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We just received an email from LSAC.

Summary

The April LSAT may (read: probably will) be canceled.

If you registered for the March or April LSAT, you can restore a canceled score!

If you canceled an LSAT score, ever, LSAC will email you to tell you what you got on that test.

You can choose to restore the score.

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We hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during this difficult time. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been affected by the COVID-19 situation.

As you know, the COVID-19 outbreak forced cancellation of the March LSAT. The April LSAT in North America may also be canceled or postponed. We will continue to follow the guidance of public health authorities and will announce a final decision about the April test no later than April 10, so that April registrants have the opportunity to plan accordingly.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 situation, LSAC is working to provide testing alternatives for candidates, including candidates who need a score for admission this fall. We are looking at a number of options, including adding another test date in the late spring, secure remote-proctored testing, the possibility of in-person testing in smaller groups with appropriate social distancing and other safety measures, and more. We will continue to provide frequent updates on these efforts.

I wanted to make you aware of another step we are taking to help candidates get a reportable score in order to apply to law school during this difficult time. Any candidate who registered for the March 2020 or April 2020 LSAT, and who has a canceled score from a previous LSAT, will now have the opportunity to review their canceled score and restore that canceled score to their record if they choose.

Our records indicate that more than 3,000 of the candidates who registered for the March and April LSAT administrations have a previously canceled score. Many of these individuals do not currently have a non-canceled score, so allowing them to review and restore their canceled score could be an important step in enabling them to complete their application process for admission this fall.

Participation is completely optional, but given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 emergency, we are strongly encouraging all candidates who had registered for the March and April LSATs to take advantage of this opportunity if they have a previously canceled score. We appreciate everything you are doing to support candidates during this time, and hope that you will encourage eligible candidates with whom you are in touch to take advantage of this opportunity as quickly as possible given where we are in the admission cycle.

We will be providing March and April registrants with their canceled scores over the next few days via confidential email. For candidates who choose to restore a previously canceled score, we will update their files within 2-3 business days, and new reports will be provided to any schools to which they have applied during this cycle.

This “Review and Restore” opportunity could help a significant number of candidates, but we know it won’t address the needs of everyone. We will continue our work to provide a variety of testing alternatives for the next several months. We also applaud the efforts of so many of our member law schools who have extended application deadlines and taken other steps to provide greater flexibility for candidates.

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I am new to this and can't seem to find the answer I am looking for. I went through old discussions and it is not helping. I contacted LSAC as well but they have god forsaken respond time.

So you guys are my last resort ...

I recently paid $200 and took the LSAT. It sucked and I have to retake.

Here is the thing, though... I want to get CAS but only for two law schools. The only option LSAC has is for one or six law schools. I do not want six! Is there a way (maybe I have not figured this out) that I can purchase CAS but only for two law schools? Is there even such a thing? HELP!

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Hi, a bit about myself - I was born Non-Verbal learning disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder and Disgraphia. I have a working memory in the 4th precentile and weak spatial abilities.

I desperately need assistance as to how to study. I have put in 1000s of hours, been using this site for over a year and am stuck at 158.

Please, can someone make someone suggestions and or personally give some help?

Thanks

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What is the average cost of a tutor? Is there a more ideal time to use a tutor than others, for example, would it be better to get the additional help when I am first learning the basics and still going through the course, or when I've completed the course and still have challenges?

Thanks,

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So...

I used 7Sage to build my LSAT skills from June through November last year; improving from a PT average of 166 - 172 in the process. On the real thing, I only managed to score in the mid-160s twice (I blame nerves.) My uGPA was only 2.8 so I knew I needed a good LSAT to have a chance. My softs are probably as strong as one's can be since I am an active duty military senior leader. I am non-URM.

Today I was accepted at my target school: William and Mary Law. With a really great scholarship. I almost can't believe it!

Additionally, I have a full-ride to Nebraska and a 3/4 to University of San Diego. I'm also in at a few safety schools. Decisions, decisions...

Folks, this website is the best resource I found and I can honestly say I wouldn't be where I am without it/you (and an unbelievable amount of hard work.) I studied an average of four hours a day for 11 months. There is light at the end of this tunnel if you give it your sincere effort.

Thank you for reading, fam! Onward and upward!

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Right now, the arrow keys on 7Sage are shortcuts to go to the previous or next lesson/explanation. On some video sites, arrow keys are used to fforward or rewind video.

Some students don't like this, so we are thinking about changing it.

[Update]:

Thank you for your feedback everyone! The keyboard shortcuts are now:

← = Rewind 5s

→ = Fast forward 5s

shift + ← = Previous Lesson

shift + → = Next Lesson

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Should I try to change the way I do LR and focus on the loophole book? Im more or less happy with the way im scoring now and Im scared changing up my strategy would hurt me. Any thoughts? I signed up for March but obviously its delayed to April, still no idea if thats even happening. If its delayed to June I should def have enough time to internalize the loophole book right?

