I’m specifically looking for people who have double majored in graduate school, doing Law School along side pursuing a Mastors from the same institution, are there any 7sagers who fit this description?

What time would people recommend waking up for a 12:30 pm LSAT start time?

So I took the LSAT last Monday, and I am fairly confident I got the score I wanted. I thought I would be able to relax once the test was over, but I seem to be just as anxious as ever, if not more. At this point I don't know what I dislike more: studying for the LSAT, taking the LSAT, or waiting on the score. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone.

After taking the practice LSAT exam under timed conditions and BR-ing, should you review ALL the videos or should you just review the ones you circled as difficult and the ones that are marked "Low Priority" and "High Priority" in the Analytics report?

I'm short on time so I don't want to waste it but I also don't want to skimp on reviewing videos and not benefit as much. I feel guilty not watching all the videos for some reason...

Thanks!

Hi everyone from 7sage.

I plan to apply next year, not this one, to law schools.

I started studying for the LSATs in late January with diagnostics of 152.

Now it's been roughly 5 months studying almost everyday.

Since I'm taking the exam outside the US, it is this week sunday, 24 June.

But I am wondering if I should take this upcoming exam.

I am averaging 163 in my recent 3-4 preptests. My initial goal and it is still a 170+ score.

I know it is very unlikely for me to get a 170 this time as it is way higher than my preptest.

And I plan to only give it another shot in October. So I thought it would be better to experience the real exam this time round, at least and see how I do in a real exam. But I have read so many blogs and whatnot saying it is strategic to cancel the exam if I am not ready for the score I want.

So please, any advice on this is appreciated. Should I not take this upcoming exam?

Thanks!

Hi 7Sagers!

I was just wanting to start a retake/reapply thread for those of us who sat out last cycle for whatever reason. I noticed that there are quite a few of us scattered throughout the forums. So if you're in this camp and wanting to talk about the frustrations or benefits of sitting out a cycle, introduce yourself! It will be good to have a place to discuss the unique challenges and questions relevant to us multi-cycle applicants.

It's intimidating to start over from scratch, but remember—only good things will come of our decision to reapply. Each of us will be putting ourselves in a better position to be more satisfied with our options and live up to our long-term aspirations. I've constantly had to remind myself of this after making the decision to back out of some good offers last cycle. Don't lose sight of your ultimate goal, whatever it may be!

Let's discuss any challenges we've been facing and any worries or questions we might have!

So I sat for last Monday's exam and without going into too much detail, I felt the exam went really well. I know that I made a few errors, but I still think there's a ~60% chance or so that I've hit my goal score. It really all depends on how the curve is.

I'm also registered for July because I can cancel and get a refund if my June score is high enough.

My question is: should I be studying for July?

Not going to lie, I really dislike studying for the LSAT and forcing myself to do LSAC's sadistic Sudoku puzzles every morning actually ruins my day. Despite this, I have this nagging feeling that my June score is going to come back disappointing, and I don't want to be in a mad scramble to get back into shape for July 23rd.

Why can't LSAC grade scantrons faster... ugh..

Should I keep studying hard with 2pts/week? Should I take a break completely? Just do games intermittently to keep fresh? Bleh. What would you guys do in my shoes??

Hey 7sagers! So question..Am I considered URM?

I was born in Cuba. I'm currently a permanent resident alien. Both my parents didn't go to college, making me a zero/first generation student.

I keep reading back and forth about what certain law school consider URM

Some say and that it depends on the school

Others say its strictly only Blacks, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans.

I'm asking because according to LSAT calculators, whether I am or not, could mean a 20% increase in my chances at being admitted. Although I'm shooting for the highest possible LSAT score, this would be a pretty significant blow.

Also side question... What does that AA in AA URM stand for?

Hey Guys! I just watched "David's Six Tips to Doing it Right" webinar and took a note of the "template" he references in it regarding Reading Comp. Does anyone have a link to this template or know where I can find it? Thanks a lot.

I'm a bit stuck in the 161-165 range. Which isn't bad, but my diagnostic was 161, so I'm feeling pretty discouraged that I haven't improved in three months of studying. (though I've only done 3 full timed PTs since the diagnostic.)

