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Hello everyone,

I know that this type of posts are rather cliche, as most people likely have experienced similar episodes during their LSAT prep processes. Normally, I would just keep to myself and try to adjust my prep methods, but with the actual test date creeping up, and little to no progress, I desperately need some guidance/suggestions on studying before my time runs out. The other factors of my student profile is rather strong compared to the LSAT, and improving my score is currently the priority.

Currently, I am aiming for a 165+ on the June 2019 test, I have started studying for the LSAT about 10 months ago without doing a diagnostic test, self-studied using a Kaplan book. But it wasn't consistent, as I have classes, and a job during the semester. The first PT I did after finishing the material, I got a 160, non-strictly timed and included more, longer rest periods than the actual testing conditions.

For the past few weeks, I have been doing 3 full length LSAT PT's every week, and the scores ranged from 157-163. Also, I just started doing Blind Review last week, and there is probably little to no improvements, just yet. I will continue to do BR from now and on, but I would like to look at other factors that I could improve on, making sure that I am approaching my problems with the correct methods. Keeping track of the records, my scores still average out around 160. The typical PT for me would be -5 to -7 on each LR, -3( on LG, and -6 to -8 on RC. LG is by far my strongest section, I usually fall victim to misreading the question or trying to speed through the section under time pressure; On LR sections, I usually find that I will do much worse on one than the other, and they generally balance each other out. (Flaw, Strengthen/Weaken questions are usually the problems); RC is often the nightmare for me, and the one that I run out of time on relatively frequent. English is my not my native language (L3, in fact), and I struggle to catch all the important elements in the passage clearly, especially the ones that have a lot of viewpoints and filled with technical terms (Scientific Passages). The hardest type of questions in this section would be Inference, and Author's attitude towards x (A lot of the times, I don't understand all the words listed, and forced to guess between two)(/p)

Ideally, I would keep to the current testing date for a few reasons: 1. I already paid for the admission ticket; 2. The new digital LSAT is rolling out in July, and fully implemented by September. Personally, I find that I would lose attention faster on a digital platform than regular paper tests (I tried the free Khan prep course for a bit, and I regularly lose focus while doing the questions). Thus, I would try to avoid taking the digital one as much as possible. 3. I am finishing my undergrad this year, and I can't afford to take a gap year, so catching the upcoming admission cycle would be important.

With little over 2 months left, I am already spending all the time I could to study, but I don't think I am using my resources effectively, and keep taking PT at this rate probably won't give me the improvements that I am hoping for. I would like to change up my schedules, but not really sure where to start at this point... If anyone can provide me with suggestions, it would be much appreciated! Thanks for your time in advance!

I don't know where to turn to and am really struggling with this test. I started studying with a different prep company and started using 7sage a few months ago. I've written the lsat twice (sept 2018 - 146 & Jan 2019 - 147). I was planning on taking it next week (March 30th) in hopes of possibly getting a good score for Osgoode's cycle (but I'm feeling so defeated with anxiety and not being able to get through a single passage currently). I didn't think I would do bad the first two attempts, and getting all the rejection letters is deflating my confidence in this journey thinking its not for me. My pt's have been ranging between high 150s to low 160s now but I feel the anxiety and feel like the same thing will happen as last time and I will score in the 140s again.

if anyone has felt this way - can you please offer some assistance/what you did to overcome this the week of the test. I feel like my self-worth is low because I can't pass this test and I don't think I'm smart enough to attend law school at this rate.

During blind review of a prep test, and clicking on the "explanation" link beside a question (in the question performance list), the link will bring me back to the first page where you input all of the answers on a prep test, rather than to the explanation video. This is a problem that started recently.

If I right click and open in a new tab, it will bring me to the video. If I click on it directly, it will take me back to the input sheet.

Hi, I haven't been on in a while as my account has expired, so I hope you all don't mind giving me some free advice.

I just found out last night that I got in to my dream school and I am thrilled. ( it was the only one I applied to so I'm also relieved lol) The issue is though that I didn't receive the kind of scholarship award that I would have liked, given that I have to now quit my full time job to go to school my husband is also nervous about how this is going to work.

I have a very good gpa but only a very modest lsat score, so I am lucky they accepted me at all and that they offered some financial award. But I need it to be more.

