Only three days away!!! I feel I'm not fully prepared.

A little about my current situation: I am a junior from a top 15 college. This is my first time of taking LSAT. I have been studied LSAT for the past three months: finished all core courses; finished a least 50 timed sections of LR, 20 sections of LG, and 20 sections of RC. However, I just did one 5-section prep test and scored 165 due to schoolwork and my part-time internship.

In general, I got 3-5 wrong on RC, 3-6 wrong per section on LR, and 2-3 wrong on LG. I am aiming for 175 eventually.

Should I postpone the exam to June? I am tempted to do, especially with the added July test. Or should I take it and possibly cancel it after taking it.

You know people always say, “Don’t do anything LSAT related on the day before the test. Relax! Watch a movie or something!”

But what do you watch? You don’t want to watch The Silence of the Lambs, right? Should I watch like @"Daniel.Sieradzki" does? Or Legally Blonde?

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(But Legally Blonde makes me feel like, “She gets a 179 after studying for like weeks? F*#k”)

So let me know if there are any inspiring movies that you recommend watching on the day (or two days) before the LSAT!

Does anyone use library wifi to get this site on a smartphone and spend your study time in a library? What foods and/or drinks do you bring along? Do you feel like you get more done away from home or are you able to stay focused at home?

Hey all. Is anybody else taking the Feb 10 LSAT in San Francisco? What do you plan on doing with your cell phone? I assume most people just leave them in their cars, but I don't have a car and am on my bike. Would anybody be down to let me stash a small bag in their car before the test and then pick it up after? It would make my life way easier and would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I have been having difficulty with the videos loading properly. Many times the videos won't play at all. It won't let me fast forward through the videos either. Getting really frustrated with it :(

I really need some solid guidance with this one. With only 3 days to go before testing - would I be better off postponing until June altogether, or is there a benefit to testing on Saturday knowing that I will likely need to retest in June?

Hey! So, has anyone here taken a formal logic course or found a source like Khan that does one? We hear all the time that this test it all logic, and even through grad school, I never had to take any form. I am wondering if it would be worth taking it as a non-credit class at a local college, but I am really hoping there is a great online resource with a class set up (ys, even if it costs money). Thank you so much in advance for your help!

-AJ

7Sage Community,

I am one of the many that is working full time and studying. I want to give a word of encouragement to those that are balancing a full work load and maintaining your studies. Remember that the study schedule is a guide, not the bible. Please make sure to take breaks and digest what you are taking in. If at all possible try and get some practice in at work, before work, or in transit to work (any little bit helps)....as I understand it can be difficult to stay up late after dinner and a long day of work.

Peace of mind and positivity are what will keep you going. Yes, you are going insane...but it will be worth it!

Best,

Jonah

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http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plaintiff_asks_for_consent_decree_extension_in_lsat_ada_accommodation_actio

Interesting commentary in the ABA Journal.

Hi guys.

So, I've been having several mental breakdowns lately because I'm realizing I might not be ready to take the LSAT. I'm believing I shouldn't take it until I'm scoring within my range and am wondering if I should take the extra months to do it in September or June. I was supposed to take it last June, but at the time, I honestly underestimated how hard the test was and that it would take me a minute to figure out which strategies to use and etc. I really want to do well. Especially considering the fact that my GPA is well below median of my dream school (3.2 average) and I want to ensure I'm scoring in the late 160s. Right now, I'm PTing in the early 160s.

Anyway, I am aiming for 170+ and even though I'm considering postponing my applications for a year, I still think about my age silly I know, but I am 23 right now and will be 24 by the time I get in if I postpone and I feel like I'm too old and need to just take the test, apply and get my life together right now. I've been out of school for a year and a half, adding good experience to my resume (ex: I work in a music licensing firm and aim to practice music/IP law), but man, I don't know.

Everyone is telling me I'm stressing out and should just take it. But I can't help, but think WHAT IF...

Let me know what you guys think, maybe it'll help me reach a decision.

Thank you!

Hey guys,

If you haven't noticed (though I'm sure you have), we've been having some issues with weird spam as of late. I've been instructing users to use the "flag" button when they see it, but it wasn't working on mobile.

We recently put in a fix to allow it to work on mobile. You may need to clear your cache if you're using the browser (http://classic.7sage.com/clear-cache/), but it's now working!

If you don't know what I'm talking about, this is the flag button:

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For those of you interested in cyber law or how tech might influence lawyering in the future, this article published on Harvard's website might pique your interest.

https://today.law.harvard.edu/feature/possible-futures/

I submitted my test already and now I am not able to go back and do the blind review. Should I just delete it and take it over again or is there still a way to do blind review after I submitted my score?

I'm quite curious about the way test forms are mixed for each and every individual on test day. I've gotten 2 RC sections both times I sat for the exam and was wondering if this was by random chance? Or, perhaps some other reason?

