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Does 7sage lay down the basics for a newbie? I scored really low on my diagnostic test. I had honestly never even looked at an LSAT exam before- not an excuse but I know I have a TON of work ahead of me.
Looking to grasp a firm foundation before building on that.
Thank you!!
We had "Recent Questions" box on the Dashboard that show comments in the lessons with "?" mark.
But sometimes the Recent Questions box would be filled with comments containing "?" that were not actually asking questions.
So now we have "Requests for #help" box on the Dashboard! Including "#help" in your comment signals for help from other students.
Clicking "#help" adds "#help" to your comment:
And your comment appears on the "Requests for #help" box!
This video shows how to do it!
DRM protected, printable PT83 has been available for $5.97 (Regular price: $29.97).
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But the sale is ending this Friday!
PrepTest 83 is available for purchase here.
(If the link doesn't work: Mouse over "Course" in the menu, click "Extensions and Addons.")
Note that LR explanations are not yet available for PT83 yet. But if you purchase PT83, you get the test itself, and you will get the explanations as soon as they become available.
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There's no point in me knowing my February 2018 score. I've applied to all my schools and LSAC will notify them automatically of my score, so I don't see a need to know the score myself. The single reason why I would look at it would be to calm my curiosity, but this comes with obvious caveats such as going through an emotional roller-coaster for days.
Has anyone done this before? I'm seriously considering the option.
Has anyone found any good websites for law school scholarships? I've looked a few times and there's not much out there. Most of the stuff I find is either mislabeled or has extremely specific criteria.
So once again the new budget has potential catistaphic implications for students.
So is it too risky to LARP? So many schools have programs that work within the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
While they didn't act in these last budget the new one again calls for :
Trump's blueprint would streamline income-based loan repayment plans, eliminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and scrap subsidized loans.
Repayment:
The new budget plan would collapse income-driven repayment plans - monthly student loan payment calculated based on income and family size - into one, under which student loan borrowers would pay 12.5 percent of their monthly income toward student loans. Borrowers in general pay 10 percent under current plans.
Borrowers may have their remaining balance forgiven after 15 years if their loans covered undergraduate education. But those who borrow for graduate-level studies would have to make 30 years of payments before their balance can be forgiven. Under current law, loan forgiveness for private-sector employees kicks in after 20 or 25 years.
If you want to read more: http://www.12news.com/article/money/magnify-money/what-president-trumps-budget-would-mean-for-student-loans/524707241
Besides working as an attorney, do you guys plan to have or do you already have multiple sources of income? What are some good passive income streams to consider for a busy professional like an attorney? Many would say cryptocurrencies, but the market is highly volatile and I'm willing to get a lower ROI in exchange for stability. Plus, it's hard to be risky when you have student loans to consider haha.
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - Calvin Coolidge
So when you are sitting there, stuck on a hard LR problem. When you are perplexed by a logic game. When you have no idea what you just read about in reading comp. (Still not sure why Elline Gray was putting licorice on wood) Remember that it is your persistence to push through that will make or break you. Ram your head against a brick wall enough, eventually it will break. So go about your studies in the most efficient manner you possibly can, but just remember your determination and persistence are there to back you up; to push you past those road blocks. As everyone always says, the LSAT is beatable. YOU can beat it.
You got this!
This is probably a dumb question but Ive been hearing from a lot of people that the best way to improve is just to take practice tests and I understand where those people are coming from but I also think the curriculum is useful and even though I havnt finished it yet (Im17.5% through to be exact) and I already completed my diagnostic, Ive been wondering if I should be taking practice tests in between or if this is a bad Idea but Im not sure. Im curious to hear anyones opinion on it. Should I wait until Ive completed the curriculum to do them or should I do a couple while still taking the curriculum?
Thanks everyone and best of luck studying.
So the date isn't changing, I think it's best we all do what we all can do... wait?? They said their statement, it's a weekend, so it's pointless to debate it.
Hello!! I am beginning my LSAT prep as a junior finishing up my bachelors. I have a year or so to prep, although I’d like to do it in less time- but I’m really hoping to get a good score to receive the best scholarship offers.
I am a visual learner but also like having tangible materials while I study. Would you recommend 7sage Ultimate or Ultimate+? Also which supplemental printed materials would you guys recommend? Or would it be better to print the 7sage materials provided with the course?
Thank you in advance- Kathy
Hello 7Sagers,
Oh how I have not missed you all! (only because it means LSAT is dominating every aspect of my life) I finally made the plunge and went ahead and purchased the Ultimate Course. I am taking the LSAT July 23rd, and this is my story...
In June of 2016 I paid $1000 for an in-person LSAT course. It was decent. It gave me access to a teacher who was incredibly accessible and his core-cirriculum helped me increase my LSAT score significantly. However, during his classes he went off on irrelevant tangents and personal stories that had no relation to the LSAT - I felt it was a significant waste of time. Additionally, kids from a certain school (BYU - the absolute worst) felt that sucking up to the teacher would somehow help them on their LSAT? Its beyond me. They were also a significant distraction from the course.
Come September 2016, I was able to increase my diagnostic (150) to Averaging 161 on my PTs. After my getting my score back I was simply devastated.... I scored a 153. So I wept, cried, binged, and then decided to buck tf up and get ready for December. Come then, I was averaging 162 and I was beyond thrilled to score a 161!! Seriously, I collapsed and wept tears of joy.
To say I had a rough application cycle is a complete understatement. I have some strong softs. I am former military (Enlisted JAG), worked 2 years as a paralegal at a prominent law firm, multiple publications, blah, blah, blah. I irresponsibly thought my softs would be enough to have schools look past my well below median LSAT score and mediocre GPA (3.6). To make a long story short, I got waitlisted at 7 schools and didnt get off of a single WL. I got into Utah, OSU, UF, UNC with some really geneours scholly offers. But being the prestige whore I am, I was not entirely satisfied.