Is it too late to do anything about this and if not what would I do/say? I don't want them to think that I don't appreciate their admission etc. I want to be super respectful, but I need to see about this or I'm worried that I might not be able to go at all.

What about if I ask if I can re-take the lsat in June or July and ask if my new improved score would merit a new offer? Is that something that is done? or is this written in stone?

Please advise. I appreciate you all so much. You guys were there for me and wouldn't let me quit when I got a less than stellar result before so I thank you all.

-Ana

Hello Everyone,

I am registered to take LSAT next Saturday. I am currently scoring between 155 and 159. I completed about 50% of tests and noticed that my score started significantly improving in the last few weeks. I definitely want to take June or even July LSAT. I am planning to start submitting law school applications starting August 2019 (2020 admission). Is there a chance any law school may not accept LSAT score from June or July?

Also, what is more common for law schools to do: take higher, later or average score when applicant took two tests?

#help

Andrii

Hi, I'm new here. There have been many changes in the Lsat including that now it will be in a digital format starting July. What are the pros and cons of digital, does the tablet (where you will be taking exam) have a time clock on it, and will studying 7sage help us do well in this new digital format?

I could write a novel about my LSAT journey, but I’ll do my best to keep it concise. I’ve taken this test 4 times over the span of over a year. A continuation of my last post,

https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/18534/how-to-overcome-lsat-panic-anxiety

I was diagnosed by both my GP and specialist with severe anxiety and panic attacks that become prevalent especially during the LSAT administration. I followed their instructions, took beta-blockers and perhaps most importantly changed my mindset about the exam. I think a main contributor to my anxiety was the fear of disappointing my family and even worse not getting accepted to law school. My November 2018 take (3rd go), was a 154 and although almost 20 points below by PT’s was enough to get me into law school. This mindset for my January 2019 take (4th go) was to tell myself no matter how I did today, I could go to law school. The good news was I had near ZERO anxiety for the administration and it felt so liberating. It truly felt like it was the first real take of mine. The bad news was that the room I was placed in my unbearably hot. It was so hot that the proctors opted to take turns stepping out because it was just that bad. Worse for me I wore just a sweatshirt (because winter) and I had to sit in that swamp for 2 sections until they could find us another room. I ended up scoring a 164 which is a fantastic score but I was still upset by the fact that I’m sure most of my points were lost in the first two sections and if it wasn’t for that, I would be near close to my PT score.

So I took what I got and applied to several target schools along with the few now safety schools I had applied to in November.

Now sitting here with what looks to be a disappointing cycle, I’m unsure where to turn. Before dealing with this LSAT roller-coaster, I always wanted to go to Harvard. Unfortunately, that was just not going to happen so I sent an application to BC and got waitlisted. My best offer is currently from Temple with a 2/3rd scholarship with in-state tuition. Temple is a great law school however I personally did not see myself going there. In a perfect world I would want to move and practice up north but I don’t think Temple could make that a possibility.

Anyways since I’ve been on this journey for so long my family keeps asking me when I’m going to law school. My whole family expected me to take it once in December of 2017, apply for the upcoming cycle, and enter law school in the fall of 2018. Even with score of 141 on that December take, my grandparents insisted I go to anyone that accepted me and they would cover the cost. My family keeps saying “it’s not where you go as long as you pass the bar in the end”. It’s just hard to break their mindset that a lot of schools even with decent bar pass rates still have mediocre employment outcomes for their students. This of course is only one variable to consider when making a huge decision like law school but my family is all of the mindset of “just go so you can get a law job asap”. Since of taken that LSAT 4 times already, they keep telling me I’m wasting my life away and they are questioning if I even want to go to law school. The worst part is that my grandparents are willing to pay my entire law school bill no matter where it is. While I’m thankful I have that option open to me, I would only be comfortable taking that for a school like Harvard. With what I know I can do, I can get into some great schools with some good money and I don’t need anyone to pay for what they don’t need to. When I first brought up the subject of delaying yet another cycle, everyone was furious with me. Even though they have somewhat lightened up to the fact law school might not happen for me this year, they still are heavily persuading me to go this cycle.

So I believe I’m left with 3 options.

Accepting Temples 2/3rd scholarship offer and entering law school Fall 2019

Delaying law school until Fall 2020 and applying with the score I have now. Based on lawschoolnumbers and the like, I will have a much more favorable outcome scholarship and acceptance wise to the schools I’ve applied to this February.

