Hey Team!

I studied for the LSAT religiously in 2016 via 7Sage, and took the December 2016 LSAT (scored a 172). I ended up not getting into my top choice, and consequently changed plans (completed an M.A. instead).

That said, I'm planning on retaking the LSAT this July with the hopes of bumping my score up a few points. Has anything notable changed in the past four years that I need to be aware of? E.g., different question types, different question/section trends, etc.

Thanks!

We’re doing another round of early-bird enrollment for our Law School Explained courses.

This time, enrollment will be open for one week, from Monday, June 1 to Sunday, June 7, for the following courses:

All courses are still in progress, and the price differences partially reflect the extent of their development. Cumulatively, we’ve produced over three dozen video lessons and over twelve hours of audio lessons, and we’re working around the clock to add more. New lessons will automatically appear in your course as we complete them. We expect to finish developing these courses later this year.

Many of you might not be ready to divert your attention from the LSAT, so rolled into this launch is an extra-long access time of 24 months. This way, you can be reasonably sure that you’ll still get to use the course when you’re ready for it, and that it will be complete by the time you do.

Recap:

After June 7, enrollment will be closed until we complete more content.

Is there an official FAQ anywhere?

Is July flex? (tba from what i understand)

Are all schools accepting flex scores?

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Hi,

Since the new LSAT is digital, plus the LSAT Flex being administered on your own computer, would you recommend printing out the practice tests and taking them that way or taking them from the computer to get used to it? Or do you think there is not much of a difference? (Personally, I prefer printing them out but not sure if that will hurt me in the long run!)

Thank you!

Hi all,

Quick question regarding the new 7Sage pricing/bundles LSAT study courses. I see it's required to have LSAC's LSAT Prep Plus. I haven't purchased LSAT Prep Plus through LSAC yet, and plan to buy the month by month 7Sage bundle with Prep Plus.

How does your LSAC account know you've purchased the LSAT Prep Plus through 7Sage? In checkout it doesn't seem like there's an option to enter your LSAC account info, etc. Thanks in advance for any clarification!

Really trying to figure this out, so any advice or thoughts can help me PLEASE!! :)

Hi everyone! I know there's been quite a bit of speculation about whether or not the July LSAT will be flex... if it does end up being flex, when can we expect it to be announced?

Just took May LSAT Flex. Will probably be retaking in July, already signed up. Is 2 weeks too long for no LSAT whatsoever? Should I start studying again soon? idk I feel bad not studying but i really dont want to lol

Hello everyone,

I just bought my 7sage account today along with the necessary LSAC subscription. When I try to look at the Prep tests, it says I need to activate my account with LSAC. However, by clicking it it just brings me to their login page and when I try to create an account, it says my email as already been used, despite the fact that when I click the forgot password and username function, they cannot find any record for that email. Alternatively, the email LSAC has sent me as a "get started" function which does the exact same thing. All in all, I am unable to look at the Preptests at all sometimes. Has anyone else had this problem before and if so, how was it solved? Also I would appreciate it if technical support could answer this question.

Thanks

I do all my scratch work in pen (i hate the feeling of writing with pencil), but I saw that pens weren't on the list of 'allowed items' for the Flex. Is this a strict prohibition, or was anyone able to use a pen during the May Flex without issue? Thanks!

Hello All:

I am scoring in low 150s and looking for a study buddy to boost to high 150. I am very flexible on time and looking forward to studying with someone else in need of a study-buddy.

I took my first PT after going through the curriculum and was able to increase my score by 6 points from my diagnostic. While promising, I noticed that 18/24 questions that I had missed were considered level 4 or 5 difficulty questions and I had gotten the lower difficulty questions correct on blind review, leaving me without a necessary "weak" question type. My initial takeaway seems to be that I have a decent baseline understanding of the question types and lawgic and can intuitively get to the right answer for the easier questions, but I struggle with breaking down the harder ones. Is there a way to effectively overcome this hump? Thanks for any advice.

Hey, I was wondering if I could print out the whole core curriculum because i feel like it would save a lot of time with note taking and problem sets. Is there a feature for this or an easy way to do it? I worked at a law firm and they have a super printer I could use for it, so I was just wondering, thanks

Hey, I was wondering if I could print out the whole core curriculum because i feel like it would save a lot of time with note taking and problem sets. Is there a feature for this or an easy way to do it? I worked at a law firm and they have a super printer I could use for it, so I was just wondering, thanks

What is fool proofing?? I have just started logic games and I have seen people talk about fool proofing, can someone please explain!

Thanks !!

Our baby's due date was Monday the 18th, my test was scheduled for Wednesday the 20th. Now that the April test was cancelled I didn't know if I'd have to wait another half-year to take the test once I'd regained enough sleep to be functional after caring for our newborn girl. On top of this a lot more responsibility has fallen on me while my wife has been getting much needed 3rd trimester rest: this means taking care of our toddler, cooking and doing dishes, house chores, finances and working from home. Lastly, as an Army veteran I suffer from constant back pain and frequent neck spasms -- it's certainly not the worst situation, but it's not the best either. Yet through it all I remained uncharacteristically calm and drew positive comments from family members and friends on how I handled the situation! I owe how I handled the stress to 2 methods and hopefully this can help others stay calm and focused too.

