What's up everyone!

I just wanted to introduce myself. I am just starting to realize how amazing this community is and it is time for me to be proactive. I honestly was inspired by @LSATcantwin as I have a story that is similar to his. My dream is also to go to a t14 law school. I just graduated from UC Berkeley and though I performed well (3.86 GPA, Magna Cum Laude). I did not do well in my prior attempt at going to college which was about 15 years ago. I am a return student who is 34 years old. I believe my GPA is around 3.05 accumulative. To paint a better picture, my first attempt at school I had a 2.16 GPA mainly because of supporting my family and not taking school seriously. In my return to school, I have taken 116 units and received a 3.9 GPA in those classes (community college and a 3.86 GPA at Berkeley). I have worked really hard and I am scared that my past will not enable me in getting accepted to T14 law school. I am currently studying for the LSAT but its been really tough. I plan to take in November, which I know is late. Experience wise, I have been a psychiatric nurse in the medical field for five years and a psychiatric technician apprentice for two years.

I am in the mindset of t14 or bust. Do you all think I have a shot if I get a decently high LSAT 168+? Thank you in advance for reading and any help one may bestow upon me.

I am literally not going to let anything get in the way of my dreams! We all have our own past demons to fight and I know with hard work and perseverance we all will get to where we want to be. :)

Best,

Daniel

Hello everyone,

I took three classes for my Psychiatric Technician program (Psych Nursing) and each of them were 15 units each. My grades were C, C,and B (ouch). Any chance the LSAC won't count these? They were done at my community college but they did not count at all for my bachelors degree.

Are the tutors still available for tutoring or is there another list?

If so, the right/most effective method to reach them is PM?

Hi, I wanted to inquire if anyone decided to use 7sage after taking Testmasters or another prep course? I wanted to know if this was confusing for those who already learned different methods or helped them improve immensely. My original PT was 135 and now I'm at 153. I know I'm capable of scoring higher, I'm just lost as to what to do now post-testmasters. I would appreciate anyone who can give insight! Thank you so much!!!

Hey everyone. How different are the Prep Tests in the early 70's from the current LSAT? Thanks!

Hello all,

So, I've been talking to people about which law schools I'm thinking of applying to this fall. I mentioned Hofstra and New York law school because I live in NY. People were saying my chances of becoming an attorney and practicing law are very slim if I attend the tier 4 schools. I don't want to go into Big law and my ideal career goal is to be an assistant district attorney at a local DA's office. I'm thinking of these schools because with my stats, I feel that the scholarship would be pretty generous. Was anyone told the same thing? Does anyone know people who went to tier 4 law schools and had difficulty finding ADA or any small law firm positions? Thank you!

Hello 7Sage,

I began my LSAT journey in November of 2017. I had just been raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason at my Masonic Lodge, joined the Scottish Rite, and been initiated into Shriner's International. To say these goals were a lifelong dream are an understatement. Riding the high of accomplishing goals that required so much time and effort, I began to ask myself what else I could do now that I had conquered the unconquerable.

Naturally with my Political Science degree in hand and a fire lit from the current state of American Politics, I decided that I wanted to go to law school to be the change I wished to see and make a difference.

I messaged a buddy of mine who is now a 2L at Duke law about what site he used to study and he recommended 7sage (thank goodness). As many others that began their LSAT quest in the midst of the holiday season I found it difficult to stay on task while balancing life and this new found part time job of studying for the beast. Nevertheless, I staggered to the finish line of the CC in April praying that I had learned something from those sleepless nights of watching JY's videos and grinding sets out at work.

In my diagnostic, it was so bad that I questioned if I had even spelled my name correctly. Thus, when my first PT out of the CC was a 151 I was relieved that I was not brain dead and comprehended the basic structure of questions, but also dismayed that I had SO much more work to do. Since then, I have completed 9 other practice tests. Here are my stats:

Average PT score: 150

BR: Consistent 160-166

LR on PT: -12

LG on PT: -10

RC on PT: -10

I have found that my main issues have been medium/ hard LR questions, running out of time in LG, and over analyzing in RC.