I'm nearly perfect on RC, running out of time on LG, and consistently missing way too many LRs.

I'm registered for July, but wondering about postponing until September.

HOWEVER...I'm non-traditional -- that's the euphemism for old, right? -- yes, I am old. My work schedule for the next month is manageable for study-time, but August is going to be a mess, and I'm worried that I'll be rusty and/or distracted when the Sept test day comes.

Anyone have any thoughts? Is a 5 to 9 pt improvement possible in the next five weeks?

Any advice would be very appreciated.

I've been keeping my studying and law school plans secret from almost everyone I know, since I don't want anyone I work with to know I'm leaving quite yet...so don't really have anyone I can seek advice from...

eta: oh, and monday is the last day to postpone without a penalty, or...i cant remember but there's some fee I think if I wait until later to decide.

How was it? Could you give us some review? Is it quiet?

Ignore it lol Oops!

I’m really concerned bc I requested 2 weeks off work before the July lsat and I don’t think I can switch the request to September without pissing off HR.

My pt scores so far have been 170, 164 (took this the next day after my first pt, bad idea), 168, 163 (terrible week at work, didn’t really study), 165.

My RC and LR have dipped but my LG is really solid now. It feels like I just don’t have enough time in the day to get everything down. Once I spent a week on RC and my RC was golden but my LR dipped. Now I’ve been really focusing on LR and my RC has dipped. I don’t know if a 2 week intensive will really give me time to get everything together...At this rate it feels like I might just have to skip this cycle idk.

I would be really happy with a 170 and maybe even a 168 could get me into my first choice.

I really wanted to hire an admissions advisor and apply early like in October but I don’t want to spend thousands of dollars just to have a couple weeks to work on my apps.

Looking for advice on people that have taken the lsat before and studied after while waiting for their score .... /finding out if they need to retake

So, I write an exam on Monday for a job opening for which I'm applying. I wrote a practice test this afternoon to get a feel for the test; apparently, I overthought the following question that appeared on the test.

Twenty percent of your work now involves clerical duties, whereas these duties took 30 % of your time two years ago. However, the 20 % of your time spent on writing the quarterly report two years ago has now increased to 25 %. You also note that 25 % of your time is spent classifying files, as it was two years ago.

What conclusion(s) can be justified based on these findings?

Can anybody guess which answer I "incorrectly" chose and why I chose it?

*(The full test is available to the public on the Government of Canada website.)

Since I started this course I've been experiencing constant video problems. The videos often don't load completely, they lag, or don't load at all. I'm using Chrome and clearing the cache either helps for a few minutes or not at all. I know the issue is with the 7sage video player, and not my connection, because I don't have problems downloading anything else, including long youtube videos or large downloads. Constantly having to refresh and to wait for videos to load properly is wasting significant amount of my time that I need for actual studying and my busy schedule. I'm very frustrated. I love the content of the course but this is really negatively affecting my experience with it.

So I was getting 166-169 on older preptests (50 and older), and I just took Preptest 75 and I got only a 162. I feel so defeated, sine the newer Preptests I'm assuming will be much closer to what the current LSAT is like. Particularly RC seemed much harder, and LR seemed a bit tougher too. Does anyone agree/disagree? What are the biggest differences? I'm worried because I'm just starting o move into the more "modern" tests and I plan on testing in July.

From my understanding, watches like the 180 LSAT watch which reset to 0 with the press of a button are banned. I currently have the Perfect Score Watch: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Score-Watch-Version-LSAT/dp/B073Z8GG32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529022556&sr=8-1&keywords=lsat+watch

It's nice, but a little frustrating because while you can easily reset the "minute hand" to the 0 minutes mark by pulling the crown out and turning it, there's no way to reset the "second hand" to 0 besides pushing in the crown and waiting for it to line up with the 0 mark. This is an issue because you have less than a minute between sections.

I remember reading a strategy by J.Y. that involved having 3 watches on your desk. Each one's set to 0 minutes and 0 seconds before the test, and as each section's starting, all you have to do is press the crown in on one of the watches - this method eliminates the need for reseting your watch in the short ~30 seconds of time that you have in between sections. For sections 4 and 5, you have the ~15 minute break to reset your watches completely to 0 minutes and 0 seconds.

