@"Adam Hawks" @drbrown2 @TheDeterminedC

Guys, thanks for your help with my previous question about RC. I need more advice/assurance/tough love. My target score is 165+. Before deciding whether or not to write in June 2019 test, I wrote three PTs as diagnostic in the first week of study. I got 164(PT39), 171(PT45, supposed to be easy one), and 164(PT72). I thought that with ~25hr/week of study for 12 weeks, I should be able to hit my target score of 165+ safely. For some time, my goal seemed attainable. I did seven PT50s with average of 167(with only one below 165).

But now, I am getting more and more frustrated. Here are my recent PT scores with PT65 from today.

PT75, 167

LG(-2), LR1(-2), LR2(-4), RC(-6)

PT73, 165

LG(-2), LR1(-9), LR2(-3), RC(-5)

PT76, 162

LG(-2), LR1(-11), LR2(-4), RC(-7)

PT77, 167

LG(-4), LR1(-2), LR2(-4), RC(-6)

PT65, 163

LG(0), LR1(-6), LR2(-9), RC(-8)

For PT76 and PT65, RC sections were very difficult for me (i was not able to finish the last 2-3 questions). In both cases, an LR section followed. In both cases, I was lost during the LR: I spent a long time to finish the first couple of easy questions, I forgot about the strategies I suppose to implement (such as negation test for NA, etc.). The only thing I remember was trying to finish the questions. Well, I bombed the LR sections as well.

Besides wonderful suggestions about review/BR, any advice on how I should use the rest of two weeks more effectively? How can I prevent the after-shock effect of a particularly bad section?

Thanks.

So my average section performance according to 7 sage, is about -5.5 in LR -9.3 in LG and -7.3 RC. I've taken four practice tests this time around. I found 7SAGE and spent significant time on the fundamentals this time. Really boosted my LR score, although the harder questions at the end always get me. I first tried to study for the LSAT a couple of years ago and score a 153, despite scoring around 160 before. Could be nerves. Do you have any advice on what I should do the next two weeks? I know they say logic games is learnable but would I suffer from only focusing on that going forward?

I just started the core curriculum, at what point should I start using blind review?

If I should I be using it for the problem sets at the beginning, then how long should my timer be?

After 5 weeks of 159~162, I finally scored 167 on PT59!!!! Aaaaaahhhhhhaahahahahahahahh

This is so exciting!!! I was starting to doubt myself because scoring 161 consistently for over a month did damage my self-esteemmmmmm......

Ahhhhhhahaaahahahahahahah

Will have to take another PT to confirm whatever happened was not just an outlier... but I’m happy for now!!

Is the best way to increase BR score to redo CC?

My average BR score is 170, but want to reach at least 175 for BR.

Hi everyone, i'm new to 7Sage and wanted to ask if there is a limit on how many copies we can print of the same PT?

l struggle with conditional phrases that include the word "or" and how to use them in a chain. l remembered learning about "or" in the truth tables and went back there, but is there somewhere else we learned about "or" that was more specific to chaining phrases?

The problem that reminded me today is from PT 36 (fruit stand).

Any thoughts or advice on:

Thanks!

Hi,

Is there a way to open up all the Blind Review fields with only 1 button press? Currently, I am individually clicking on the 100 question numbers before I can enter the Blind Review score.

I want to go to a t14 and afterwards work in international law / digital law (not big law). My personal work-life balance is 50-55 hours of full-time studying or full-time work. Is putting in 50-55 hours a reasonable expectation to succeed at a t14 and in said legal fields? I know it depends on the person; in my case, I intentionally limit the amount of time working / studying so there is pressure to work more efficiently (more time doesn't mean better results). Any opinions or experiences? Thanks in advance.

Hi,

From January to March 2019 I studied using 7sage and ended up with a 169 on the March 2019 LSAT (which was a huge improvement over my Sept 2018 score of 157). I am extremely happy with my score, but decided to retake in July.

I have not studied in a month and a half, so these next two months I want to be as effective as possible. As of now I am planning to do roughly a practice test a week, followed by blind review, as well as fool proofing for logic games.

Any advice on how I can achieve this last bit of progress?

Also, how helpful is filming your prep test?

Thank you

I'm planning on starting the prep ASAP and taking the test in Sep/Oct. Is it recommended that I first go through the free trial and take a diagnostic test or should I just start with the course?

Hey all, hope everyone’s doing great. Would appreciate some input here. Back in February 2018 I took my first diagnostic at this LSAT course I was taking, and I scored a 140. The instructor told us not to guess on this first PT so we could get a solid idea of our weaknesses or something like that. Anyways, fast forward to today and I’m scoring 157 consistently. I’ve become curious about what my diagnostic score would have been had I guessed. I guess I want to know this in order to accurately assess how much I’ve improved thus far. (Feeling really discouraged about still not being to break the 160’s after studying for this test for legit forever lol)

Would appreciate if anyone could give an educated guess about what I would have likely scored had I guessed!

I know this is a weird question lol, and probably a dumb thing to ask, but I’d appreciate any input. Thanks!

This is completely subjective, but from your experience what are some of the hardest sections you have encountered? I want my to test myself on the most difficult the LSAT has to offer. For example, I felt the Logic Game section for Test Prep A was tough as was the Reading Comp for 38.

Hi all, Is anyone experiencing the same thing as I did. My videos do not play and it seems is across the board. I was unable to play the video on Quiz 3 in "finding pseudo sufficient assumption last night. I had also randomly tried other videos, and they don't play either. This morning too. Thanks,

I would like to study 15-20 hours per week and sometimes struggle to keep focused. So I created a group me Lsat accountability group if anyone is interested in joining sign up for Group Me and inbox me your number. Let's help each other meet our LSAT goals.