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I've been studying full time for about a year and have either drilled or PTed all of PT1-60. Right now I have about 30 fresh new PTs and trying my best to be economic with them. Unfortunately, I'm still not at my target score (165+) and typically score between156-163, but usually score on the lower end (158-160). Recently I've been drilling old LR sections and foolproofing the 1-35 bundle again to work on weaknesses (LG is my weakest section right now) but taking new PTs only once in a while to check my progress. If I'm planning to sit for June/ July and still have a way to go in hitting my target score, should I be retaking old PTs instead of new PT's and save the new ones for closer to the date? Or rotate between old PT's and new Pt's for the time being? Thank you in advance, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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I am just wondering if I should use the study schedule 7sage provides, or if I should keep going through the CC by section. I haven't been using the schedule at all, I've simply just gone through the lessons on the CC and am still on LR. I just recently looked on the study schedule and saw that it is wanting me to study LG and RC every week as well. I am pretty concerned if I have been studying wrong the entire time, since I haven't used the schedule at all and just have been going through the syllabus for LR so far.

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Hi all! I hope everyone is safe and healthy during these times!

If for my last semester, I received an A- in a class while I previously received all A's, is this considered a 'drop' in my grades? (The A- was for an intro to digital photography class which is graded very subjectively)

Also, I took a class for pass/no pass and received a pass for the class in the same semester. Will this negatively affect me in admissions?

Thanks for your help!

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Hey everyone,

For some odd reason now matter how much I go through CC by the time I start LG, I forget LR. Do you have any methods I can implement in order to retain the information from CC? Should I review it every night?

Secondly, for those that have gone back and restudied CC again, is there any specific approach you used? How do you study? Do you go through LG first then LR then RC or do you study all three at the same time? This is really confusing me.

Thanks!

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So I’m studying some Constitutional Law and learning that WOW does the First Amendment not say what I thought it said (and what you almost certainly think it says).

Just going to leave this here. Use the careful reading skills you’ve learned studying for the LSAT and see if you can spot what I’m talking about.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Hello! I am struggling to see how and where each lesson applies to what section of the actual test. Is there anywhere for me to find that info? I think it will be more helpful for my learning if I am understanding the end goal.

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Happy Sunday,

I just wanted to share with my fellow 7Sager's what technique I have used to really help me with not only answering LR questions faster, but also to really dive into the stimulus and understand it.

Think of yourself as already being an attorney, and that your opposing counsel just gave you an argument, which in this case would be the stimulus. You know in order to win your case, you need to defeat his/her argument in court and tell the Judge why his/her argument is flawed. Thus, as an attorney, your job is to pick out the details of the argument, break down the structure and counter what the opposing counsel said so you can win.

This technique has really helped me because we all want to be lawyers (unless you're taking the LSAT just for fun which would be crazy) and because we want to be lawyers, we have to read with attention to detail and pick out what is wrong with other people's arguments and explain to the Judge on why you are right and opposing counsel is wrong.

Overall, think of yourself as an already licensed attorney and you're just going through the motions of breaking down opposing counsels argument, picking out the flaw, or just simply rationalizing what they said. If you can focus on that and dummy it down, in no time you'll be killing the LR sections.

Lastly, if someone has already used this analogy, Kudos because it has really helped me out.

Have a great week everyone and feel free to share other analogous techniques you have used in the comments!

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Hey guys,

Hope everybody is staying safe and healthy during this time.

I studied a lot of 7sage (finished LR and RC curriculum) over the summer and made great progress on practice sections, then school hit and didn't have time to keep studying during the year. I'm wondering if anybody has gotten utility out of redoing the core curriculum, or if my time would be better served just jumping back into problem sets and practice tests, since I've already completed cc once? It's been about seven months since I completed the core curriculum.

Any advice/feedback is very appreciated!

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I'm at a point where I'm less than 25% of the way through the curriculum and am flopping around, wondering if I should continue to pursue taking PTs at the point I'm at. I've only been studying for about 3 weeks--have done my diagnostic and 1 additional (this weekend), and its clear that I remain at a point where I am guessing a lot and the scores clearly indicate that. It is clear to me that I need to strengthen my muscle memory with the rules of LR and LG because I was overall shooting into the breeze during the last PT. I recognize that I've got a long road ahead, but I'm concerned that if I'm not efficient in my approach, then I I will waste valuable time and testing material. I'm in need of some direction, please help.

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Hello, had a few questions for those who have taken the digital LSAT.

On test day, what writing instruments are allowed in and how many?

What is size and amount of scrap paper given to you?

For the tablet, are you given a digital pen or are you noting answers with your finger? Also, are you given formatting/highlighting choices (similar to how 7Sage formats its digital tests)?

Thank you very much!

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