Hi Folks:

With the recently released PT 87 hot off the presses I figure it would be a great time to do another BR session.

This would be especially helpful to people who are taking the July 15th Lsat in just over two weeks.

So on Monday I will lead a BR review of the most recent PT.

We will predominantly cover the 2 LR sections but we will also touch on the LG and RC sections.

Meeting will be hosted on zoom: link is on my post below

I hope to see you July (or later) test takers there!

EDIT

Now that the PT is on 7 sage I will be hosting another BR for those who could not attend the first one.

We will cover all sections of this test.

From what I gather the RC passages were a bit tough.

Hello Everyone,

My name is Kimberly and I started my 7sage course about a month ago. I was wondering if somebody could give me their input as to whether I should completely finish the core cirriculum, and then start on practice tests, or take practice tests as I work on the curriculum. I plan on taking the LSAT in September and want to make sure that I get enough practice tests in, but am not too sure if finishing the course before continuing with the practice tests is the wiser option. What works or worked best for you?

Is the opposite of "Could be True" "Must be False"? So for a CBT question would all the incorrect answers be MBFs?

Also does it make sense to say that the most difficult answer choices to eliminate on MBT questions will be the CBTs? Since they might be 80% correct but not perfect?

I'm thinking about Logic Games with these questions in minds.

Thanks.

Hi Everyone,

I'm taking the July LSAT and my photo on my admissions ticket only takes up 75% of the 2x2 box. It's also a bit grainy but it's pretty decent. When I was registering it looked okay, but I looked last night to print it out and I had a mini heart attack. I am bringing a 2x2 photo of the picture on my ticket, driver's license, passport, and maybe even birth certificate along as I am concerned. Has anyone had a previous experience/any advice on what I should do? Thank you, I'm so anxious.

I am scheduled to take the July LSAT. I plan on purchasing a prep course immediately afterwards to prepare for the October LSAT. While there are quite a few programs on the market, I have narrowed my choices to 7Sage vs LSATMax. Being users of 7Sage, what would you say are the main reasons to choose 7Sage over LSATMax? I would especially love to hear from anyone who has used both courses previously and can compare them first hand.

It’s amazing to me how many factors go into how well you ultimately perform on test day beyond studying for months. For me, I noticed that simple things, like incorporating (light) exercise into my life, eating more protein, and doing a light jog before the test helped. As far as strategy, last time I focused on skipping to questions I can more easily answer first helped me get through section quicker.

What has improved results for you? Thought it’d be a nice topic for last minute tips and tidbits before July!

Hey 7Sagers,

For a limited time, you can pick up PrepTest 87 (June 2019 LSAT) for $5.97 here:

https://classic.7sage.com/addons/

This comes with digital testing and the password-protected PDF of PT87, and a +1 month extension to your account.

Once the explanations are available, they will automatically be added to your account if you have access to this PT.

Please note that you must be enrolled in a Starter, Premium, or Ultimate course to add this PT on. Ultimate+ automatically has this PT added on.

The sale ended on Thursday, July 18.

I’m a non-traditional that took the LSAT in 2016 after taking a local prep course. I scored in the low 160 range (diagnostic was mid 150s) and decided against applying as I felt I hadn’t reached my potential, and primarily because I had remaining commitments/goals I wanted to achieve before school (I’m military). So, I decided 2020 would be the best time for me to attend law school. I recently restarted my studying to apply this fall, and will be sitting for the test on Monday.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to bring my score up significantly enough on practice tests so realistically I am looking at using July as my gauge—being able to see the score before deciding if I should cancel or not has its advantages despite not being fully ready to go. Given registration deadlines, I’m torn on if I should register for September and give myself roughly 8 weeks to close the gaps I still have on the test (my BR is averaging 10 above actual), giving myself enough time to apply early (by thanksgiving) or if should give myself 12 weeks of study and take the October LSAT—and likely push applying to before Christmas.

Pending finances, I do plan to do the 7Sage Admissions as well, so any insight the community can provide would be really helpful!

Hi everyone,

I have finished the CC and have taken 3 PTs (36,37 and 39) scoring 149, 149 and 152 respectively with blind review scores of low 170s for all three. As reflected in my blind review score, the content is not the main issue for me but rather timing is. I have missed 1 game and 1 one RC passage for the past three timed exams and constantly miss around 6-7 questions per LR section. I am currently in the process of fool proofing games from PT 1-35 so I hope by September I am able to finish all the games in 35 minutes, but I am wondering what do you recommend for timing especially for LR sections? Do you think the jump from 149 to 166+ is reasonable with two months of full-time studying (45hr/week) focusing on timed practice? Also, since my BR is higher than my actual score currently, do you think its okay to start taking 2 PTs/week?