I’ve noticed my PT score gets significantly lower when PT is the first thing I do in the morning. (Confirmed by the two PTs this week:P) There was 10 points difference between the one I did at 8:30am sharp, and around 11am cause I was lazy and BRed LG from the previous PT on the day of the next PT. Surprisingly I scored a lot lot better after BRing LG before PT, which took me around two hours.

Would two hours of pre-studying before the test be too much for the actual test? I found it helpful but at the same time I’m only doing 4 sections, so it might be different on the real thing. Maybe get too tired by 5th section?

I’m thinking about implementing warm up to my pt routine, so would like some suggestion on what’s the optimal amount.

So wish the tests were all at 1:30PM... why lsac... even proctors wouldn’t want to wake up before 7AM... nobody should be forced to wake up before 7am... just wish everyone’s lifestyle would shift a few hours later so we (more like I,) could be more happy and productive. It’s not like we still live in a time where we have to align our everyday life to sunlight... no more...

Hi folks:

Continuing our weekly series of group review sessions in will be hosting a review of pt 74 this Sunday at 10:00 am eastern.

We will cover all sections of this test. To get the most out of this session please complete pt 74 beforehand and review your answers but don't necessarily check your answers. If you are having issue with a particular question we can review as a group.

Meeting link:

https://zoom.us/j/702380745

Hi all,

I applied to several other schools, but I narrowed it down to these 4 schools:

Texas Tech (no scholarship offer yet) *COA is about $26k/year

U of Denver (a little less than $$, 2.3 conditional)

SMU (WL)

A&M (WL)

I am a Texas native, but I would be ok with moving to Colorado or staying in Texas for law school and work. I would not want to be in Texas forever though, I'd love to experience and work at another state at some point. I feel like staying in Texas for law school would be the safer route since I am more familiar with the state and have family here. I'll also have close to $50k in savings before I begin.

One thing that puts me off about U of Denver compared to Tech is after calculating my debt from the accesslex website, I think i'd have around $50-70k more debt at Denver and the average salaries for first year grads from Tech and Denver are about the same, according to their stats. Thoughts between Denver vs Tech? Any help would be appreciated! :D

Just finished all the lessons. Would the best thing for me to do is to take PT after PT?

Is 2-3 PT a week good or too much? I study a min of 5 hours a day and I’m hoping to get a score of 169 in September.

Also, when should I start drilling the lessons again?

For those who are far along in their LSAT journey and used 7Sage to get there, what do you wish you knew before starting the core curriculum? I'm open to tips, tricks, general reflections, etc. I'm going to (officially) start my LSAT journey in a few weeks. I'm taking 7 months off to do nothing but focus on studying for the January LSAT. I love hearing from folks who have more experience than me. What do you wish you knew when you were starting out? Excited to be a part of this community!

For anyone who is close to done with their prep, did you follow the schedule 7sage generates perfectly or did you tweak it? I started the free trial last week (5 months from my anticipate test date) and I was wondering if the schedule is comprehensive enough. I am shooting for getting the Ultimate. I like this prep the best out of the other ones I have seen. I can pull off atleast 20 hours per a week to prep as well.

Hi,

I only recently stumbled across a 7Sage page outlining the common LR argument flaws (https://classic.7sage.com/19-common-lsat-argument-flaws-that-students-overlook/). I have not gone through most of the CC since I was far along in my studies before coming to 7Sage, but I can't believe I had never seen it before.

Can anyone else share specific links, lessons, parts of the CC etc. that they find to be particularly helpful ? I figured this could be useful as a place for gathering some of the most useful, salient resources out there. It could also serve as a nice review for myself and others for the days prior to the LSAT.

Thanks.

Hi,

I am having trouble regarding timed pt and anxiety issue.

So when I do full timed-pt, my score is 160-167 but in BR, I constantly hit 173+.

This huge difference sucks since everytime I saw questions without timing going, it is not that difficult (I miss easy questions very often under timed)

I feel stucked and anxious whenever I am doing timed pt and that happens just before I took my first real LSAT and it continues.

Currently, I am doing one timed pt for one week.

I do not want to push myself so harsh to alleviate burnout status.

What should I do?

Hey, friends. This is happening. For real. A few of us are getting together (for coffee, booze, snacks or chocolate) to commiserate and/or talk about study strategies, pitfalls, etc. I bet I'm not the only one frustrated with this process. I've definitely shown improvement, but then as soon as I think it's smooth sailing in one section or another, I have a bad section and my confidence is shot down. I love that we support each other on here, but maybe it would help to get together in person to talk about it. My family and friends are, of course, supporting me, but it's different because they don't understand the nuances of the beastly challenge we are facing. Anyway, if anyone wants to do this, please message me privately. We have a reservation for 6 people at Max Brenner in Union Square for Fri. 5/10 ~ 7:15p.m. And let's all be strong, do our best to smile and keep learning. At least we're learning from the best with 7Sage :)

I just started 7sage so I'm still getting familiar with the website. I've seen several comments that people are doing time sections and I think I would rather do that as well in addition to doing weekly practice test. But how are you guys doing the time sections does 7sage provide this or is this something I have to do on my own?

In regards to PT31 Game 2 question 8, if the rule states /A and/B —-> C, then the contrapositive would be /C —-> A or B. My question is, can both A and B be in (I.e. at least one is in) or is it just either A or B, not both. Thank you!