Hello all! I was hoping I could get assistance with the order in which I should study for the LSAT! I am taking the exam in September but I thought it's better to study earlier since it's my first time taking the exam! I have been studying logic games for 30 minutes a day for a week now. I was wondering if that's a good amount or the right thing to study first. Should I start with logic games then reasoning then comprehension or is there a better order? I am going to try and do an hour a day for the remainder of the time I have before the exam I just want some good tips starting out so I am best prepaired! Thanks so much!

Are their any more premise or conclusion indicator(s) words that have been found that we can add to the list?

And even words indicating a switch in the argument?

Hey there, has anyone on here seen of, or complied a list of the more difficult RC sections in LSAT history? Wanted to try and tackle them all before sleighing the beast in two weeks.

Hello, I have a question about the letters.

1. Should we show our PS DS or any essays to the prof?

2. I have a couple of letters and wonder what steps to take after LSAC received the letters...I thought we can choose letters, but no? If we submit them, will all of them be sent to all schools?

3. When they say at least 2 letters, but accept 3, how many do you submit? I heard 3 is better, but also heard if the contnt is the same (almost) you should not bother Adcom to read the additional one.

4. I'm meeting another professor. She is quiet busy but I hope I can get a letter from her asap...how can I be polite but still ask her to write a letter as soon as she can?

Thank you for your help.

Sorry if this is redundant due to being asked and answered elsewhere. Direction there would be good if so, but I can't find an answer with a few searches.

I just upgraded my membership. Previously, I had used the question bank + filtering to drill questions marked as high priority from my PT + blind review. Now that I have access to new questions, I would like to filter again for those question (yes, I still suck at some of them) but not see all the ones that were available in my lower level subscription. That is to say, I only want to see the "new" ones that are available given my new upgraded membership. Is there a trick or way to do this? I guess it won't kill me to redo old questions if not. . .

Many thanks.

Hi all,

In December, RC, which is my best section, was the first section and I felt like I wasn't understanding any of the sentences I was reading. So I read the sentence again and again but I just kept feeling like I didn't understand it...I guess this is a form of test anxiety.

How can I prepare to prevent such disaster in June? Any thoughts?

Thanks! :)

This professor is a good guy, and I like him a lot. He was kind enough to send back a draft. Can I pm one of you guys to get your opinion on the quality?

I am working towards a faster pace for the test questions but have tremendous difficulty lowering the time spent. I can score close to perfect on the logic games with an additional 20 minutes and LR & RC roughly the same. I am not certain how to overcome this with multiple factors of working full time and being a single mom of 2. I am scheduled to take the Feb 2017 LSAT and feel unprepared for the time factor. What is the most efficient way to decrease time? And should I schedule to take the LSAT in June 2017 given the issues above? Thank you for your help:)

I'm prior service and had two of my army psychiatrists write me a letter to send to the LSAT people asking for extra time due to my ptsd and the fact that i have minor ADHD take ritalin and propranolol for tests,how are they with giving extra time? is it a difficult process? anyone think i have a chance?

Hey 7Sagers,

We're very happy to announce that we've come to an agreement with the LSAC to re-release PrepTests in a very limited format. Specifically, they will be viewable and printable as digital rights management (DRM) protected electronic documents.

You can find them on the syllabus page by scrolling down to the PrepTest and clicking it. The e-doc will be next to the silent videos. You can see what I mean here:

https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/preptest-36/

We want to make it clear that these are not PDFs - they are DRM protected electronic documents (e-docs). Please do not refer to them as PDFs. We would feel really bad if a student enrolled in a 7Sage course thinking they would get PDFs when, in fact, they would not.

Currently, PT36 - PT80 are the only tests available as an e-doc. Assuming all goes smoothly with these, we expect to be able to release other PTs slowly over the course of 2017, so watch out for those!

I'm sure you have many questions. Please PM me with your questions. I will answer them as a followup post to this announcement. Please do not start new threads on this subject because we will delete them.

[Edit: All PTs are now available as e-docs!]

Hey guys! It's me again.

Although, I have just started studying not too long ago... I can sense that time will be an issue for me. I find myself rereading the first two sentences multiple times. I think this might be the case because I'm often that last student writing the test. I have ALWAYS taken my time with writing tests and knowing that I only have 35 minutes per section gives me anxiety.

Not sure how I will be able to get through this.

Help!

I am just curious to know for logic games, people who are scoring well in that section, once you find what you believe to be the answer choice. do you move on to the next question? or are you also verifying the the other answers as well just to make sure the answer you chose is correct?

Hi all,

Sorry if this has already been asked and/or answered.

Any idea when the PT80 explanations will be coming out, particularly LR (not just games)? I am going over and BR'ing my December exam and I am extremely stuck on a couple of the questions.

I don't think this is a spoiler... but in my opinion, the LR sections seriously increased in difficulty from even just the early 70's. Instead of planting a couple insanely difficult q's spread out across the test or near the end, there were times when it was quite early in the test and there were 3 mind-boggling insane questions all back to back.

