I was approved for the accommodation of testing in a private/low distraction room for the Nov 17th test. Less than a week from the test, the LSAT still hasn't confirmed where I will be taking my test. I've called a couple of times, and just keep getting the same response "You will receive an email when we have confirmed your accommodations." This is super stressful since I don't know if I'm going to need to make travel arrangements based on where I end up taking it, or whether they will be able to confirm them at all!

Does anyone else have experience with this? Should I be worried about the possibility that I may not be able to take my test under accommodated conditions at all since I still haven't heard back with my confirmation letter?

I so appreciate any advice -- this is stress I was really hoping to avoid the week before the test!

I've been pretty much hitting my goal and maintaining my goal score with my twice-a-week preptests and my last two were low. Second to last was low and most recent (yesterday) even lower. I'm freaking, now that I am so close to the test. Why is this happening now? I was experiencing a bit of pain and sinus pain during both tests, I don't want to rely on those excuses... Thoughts?

Hello,

I was wondering if law school resume needs to have an objective? does it help?

Can someone provide me with some tips and links that might help?

Thank you :)

Anyone feeling me here? I’m tired of drilling. The questions seem repetitive. I JUST WANT IT TO BE OVER.

Hello fellow 7Sagers,

I wanted to make a quick post to see if anyone else is, or has been, in the same situation I am and could throw out any suggestions.

I am scheduled to take the January 2019 LSAT. I have completed the entire curriculum at this point in time.

With a few months remaining, all I have left to do is take practice exams and get comfortable with the exam itself now

that I am much more comfortable with the material.

The key issues at hand: I work full time (think 9-6), part-time certain days of the week after my full time job, and work out for at least an hour everyday. During the curriculum portion, I was able to get a sizable amount of studying done in-between breaks and lulls at work. This allowed me to go home and study for an hour or two to recap the day.

Now that I'm going to need 3-4 hours at a given time to take the practice exams, the small breaks at work won't ideally suffice, does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to try and be productive during the week? During the weekends, I can take the time to get at least 1, ideally 2, exams in.

Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated!

Hi all -

Many of you have listened to the Skip It webinar, as have I, and have found it to be incredibly useful.

-side note, if you have not, I would highly recommend you do so asap-

I was thinking about how important skipping is and was trying to come up with a relevant analogy to help elucidate the implications of skipping. (they are already some great analogies out there both in the webinar and elsewhere, such as skipped questions operating as generating "a return on interest")

Anyways, here goes something that I think is a useful way to think about it. Suppose you are on a basketball court and you have a certain amount of time to attempt 100 shots. Each of the 100 shots are assigned from varying distances from the basket (the father away = the difficulty level of questions). And shot difficulty does not necessarily go up with the number of shots taken. Taking more time on a shot is correlated with a higher chance of missing, although taking the time to think about the best way to approach the shot can be of help. Your score is based off how many shots you made, regardless of difficulty. You are allowed to skip a shot and comeback to it at the end (if there is a full court shot, you can leave it for the end).

Now, suppose this is your strategy - you go in order, 1-100.

Why on earth would you leave layups at the end that you might not even get to?? And try half and full court shots (i.e. curve breaker questions), simply because that is the order they are presented in?

OR, you could go for all the layups, and short distance shots first, developing confidence along the way. Then with ample time left, think about your approach on the harder shots, with the potential help of coming back to them with a new approach. Every basket is the same in the game - one point - there are not three pointers. Which strategy do you think will guarantee a better score? Even if you are a great basketball player, this method would still be the way to go.

Skipping is a powerful tool and allows for you to perform at the upper end of you range. This mental framework has helped me think about test taking strategy since I have a good BR score but am suffering with lower PT performance, which I think is a common theme for many test takers. I think skipping is key for closing the gap.

If this post has confused you beyond comprehension, then I am quite sorry and I would suggest inducing some sort of amnesia. But for me at least, it helped me think about the importance of skipping. Let me know what you guys think. And please post if there is something in the analogy I forgot about that could make it more solid.

Admin edit:

https://classic.7sage.com/why-you-must-skip-questions-on-the-lsat/

https://classic.7sage.com/webinar/skip-it/

I was hoping to get some advice:

I've completed most of the course and am scheduled to begin taking 3-4 PTs/week until the January exam. I understand the blind review method, but I wanted to ask if you think it is ineffective to review and study each and every questions (including those I was 100% confident in) rather than only those I got right by chance, or questions I skipped/ran out of time for.

Is there actually a difference in exam difficulty in regards to the month. I heard June exams tend to be quite harder than other exams. And the December exams can tend to be easier. I feel that when I take a June exam its always a lot rougher on me. What do you guys think?

I'm about to wrap up the application process, and to pass time I've been watching videos of moot court arguments, but I've watched mostly Yale and Harvard students. It seems so intimidating given how quickly they talk and the questions they're asked. Are all law school 1L presentations like this? I think I'm getting ahead of myself because I'm judging myself based on how well I can follow along with their arguments but i'm not even a law school student yet! Do you feel you've been well prepared to argue like these people on youtube?? I'm nervous now even though I was excited about law school before.