I ended up reluctantly depositing at OSU but internally was looking for a way out. To fill some time during the summer I picked up an internship with a Congressman and come August I found my way out - I was offered a position as a full-time congressional staffer. I took the job, I love it (seriously I do, it is just fulfilling and engaging work) and I thought I was happy. A year into the job... I realize that I am still a prestige whore and that I still lack the prestige I so desperately crave from a prestigious law school (think T25). So one year and 3 months removed from my last LSAT administration, I knew something had to change. If I wanted a different result I had to do something different. Back during Round 1 of LSAT prep I simply didnt have the money for a $1000 AND $700 7Sage. I, like many of you, tradegically found 7Sage too late. So I lurked on discussion boards and commented here and there and looked for validation of my many irresponsible choices.
Finally here I am. Behold, a prodigal son has returned. And although the thought of LSAT study is excruciating to my mind, body and soul, I know this is what needs to happen. July 23rd will be my final day of reckoning - and I could not be more excited to share this journey with you poor souls.
How do you think the GRE will change law school admissions? I realize this is a very broad question, but I'm curious to hear people's thoughts.
Hello 7sage!
I've bombed my Feb test, got over it, rested, and now I'm back on the grind..!!!!! Yay!!! Aiming to take the test June/Sept. In my PT's, I've been scoring mid to high 150s and getting around -8 on games. I realized if I am going to enter into 160s I need to address my games section.
So I am planning to devote March and maybe part of April to foolproofing 1-35 and perfecting the games. My concern is that when I focus on games for a month or two I might be getting worse in LR and RC. What are your thoughts on that? Should I be doing a little bit of LR and RC on the side to keep the momentum going? Even if it means like one passage a day, or 1 LR section a week? Or is it safe to focus on perfecting the games for a while?
I am not too concerned about RC getting worse, because I realized I haven’t really improved in RC to begin with. But for LR, I am worried that I might lose my momentum and have to start from scratch again after I come back from foolproofing games. Do you guys have any ideas about how I can continue to practice LR on the side while foolproofing 1-35?
Thanks in advance :)
I work full time managing a law firm. Trying to decide how much time is a sufficient mental break before starting school. Is two weeks too short? I think the earliest I could stop working is early July. My office is great and fairly stress free, but I just want to be able to hit the ground running come August!
Am I the only one who had no idea that Chunk from the Goonies is an attorney?!
Should I go complain about it on Samsung's forum, or?
So, don't flame me for living in my bubble of middle class economic privilege... I get it if cost is a legitimate barrier.
I saw this here today and it is a recurring theme in other LSAT / law school admission corners of the interwebs. For a segment of the law school applicants, the ability to live without a car is a meaningful input into a school decision. As a guy in his mid-40's, I can count on one hand the number of months I've lived since turning 16 in which I did not have a car. I also think that not owning a car puts serious impediments to life in one's way. Personally, I cannot imagine life without a car. I assume that some people legitimately cannot afford a car (and all the maintenance, insurance, other stuff that goes with ownership) and those living in large metropolises like New York with significant transportation infrastructure (and parking costs equal or more than mortgage payments) don't need one, but for everyone else that this applies to, why do you not own a car or plan to get one?
Quote from LSAC email:
LSAT test takers who wish to cancel their LSAT score for any reason have had two options—cancel the score on their answer sheet at the time of the test, or cancel the score in their LSAC.org account within 6 days after the test. LSAC has reviewed data relating to these two options and has found that the majority of score cancellations are currently done online. Some of the cancellations done on the day of the test were unintended and had to be undone. To make sure that test takers fully intend to cancel their score, LSAC is simplifying the score-cancellation options. Starting with the June 2018 LSAT, test takers will have the single option of cancelling their score through their account in LSAC.org, starting the day after the test administration. Test takers will still have 6 calendar days to log in to their account to cancel their score.
I was wondering if anyone had any good resources for audio learning. I currently have a job where I'll be a road warrior, and figure I might as well be learning about the LSAT on the road (if any such resource even exists). If anyone has information on podcasts, or other audio learning materials, please let me know!
Is there no one up at 1am right now on a Wednesday? anxiety
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Has anyone else been really discouraged by their inability to figure out this test?
Please give me some stories of what it was like when you weren’t so good and what changed and what it’s like now!
I had a really frustrating experience. I was working for probably 15+ minutes on a grouping games with chart problem set in the CC. I was really struggling, couldn’t figure it out, couldn’t make any inferences.
My roommate who has never seen an LSAT question in his life was interested in what I was doing and I gave him a copy of it and told him I was struggling. He figured it out in under 10 minutes.
This really hit me disproportionately hard.
I have viewed discussion threads for the past month, and I have decided to sign up for Ultimate Plus. I am hoping that I can pull myself out of this rut.
Last summer, I had signed up for a pricey Powerscore online course, cancelled one LSAT score, and then in December, I had gotten below a 150. It was a disaster, and the nerves were getting the best of me. I was so nervous during the test. I had PT'd consistently around a 165, studied while working full-time, in the middle of a career change, and being a mother of two. I was beyond disappointed.
I decided to try to shake it off, immerse myself in studying, and I am hoping to pull myself out of this funk and score what I am capable of doing.
Starting my 7sage journey.....now!
Can anybody give me insight on why these questions on this post lsat survey is? It felt invasive, and (for me) very unnecessary... is that just me? Do I have to answer these questions? My god, I thought the lsac would be a little less obvious with what they were asking.
Let me know, I was just very blindsided.
