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Hi guys. My question is when you guys hit the PT stage, how much review of the curriculum did it require? I understand it's an "iterative process" as JY likes to say of finding your weakness, going back reviewing, then working on it and so forth. But for you personally did it require going over everything or just a few places places that required patching up

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Is there a specific order in which to take care of everything? For example, is it better to ask for LORs before you write your personal statement or after? I'm currently reading/learning about the process and plan to begin over the next few days. Here's the order which I came up with, would really appreciate if someone can tell me whether I'm going about this the right way.

1) Submit transcripts

2) Resume

3) Rough draft personal statement

4) Ask for letters of recommendation (give writers resume and PS to assist)

5) Revise and perfect PS

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I took my cold diagnostic a couple of weeks ago and got a 152 w/ -18 in lg, -7 and -6 in lr, and -7 in rc. I've been self studying for about 2 weeks and it is so frustrating!!! Balancing work and studying is so difficult. I'm just worried I won't be able to improve to a 169 by September.

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Hello all, I just had a quick question about LORs. What is the ideal way to go about them? Is it best to have your recommender do it manually or to send them the LSAC form and do it through there? Any advice/opinion is welcomed. Thank you.

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About a month ago, I took my cold diagnostic and scored horribly. Since, I've purchased the LG and LR Bibles and have gotten through Ch 5 of both and have improved but I am worried that I have a glass ceiling. My goal is a 165 and I know that the cold diagnostic means nothing but what else can I do between now and September?

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Hey everyone!

I am about to take the June 2007 prep test as a diagnostic and came across a comment by someone that was unanswered but that I also didn't know the answer to and am wondering myself.

"I have taken the LG section in this PT before although I only have a vague memory of the majority of the games. Should I re-take this PT?

Also, how much time should you leave between taking a full-length timed PT and blind reviewing it? Should you only give yourself enough time to go get some food, or wait to review it the next day? Lastly, should you review the PT all at once, or just as much as you can handle?

I know these questions seem silly, but I am really trying to develop good habits and stick to them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!"

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I barely see anyone on here with the Starter pack except maybe one or two of us lol. How much of a disadvantage am I putting myself under compared to even a premium course? I am enjoying my experience thus far and my diagnostic was in the 140s. Level-headed thoughts, please? Anyone on here successfully make their way to 165+ with the Starter course?

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I took it in October 2015. Did well but considering taking it again this Fall to try to get a few more points. I want to take the last couple PT's to see if it's with the try. I haven't started studying but I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on the best ways to get back into it and shake off the rust?

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Anyone know of any games that are challenging relative ordering? I have a packet with several relative ordering games [that I generally consider easy but sometimes prone to really silly errors], but I recently read some of the Manhattan LSAT book and they did PT51S4G2 which is substantially harder than others I have seen. In the end, I got it all right, but I'm trying to reinforce the chapter now.

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Dear 7Sagers,

Quick announcement here: We're making changes to Ultimate+

(1) All U+ accounts will have access to video explanations for PTs 1 through Present (77) where "Present" will be updated to reflect the addition of new PTs from LSAC over time. Now, this is not going to happen indefinitely. (Like we're not going to continue this policy through PT 145.) But, for the foreseeable future, we're not changing this policy. No action required on your part - this will be added automatically.

(2) All U+ accounts will soon have access to explanations for PTs A, B, C, and C2. No action required on your part - this will also be added automatically.

(3) All U+ accounts will have access to David Busis' Admissions Starter course. We announced this here. Please email Dillon to have this added to your U+ account. (dillon@7sage.com) David is an amazing editor, writer, and teacher.

If you'd like to upgrade to U+ in order to get these addition of course you may do so.

Lastly, LSAC will release PT 145 about 23 years from now assuming well, lots of things. Crazy!

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I have a pretty weird situation on my hands...

In my past 5 PTs I have increased my score, ultimately leading up to the highest score I've ever achieved (WOOHOO!). I was scheduled to take another PT this week but it was a train wreck in the first section, my timing was sooooo bad, I damn-near circled the entire section for BR. I decided to not finish the PT because I was clearly off my game. To be honest, it felt like it was my first time seeing an LR question. Leading up to the PT I was as motivated as ever: drilling/reviewing/the usual, etc... However, that ONE section of that unfinished PT really rattled me; so much so that my study sessions in the following days were so unmotivated and discouraging, I didn't put my heart into it (sorry for the cliche). If I had to describe how I feel, I'd say that I feel as if I'm suffering from some type of brain fog, in other words I'm having trouble going through the motions, which is weird since just a week ago I had scored the highest I had ever scored! Has this happened to anyone before?

I don't really think I'm burnt out, I've burnt out once (leading up to the December '15 test), so I feel like I know what it's like.

I have a 10-day vacation starting on monday that I've been planning with family for quite some time and I'm wondering if my brain subconsciously took off before I did. If so, I'm hoping that the time off will help me in some way.

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OK so I know I can get prep tests 36-38 in the actual prep test books (I am going to order that book today), but where the heck do I find 39-44??? I am trying to get those ordered now so I can have them when I am ready to start taking prep tests... if this has been answered previously sorry I just couldn't find it. Thanks guys! I know I ask a ton of random questions :)

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From "LSAT Analytics", I can select the finished PTs..then I can select/flag the questions that I got wrong. These questions are normally listed as "High priority" so I could easily sort them out. However, I can't select these questions and generate a separate list only made of these questions...like I could do that for the selected questions from the 'LSAT Question Bank"..

This function would be extremely helpful for LR questions..I am not sure if I miss any functions of 7sage.. Thank you for your help.

**Admin edit:** You can now print questions in PDF from the Question Bank:

https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/18378/new-feature-print-pdfs-of-custom-drills-from-the-question-bank

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Tuesday, Jun 14, 2016

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Yesterday I finallyyy got my Preptests 52-77 in the mail. I put them away and told myself I wouldn't take one until next week because that's what the study schedule I'm on says to do but I've been studying for almost 2 months and haven't taken another PT since my diagnostic and I'm really itching to take one just to see if there's been any signicificant improvement.... Would this be a waste of a perfectly good PT?

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I make a bubbling error nearly every practice test. In fact, I can't recall, the last time I have not made a bubbling error. I record my answers on the Analytics page as they are on the Scantron because I will likely perform on the real test as I do on practice tests (as I have already learned from taking a real test and making a Scantron error). This way, my score reflects not which answers I circle in the booklet, but which answers I successfully record on the Scantron and are ultimately used in my real score.

How do you score PT bubbling errors (if you make any at all... if that's the case, please share your bubble mojo)?

A note, I bubble and double-check after every game, after every RC section, and once before turning the page in an LR section. I'm thinking of changing my strategy, as it's clearly not working for me.

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