I'm writing in Feb. I know I'd benefit going into the next test knowing that I thoroughly reviewed the most recent PT and fully understood where I got tripped up.

Thanks in advance.

I am scoring somewhere between -4 to -6 on LR now (yesterday I had a -11 but I was frenzied and used the "5" setting on the 7sage proctor when I already have enough distraction). Anyway, I have noticed that what absolutely kills me, regardless of how much I try, is necessary assumption. I know that you are supposed to boil it down to the base necessity for the argument to exist, but my mind trails to the assumption that will often fix it. It's to the point where if I could just sort out NA, my LR would probably give me 2-4 extra points on the test.

Does anyone look at NA in any specific light that gives them clarity when doing these types of questions?

When reading passages, are there any signs/ signals that one should look out for that may be an area of interest that questions focus on?

The professor that I am receiving the LOR from just asked if the LOR should be school specific or if he can write a general LOR. I am applying to 7 programs, and I haven't seen a specific prompt to make them specific to the school. Can bot my recommenders send an LOR that is generic in nature?

Feel free to delete if this is not allowed.

I was recently accepted to W&M Law with a decent scholarship after applying with a fee waiver. (Thank 7sage!!!) I have never been to VA and don't really know anything about this school, but with my acceptance and scholly, I am really considering it. I was just wondering if anyone on here has attended or knows anything about W&M that is worth sharing with me that I should consider. I know this is common to discuss on TLS, but they kinda scare me (lol.)

Thanks :)

Hi 7sagers,

I was just wondering if "Evaluate" (as in, "Which of the following would be most helpful to know in evaluating the argument above?" or the like) questions are in the 7Sage curriculum? I was looking through the curriculum but I didn't see anything.

Which also makes me wonder if there are any other question types missing/hidden if that is the case. Any thoughts on this would be helpful.

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Hi All,

Does the below statement make sense? I am trying to get a big picture view of these 3 ideas.

CAUSATION --> PERFECT CORRELATION* ( ---) CONDITIONALITY

Causation implies Perfect Positive Correlation.

Correlation (regardless of strength) does not imply causation.

Causation implies Conditionality. I.e. If A causes B, we can also say A is sufficient for B).

Conditionality does not imply Causation. Just because A is sufficient for B, does not mean that A causes B. It could be, for example, that A

Perfect Correlation (and only perfect correlation) implies conditionality

Conditionality implies perfect correlation.

*I am assuming A ALWAYS causes B. Is this the case on the LSAT? Can we say that if A causes B, A always causes B?

I'm pretty frustrated right now with my scores. When I BR I score in the 170's. But under time I score between the range of the high 140's to high 150's depending on the test specifically which logic game I get. But I'm consistently doing bad on Logical Reasoning under time. When I have all the time in the world I get around 3 wrong per section. But under timed conditions I can get up to 22 wrong both sections combined. What should I do?

I just sent both my LOR's out to each respective recommender, and I warned my boss that she may be receiving one soon. Does LSAC not send them out automatically?

Hey guys! If you're taking the Feb. LSAT and your account is inconveniently set to expire a few days before the test date, just email me (dillon@7sage.com) and I'll extend your account for free through the Feb. test. (Make sure you include your 7Sage email!)

I can guarantee you that my inbox will fill up with these, so give me time to reply to them all. If your account expires by the time I get to your email, don't worry, I'll reactivate it for you. :)

For those of you who are expiring after, good luck on the LSAT! We here at 7Sage are rooting for you.

So I finished the first few course introductions and then took the optional June 2007 LSAT PT. I earned a 142 on the timed portion and a 154 on the BR. But in no way am I discouraged by this number. If anything, it makes me want to work harder towards my 174 goal. If anyone can do it, I know I can.

I have since watched every single video explanation -- whether easy, hard, right or wrong -- in order to understand why each answer is right and why all the others are wrong. I have also taken the advice to nip the wrong thinking in the bud. JY is an amazing teacher and I feel as if I have already learned a considerable amount about the LSAT just by watching videos on one prep test. I have also realized how much I do not know... but I wish to change this by studying hard.

On a different note, I have already had a hard time sleeping. And with around 8 hours a day so far watching JY's videos, I heard JY's voice in my head saying "sleeping is hard, and Casey cannot sleep. Therefore, it is hard for Casey to sleep." This gave me a laugh and simultaneously frightened me that this would happen, lol.

WORK HARD TODAY, you'll never get it back!!!

Hello,

I have a question about submitting essays.

So it seems most school allow to submit 1)PS and 2)Diversity Statement

What if they allow us to submit optional essay (Why X school essay) (Addendum) but no place to submit those on LSAC? I don't see there's additional space for uploading those essays.

Does it mean we cannot submit those essays if we submit 1)2)? (So what they meant was submiting only 2 from those 4 options?)

Thanks