The 2 methods that helped handle all the stress were meditation and having a written step by step strategy for not just the LSAT but also for when our baby comes. I bought the book "The mindful athlete" which talks about how to practice mindfulness. Learning how to meditate and meditating for 10 minutes twice a day helped me to chill out after a long day of work and helped me become calm when I felt stressed out. Without meditation I swear I would have snapped at my family and loved ones a TON, but taking a time out to regain composure proved an invaluable resource I'll be practicing probably for the rest of my life.

Having a written strategy took a lot of the guesswork out of what to do when my wife actually starts labor (contractions can start even 3-4 weeks before real labor contractions do). I wrote down exactly what to do, who to call, what to load into the car; this allowed my mind to be free of that responsibility. Same for the LSAT. I used Mike Ross and Josh's timing strategy which helped me make an exhaustive strategy to execute for every question type during rounds 1 and 2 of each section and I practiced this. There was nothing that took me by surprise on Flex day and despite being nervous I feel like I executed my strategy to a T. I feel like I really was able to beat demonstrate my aptitude and limit the negative effects of nerves substantially.

Having a strategy and knowing what to do as well as practicing mindfulness helped me overcome what may be one of the most stressful times in my life. I am fortunate to have even taken the test at all - I didn't have neck spasms during the test and our baby girl practiced social distancing and didn't come yet (lol). Even if she had come I was mentally prepared to take the test in Sept and Oct and viewed this circumstance positively, not negatively. The inducement date is tomorrow the 22nd if the girl doesn't come today and if I get a 170 or above we'll make her middle name my numerical test score :D haha just kidding. We're naming her Flex ;) All the best!

Hello, I recently took the May LSAT-Flex but am considering taking the July LSAT since I feel I can perform better. I have already completed and reviewed Preptest- 74-89. I have never reviewed Preptest 69 and under since I thought completing the most recent ones would benefit more before test day. Is it worth it to start the newer Preptest and then review 80-89 all over again. I score 148-150 at the moment. Is it possible to score a 160 on the LSAT given the time I have left for the July test? Am not currently working much due to COVID19 so I just want to take advantage of my free time to improve my score. I feel I need to work on my speed in LR and improve alot in RC since I get most wrong in that section. I can almost complete the game sections and after working on them constantly I get -5 wrong. Any feedback is welcome. I can really use it since I already reviewed and did the most recent Preptest.

Thank You

Does anyone know how COVID is changing the JD job market? I read some large firms weren’t hiring a freshman class? In a job market that is already saturated can we expect employment numbers for schools to take a hit/make all this worth it financially in the long run?

Is there any particular reason the 7sage goes over LR, LG, then RC in that order? If I wanted to start with LG and then move to LR and RC would that be detrimental to my studies?

When trying to take a test, I am asked to link my account to LSAC - it states that I should have received an email from LSAC as well, which I didn’t. I clicked on “activate” but it’s just running in the background without a resolution. It eventually kicks me out. Can you advise what I need to do? Frustrated I cannot take a test. Thanks

I was able to extend my old plan Ultimate plus monthly in the past but can't seem to extend it monthly anymore without upgrading to the new ultimate plan requiring an additional $100 on top of the $69 per month payment. I understand changes have been made to the course and old ultimate courses are grandfathered into the new ultimate courses, which is what happened for me. I am unsure whether this is a technical issue or if this option is not available anymore and I have to upgrade to the new ultimate plan. If so, do I need to pay the extra $100 or is this for new students? I have used the ultimate plus for a couple years already. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated as my course is expiring in two weeks and would need to decide asap.

So, during blind review I end up changing a lot of my answers from correct ones to incorrect ones,convincing myself why it is right. I think, possibly I overthink things and doubt myself a lot. Any idea for what I can do to work on this. I have a lot of practice with things so I don't know why I still doubt myself... I wish I could have more confidence in myself and trust my gut.

Hi all! For those of you who've taken the May Flex, or have even taken the digital test in-person, I was just wondering if there were highlighting tools in the software like there are in 7Sage. I'm mainly asking for RC, as I tend to highlight things in the passage. If these tools aren't available when I'm actually taking the test, I want to start training myself to go without highlighting.

Thanks in advance, and happy studying!

When you're full-proofing Logic Games do you choose a particular game type (Double Sequencing Games, for example) and then cycle through the different game types as necessary? Do you do sets of games or do you do individual games checking the results and watching J.Y.'s videos after each game as necessary? Do you full-proof by Logic Game section (for example PT5 S1 all Games 1-4)? Do you do some sort of hybrid methodology where you create your own game sets based on game type/difficulty/etc.? How often do you return to games that have given you trouble? The next day? The next week?

Just curious as to what other people are up to in this regard and what you've found most helpful.

As for me, I've done a little bit of everything.. I primarily full-proof by game type; I'll spend an afternoon/evening working exclusively on InoSeq games, for example.. I think this helps me to learn the inferences because I see the same inferences again and again and I think this helps to reinforce them. However, whenever I do a new game, I always do it in its 'intended' section format, trying to tackle all 4 games in 35 minutes. I've also created my own 4-game and 5-game sections (once I did like a ~10 game section, lol) to mimic the 'feel' of an actual LG section. As for returning to games that gave me trouble, I try to go back every couple of days but this is just aspirational if I am being honest with myself.