I'm writing the test this weekend and I'm praying I don't get another 2 RC sections.

Can someone sprinkle some insight on this, particularly those who took the exam more than once or twice?

much much thanks in advance!

So I took a PT last week, felt good on sections 1 and 2 (LR and LG respectively). Sections 3 and 4 (LR and RC) felt particularly tough, and I ran out of time on both. Ended up with a super low score--I know, I shouldn't look at anything until after BR but my curiosity was killing me. During the test, the questions after 15 felt SO hard and I ended up leaving a few blank, which is weird for me since I usually finish LR in 25-30 minutes.

Anyway, I ended up going back through and BRing really, really well in sections 1-3,100% on that second LR section that gave me hell. (To avoid as much bias as possible on my BRs I just print out another test and take it again with no time pressure.) So I figure that my level of knowledge in LR is pretty damn good if I can blind review well. I guess I scored so poorly in that section (65%) because of time pressure, and that more practice will make me quicker on tougher sections. I went back and watched explanations for questions that seemed tricky and reviewed my methodology, but I feel like I got everything down. Is there anything else I should do when reviewing after nailing it on BR?

Thanks!

So I'm in Philly today visiting Penn, and holy cow this city is a dump! There are overturned cars, smashed windows, lightpoles riped out of the ground and strewn around. Beer cans and bottles and other seeming remnants of some wild party throughout the downtown area.

It looks almost post-apocalyptic. If I didn't know better I'd think some epic battle occurred last night and the victors proceeded to pillage this normally beautiful community.

Is it always like this, or is it only once every 58 years or so??

This feels so silly but I sent over an email to one of the law schools which I applied to early (due date is next week). Since I am retaking the February test, this was an email notification letting them know that I am sitting for Feb. They responded that they will note it and take the Feb test into consideration if they find it appropriate. It was a short response (1-2 sentences) that I am sure they send a lot of in general. I responded last night with a thank you email and this morning I got sent a variation of their first response, so clearly it's not a robot responding but I'm sure they have some standard boiler-plate response they email out.

Do I respond back with another thank you? Point out that this was already sent to me? This feels so silly but obviously I wasn't expecting to have to respond again.

Hi everyone,

I am on Lesson 17 of 59 in the Intro to Logic (under the Starter course). I am still not fully understanding how "the only" works. For example,

Translation: If you are a kid with messy hair, then you have brown eyes.

Why would it be incorrect to say, "If you are a kid with brown eyes, then you have messy hair"?

Is it because "the only" modifies kids with messy hair (meaning that ONLY kids with messy hair have brown eyes)?

I am also not understanding the Y's "calling back" to the Xs.

Also, why is it that in the sentence "Kids with brown eyes are the only kids with messy hair." X is tied to "the only kids"? In other words, why isn't it in the same position that it was before?

Why does X refer back to Y in this case?

Why is it that if you have messy hair, then you have brown eyes (and not the other way around)??? I really don't understand.

I would appreciate your help (in layman's terms ha ha).

-Amanda

I just want to say thank you, so much, to 7sage for having such a great, affordable LSAT curriculum. I followed their advice and studied for about a year before taking the December 2017 LSAT. I scored a 162 and got into the University of Calgary, my top choice since I want to study environmental law! I'm super excited to start my program in September (and move somewhere slightly warmer than Winnipeg, Manitoba)!

Thanks 7sage!!

Hello everyone, I am currently a month and a half into LSAT studying. Just scored a 152 on a PT which is a 5 point increase from my diagnostic. I have been practicing a lot of LR and not much LG or RC yet. I am a senior, graduating in may and wanted to originally be applying for Fall 2018, but after reading about applying I do not want to apply until I am able to get 160+ on the LSAT. I just wanted to know if its a bad idea applying next cycle instead and focus on getting that 160+ score. The end goal is to go to law school without paying, but I cant shake the feeling that I'm wasting a year of time by applying next cycle.

Hey 7Sagers, had a student email me with a question that I thought you could help with. Here it is:

I seem to be struggling with the grouping games. Like which diagram to use, and if any key words support a diagram decision. I would also appreciate any further advice? Any example from prep tests 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, and/or all would be awesome.

As we move into a new week (sort of hard to believe it's February), I'm looking for another person (or a small group) in the CC phase willing to exchange short messages each day to help each other promote daily work and engagement with the exam. Here's to finishing the CC and moving forward!

Hello Everyone,

I recently took a live lsat course while working full-time I am definitely not ready for the test this Saturday. I am planning on retaking the course, but I don't know if I should retake the live course or opt into the online course. If I retake the live course it'll be $950 instead of the usual $1500, but if I take the online course it'll be $700 instead of the usual $950. Any advice?

Is there anyone here with a job that has lots of afternoons/evenings and less business hours? If so, how are you dealing with this?