or is there a discussion on which PTs the flex is resembling the most?

I've studied starting in 60s, taking them in order starting from 2010.

I heard Pts in the 80s are difficult compared to others, so I'm nervous to even dive in and kill my confidence..

LMK! xx

I'm taking the LSAT in 3 days and I know I won't really be able to make much progress from now until then, but should I still be doing drills? Or can I take these 3 days to work on application materials?

Hi everyone. I think I couldn't catch up this cycle. After five months study, I got 157 on the Aug lsat. Normally, people encourage me to take the next one in Nov or Dec. However, I am also a CS master student who has a extremely heavy workload. It's impossible to handle schoolwork and LSAT at the same time. Also, this is my fifth year of leaving my home country. I've been stayed in my apartment alone since the covid-19, not only I have to prepare LSAT, but also I need to deal with the psychological pressure.

But I am not giving up my law school plan, it's just not the right time to fight for it. But I don't want to waste these several months (assuming I take the next LSAT in Sept or June in the next year). RC is my worst part. Apparently, I am not a English speaker. Just wonder if anyone had the similar experience or has any suggestions? Maybe some helpful books (related to RC topics) to read?

Thanks!

Hi,

I want to know how those of you who are taking the LSAT flex prepared by simulating it? Did you just take out a section from a usual prep test? Is there an option to take preptests from 7sage using a LSAT Flex format?

Thank you!

I took PT 73 today and my score dropped immensely compared to my previous score, although I think my exposure to some of the questions on the previous pts (and also the previous pts I took were in the 30s and 40s) did inflate my past scores. Still, the score drop from the early 160s to 150s is really making me sick to my stomach. I keep making these excuses that I wasn't pting in a normal test environment (I took PT 73 in a really noisy cafe), but at the same time I feel like I'm going to do as bad as today, especially in the recent pts. I keep studying, drilling, blind-reviewing and reviewing all the mistakes I've made, but I feel like sometimes, I'm either not progressing or worse, regressing. I know I should keep studying, no matter what, since I don't have much time left before test day, which is a month away. But, I feel really discouraged and frustrated right now, to the point where instead of studying, I'm lingering around the discussion form.

Holy test gods! I just completed the October-FLEX and it was an all-day affair. I’m being hyperbolic, but I did sit for much longer than I’d anticipated, so I wanted to do my part and offer some guidance:

When deciding on your testing time, allow much more time for the test than the 2 hours LSAC recommends! My test was scheduled for 9:10 AM. I did not get started (by no fault of my own) until 9:30. I got disconnected from my Proctor at the very end, and due to long help-desk wait times and other technical difficulties I did not “check out” until 4 PM! Which leads me to my next point…

Invest in an Ethernet adapter if you are using a device that lacks an internet cable hookup. I would not recommend relying on a WIFI connection for the test. I was hooked up using an Ethernet cable, and I was still disconnected numerous times. At one point, my computer completely froze and I had to restart it entirely. (For context, I have a highly functioning 3-year-old MAC. I think the plug-ins that enable screen sharing with the proctor are pretty intense. My tech had two open at once when the computer froze.)

Anywayyyyy, good luck ya’ll!

And to those who sat with me today: however you feel you did, pat yourself on the back for having gotten this far. You’re awesome.

I took the test and now it’s time for the writing section. How does it work? Do I have to schedule a specific date? Or can I start whenever I want?

I took a PT under full on testing conditions this morning and somehow scored 177. I was PTing around ~170 in recent weeks, so I was surprised, and a little confused since my score hasn't budged in a while. Does anyone know if PT 81 was randomly much easier than normal? I poked around old discussion threads, but only found posts about the RC section.

I have been a slow test taker my whole life. I've never completed every question of a standardized test (ACT, GRE, LSAT) and even after two months of dedicated studying and taking 10 full timed LSATs I've never completed a single section (LR, RC, LG/AR) without guessing on 5+ questions in the last minute.

Has anyone else had problems like this and managed to overcome? I know the more I familiarize myself with the material the quicker it should come, but since this has been the case for me forever and I have been a good student, it seems like a bigger issue.

Some helpful tips I've been working on are to skip a question if I'm not understanding and come back, and take the test like I'm trying to get my actual goal score, not a 180 (avoid time sucks basically). Any other pointers?

I'm taking the October Flex, so I've been doing simulated Flex PTs every day for the last month or so. But my recent PT scores have been fluctuating a lot and that is kind of freaking me out a bit. My last six PTs (from 76-80) have the following scores: 167,173,165,163,169,164. Granted, some days I might be more in the zone than others, but all this fluctuation is making me really unsure how well I'll handle the actual October test, which is just a couple of days away.