This comes down to your watch hitting 0 within less than a minute of when 35 minutes is actually over, but it's just one of those small things that bug me and these watches cost $20 a piece which isn't too much of an extra cost. Also, I always get worried about when I'm reviewing answers and the last couple minutes, I might get caught in the middle of changing an answer as the test proctor calls that time is up. Obviously these are pretty minor things, but if I can completely reduce these concerns just by spending and extra $40 bucks and dealing with funny looks at the test center, I think it's worth it. Plus, It'd definitely give me a peace of mind knowing that I can look at my watch and know how much time I have left, down to the second.

I've actually done some browsing on the internet and came across some reddit threads about having multiple watches for the LSAT, but most of the replies were calling the OP too lazy to pull the crown out and reset it to 0. I was honestly shocked that none of the posters that I saw even mentioned the issue of the resetting the "second hand" to 0 seconds.

I took a look at LSAC's policies and here is the one regarding what you can have on your desk:

Test takers may have ONLY the following items on the desktop:

tissues

valid ID

LSAT Admission Ticket (until it is collected)

No. 2 or HB pencils

an eraser

a pencil sharpener

a highlighter

analog (nondigital) wristwatch

As you can see, it doesn't really say whether you can have multiple watches, and I could see the policy being interpreted both ways.

One reddit poster did bring up a good point though - having multiple watches will definitely look unusual and may attract attention from others, especially the test proctors. While I honestly don't care about other test takers thinking I'm a nerd, I can see how drawing extra attention from the test proctors could be annoying.

So, does anyone here have insight on this topic?

I finished community college with by GPA a little over a 3.8. I now have a bit over a 3.9 after a year in the university I transferred to. LSAC processed my GPA as a 3.72.

71.4 hours earned as As. 14.7 hours Bs. 3 hours C. 3 hours D.

I repeated that class I got a D in and got an A in it...signed all those forms so that the D wouldn't count against my GPA...LSAC still counts that?

I also had 4 A+s in university, I thought that LSAC bumps your GPA up with A+s?

I was thinking I would for sure have at least a 3.8 and I'd be in the 25th percentile of my top schools GPA wise and definitely be able to get merit scholarships if I did well on the LSAT. I'm actually not even in the 50th percentile (3.74 at UCLA).

I really regret going to community college, I was told even by school counselors that law schools don't even look at your community college GPA, I had no idea that D would effect my life.

*Should I rethink the schools that I apply to? Should I not even apply this year and stay a 5th year to finish my double major and get my GPA up?*

I received a full scholarship to start fall 2018. How do i ask the school to let me start fall 2019?

Hello everyone!

So I posted previously about how I felt like my law school dreams were being crushed by taking 2 lsats already and not doing great.

I'm happy to say though that I'm not going to give up and I'm going to try again. I just need some advice regarding how to go about it the right way this time. It's unfortunate, but I've already burned through pretty much every preptest. I don't have any new questions that I haven't seen before. However, I don't remember really any of the reading comp passages answers so hopefully they will be "new" enough for me to practice with again. It's just logical reasoning where I feel like I remember a lot of the answers. I plan on foolproofon games again though. So, I need some advice on how to go about logical reasoning when I've pretty much seen every question.

If anyone has taken the lsat twice already and is in the same boat as me, I would love to hear about how you are going about your situation. I still do feel discouraged at times, but I am motivated to do better.

I took my first practice test only to find I did not have enough time to finish the sections

How can I possibly pick up speed***

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Hello guys, I need some advice.

So, couple of months ago, I joined an offline LSAT course and eventually registered myself for June 24th, 2018 LSAT. However, even after solving preptests I have realized that I am not scoring as expected. I read online that if a candidate withdraws, it is not displayed on the Report. Also, just few days back I came to know about 7sage. Their free trial was helpful and I am anyway planning to enroll myself for one of the 7sage courses as I am sure I won't get the target score in this exam.

Should I still give the exam to see how much I score, anyway, or withdraw my registration?

Thank you.

Congrats to everyone who took the June test today! I don't know about you guys, but 35min was a LOT shorter for me today than any other days I studied on my own hahaha. How are you guys celebrating? I f---ed up some RC and LR stuff but oh well, no place to go but up!