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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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Hello, I was taking some reading passage questions and I am unable to highlight or mark any of them on my iPad. I am able to do it fine on my desktop, but unable to do it on my tablet.

I used it with both safari and chrome, and I am unable to mark it on either. Please help, thank you.

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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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I am planning to take the July 2020 test and realized it's undisclosed. This will be my first time sitting for LSAT

Would it be helpful to see the questions I get wrong? I'm thinking about taking the June test instead because of this

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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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Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing okay during these difficult times and have all they need (or at least the capacity to get what they need). I also hope you are practicng social distancing and takign advantage of all the streaming services available!

I have decided to take a gap year to really work hard to get the score I need and want before I apply to law school. I am planning to, ideally, register for the September and/or October LSAT(s). I'll have at least 6 months to study for this exam if I use April-May to go through the core curriculum again while doing online remote learning (with a potential pass/fail transcript recording) and I will ideally start focusing on timed practice (PTs and sections) starting in June until the end of the summer and/or until I take the exam. I will be able to study full-time during the summer and potentially until I take the exam. I have not done any kind of studying since October of last year and none of the studying I have done in the last 6 months was consistent so it is safe to say I am starting from square 1, with some knwoledge of the lsat and curriculum.

I would like to get some thougths on a few things:

Reviewing core curriculum again--how do I get the most out of it?

Taking a diagnostic that is not June 2007(since I already have) but an exam that is close to the rigor of what I would expect on the more recent exams

I would like to allot at least 25-30 PTs to take under-timed conditions--- any ideas on the best batch?

Foolproofing--when and for how long (this is subjective of course but please share thoughts and experiences). Obviosuly you foolproof games that you do after PTs if you did not go - 0 but outside of that, what is the best and most efficient way to foolproof The Bundle(also subjective but see above;))?

how many PTs per week when I start timed practice?

The best time to start timed practice (regardless of my timeline)?

Who has done a study plan similar to the one I am doing?

How to avoid/deal with burnout?

Anything else I should keep in mind and/or incorporate?

I am a shooting for a 165 or better and have averaged in the high 140s and low 150s in the past (fewer than ten PTs), but that may prove to be irrelevant given my time off. Anything is possible imo so please tell me how you do this--ups and downs and all if you had a similar study plan and were in a similar scoring range.

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Hello Sagers, with the quarantine in full swing I hope you have all been able to find ample time to study and research ways to further advance towards your goals. With that being said I have been doing a lot of refreshing and with the extra time I have found myself with, went back and listened to some of J.Y.'s podcasts with 7sagers who had great success stories, i.e. 140's-150's starting point to 170's+ on test day. Idk about anyone else, but I find these very illuminating and uplifting, especially when you find yourself frustrated or stuck. These gave me insight to people with similar struggles to myself and dove in to how they overcame them. They help you get off the canvas when you've been knocked down so to speak. Anyway they give me confidence and hope that I can push forward with patience and the proper strategy and setting a high score bar for myself is not an impossible task.

SO would it be possible for J.Y. to do more podcasts with other more recent 7sagers who have triumphed?! Anyway I loved them! If you have heard the past ones, I suggest checking them out.

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Hello fellow 7Sagers,

Do any of you recommend writing out notes while watching explanation videos for harder questions such as NA, Parallel Flaw, SA etc.?

Just wondering because I feel it would really make you engage with the question and really analyze why you may have gotten the question wrong or right. And bonus, you can go back to the notes in case you miss the question again when fool proofing.

Thoughts?

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Hey guys, if you're quarantined and feeling kind of isolated, let's hang out on Zoom!

Next hangout:

TBA

https://zoom.us/j/199963424

Future hangouts:

TBA

Past hangouts:

Wednesday, March 18, 8:15pm ET

Tuesday, March 24, 8:15pm ET (main conclusion questions)

Tuesday, March 31, 8pm ET (main conclusion - mss hybrid questions)

Tuesday, April 7, 8pm ET (mss questions)

Tuesday, April 14, 8pm ET - 10pm ET (weakening questions part 1)

Tuesday, April 21, 8pm ET - 10pm ET (weakening questions part 2)

Tuesday, April 28, 8pm ET (resolve, reconcile, explain (rre) questions)

Tuesday, May 5, 8:15pm ET (strengthen questions)

Tuesday, May 12, 7pm ET (psa questions)

Tuesday, May 19, 7pm ET (sa questions)

Tuesday, May 26, 7pm ET (na questions)

Tuesday, June 2, 7:05pm ET (must be true questions)

Tuesday, June 9, 7:30pm ET (method of reasoning questions)

Tuesday, June 16, 7:05pm ET (flaw/descriptive weakening)

Tuesday, June 23, 7:05pm ET (flaw/descriptive weakening)

Tuesday, June 30, 7:05pm ET (parallel reasoning / analogy)

Tuesday, July 7, 7:05pm ET (parallel flaw / analogy)

Tuesday, July 14, 7:05pm ET (point at issue: agree/disagree)

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I was scheduled for the March LSAT, and LSAC said they would automatically put March test takers into the April test. However, online it still says I'm registered for the March test. Do I have to fill out a form or something? Is anyone else having the same problem?

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Since there are only finite LSAT resources, how do you all feel about/go about retaking practice tests?

I understand that retake scores are not reflective of real test scores at all, but is it still helpful to retake? Is there anything that I ought to do differently for retakes for a more accurate score?

I took a pretty long break from LSAT studies during finals week at school, and have been struggling to get back into it. I figured retaking an old PT may be a good jumping off point as I can get the feel for testing again without wasting a fresh test.

Any advice (re: retakes or jumping back in after a break) would be much appreciated!

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