Has anyone else also experienced this kind of fluctuation in their PTs? And what should I do to calm myself/improve my chances in these last few days before the test? Ah man all this uncertainty is really getting on my nerves.

For anyone who sat for October but is also planning to sit for November, how are you allotting the rest of your time? Just finished my test today, and I'm testing for November. But now I have to put more time toward my essays and applications + continue to study. How is everyone else going about this?

Hello! I'm registered for the November exam. I know that test takers have to register for a particular exam date & time. I was wondering what the time options for the October exam were. Were folks able to sign up for their preferred time? Was the sign-up process easy?

Hey everyone! I am a relatively new user to 7Sage, and I was just hoping to vent some frustrations that I have had with my LSAT progress. Hopefully this is an appropriate forum for such things, and apologies if this post is overly long or disjointed. Throughout my entire LSAT experience, I have felt really alone because I did not have any close friends to get advice from and my school did not help me with any resources. And with there being such a saturation of LSAT prep services available on the market, it was hard for me to wade through it all and select a service. I began my LSAT journey last January, and have had a bit of an inconsistent time with studying since then. I started with the LSAT Trainer, which was recommended to me by a tutor that I reached out to, and I had a good experience working through this book. However, as I said, I did not follow the study schedule that the author Mike Kim recommended (I was working 20 hrs per week and taking an intensive course load), and so I didn’t get as much out of that as I would have liked. I finished the LSAT Trainer in June, and then felt like I was not where I wanted to be. I also made the mistake of taking practice tests untimed while I was reading the LSAT Trainer, which I realize is very stupid now, especially after learning about JY’s blind review method. After that, I looked for a new prep course and came across 7Sage. I also took about two months off to dedicate for job hunting, and when I eventually found a job I turned my focus back to the LSAT.

Now, it is August, and to be honest I was panicking. I felt like I had wasted the past months not taking preparation for the LSAT seriously, even though it means so much to me to go to a good law school. For reference, I have a 3.92 LSAC gpa and have good soft skills as well, but I have unfortunately warped the LSAT into a seemingly impossible mountain to climb, and this has really been negative for my confidence. I recently took a practice test and I got a 145 (with a 166 blind review), and this scared me as well. I feel like I've made every mistake in the book, but I am still determined to beat this test. And deep down I know that I can, but it will take a lot of hard work and WAY more consistent studying.

I have also found that it has been hard for me to stick to a regimented schedule in studying with 7Sage, and I’m not sure if this is the right prep service for me to continue with. This has been totally my fault, and I am not criticizing 7Sage at all as I think it is a wonderful service. I just think that I might benefit from a more structured course with face to face learning with an instructor, like with Blueprint or Princeton Review, even though I’ve heard horrid reviews of the latter. So I suppose my question is this: for someone who has been studying for the LSAT kind of on and off for some time, how did you finally pull the trigger and devote your energy and time to achieving your best possible score? And for people that have been in similar positions as me, how do you not let the stress overwhelm you and grind through the uncertainty? Finally, has anyone had any experience taking the Online Course with BluePrint? I realize this might not be the right place to ask as 7Sage is so popular for many students, but I would appreciate any advice. Perhaps the best thing for me to do is to power through 7Sage and be patient. Thank you!

Hi everyone. Does anyone have tips on consistency scoring so much lower than BR? It's just such a difference in scores and I know I have to do better on timing... but has anyone experienced this? And how did you overcome this? Honestly any advice would be great.

Hi! I’m taking the LSAT flex tomorrow on my monitor that has a built in webcam at the bottom, so when I’m looking at the screen it looks like I’m looking up a bit. Has anyone done this before/run into problems with it? Do you think it’ll be fine?

I started studying a few months ago, with a 160 diagnostic. I slowly creeped up to mid 60s, then low 70s, getting close to mid 70s with a top score of 177. Then, about a month ago, my score started dropping. I still get in the low 70s, but more commonly am now dropping back to mid 60s. My 163 today really did not feel great. (And this was after taking a full day off!!)

However, through this entire time, my BR score has consistently been 175-180 (most commonly a very specific 177, for some reason). So clearly I still know my shit, but just have completely lost how to do it during the test. What the heck is going on, and how can I reverse engineer this?

Alas, I am taking the October LSAT-Flex in a week... and there may not be enough time to remedy. (Though I do have first time test taker cancelling thingy, and am signed up for the November test as well.) But would love any thoughts!!