Thank you all in advance!

Is it possible to get both scores after grading the digital PT (timed and BRd score)?**

For instance, If you take the exam, go back to flagged questions to BR (having not selected "Show Results"), do those questions and then score the exam, which score(s) do you get?

My BR score will only comprise questions I reviewed that were flagged and questions I flagged because I did not get to or skipped them.

What is your method for going back to confidence-error questions? I will not include them in my BR score but since I click "Show Results" I will not be able to go back to the digital exam to do these questions again right?

Do you use the "Quick View" method to review these questions?

Also, in order to know which questions are flagged/not flagged, would it be a good idea to write down the questions that were flagged when BR digitally so that I could be made aware of which questions were confidence-error and which ones were flagged?

For the questions I did flag, would it be best to write the question numbers down during BR so that I can check to see whether or not I got the flagged questions right or wrong after I completed BR and click "Show Results"?

I have not really explored digital that much and just want to make sure I can take some precautionary measures before starting my digital PT and prep practice.

Hi, all,

I've taken about a 4 month break from the LSAT do to personal reasons and just simply giving up. However, I am proud to announce that I am back and aiming to take the October 2019 LSAT.

Considering the LSAT is now digital, how should I resume? I was floating around the 155 range when I stopped and my break down was as follows:

Games: -2 to -6 on games (I've had perfect sections once or twice)

LR: -11 on the easier LR and -12-13 on the harder LR (My BR isn't much higher, i really need to work on my LR foundation)

RC: -15 on RC - Never really practiced this, I plan to go through the CC portion or the LSAT trainer on this section.

I'm aiming for 160, but please let me know what a reasonable jump is in about 15-16 weeks.

Any advice is MUCH appreciated, I am also open to PM's. THANKS!

Hi all,

On the paper LSAT, we had (aspirational) strategies for pacing like first five/fifteen questions in the first five/fifteen mins. Is there something similar you use for the digital LSAT? How do you handle pacing in LR in particular on the digital test?

On the paper LSAT, I try to get the first 4 pages done in ~15-18 minutes so that I had the remaining time for the last two pages. It's hard to translate this to the digital LSAT.

I suppose, I could try to get the first 13-15 questions done in ~15-18 minutes.

From looking at 3 random tests, the LR question breakdown is:

page 2- question 6-8

page 4-question 13-15

page 6- question 18-21

page 8- question 25-26

In terms of RC and LG--my timing strategies have stayed the same.

I took international test and got my first official score today.

I have 13 weeks to study, and want to ask what would be the best course of action.

It was non-disclosed, so I don't really know how I did on each section. but I've been PTing at 164 for like 10 tests in a row.

For RC, I skipped the last passage totally and didn't even read the passage, skipping 5Q.

For LR, I skipped parallel questions and logic heavy questions(I think 5~6Q total from both LR sections) initially and came back afterwards to check if D is indeed the right answer.

I've done 22 PTs from PT 50+ so far, and have 17 fresh ones from PT 50+.

I've came up with three plans, but can't decide which one would be better.

Plan 1)

wk 1~3: CC + Manhattan prep LR book, 4 games, 2 passages every day

wk 4~13: 2 PTs / wk (1 used PT, 1 fresh PT)

Plan 2)

wk 1~13: 2 PTs / wk (1 used PT, 1 fresh PT)

Plan 3)

wk 1~3: 1LR timed section, 4 games, 2 passages every day.

I can't decide on what to do next. I've been getting the same score for last two months of PTs, so there might be something wrong with my current studying method... is 3 months enough to get 170+?

Does anyone know what kind of scholarship I can get to Cardozo and or Fordham with a 165?

My GPA was around a 3.9.

I'm applying this year and I'm looking to go to reputable school without taking on much debt, if at all.

Thanks a lot.

Holy crap did anyone else get destroyed by PT 82? Especially LR S1

I'm trying to figure out how to get my proper BR score. While I PT I flag the questions I missed and the questions I didn't do because I ran out of time (generally marked with the same AC if they are all consecutive and towards the end). Should I :

A) Do flagged questions and then score the timed PT and the BRd PT

B) Do flagged questions, check to see if I missed any questions I didn’t flag (without checking/remembering what the correct AC was) do those, keep ACs I chose for flagged questions and then score the timed PT and BRd PT?

C) Score the Bad PT twice: once after doing flagged questions and then once after doing the questions that were wrong but I did not circle them (I will just keep note of the first BR score after doing just flagged questions)

I do not intend to score the flagged question attempt if I still got it wrong or chose the wrong AC after BRing--I will just go review it, watch the video explanation and come back to it another time.