Just curious. I imagine they give you plenty, but just wanted to know

Ive been studying for about 3 months and Now that I have a grasp on the test I want to purchased 7sage to hone my skills. My problem is that I dont know where to start. Im considering the 7sage starter or the premium and I would gradually work my way up to the ultimate+. I worry thst since im not a true beginner to the lsat that The starter pack will feel like busy work and i wont see any improvement in my understanding of the lsat. Any opinions are greatly appreciated.

I don't know if this helps, but sometimes, I think of events in life as my dying act. You know the saying: live every day like it's your last? Corny, and perhaps morbid, but if used correctly, I think it can help us focus our mental energy. For example, the LSAT: if the LSAT were the final act in my life, it would matter not to me whether I achieve a certain score; instead, what would matter to me would just be that I tried my best. The goal in life is to find contentment and satisfaction, and all that really requires is just knowing we did what we could. The score is unchangeable, and meaningless in this scenario, since I would be long gone.

This perspective helps to treat the test as an end for its own sake, and not merely as a means to something else, even if it so clearly is. This perspective also helps to divide big goals into smaller steps so we can focus on one thing at a time. This exercise is a classic buddhist meditation, and I assume is part of the reason why some monks are so chilled about everything. I hope it can help you.

I was wondering how the process of applying early decision for a URM is? I'm very nervous to apply early decision anywhere because of the possibility of not receiving a scholarship. I was wondering if being a URM would help concerning the aid I would possibly receive.

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I spoke to my top choice today and I am already accepted. I scored their median score on my first try but when I asked what I would need for a significant jump in scholarship they told me I would need at least a 6 point increase. I know I didn't study hard enough the first time so I know I can improve but is jumping from a 157 to a 163 by January even feasible? And where should I start? Should I just repeat the whole course? My worst section was reading comp.

I’ve seen comments here and there about gulc being like a law school scam and they game their numbers by having such a large class size. NAALP data looks good though unless I’m reading it wrong.

Just got invited to a group interview, nice to have some movement on my apps.

Today I took PT 79 and scored a 173, finally breaking the 170 barrier. My average over the 8 PTs I've taken is about a 166, so I was pleasantly surprised (an understatement) with my score today. One thing about today was that I didn't doubt myself as much - I trusted my instincts a lot more, even when that meant moving on from questions I wasn't 100% sure about. That meant that I wasted a lot less time and was actually able to finish every section in time except for LG (on which I had to guess on the final two q's but miraculously got a -1 on the section).

I'm ten days away from test day and was wondering if anyone had any sort of advice on how I can stay in the 170+ zone. I plan on taking 2-3 more PTs before test day. For some context, I've finished all of LSAT Trainer and recently finished Graeme Blake's mastery seminars on LSAT Hacks. I've been doing a few PTs every week for the past few months and drill LG and RC sections regularly (LR is my strongest, most consistent section without a doubt).

Any sort of advice would be greatly appreciated, and best of luck to anyone else taking the November test!

Hey guys I'm wondering if the mastermind watch is banned? Has anyone used it on a recent test?

What distracts you most while studying? What attempts do you make to stay focused and overcome distractions?

Lately I find myself checking for news on social media once I’ve worked through a problem set as a sort of break. I start to reach for my phone more and more and soon it becomes a distraction. Dang Facebook!

Really debating about this took tomorrow off from work to get some extra study time in and planned to do my final PT tomorrow but I had a terrible day at work and got into a argument with a loved one. I really need to hit reset tonight but haven't completed the necessary tasks to be ready for tomorrow. Should I spend tomorrow drilling and doing timed section and just do my last PT Saturday? Last time I did that the week before the test it left me feeling very much like I didn't have enough time reviewing my PT to hit those last minute needs. Hope this makes sense today was a tough day and have been super off since this morning...

What is the best approach to using preptest 01-35 after finishing the cirriculum?

Hi! I am taking the LSAT in Jan 2019. I have completed a prep course(Not 7Sage) and sadly have not noticed much progress with my score/studying habits. My highest PT score being 142 and lowest 132. I wish I had signed up for the 7sage Core Curriculum earlier on when I started this journey.

Do you(7Sagers) feel I would be able to complete the core curriculum in a months time? and then just do PT's for Dec and Jan...I am wondering this is realistic study plan to meet my target score of 160 in Jan. I am not sure how much time is recommended for people to complete the core curriculum.

Thanks :)

About a week and a half left now, and my PT scores are steadily decreasing one after another, for the past 4-5 tests. Not huge drops, but 1-2 points one test after another. Very consistently so. Very frustrated and worried, scores should be going up, now freaking down.

Feeling a little burnout, but nothing too much to warrant these drops, I feel.

Not sure what to do. Debating between a) stop taking PTs and just review past tests or CC

b) go even more hardcore through remaining PTs and hope scores don't keep dropping.

Kind of freaking out.

I had my first dream about law school. All this time and I've read a few posts here and there about dreams. Here is mine. I shoplifted at two stores. By the time I left the second store, with what looked like a white extension cord (no idea why), the cops were on to me. It was like watching a tv show but it was me and I was trying to hide from them (along with the white extension cord). They were after me and I knew it. I thought well this is it - I will now have to check off the "character and fitness" box and disclose the shoplifting and potential arrest. I will never go to law school now. I remember having the worst feeling about screwing up and knowing that my dream of going to law school was now gone. It felt so real!! I'm so glad I woke up but was really shaken up about it!! Whew - back to studying.