My current study schedule is as follows: Saturday or Sunday take a PT, Monday- Friday BR, repeat. I BR a section a day as I am working full time and helping to plan my upcoming wedding.

My goal is T14, thus with my 3.5 GPA from a #231-#300 Ranked University (US News) I know I am going to need a great LSAT score....and a 150 is NOT cutting it.

I have tried to step back and refocus my studying, but nothing has seemed to work. I am turning to the 7sage community now for some #help. If you see anything missing, wrong, or even plain stupid about what I am doing please let me know.

Thank you in advance!

Best,

Jonah

Okay, I took the Powerscore course which seemed to work pretty well. I end up scoring a 155 on the June LSAT. I was unsatisfied with my score so I asked somebody who took the same class what they did to get in the 170s. He suggested the Powerscore was a good course but that they left out a lot of information the 7 Sage covers. I took some time and have been working games using JY's method. This month, I enrolled in the 7 sage course and I've been working diligently getting through lessons. I took the optional diagnostic test and I scored a 145. I almost died seeing that score so low. I have definitely been internalizing everything I have been learning after seeing that diagnostic. Changing the way I think to conform to how the LSAT expects you to think. My first question is should I be worried that I scored that low? My second question is should I be taking prep test and blind reviewing during the 7 Sage course.

So I started studying for the LSAT in undergrad. I did so by practically living at my university’s library. After deciding to take some time off and retake the LSAT, it’s about time to start studying again. Since graduating in May, I moved to a big city and into a tiny studio apartment. The libraries close around 6 every night and I work from 9-5:30. Studying in my apartment just isn’t cutting it for me. I get very distracted. There’s a Starbucks a few miles down the road, but I don’t want to spend that much money on coffee. Help!! I need a good study spot! And maybe a study buddy!

So I’ve been making some bubbling mistakes where I’ll accidentallt bubble in the answers for one section into the wrong bubbling section on the answer sheet. I was thinking of just folding the answer sheet so that I can only view one bubbling section at a time. I don’t see that folding of the answer sheet is prohibited anywhere but does anyone know if that would be ok to do? Or would that perhaps depend on the proctor you get and whether they’re comfortable with letting you do that?

Does anyone have printable pdf version of all games from 1-35 or more for foolproofing?

A bit tedious to extract just those pages to print.

Thank you

Hi everyone, in my haste to beat the clock during my diagnostic test, I failed to circle a lot of questions that I was unsure of so I could BR later. Would you recommend I BR the entire test?

Hi everyone!

I took the September 2017 LSAT prepping with the Powerscore texts... I wish I had come across this site prior to purchasing those texts based on all the great reviews and after making use of the free content; the methods used and the explanations of the logic games seem like they may have more of an impact than just self-study with the Powerscore texts. I only prepped for 3 months with those texts and got a 144. I realize that 3 months of study was nowhere near enough time for me, so i'm just trying to come up with a new game plan.

My question is, if I were to purchase the starter course, what are your thoughts on if it would be enough content to solidify the strategies on tackling the sections? I have a lot of PrepTests already, as I purchased those separately on the recommendation of the powerscore self-study site. Money is kind of tight, as I am studying in Brazil and earning BRL which is worth less than half the USD, hence why I am looking at the starter course.

Also for anyone who has used powerscore or other study materials before coming across 7sage, what are your thoughts on content overlap?

Thanks guys, good luck in your studies. :)

Hi,

I was wondering if you could buy more explanations to test. I have the practice tests already but wanted to buy the explanations if that is possible.

Thanks!

Hello all! How difficult do you all think it would be to increase an LSAT score from 162 (official score) to 166 or higher by the November test date? I know it’s only 4 points, but I really need it and am considering quitting my job to study full-time so that I can get it.

I just noticed that the problem sets in the CC have images instead of videos for the individual questions. I really liked the video format to help with my timing for completing the questions. Plus, the new images are much larger and don't fit within the computer screen. Is this a permanent change?