Retaking the LSAT once more in June and aim for that 170+ score I know I can get and shoot for T-14 (Harvard) and a secure BC offer for Fall 2020

I left out a lot of the drama but I can't stress enough how much my family just want me to go this cycle.

So i am halfway through the CC (im on flaw descriptive) my main concern is while im going through the CC, will i be able to remember the other question types (strategies on how to tackle them) do you guys have any tips not to forget everything i learned until now?

Hello Everyone, please, can someone give me some advice. I have been studying on and off for the past nine months, and I am still having a great degree of difficulty with timing. My accuracy for each section is about 70% under real time, but I am only finish 3/4 logic games for every test I take, and 3/4 passages under real time for the RC section. As for the Logical Reasoning sections, I consistently finish somewhere from 17-19 questions. and end up getting 4/17, making me miss a whopping 11 questions per logical reasoning section. In the nine months that I have studied I typically just do drills, and as a result I have only taken like 3 diagnostic exams, because each time I see my score, become very depressed, so I just do drills and forget about taking a whole exam. Now, because I am struggling with reading and logic games especially, I am taking the rest of this month to do the RC and LG sections for preptest 40-49, and to study a few parts of the core curriculum. And then I will start doing full length practice exams again. My diagnostic score is a 148 without any guessing on questions. The whole time I've been studying for this exam, I have questioned whether I will ever reach my target score of the mid 160s. My mother is a nurse and worked 12 hour shifts 5-6 nights a week to put me through undergrad, and wanted to go to Law school, but she couldn't because she had me at an untimely point in her life! I want to go to a T20 so bad!!

In 2.5 months, I will be leaving for China to serve in the Peace Corps to teach english at a university in Southern, China. I am pretty positive that after my first 3 months of being there and settling in, I will have a few hours each day to study after classes and what not. People in my life are telling me to just take the exam in June, but I don't want to score too low. Also, there are test centers in China, but if I am correct, I would not be able to see what I missed after the scores come in.

I would be so eternally grateful for any advice anyone has for me regarding when to take the exam, or the RC section. I think that I can improve my LR and LG sections with more practice, but I am completely defeated when it comes to RC, just did a practice section now, and scored -11 out of 26...

My son wants to work in Michigan after law school in government job of some kind. Did not get into u of m, not retaking LSAT. Should he go to lower ranked school in Michigan or higher ranked out of state? If he goes to osu or indiana will he be able to get a job in government in Michigan?

MSU- full tuition plus leadership group (guaranteed internships, externships, mentor, networking)

WAYNE- full tuition

OSU- full tuition if gets residency 2L and 3L

Indiana- 2/3 scholarship

So I wrote the LSAT in Jan and did alright, have already applied for schools but have a feeling i'll have to take a gap year and reapply with a better score. Just seeing as I am still in school and starting work full-time in the summer, I'm looking at taking the September or October 2019 LSATs. That being the case, they will be the digital version.

I've been absent from this forum for a while and am just wondering how 7sage will be incorporating the changes. Will PTs be done online going forward on the site or will it stay in the current paper format. Sorry if this had already been answered numerous times, just thinking about it is stressing me out lol.

Hey everyone,

I just upgraded to Ultimate+ from the Starter course. Where can I find the drill packs? Is it actually a drill pack or is it just all the questions built into the question bank? Sorry in advance if this is a silly question!!!

Edit: NVM, I found them :)

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Hi guys,

My current score is 156. There is only 11 before my next test and I really hope to get a 160+ this time.

How should I spend the last 11 days to reach my goal? Since I have finished almost all of the PT for last test, if it's still effective for me to keep mocking test myself?

Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you!

I just want to say I'm so grateful that I found this community and these resources. I can't imagine prepping for this giant test with such unreasonable time limitations without it. Although it's super tough and frustrating at times, I feel like the concepts are gelling and I'm forming better habits every day. Go, team!

Hey all,

This might be a bit early, but I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about how 7Sage will update its curriculum & strategies heading into the Digital LSAT? How soon can we expect 7Sage to update its content to take on the digital version of the LSAT?