This is mainly for LR. I plan on just doing the LG section untimed, drilling it until I am under target time for each game and at 100% accuracy and then I will add the correct AC to that section in the BR score. I also plan on doing the RC section untimed to make and scoring that section into BR score.

I am also working with a blank copy (writing in July so just in case) but would like to know how any of this may be possible with digital because I plan to write in September as well.

Hello everyone,

I'm currently studying 6 hours a day on the core course. I wanted to know after taking the diagnostic if I should focus on doing weekly full tests to see where I am at?

Any reccomendations?

Thank you,

Hey,

I started my prep with 7sage ultimate + around May 15th. I was initially planning on taking my first attempt in September but now after finishing CC and 2 weeks of drilling I've taken 2 PTs scoring 157 in one (171 BR) and 156 in the other (164 BR). My goal is to get a 170. I don't know if its normal to start the first few PTs with such a low score and then jump up. Looking for any advice as to how many PTs I should be taking each week (was thinking of doing 2) and any other advice would be appreciated!

I usually wake up early around 5:30am to study LSAT before work. I am wondering if there's anyone also like to study in the morning? What do you start with your morning study? I usually do some PT questions the night before and start with reviewing the question in the morning (first thing to do) or I will start with some lectures classes(gives my brain some time to wake up while listening to explanation LOL). how do you start with your morning study routine?

Hi guys, wondering if anyone with really good time management strats can reach out to me. I am consistently PTing in the mid to low 160s but I go over the time limit on at least one or two sections and I need to really cut this down. I am writing July but will most likely have to write October unless the lsat gods themselves bless me on the 15th and I walk out with a 160+ under time constraints.

Any help is amazing!

By this I mean: how do you tackle each section, under time constraints?

For example, in LR I will skip a question that will take up half the page because it will just suck my time.

For RC, I will tackle the subjects I am more familiar with or have an easier time understanding (econ, science).

For LG, I will sometimes skip the last quesiton in the section, depending on how much time I think it will take. I also bounce around in each game, depending on the game and what I see.

Does anyone else have anything to help with the time constraints? I am just beginning to time myself now that I have finished "learning".

:)

Hi, I just recently purchased the 7sage ultimate. I have been studying for about a month now, with somewhere around 25 hours a week. I took my first Practice Test with the June 2007 diagnostic and got -28, which is a 156. Granted, this isnt a cold diagnostic as I finished most of the CC, just not all of the Problem Sets.

I got -6 on the LG, only doing 2 questions on the last game.

-17 in total on the two LR sections and -5 on the RC.

Being brutally honest, is it possible to get to a 170 by the October test date? 25 hours a week was pretty low commitment and I can do somewhere between 5-6 hours a day 7 days a week no problem.

What is a good study plan? I was planning to just do practice tests and blind review, while clearly focusing on LR and LG whenever Im not doing PT.

Hi, I’ve been studying for the LSAT for 1.5 months now. I finished all three PowerScore Bibles and just started going through Fox’s LR Encyclopedia that drills LR in PTs 40-60 (haven’t even gone through half of this book yet, his explanations are bad). I’ve also been trying to foolproof LG, but I’ve only done about 10 so far and have noticed some improvement; I believe more improvement will come with time as I go through more foolproofing.

I have PTs 19-72. My diagnostic score was 143 on PT 19. After 1.5 months of doing the above, my score on PT 63 was 148 with a BR score of 158.

I initially wanted to take the LSAT in September and October to apply for this upcoming cycle, but I feel that postponing it would benefit me more. I’m willing to take a gap year and work full time as I will be graduating from undergrad in December. I’m aiming for a 170+ and will probably take the LSAT sometime in early 2020.

My question is, which 7Sage package should I get?

I plan to study 4-5 hours per day almost every day of the week and more on weekends as I’m working full time now.

What PTs would be left over/fresh to use after completing the course?

Also, how long would it take to go through the course curriculum? I plan to spend the time after the course for PTs.

One concern I have is that if I get a certain package, what if the video explanations or drills are useless to me because I’ve already been exposed to those materials from my previous study in PowerScore and Fox’s Encyclopedia (PTs 40-60, but again I have barely gone through this).

.

Hi all,

I was wondering if folks have come up with any consistent/effective strategies for use of the 3 highlighter colors and underlining function on the Digital LSAT? This could be something like “Use yellow for premise, orange for conclusion, or use pink for key indicator words” etc.

I could make my own but I’m willing to bet someone else has figured out a good system. If there’s another thread on this I’m missing please feel free to link it!