Small question, I mostly just dont want to get an infraction. When the Proctor says "turn the page, read the instructions, and start working now" can you turn the page as soon as he starts saying turn the page, or perhaps after he completes that instruction, or do you need to wait until he says now? it's probably only 5 or 10 seconds per section, but hey, 30 seconds overall could amount to an entire mark! When do I turn the page?

I know that the scholarships, the dream school, and the dream career should be motivation enough itself, and that routine studying should be just that, a routine, a habit. Still, I have off days. Sometimes it feels like the progress I'm making is too incremental, and others I am simply inexplicably unmotivated. Am I alone? What advice do you have?

To ground myself again, sometimes I take an hour or so to work on my essays to remind myself of the why of it all.

Did anyone notice how many naysayers there are as you get closer to applying ... fascinating.

Hi everyone,

I’m so excited to welcome our newest editor, Boris Fishman. We think that the value proposition of any admissions consulting package lies largely in editorial feedback—after all, you apply to law school by sending things you wrote—and Boris is an absolute prodigy of narrative and language. He’s written two widely acclaimed novels with a memoir on the way, published essays in just about every journal of note I can name off the top of my head, and (for heaven’s sake) edited the U.S. Senate Report on Hurricane Katrina. His job application taught me how to do my job better.

I’ve pasted his full bio below.

Boris Fishman holds a BA in Slavic Literatures and Languages from Princeton University (summa cum laude) and an MFA in fiction from New York University. He is the author of the novels A Replacement Life, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the American Library Association’s Sophie Brody Medal, and Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo, which was also a New York TimesNotable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the *New York Times Book Review, Travel & Leisure, *the London Review of Books, New York Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and other publications. In an earlier life, he was on the editorial staff of The New Yorker; co-edited the U. S. Senate Report on Hurricane Katrina -- where he engaged with prose by lawyers for the first time -- and was the recipient of residencies and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, among others. HarperCollins will publish his next book, Savage Feast, a family memoir told through recipes, in 2019. He teaches in Princeton University’s Creative Writing Program and lives in New York City. Please see www.borisfishman.com for more information.

Hi everyone!

I’ve been plateaued in the high 150’s for the past 5/6 PT’s. My goal is to get a 165 in November, but seeing myself plateau has been really discouraging.

I’m pretty solid on logic games, my RC can use some improvement, but what’s really been hurting me is LR. Specifically, flaw questions and level 5 difficulty questions, regardless of question type.

So my question is, what has helped you the most to break into the 160’s? What have you done to consistently stay there?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you everyone in advance!

Can you guys share your tips for higher accuracy with BR?

I'm PTing in the low-mid 160's and am only seeing a 6-7 point increase on my BR. I really want to aim for 180 BR in order to see improvements with my actual scores. I spend anywhere from 1-3 days going over my PTs slowly but still do not see that much of a difference. I also admittedly input my PT answers to see how I did before beginning my BR, is this not advised?

Will it take 18 months to go through the ultimate plus curriculm

Hello all! Hope your studying is going well. Mine is a perpetual struggle filled with endless disappointment. In spite of that, I am determined to change that soon!

I recently took or "wrote" (Canada shoutout) PT 36 after a few months of CC. My score was a 155 and my BR was a 171. Additionally, I have not finished the ultimate plus CC. I am really striving to make my BR perfect and increase my actual score to a 165+.

I am missing at least 6 questions in my BR for LR type questions, however I am perfect on LG and -1 on RC. Clearly, I am not understanding the fundamentals of LR.

What worked for you? How I should approach this next portion of studying?

I was aiming to take the Nov 17 test, but I am not sure if that is viable at the moment. I took the test last December and scored a 156. I took up studying again this past March, but I have been working full-time until mid-July. I am worried that I am rushing through the CC and PTs in order to meet the Nov 17 deadline.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/99i84k/why_you_shouldnt_do_biglaw_or_go_to_t14/

Is this post only deterring me from going to law school? I'm a bit bummed and honestly thinking idk what i'm getting myself into pursuing T-14 in hopes of BL.