I'm currently scoring in the high 160s to mid 170s on the earlier PTs, but significantly lower (about 5 points) on the more recent PTs (60s and later). I don't have that many data points, but this is a trend I'm already starting to notice and since the recent exams are a better indicator of what the upcoming exams will be like, I'm inclined to put much more weight on the lower scores for an accurate gauge of where I am. I'm registered for the March exam, and I'm aiming for somewhere in the high 160s, and 170+ eventually (am tentatively planning to take a second time in July). I'd really like to close the gap and continue raising my score — has anybody had a similar discrepancy between the earlier and more recent practice tests, and how did you overcome it? Even within the two "categories" of practice tests, I'd like to close the gap so that I'm only fluctuating a few points rather than 5-6. Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could give me a general direction to go in based on my history of PT's

I score in the lower to mid 160s and really want to get into the high 160s and possible over a 170. I have been studying since November, and am redoing the CC and lead a BR study group. However, I am scoring the same I was in November with usually around -22 for the exam. I don't know how my accuracy hasn't moved, and I always feel like I am at a standstill because I never know what to do to really feel like I understand the exam. I don't believe in having a LSAT limit on how well you can do, and I know I can get there with the right study methods, but I feel like I don't have that.

Walking out of PTs, I never feel like I do well even though I end up usually over a 160, which I know isn't bad. I just feel like I don't have a grip on the test/don't feel like I know what I am doing or how to study to increase my accuracy and break through the -22/-23 slump.

Could anyone give me suggestions on a possible study plan/ways to improve that are purposeful. A friend of mine suggesting just slamming PTs because he thinks its the timing, but I am a bit nervous about doing that considering I will probably take the exam in June or July, and want to finish the CC before taking more PTs. I also score usually around a 176/180 for my BR, so I know it isn't a conceptual issue.

Please help, thank you (3(/p)

Hi,

I have the premium course, but I don't think I have enough time before the LSAT in July to finish every single problem set (I'm at parallel reasoning now and work full time) in each section and still get a month or two of practice tests in. Is there a "suggested minimum" list of problem sets I could prioritize in each section? Or is it better to do every problem set in the CC and less practice tests?

Does the base course have the same problem sets?

#help

j/k

BUT I JUST BOUGHT INK TWO WEEKS AGO AND I RAN OUT PRINTING MY PREP TEST JUST NOW.

Didn't even think about it because there's no way I used that much in such little time. But there is a way, and it's called the LSAT. I estimate that I'll be dropping at least $200 on cartridges by the time I'm done with all of my PTs.

Well, off to Wal Mart.

Hi everyone - I am new here.. I am planning on writing the LSAT in September. I did a diagnostic...wasn't great. I bought the PowerScore Trilogy to better study the materials and just joined 7Sage to better grasp everything.

I also work full time and am finishing my undergrad full time as well. I am a mature student and I hope to apply in November and get in for Fall 2020. I know it's a long stretch but I am motivated to at least have a shot at this.

Anyone please help and let me know how I can get started to better prepare myself? Thank you!!

I just took my first ever PT last week. After BR and scoring, I have gone through each question I missed, retried it, and watched the video explanations. I'm not sure what else to do before I take my next one on Saturday. Drill weak sections? Foolproof in my free time? Go back to hard problem sets? There almost seems to be so much that I could do that I'm left not knowing how to make the best use of my time.

What do y'all do as additional prep in between taking PTs? How do you make decisions on how to structure your time? Any input is much appreciated.

I am f finishing up FP 1-35 but I have neglected LR/LG for the most part lol. Should I jump into PT’s while doing LR sections on off days? Also considering going through the CC a third time.

Hi everyone!

I’m really having struggles with LR these days. I used to get a total -8 questions wrong in the 50s. But throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s, I consistently got a total of 9-11 questions wrong. This plateau has started since September 2018...

I really focused on LR for the past 2 weeks and basically drilled all the question types I struggle with. (From PT 1-38) I took PT 68 a few days ago to see if I improved and got -14 questions wrong. (Sec 2:-9 sec3:-5) Why am I getting worse...:(

After blind review I was able to fix 6 answers, but it was still very discouraging to see this score. I don’t understand why I’m not improving at all. I don’t think it’s a burnout... My average is 165 right now. I also got a 165 on PT 68. I really need to get LR down to achieve my goal.

I always review the questions I got wrong and analyze why each answer choice is right/wrong.

These days I’m thinking that this is my limit and I’m just not smart enough to overcome this plateau...I studied full time for a little more than a year now.

Any advice or strategies from people with this kind of experience is welcomed!

Thank you.